TY - JOUR
T1 - Molybdenum nitrides from structures to industrial applications
AU - Jaf, Zainab N.
AU - Miran, Hussein A.
AU - Jiang, Zhong Tao
AU - Altarawneh, Mohammednoor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/4/1
Y1 - 2023/4/1
N2 - Owing to their remarkable characteristics, refractory molybdenum nitride (MoN x )-based compounds have been deployed in a wide range of strategic industrial applications. This review reports the electronic and structural properties that render MoN x materials as potent catalytic surfaces for numerous chemical reactions and surveys the syntheses, procedures, and catalytic applications in pertinent industries such as the petroleum industry. In particular, hydrogenation, hydrodesulfurization, and hydrodeoxygenation are essential processes in the refinement of oil segments and their conversions into commodity fuels and platform chemicals. N-vacant sites over a catalyst's surface are a significant driver of diverse chemical phenomena. Studies on various reaction routes have emphasized that the transfer of adsorbed hydrogen atoms from the N-vacant sites reduces the activation barriers for bond breaking at key structural linkages. Density functional theory has recently provided an atomic-level understanding of Mo-N systems as active ingredients in hydrotreating processes. These Mo-N systems are potentially extendible to the hydrogenation of more complex molecules, most notably, oxygenated aromatic compounds.
AB - Owing to their remarkable characteristics, refractory molybdenum nitride (MoN x )-based compounds have been deployed in a wide range of strategic industrial applications. This review reports the electronic and structural properties that render MoN x materials as potent catalytic surfaces for numerous chemical reactions and surveys the syntheses, procedures, and catalytic applications in pertinent industries such as the petroleum industry. In particular, hydrogenation, hydrodesulfurization, and hydrodeoxygenation are essential processes in the refinement of oil segments and their conversions into commodity fuels and platform chemicals. N-vacant sites over a catalyst's surface are a significant driver of diverse chemical phenomena. Studies on various reaction routes have emphasized that the transfer of adsorbed hydrogen atoms from the N-vacant sites reduces the activation barriers for bond breaking at key structural linkages. Density functional theory has recently provided an atomic-level understanding of Mo-N systems as active ingredients in hydrotreating processes. These Mo-N systems are potentially extendible to the hydrogenation of more complex molecules, most notably, oxygenated aromatic compounds.
KW - binary nitrides
KW - catalysts
KW - density functional theory
KW - hydrodesulfurization
KW - hydrogenation
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U2 - 10.1515/revce-2021-0002
DO - 10.1515/revce-2021-0002
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85114418347
SN - 0167-8299
VL - 39
SP - 329
EP - 361
JO - Reviews in Chemical Engineering
JF - Reviews in Chemical Engineering
IS - 3
ER -