Research progress on vanadium nitride preparation technology

ZHANG Lei; WANG Ning; WU Jinshu; ZHU Ningfang; LIANG Guangfen; YU Bin; YE Mingfeng

doi:10.7513/j.issn.1004-7638.2026.03.008

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ZHANG Lei, WANG Ning, WU Jinshu, ZHU Ningfang, LIANG Guangfen, YU Bin, YE Mingfeng. Research progress on vanadium nitride preparation technology[J]. IRON STEEL VANADIUM TITANIUM, 2026, 47(3): 73-83. doi: 10.7513/j.issn.1004-7638.2026.03.008

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ZHANG Lei, WANG Ning, WU Jinshu, ZHU Ningfang, LIANG Guangfen, YU Bin, YE Mingfeng. Research progress on vanadium nitride preparation technology[J]. IRON STEEL VANADIUM TITANIUM, 2026, 47(3): 73-83. doi: 10.7513/j.issn.1004-7638.2026.03.008

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Research progress on vanadium nitride preparation technology

doi: 10.7513/j.issn.1004-7638.2026.03.008

Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for High-Value Utilization of Vanadium and Titanium Resources, Pangang Group Research Institute Co., Ltd., Panzhihua 617000, Sichuan, China

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Received Date: 2025-12-19
Accepted Date: 2026-01-22
Rev Recd Date: 2026-01-12
Publish Date: 2026-06-29

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Vanadium nitride is a kind of microalloying additive with excellent performance, and it also possesses significant practical value in other fields such as supercapacitors, hard coatings, and industrial catalysis. The optimization and innovation of its preparation technology have attracted continuous research attention in the fields of metallurgy and materials science. In this paper, a classified introduction to the existing vanadium nitride preparation methods was provided, including carbothermal reduction-nitridation, ammonia reduction-nitridation, carbonaceous gas reduction-nitridation, precursor method, direct nitridation of metallic vanadium, magnesiothermic reduction-nitridation, and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Among these, the carbothermal reduction-nitridation method was discussed in terms of the two-step method and one-step method. A comparative analysis of raw material selection, process parameter configuration, and product element content was additionally presented, with a systematic evaluation of the advantages, disadvantages as well as application scale and scenarios of each process. It was proposed that the preparation processes of vanadium nitride were characterized by taking the carbothermal reduction-nitridation method as the core, with the ammonia reduction-nitridation method, carbonaceous gas reduction-nitridation method and precursor method developing steadily, while other research methods were still in the stage of small-scale exploration. In addition, considering factors such as cost, environmental protection and product performance, this paper presented the possible directions for the future development of vanadium nitride preparation technology.
- vanadium nitride,
- carbothermal reduction-nitridation,
- ammonia reduction-nitridation,
- carbonaceous gas,
- precursor

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