In:
Functional Materials Letters, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd, Vol. 11, No. 01 ( 2018-02), p. 1850018-
Abstract:
Hydrogen generation from the catalytic hydrolysis of sodium borohydride has many advantages, and therefore, significant research has been undertaken on the development of highly efficient catalysts for this purpose. In our present work, Co 3 O 4 nanowires were successfully synthesized as catalyst precursor by employing SBA-15 as a hard template. For material characterization, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) and N 2 adsorption isotherms were employed, respectively. To measure the catalyst activity, typical water-displacement method was carried out. Using a reaction solution comprising 10[Formula: see text]wt.% NaBH 4 and 2[Formula: see text]wt.% NaOH, the hydrogen generation rate (HGR) was observed to be as high as 7.74[Formula: see text] L min[Formula: see text] g[Formula: see text] at 25[Formula: see text]C in the presence of Co 3 O 4 nanowires, which is significantly higher than that of CoB nanoparticles and commercial Co 3 O 4 powder. Apparent activation energy was calculated to be 50.9[Formula: see text]kJ mol[Formula: see text] . After recycling the Co 3 O 4 nanowires six times, HGR was decreased to be 72.6% of the initial level.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1793-6047
,
1793-7213
DOI:
10.1142/S1793604718500182
Language:
English
Publisher:
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd
Publication Date:
2018
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