• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 37, Issue 5, 547 (2022)
Hongli WANG1, Nan WANG1, Liying WANG1, Erhong SONG2,*, and Zhankui ZHAO1,*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China
  • 22. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20210311 Cite this Article
    Hongli WANG, Nan WANG, Liying WANG, Erhong SONG, Zhankui ZHAO. Hydrogen Generation from Formic Acid Boosted by Functionalized Graphene Supported AuPd Nanocatalysts[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(5): 547 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Formic acid (FA) is considered as a new type of hydrogen storage material with great application prospect due to its high hydrogen content and easy recharging as a liquid. Seeking high efficiency catalysts to solve the problem of slow reaction kinetics of hydrogen evolution from FA is vital. In this work, polyethyleneimine modified graphene (PEI-rGO) was used as the catalyst substrate, and PEI-rGO supported AuPd nanocomposite material (Au0.3Pd0.7/PEI-rGO) was prepared by wet chemical method. The Au0.3Pd0.7/PEI-rGO catalyst exhibits remarkable activity for the hydrogen generation from FA, affording an unprecedented turnover frequency (TOF) of 2357.5 molH2∙ molcatalyst-1∙h -1 without any additives, which is superior to most heterogeneous catalysts under similar reaction conditions. Its excellent catalytic performance is attributed to the strong interaction between PEI-rGO substrate and AuPd nanoparticles, which regulates the size, dispersion and electronic structure of metal active components. Furthermore, the recycle test result shows that the catalyst has good stability.
    $\text{TOF}=\frac{{{P}_{\text{atm}}}{{V}_{{{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}}}/RT}{{{n}_{\text{catalyst}}}t}$

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    $\text{lnTOF}=\ln A-{{E}_{\text{a}}}\text{/}RT$

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    Hongli WANG, Nan WANG, Liying WANG, Erhong SONG, Zhankui ZHAO. Hydrogen Generation from Formic Acid Boosted by Functionalized Graphene Supported AuPd Nanocatalysts[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(5): 547
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