Mixed ternary transition metal nitrides: A comprehensive review of synthesis, electronic structure, and properties of engineering relevance

Tareen, Ayesha Khan; Priyanga, G. Sudha; Behara, Santosh; Thomas, Tiju; Yang, Minghui

doi:10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2018.11.001

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“…[7] Metal-air batteries are promising, but their performance is drastically hindered by sluggish kineticsa nd large ORR/OER overpotentials through discharging and recharging at the air-cathode interface. [20] It may be noted that cobalt-based systems, although promising, tend to be toxic and are often more expensive than nickel-based materials.T herefore, the development of Ni-based nitride nanostructures offers aviable direction to develop replacements even for iron and cobalt carbide/nitride OER catalysts that are currently in vogue. [2,8,9] Efficient electrocatalysts are therefore essential to ensurea cceleration of the OER and to lower the overpotential.…”

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“…The synthesis of these transition metal nitrides will not be discussedh erein since the topich as been reviewed fairly recently. [20] It may be noted that cobalt-based systems, although promising, tend to be toxic and are often more expensive than nickel-based materials.T herefore, the development of Ni-based nitride nanostructures offers aviable direction to develop replacements even for iron and cobalt carbide/nitride OER catalysts that are currently in vogue. Nickelnitride (Ni 3 N) is of obvious interest as ac onsequence, and its variants could offer valuable substitutes for precious metal-based electrocatalysts based on ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, and platinum.…”

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Nickel‐Based Transition Metal Nitride Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

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Electrocatalysis is an efficient and promising means of energy conversion, with minimal environmental footprint. To enhance reaction rates, catalysts are required to minimize overpotential. Alternatives to noble metal electrocatalysts are essential to address these needs on a large scale. In this context, transition metal nitride (TMN) nanoparticles have attracted much attention owing to their high catalytic activity, distinctive electronic structures, and enhanced surface morphologies. Nickel‐based materials are an ideal choice for electrocatalysts given nickel's abundance and low cost in comparison to noble metals. In this Minireview, advancements made specifically in Ni‐based binary and ternary TMNs as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are critically evaluated. When used as OER electrocatalysts, Ni‐based nanomaterials with 3 D architectures on a suitable support (e.g., a foam support) speed up electron transfer as a result of well‐oriented crystal structures and also assist intermediate diffusion, during reaction, of evolved gases. 2 D Ni‐based nitride sheet materials synthesized without supports usually perform better than 3 D supported electrocatalysts. The focus of this Minireview is a systematic description of OER activity for state‐of‐the‐art Ni‐based nitrides as nanostructured electrocatalysts.

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“…Fuel cells technology is considered as a key component in energy related applications with pollution free environment. The proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) heavily depend on Pt-based electrocatalysts (Bai et al, 2015;Huang et al, 2016;Zhang et al, 2016), which have prohibited their widespread utilization (Jian et al, 2017(Jian et al, , 2019Tabassum et al, 2017;Han et al, 2018aHan et al, ,b, 2019aKhan et al, 2018e, 2019aMahmood et al, 2019;Tareen et al, 2019a). To overcome this obstacle, the alkaline anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AAEMFC) were proposed.…”

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Facile Synthesis of Mayenite Electride Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Graphitic Shells Like Carbon Nano Onions: Non-noble-metal Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR)

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This manuscript presented a large scale synthesis of Graphitic Shells like carbon nano onions (GS-CNOs) by direct solution method using mayenite electride as a catalyst for synthesis of CNOs. Thermal characterization, microstructural analysis, and high resolution electron microscopy have confirmed the graphitization and revealed the resulting GS-CNOs with particle size about 15 nm, maximum BET surface area of 214 m 2 .g −1 , and moderate conductivity of 250 S.cm −1 , thus providing a new approach to synthesize GS-CNOs. The reported GS-CNOs, which acts as more active but less expensive electrocatalysts with onset potential of 1.03 V, half wave potential of 0.88 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), and limited current density of 5.9 mA.cm −2 , higher than that of benchmark 20% Pt/C (1.02 eV, 0.82 V, 5.2 mA.cm −2). The synthesized nano-powder acts as an origin of ORR activity via a four electron (4e −) pathway, along with significantly enhanced stability, in alkaline media. The high ORR activity is ascribed to GS-CNOs embedded sufficient metallic C12A7:e − particles, which favor faster electron movement and better adsorption of oxygen molecules on catalyst surface. Hence, we explored first time large scale synthesis of GS-CNOs with gram level and provide efficient approach to prepare novel, lowest cost, potential non-noble metals catalyst for fuel cells.

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“…This sudden burst of interest eventually led to the successful synthesis of many compounds suited to single-crystal Xray diffraction, resulting in collection of significantly more accurate bond lengths compared to those determined via powder diffraction. 7 Several reviews on the descriptive crystal chemistry of inorganic nitrides followed 2,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] (more recent reviews include those of Höhn & Niewa for non-main group elements, 15 and Tareen et al for mixed ternary transition metal nitrides 16 ), and the chemistry of nitrides was soon likened to that of silicates; 10 the term nitridometalate was introduced to describe compounds containing covalent complex anions [MxNy] z-(in relation to oxometallates, commonly called oxyanions in the Earth sciences), 11,12 reflecting the richness of chemistries to come. New classes of inorganic nitrides that were initially considered to be scientific curiosities have since been described as functionallydiverse groups of materials, not limited to the nitridosilicates, 8,17 oxynitrididosilicates 18 and perovskite-related oxynitrides.…”

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On the Crystal Chemistry of Inorganic Nitrides: Crystal-Chemical Parameters, Bonding Behavior, and Opportunities in the Exploration of Their Compositional Space

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The scarcity of nitrogen in Earth’s crust, combined with challenging synthesis, have made inorganic nitrides a relatively-unexplored class of compounds compared to their naturally-abundant oxide counterparts. To facilitate exploration of their compositional space via a priori modeling, and to help a posteriori structure verification not limited to inferring the oxidation state of redox-active cations, we derive a suite of bond-valence parameters and Lewis-acid strength values for 76 cations observed bonding to N3-, and further outline a baseline statistical knowledge of bond lengths for these compounds. We examine structural and electronic effects responsible for the functional properties and anomalous bonding behavior of inorganic nitrides, and identify promising venues for exploring uncharted compositional spaces beyond the reach of high-throughput computational methods. We find that many mechanisms of bond-length variation ubiquitous to oxide and oxysalt compounds (e.g., lone-pair stereoactivity, the Jahn-Teller and pseudo Jahn-Teller effects) are similarly pervasive in inorganic nitrides, and are occasionally observed to result in greater distortion magnitude than their oxide counterparts. We identify inorganic nitrides with multiply-bonded metal ions as a promising venue in heterogeneous catalysis, e.g. in the development of a post-Haber-Bosch process proceeding at milder reaction conditions, thus representing further opportunity in the thriving exploration of the functional properties of this emerging class of materials.

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Mixed ternary transition metal nitrides: A comprehensive review of synthesis, electronic structure, and properties of engineering relevance

Cited by 64 publications

References 174 publications

Nickel‐Based Transition Metal Nitride Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Nickel‐Based Transition Metal Nitride Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Facile Synthesis of Mayenite Electride Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Graphitic Shells Like Carbon Nano Onions: Non-noble-metal Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR)

On the Crystal Chemistry of Inorganic Nitrides: Crystal-Chemical Parameters, Bonding Behavior, and Opportunities in the Exploration of Their Compositional Space

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