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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Applicant:
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HK;
Inventors:
Wenjun Zhang, New Territories, HK;
Bin Liu, New Territories, HK;
Assignee:
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HK;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 8/24 (2006.01); C23C 8/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 8/24 (2013.01); C23C 8/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of preparing a metal nitride includes the steps of: a) subjecting a metal precursor to plasma treatment to form the metal nitride, the metal precursor including a transition metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, cobalt, iron and molybdenum; and b) cooling down the metal nitride after the step a). An electrocatalyst including the metal nitride and a method of conducting water hydrolysis by using an electrocatalyst comprising the metal nitride is also disclosed.