Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 37, Issue 5, 547(2022)
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.
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Hongli WANG, Nan WANG, Liying WANG, Erhong SONG, Zhankui ZHAO.
Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE
Received: May. 17, 2021
Accepted: --
Published Online: Jan. 10, 2023
The Author Email: SONG Erhong (ehsong@mail.sic.ac.cn), ZHAO Zhankui (zhaozk@ccut.edu.cn)