An effective amino acid-assisted growth of ultrafine palladium nanocatalysts toward superior synergistic catalysis for hydrogen generation from formic acid. Issue 4 (6th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hong, Cheng-Bin; Zhu, De-Jie; Ma, Dong-Dong; Wu, Xin-Tao; Zhu, Qi-Long
• Is Part Of: Inorganic chemistry frontiers. Volume 6:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 975
• Page End: 981
• Publication Date: 2019-03-06
• Subjects: Chemistry, Inorganic -- Periodicals; 546.05
• DOI: 10.1039/c9qi00037b
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-1553

Abstract

Abstract : An amino acid-assisted approach is developed to immobilize ultrafine Pd NPs onto mesoporous carbon, which exhibits remarkable catalytic activity for hydrogen generation. Abstract : The highly efficient hydrogen generation system is crucial for clean energy. In this work, a facile and effective amino acid-assisted strategy has been developed to grow ultrafine and well-dispersed Pd nanoparticles (average diameter ≤1.9 nm) onto mesoporous carbon. The as-synthesized catalyst exhibits superior catalytic activity for the dehydrogenation of formic acid with 100% selectivity and completion under mild conditions, affording a turnover frequency (TOF) value as high as 5723 h −1 at 333 K, among the highest reported so far. Thus, the presented approach will greatly promote formic acid as a promising hydrogen storage material in practical applications and in the fabrication of highly efficient heterogeneous catalysts for various reactions.