A Study of N/N Isotopic Exchange over Cobalt Molybdenum Nitrides.

The N/N isotopic exchange pathways over CoMoN, a material of interest as an ammonia synthesis catalyst and for the development of nitrogen transfer reactions, have been investigated. Both the homomolecular and heterolytic exchange processes have been studied, and it has been shown that lattice nitrogen species are exchangeable. The exchange behavior was found to be a strong function of pretreatment with ca.

Towards nitrogen transfer catalysis: reactive lattice nitrogen in cobalt molybdenum nitride.

Lattice nitrogen within the catalyst Co(3)Mo(3)N is both reactive and likely highly mobile, enabling potential novel nitrogen transfer pathways; evidence suggests that loss and subsequent regain of lattice nitrogen in the system reversibly cycles through the previously unknown nitride, Co(6)Mo(6)N.