[HTML][HTML] Conductive nitrides: Growth principles, optical and electronic properties, and their perspectives in photonics and plasmonics

P Patsalas, N Kalfagiannis, S Kassavetis… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The nitrides of most of the group IVb-Vb-VIb transition metals (TiN, ZrN, HfN, VN, NbN, TaN,
MoN, WN) constitute the unique category of conductive ceramics. Having substantial …

A promising application of optical hexagonal TaN in photocatalytic reactions

H Liu, H Song, W Zhou, X Meng, J Ye - Angewandte Chemie, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Searching for highly active and efficient photocatalysts for photo‐induced/photo‐assisted
reactions remains the most challenging task for solar energy utilization. In previous studies …

Research and Application Progress of Conductive Films in Energy Storage Devices

P Zhao, L **ong, X Li, Y Guo, Y **e… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The shortage of fossil energy and the environmental pollution caused by its use promote the
development of renewable clean new energy. Energy storage devices are the best choice to …

Density functional theory study of bulk properties of transition metal nitrides

MO Lynn, D Ologunagba, BB Dangi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are performed to compute the lattice constants,
formation energies and vacancy formation energies of transition metal nitrides (TMNs) for …

Large influence of vacancies on the elastic constants of cubic epitaxial tantalum nitride layers grown by reactive magnetron sputtering

G Abadias, CH Li, L Belliard, QM Hu, N Grenèche… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
We report a comprehensive study on the structure and elastic constants of epitaxial cubic δ-
Ta x N (x≈ 1) layers deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering at 570° C on MgO (001) …

Electronic structure and mechanical properties of ternary ZrTaN alloys studied by ab initio calculations and thin-film growth experiments

G Abadias, MB Kanoun, S Goumri-Said, L Koutsokeras… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
The structure, phase stability, and mechanical properties of ternary alloys of the Zr-Ta-N
system are investigated by combining thin-film growth and ab initio calculations. Zr 1− x Ta x …

Plasmonic and phononic properties of epitaxial conductive transition metal nitrides

M Gioti, J Arvanitidis, D Christofilos… - Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The dielectric function, reflectivity and Raman spectra of several epitaxial transition metal
nitride films (TiN, ZrN, NbN, TaN, MoN, WN) on MgO substrates are reported. Apart from WN …

Plasma energy and work function of conducting transition metal nitrides for electronic applications

GM Matenoglou, LE Koutsokeras, P Patsalas - Applied Physics Letters, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The combination of electrical conductivity, chemical and metallurgical stability, refractory
character, having lattice constants that are close to those of III-nitrides makes transition metal …

Structure, stability and bonding of ternary transition metal nitrides

GM Matenoglou, LE Koutsokeras, CE Lekka… - Surface and Coatings …, 2009 - Elsevier
Ternary transition metal nitrides have gained special attention in an effort to improve further
the properties of the corresponding binary compounds. In this work, we present a …

Hydrothermal growth of highly oriented single crystalline Ta 2 O 5 nanorod arrays and their conversion to Ta 3 N 5 for efficient solar driven water splitting

Z Su, L Wang, S Grigorescu, K Lee… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We grow vertically aligned single crystalline Ta2O5 nanorod arrays that can be converted to
Ta3N5 nanorod arrays by nitridation. Combined with cobalt phosphate (Co-Pi) as a co …