TiN nanotube supported Ni catalyst Ni@TiN-NTs: experimental evidence of structure-activity relations in catalytically hydrolyzing ammonia borane for hydrogen evolution.With commercial TiO2 as the precursor, titanium nitride nanotubes (TiN-NTs) were fabricated through a hydrothermal - ammonia nitriding route, and next non-noble metal nanosized Ni particles were evenly and firmly anchored on the surface of the TiN-NTs via a PVP-mediated non-aqueous phase reduction-deposition strategy, to obtain the supported catalyst Ni@TiN-NTs.  It could be suggested that these tactics can also be extended to the fabrication of other metal or alloy catalysts supported by TiN-NTs, with great application potential and development prospects.
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