title: Hydrothermal synthesis of vanadium nitride and modulation of its catalytic performance for oxygen reduction reaction.
abstract: A creative hydrothermal synthesis method followed by calcination for vanadium nitride (VN) is reported. The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) study of the catalyst shows that VN possesses a comparable catalytic performance to commercial Pt/C catalyst. The ORR catalytic activity study of vanadium nitride, vanadium carbonitride, and vanadium carbide reveals that tuning anions offers a promising route for the activity enhancement of the non-precious metal catalysts.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Chemical Sensing & Analysis in Universities of Shandong, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China. chm_huangtz@ujn.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Taizhong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Guihua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zhenhai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Xingkang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Suqin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ci
authors.forename: Junhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen