Dihydrogen Phosphate Stabilized Ruthenium(0) Nanoparticles: Efficient Nanocatalyst for The Hydrolysis of Ammonia-Borane at Room Temperature

DURAP F., Caliskan S., ÖZKAR S., Karakas K., Zahmakıran M.

MATERIALS, cilt.8, sa.7, ss.4226-4238, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3390/ma8074226
  • Dergi Adı: MATERIALS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.4226-4238
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: hydrogenphosphate, ammonia-borane, hydrolysis, catalyst, ruthenium nanoparticles, HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEM, HIGHLY-ACTIVE CATALYSTS, PALLADIUM(0) NANOCLUSTERS, REUSABLE CATALYST, FACILE SYNTHESIS, DEHYDROGENATION, STORAGE, DISSOCIATION, SOLVOLYSIS, CLUSTERS
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Intensive efforts have been devoted to the development of new materials for safe and efficient hydrogen storage. Among them, ammonia-borane appears to be a promising candidate due to its high gravimetric hydrogen storage capacity. Ammonia-borane can release hydrogen on hydrolysis in aqueous solution under mild conditions in the presence of a suitable catalyst. Herein, we report the synthesis of ruthenium(0) nanoparticles stabilized by dihydrogenphosphate anions with an average particle size of 2.9 +/- 0.9 nm acting as a water-dispersible nanocatalyst in the hydrolysis of ammonia-borane. They provide an initial turnover frequency (TOF) value of 80 min(-1) in hydrogen generation from the hydrolysis of ammonia-borane at room temperature. Moreover, the high stability of these ruthenium(0) nanoparticles makes them long-lived and reusable nanocatalysts for the hydrolysis of ammonia-borane. They provide 56,800 total turnovers and retain similar to 80% of their initial activity even at the fifth catalytic run in the hydrolysis of ammonia-borane at room temperature.