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Iron Carbides and Nitrides: Ancient Materials with Novel Prospects
Author(s) -
Ye Zhantong,
Zhang Peng,
Lei Xiang,
Wang Xiaobai,
Zhao Nan,
Yang Hua
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201706028
Subject(s) - carbide , nitride , materials science , magnetism , machinability , iron nitride , nanotechnology , metallurgy , physics , machining , layer (electronics) , quantum mechanics
Iron carbides and nitrides have aroused great interest in researchers, due to their excellent magnetic properties, good machinability and the particular catalytic activity. Based on these advantages, iron carbides and nitrides can be applied in various areas such as magnetic materials, biomedical, photo‐ and electrocatalysis. In contrast to their simple elemental composition, the synthesis of iron carbides and nitrides still has great challenges, particularly at the nanoscale, but it is usually beneficial to improve performance in corresponding applications. In this review, we introduce the investigations about iron carbides and nitrides, concerning their structure, synthesis strategy and various applications from magnetism to the catalysis. Furthermore, the future prospects are also discussed briefly.