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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 46, Issue 2, Pages 2204-2212Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.10.140
Keywords
Rhodium nanoparticles; Space-confinement; Ammonia borane hydrolysis; Hydrogen evolution
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21777109]
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This study presents a method to fabricate high-performance Rh nanoparticles catalyst using an amino-group and space-confinement assisted strategy, significantly enhancing the catalytic performance for AB hydrolysis.
Hydrogen evolution from ammonia borane (AB) hydrolysis is of great importance considering the ever-increasing demand for green and sustainable energy. However, the development of a facile and efficient strategy to construct high-performance catalysts remains a grand challenge. Herein, we report an amino-group and space-confinement assisted strategy to fabricate Rh nanoparticles (NPs) using amino-functionalized metal-organic-frameworks (UiO-66-NH2) as a NP matrix (Rh/UiO-66-NH2). Owing to the coordination effect of amino-group and space-confinement of UiO-66-NH2, small and well-distributed Rh NPs with a diameter of 3.38 nm are successfully achieved, which can be served as efficient catalysts for AB hydrolysis at room temperature. The maximum turnover frequency of 876.7 min(-1) is obtained by using the Rh/UiO-66-NH2 with an optimal Rh loading of 4.38 wt% and AB concentration of 0.2 M at 25 degrees C, outperforming most of the previously developed Rh-based catalysts. The catalyst is also stable in repetitive cycles for five times. The high performance of this catalyst must be ascribed to the structural properties of UiO-66-NH2, which enable the formation of small and well-dispersed Rh NPs with abundant accessible active sites. This study provides a simple and efficient method to significantly enhance the catalytic performance of Rh for AB hydrolysis. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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