FIGURE 1.

Overview of inorganic nitride nanomaterials for renewable energy applications, including ZrN for zinc-air batteries, mesoporpus Mo₂N/S for Li-S batteries, hybrid 2D–0D Graphene–VN quantum dots for lithium and sodium ion batteries, Ni₃Mo₃N₃ nanorods for supercapacitors, Mo₂N or WN or Fe₂N for solar cells solar cells, heterostructural MoS₂/AlN(GaN) for photocatalytic water splitting, 3D porous Mo₂N for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution, 2D Co-g-C₃N₄ bulk for fuel cells and FeN₄ as high energy density materials. The inserted graphics are adapted with permission from Li et al. (2011), Chen et al. (2013), Liu and Zhang (2013), Liao et al. (2014), Wang et al. (2016), Bykov et al. (2018), Jiang et al. (2018), Kumar et al. (2020), Yuan et al. (2020).