IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v16y2025i1d10.1038_s41467-025-58031-x.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Multilayered hollow transition metal nitride spheres made from single-source precursors for SERS analytics

Author

Listed:
  • Xiaoyu Song

    (Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine
    Beihang University)

  • Yahui Li

    (Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine)

  • Meng Yin

    (Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine)

  • Junfang Li

    (Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine)

  • Haifeng Yang

    (Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine)

  • Wei Liu

    (Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine)

  • Xiaotian Wang

    (Beihang University)

  • Guangcheng Xi

    (Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine)

Abstract

Traditional high-temperature and high-pressure synthesis routes make transition metal nitride (TMN) grains prone to sintering and agglomeration, thus synthesis of architectures with high specific surface area and pore volume is an urgent problem to be solved for the applications of TMNs. Here, a general single-source precursor route is designed to synthesize cubic-phase γ-Mo2N multilayered hollow spheres with high specific surface area (191.3 m2 g–1) and pore volume (0.69 cm3 g–1) under relatively mild conditions. Furthermore, by changing the metal composition of the precursor through ion exchange, a series of TMN (WN, TiN, VN, NbN, MoN/WN, MoN/WN/TiN) multilayer hollow spheres with high specific surface area (178.6–193.7 m2 g–1) and pore volume (0.57–0.72 cm3 g–1) are prepared. Particle size of precursor is found to be a key factor affecting the crystal phase and composition of molybdenum nitride nanostructures, and hexagonal-phase δ-MoN hierarchical hollow spheres composed of nanosheets are synthesized by adjusting the precursor particle size. The γ-Mo2N multilayered hollow spheres exhibit enhanced Raman activity for applications in trace detection of polychlorophenol and microplastics.

Suggested Citation

  • Xiaoyu Song & Yahui Li & Meng Yin & Junfang Li & Haifeng Yang & Wei Liu & Xiaotian Wang & Guangcheng Xi, 2025. "Multilayered hollow transition metal nitride spheres made from single-source precursors for SERS analytics," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-58031-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58031-x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58031-x
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41467-025-58031-x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Haomin Guan & Wentao Li & Jing Han & Wencai Yi & Hua Bai & Qinghong Kong & Guangcheng Xi, 2021. "General molten-salt route to three-dimensional porous transition metal nitrides as sensitive and stable Raman substrates," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Haomin Guan & Wencai Yi & Tao Li & Yahui Li & Junfang Li & Hua Bai & Guangcheng Xi, 2020. "Low temperature synthesis of plasmonic molybdenum nitride nanosheets for surface enhanced Raman scattering," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Chao Ye & Huanyu Jin & Jieqiong Shan & Yan Jiao & Huan Li & Qinfen Gu & Kenneth Davey & Haihui Wang & Shi-Zhang Qiao, 2021. "A Mo5N6 electrocatalyst for efficient Na2S electrodeposition in room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-11, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Xuefei Zhao & Zhihang Xu & Zhaorui Zhang & Jiahao Liu & Xiaohui Yan & Ye Zhu & J. Paul Attfield & Minghui Yang, 2025. "Titanium nitride sensor for selective NO2 detection," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-8, December.
    2. Jiashen Meng & Xufeng Hong & Zhitong Xiao & Linhan Xu & Lujun Zhu & Yongfeng Jia & Fang Liu & Liqiang Mai & Quanquan Pang, 2024. "Rapid-charging aluminium-sulfur batteries operated at 85 °C with a quaternary molten salt electrolyte," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
    3. Lu Zhang & Wencai Yi & Junfang Li & Guoying Wei & Guangcheng Xi & Lanqun Mao, 2023. "Surfactant-free interfacial growth of graphdiyne hollow microspheres and the mechanistic origin of their SERS activity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    4. Wanqing Song & Zhenzhuang Wen & Xin Wang & Kunyan Qian & Tao Zhang & Haozhi Wang & Jia Ding & Wenbin Hu, 2025. "Unsaturation degree of Fe single atom site manipulates polysulfide behavior in sodium-sulfur batteries," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-14, December.
    5. Zhu, Renlin & Huang, Run & Lv, Xiaodong & Zhang, Shudong & Lin, Yibo & Xie, Jiayue & Long, Xianze & Li, Miao, 2025. "A systematical review on preparation, microstructure, cyclic parameters, and anchoring NaPSs of cathodes containing electrocatalysts for room-temperature sodium‑sulfur batteries," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 381(C).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-58031-x. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.