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Guan S, Liu Y, Zhang H, Shen R, Wen H, Kang N, Zhou J, Liu B, Fan Y, Jiang J, Li B. Recent Advances and Perspectives on Supported Catalysts for Heterogeneous Hydrogen Production from Ammonia Borane. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023:e2300726. [PMID: 37118857 PMCID: PMC10375177 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202300726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Ammonia borane (AB), a liquid hydrogen storage material, has attracted increasing attention for hydrogen utilization because of its high hydrogen content. However, the slow kinetics of AB hydrolysis and the indefinite catalytic mechanism remain significant problems for its large-scale practical application. Thus, the development of efficient AB hydrolysis catalysts and the determination of their catalytic mechanisms are significant and urgent. A summary of the preparation process and structural characteristics of various supported catalysts is presented in this paper, including graphite, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), metal oxides, carbon nitride (CN), molybdenum carbide (MoC), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), boron nitride (h-BN), zeolites, carbon dots (CDs), and metal carbide and nitride (MXene). In addition, the relationship between the electronic structure and catalytic performance is discussed to ascertain the actual active sites in the catalytic process. The mechanism of AB hydrolysis catalysis is systematically discussed, and possible catalytic paths are summarized to provide theoretical considerations for the designing of efficient AB hydrolysis catalysts. Furthermore, three methods for stimulating AB from dehydrogenation by-products and the design of possible hydrogen product-regeneration systems are summarized. Finally, the remaining challenges and future research directions for the effective development of AB catalysts are discussed.
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- Shuyan Guan
- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Key Laboratory of Coal Green Conversion, Henan Polytechnic University, 2001 Century Avenue, Jiaozuo, 454000, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, Key and Open Lab on Forest Chemical Engineering, SFA, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Key Laboratory of Coal Green Conversion, Henan Polytechnic University, 2001 Century Avenue, Jiaozuo, 454000, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- ISM, UMR CNRS N° 5255, Univ. Bordeaux, Talence Cedex, 33405, France
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Key Laboratory of Coal Green Conversion, Henan Polytechnic University, 2001 Century Avenue, Jiaozuo, 454000, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Key Laboratory of Coal Green Conversion, Henan Polytechnic University, 2001 Century Avenue, Jiaozuo, 454000, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, Key and Open Lab on Forest Chemical Engineering, SFA, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Key Laboratory of Coal Green Conversion, Henan Polytechnic University, 2001 Century Avenue, Jiaozuo, 454000, P. R. China
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Feng Y, Liao J, Chen X, Liao Q, Wang H, Ji S, Pollet BG, Li H, He M. Co 3O 4–CuCoO 2 hybrid nanoplates as a low-cost and highly active catalyst for producing hydrogen from ammonia borane. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj05524g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Co3O4–CuCoO2 hybrid nanoplates are low-cost and highly active catalysts for producing hydrogen from ammonia borane with a turnover frequency (TOF) of 65.0 molhydrogen molcat.−1 min−1.
