Synthesis and characterization of CrN/Mo2N multilayers and phases of Molybdenum nitride

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Thermally Activated Self-lubricating Nanostructured Coating for Cutting Tool Applications A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS for the degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Thermally activated self-lubricating nanolayer coating for cutting tool applications Robin Abraham Koshy The different nitride phases of Cr and Mo were studied as possible candidates in a bi-layered system that would constitute a thermally activated self lubrication coatings for dry cutting applications. The intent was to deposit multilayer films of CrN and Mo2N, where the Mo2N forms a sacrific...

Chemical looping of metal nitride catalysts: low-pressure ammonia synthesis for energy storage† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental and computational details, free energy plots for the NH3 evolution and N2 reduction with Co3N/Co, Fe4N/Fe, Mn5N2/Mn4N, Mo2N/Mo, CrN/Cr2N, TaN/Ta2N, NbN/Nb2N, Li3N/LiH, Ba3N2/BaH2, Sr3N2/SrH2, and Ca3N2/CaH2, surface oxidation energetics, ΔGvac[NH*x, yH*] based on gas phase H2 as hydrogen source, NH3 evolution with Fe-doped Mn4N, NH3 evolution with Mn6N2.58, Ca3N2 and Sr2N after correcting for partial nitride hydrolysis, NH3 yield from Ca3N2vs. time and H2 gas flow rate. See DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00789e

PROPERTIES OF MoNxOy THIN FILMS AS A FUNCTION OF N/O RATIO

The main purpose of this work consists on the preparation of single layered molybdenum oxynitride, MoNxOy. The films were deposited on steel substrates by dc reactive magnetron sputtering. The depositions were carried out from a pure Mo target varying the flow rate of reactive gases, which allowed tune the crystallographic structure between insulating oxides and metallic nitrides and consequent...

Molybdenum Nitride Catalysts

Effects of the synthesis parameters on the structural properties of molybdenum nitride catalysts, prepared by the temperatureprogrammed reaction of MoO3 with NH3, have been examined. Molybdenum trioxide was heated in flowing NH 3 through two linear heating segments (623 to 723 K then 723 to 973 K) with different space velocities in a 23 factorial design. The temperature limits for these heating...

Combustion-aminolysis synthesis and characterization of CrN/Cu composites

CrN/Cu composite powders were synthesized by employing a novel two-step technique. Firstly, the Cr2O3+CuO precursors were prepared by the solution combustion synthesis (SCS) method using cupric nitrate, urea, and chromium nitrate as initial materials. Subsequently, the SCS precursors were calcined at 850 °C in NH3 for 6 h, and transformed to CrN/Cu composite powders. The composite powders consi...