Citation: Zhi-Kang JIN, Tong WEI, Chao XU, Hong-Bo JIA, Jun-Jie SONG, Hong-Liang ZHU, Xiang-Bo-Wen DU, Zheng-Xin PENG, Gang WANG, Jun LIU, Hong-Yun DING, Fan HE, Min WANG, Ren-Hong LI. Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Cobalt Boride for Efficient Catalytic Hydrogen Production via Ammonia Borane Hydrolysis[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2022, 38(12): 2392-2400. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2022.242 shu

Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Cobalt Boride for Efficient Catalytic Hydrogen Production via Ammonia Borane Hydrolysis

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School of Materials Science & Engineering, Zhejiang SCI-TECH University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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Anji Goachnieve Enviro Technology Co., Ltd., Huzhou, Zhejiang 313300, China

Corresponding author: Ren-Hong LI, lirenhong@zstu.edu.cn
Received Date: 23 May 2022
Revised Date: 11 October 2022

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In this paper, a simple calcination process was used to synthesize nanocrystalline cobalt boride (CoB), which was employed to catalyze the hydrolysis of ammonia borane solution at room temperature. Specifically, it was found that the CoB exhibited high performance with a turnover frequency (TOF) of 35.3 mol_H₂·mol_cat^-1·min^-1, which is superior to platinum (TOF=29.3 mol_H₂·mol_cat^-1·min^-1). It still possessed excellent catalytic hydrogen production performance after repeated testing for 8 times. We found that Co⁰ species on the surface of CoB is a possible catalytic active site, and the boron site on the surface can effectively assist the Co⁰ site to achieve the synergistic catalytic hydrogen production from ammonia borane.
- CoB,
- ammonia borane,
- catalytic hydrogen production,
- synergistic effect
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