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- Yufa Feng
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Changzhou University
- Changzhou
- China
- School of chemistry and Materials Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Electronic Functional Materials and Devices, Huizhou University
- Huizhou 516007
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- School of chemistry and Materials Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Electronic Functional Materials and Devices, Huizhou University
- Huizhou 516007
- China
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- School of chemistry and Materials Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Electronic Functional Materials and Devices, Huizhou University
- Huizhou 516007
- China
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- School of chemistry and Materials Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Electronic Functional Materials and Devices, Huizhou University
- Huizhou 516007
- China
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- School of chemistry and Materials Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Electronic Functional Materials and Devices, Huizhou University
- Huizhou 516007
- China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Chemical Engineering, Jiaxing University
- Jiaxing
- China
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- Hydrogen Energy and Sonochemistry Research Group, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- NO-7491 Trondheim
- Norway
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- School of chemistry and Materials Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Electronic Functional Materials and Devices, Huizhou University
- Huizhou 516007
- China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Changzhou University
- Changzhou
- China
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Ammonia Borane: An Extensively Studied, Though Not Yet Implemented, Hydrogen Carrier. ENERGIES 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/en13123071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ammonia borane H3N−BH3 (AB) was re-discovered, in the 2000s, to play an important role in the developing hydrogen economy, but it has seemingly failed; at best it has lagged behind. The present review aims at analyzing, in the context of more than 300 articles, the reasons why AB gives a sense that it has failed as an anodic fuel, a liquid-state hydrogen carrier and a solid hydrogen carrier. The key issues AB faces and the key challenges ahead it has to address (i.e., those hindering its technological deployment) have been identified and itemized. The reality is that preventable errors have been made. First, some critical issues have been underestimated and thereby understudied, whereas others have been disproportionally considered. Second, the potential of AB has been overestimated, and there has been an undoubted lack of realistic and practical vision of it. Third, the competition in the field is severe, with more promising and cheaper hydrides in front of AB. Fourth, AB has been confined to lab benches, and consequently its technological readiness level has remained low. This is discussed in detail herein.
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Du X, Tai Y, Liu H, Zhang J, Su M, Li F, Wang S. Highly Dispersed CuNi Nanoparticles Supported on Reduced Graphene Oxide as Efficient Catalysts for Hydrogen Generation from NH3BH3. Z PHYS CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2018-1317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Highly dispersed CuNi nanoparticles (NPs) immobilized on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) were synthesized via the simple in situ co-reduction of an aqueous solution of Copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate, nickel chloride hexahydrate, and graphene oxide (GO) by the reduction of ammonia borane (AB) at room temperature. The powder XRD, FTIR, EDS, and TEM techniques were used to charaterize the structure, size, and composition of the CuNi/RGO catalysts. The as-prepared CuNi/RGO catalysts showed excellent catalytic performance toward the hydrolysis of AB at room temperature. Compared to Cu/RGO, Ni/RGO, and the RGO-free Cu0.6Ni0.4 counterpart, the as-prepared Cu0.6Ni0.4/RGO catalysts showed much better catalytic activity. Furthermore, kinetic studies showed that the catalytic hydrolysis of AB by Cu0.6Ni0.4/RGO has zero order dependence on the AB concentration, but first order dependence on the catalyst concentration. The turnover frequency (TOF) of Cu0.6Ni0.4/RGO catalyst for the hydrolytic dehydrogenation of AB was determined to be about 20.2 mol H2 (mol Cu0.6Ni0.4/RGO)−1 min−1 at 25 °C. In addition, the activation energy (Ea
) of Cu0.6Ni0.4/RGO was determined to be around 17.7 kJ mol−1, which is one of the lowest activation energy’s of the reported metal-based catalysts.
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- Xigang Du
- School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology , Luoyang 471003, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology , Luoyang 471003, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology , Luoyang 471003, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology , Luoyang 471003, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology , Luoyang 471003, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology , Luoyang 471003, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Henan University of Science and Technology , Luoyang 471003, China
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Yu X, Li N, Wang W, Li L, Yao M, Tian W, Guo X, Li G. Microstructural Engineering of Heterogeneous P−S−Co Interface for Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution. ChemElectroChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201900709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Xiaoguang Yu
- College of Materials Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology No.53 Zhengzhou Road Qingdao 266042, Shandong Province People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology No.53 Zhengzhou Road Qingdao 266042, Shandong Province People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology No.53 Zhengzhou Road Qingdao 266042, Shandong Province People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology No.53 Zhengzhou Road Qingdao 266042, Shandong Province People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology No.53 Zhengzhou Road Qingdao 266042, Shandong Province People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology No.53 Zhengzhou Road Qingdao 266042, Shandong Province People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology No.53 Zhengzhou Road Qingdao 266042, Shandong Province People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology No.53 Zhengzhou Road Qingdao 266042, Shandong Province People's Republic of China
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