Helia Magali Morales, Horacio Vieyra, David A Sanchez, Elizabeth M Fletes, Michael Odlyzko, Timothy P Lodge, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Jason G Parsons
This work focuses on the synthesis of titanium nitride-carbon (TiN-carbon) composites by the thermal decomposition of a titanyl phthalocyanine (TiN(TD)) precursor into TiN. The synthesis of TiN was also performed using the sol-gel method (TiN(SG)) of an alkoxide/urea. The structure and morphology of the TiN-carbon and its precursors were characterized by XRD, FTIR, SEM, TEM, EDS, and XPS. The FTIR results confirmed the presence of the titanium phthalocyanine (TiOPC) complex, while the XRD data corroborated the decomposition of TiOPC into TiN...
April 2, 2024: Nanomaterials