Synthesis and Characterization of Niobium Carbide with Copper Addition Obtained Via Gas Solid Reaction

The use of niobium containing materials' has gained much attention of the scientific community in the late years due its various applications in diverse fields. NbC is a highly versatile material. Copper addition may alter several of its properties, such as morphology, crystal structure etc. as well as enhance its catalytic behavior. Nanostructured NbC with copper addition synthesis' presented here had the precursor [(NH4)3[NbO(C2O4)3]xH2O] as starting material, which was doped with Cu(NO3)2 at 5% and 10% (molar) ratios. Doped NbC was obtained via gas solid reaction in fixed bed reactor at low...