Phase controlled synthesis of transition metal carbide nanocrystals by ultrafast flash Joule heating

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dc.citation.articleNumber262
dc.citation.journalTitleNature Communications
dc.citation.volumeNumber13
dc.contributor.authorDeng, Bing
dc.contributor.authorWang, Zhe
dc.contributor.authorChen, Weiyin
dc.contributor.authorLi, John Tianci
dc.contributor.authorLuong, Duy Xuan
dc.contributor.authorCarter, Robert A.
dc.contributor.authorGao, Guanhui
dc.contributor.authorYakobson, Boris I.
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Yufeng
dc.contributor.authorTour, James M.
dc.contributor.orgSmalley-Curl Institute
dc.contributor.orgNanoCarbon Center and the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-27T20:24:13Z
dc.date.available2022-01-27T20:24:13Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractNanoscale carbides enhance ultra-strong ceramics and show activity as high-performance catalysts. Traditional lengthy carburization methods for carbide syntheses usually result in coked surface, large particle size, and uncontrolled phase. Here, a flash Joule heating process is developed for ultrafast synthesis of carbide nanocrystals within 1 s. Various interstitial transition metal carbides (TiC, ZrC, HfC, VC, NbC, TaC, Cr2C3, MoC, and W2C) and covalent carbides (B4C and SiC) are produced using low-cost precursors. By controlling pulse voltages, phase-pure molybdenum carbides including β-Mo2C and metastable α-MoC1-x and η-MoC1-x are selectively synthesized, demonstrating the excellent phase engineering ability of the flash Joule heating by broadly tunable energy input that can exceed 3000 K coupled with kinetically controlled ultrafast cooling (>104 K s−1). Theoretical calculation reveals carbon vacancies as the driving factor for topotactic transition of carbide phases. The phase-dependent hydrogen evolution capability of molybdenum carbides is investigated with β-Mo2C showing the best performance.
dc.identifier.citationDeng, Bing, Wang, Zhe, Chen, Weiyin, et al.. "Phase controlled synthesis of transition metal carbide nanocrystals by ultrafast flash Joule heating." <i>Nature Communications,</i> 13, (2022) Springer Nature: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27878-1.
dc.identifier.digitals41467-021-27878-1
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27878-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/111955
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
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dc.titlePhase controlled synthesis of transition metal carbide nanocrystals by ultrafast flash Joule heating
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