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Niobium nitride and method for producing same, niobium nitride-containing film and method for producing same, semiconductor, semiconductor device, photocatalyst, hydrogen generation device, and energy system

Granted 14 Jul 2015 · no office action yet

Assignee: Panasonic

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Inventors: Takahiro Suzuki, Satoru Tamura, Takaiki Nomura, Tomohiro Kuroha +3 · Examiner: Patricia L Hailey · AU 1732 · TC 1700

Application
13/983,729
filed 28 Nov 2012
Publication
US 20140057187
published 27 Feb 2014
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US 9,079,158
granted 14 Jul 2015
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Claims
2 independent
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H01B1/02, C04B35/628
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Abstract

The present invention is a niobium nitride which has a composition represented by the composition formula Nb 3 N 5 and in which a constituent element Nb has a valence of substantially +5. The method for producing the niobium nitride of the present invention includes the step of nitriding an organic niobium compound by reacting the organic niobium compound with a nitrogen compound gas.

Claims

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Classifications

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IPC · International Patent Classification
Section B — Performing operations; transporting
  • B01J19/12
  • B01J35/00
  • B01J23/648
  • B01J27/24
  • B01J37/08
  • B01J23/20
Section C — Chemistry; metallurgy
  • C04B35/628
  • C25B1/00
  • C01B21/06
  • C04B35/58
  • C01B3/04
  • C04B35/632
Section H — Electricity
  • H01B1/02
  • H01M6/04
  • H01M8/08
  • H01M8/06
  • H01B1/06
  • H01M8/04
  • H01B1/08

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