Rhodium(0), Ruthenium(0) and Palladium(0) nanoparticles supported on carbon-coated iron: Magnetically isolable and reusable catalysts for hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane

Akbayrak S., ÇAKMAK G., ÖZTÜRK T., ÖZKAR S.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, cilt.46, sa.25, ss.13548-13560, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 46 Sayı: 25
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.02.023
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Artic & Antarctic Regions, Chemical Abstracts Core, Communication Abstracts, Environment Index, INSPEC
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.13548-13560
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Rhodium, Palladium, Ruthenium, Carbon coated iron, Hydrogen, Ammonia borane
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We report the synthesis of magnetically isolable ruthenium(0), rhodium(0), and palladium(0) nanoparticles, supported on carbon-coated magnetic iron particles, and their employment as catalysts in hydrolysis of ammonia borane. Carbon-coated iron (C-Fe) particles are obtained by co-processing of iron powders with methane in a radio frequency thermal plasma reactor. The impregnation of ruthenium(III), rhodium(III) and palladium(II) ions on the carbon-coated iron particles followed by aqueous solution of sodium borohydride leads to the formation of respective metal(0) nanoparticles supported on carbon coated iron, M-0/C-Fe NP (M 1/4 Ru, Rh, and Pd) at room temperature. M-0/C-Fe NPs are characterized using the ICP-OES, XPS, TEM, and EDX techniques and tested as catalysts for hydrolysis of ammonia borane at 298 K. The results reveal that Rh-0/C-Fe, Ru-0/C-Fe, Pd-0/C-Fe catalysts provide turnover frequency of 83, 93, and 29 min(-1), respectively, in this industrially important reaction. More importantly, these magnetically separable metal(0) nanoparticles show very high reusability with no noticeable activity loss in subsequent runs of hydrolysis evolving 3.0 equivalent H-2 per mole of ammonia borane. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.