Recent progress for hydrogen production from ammonia and hydrous hydrazine decomposition: A review on heterogeneous catalysts

Bimetallic nickel-iridium nanocatalysts for hydrogen generation by decomposition of hydrous hydrazine.

Alloying Ni with Ir leads to the formation of highly active catalysts for complete decomposition of hydrous hydrazine with 100% H(2) selectivity at room temperature. Use of surfactants enhances the activity by suppressing the agglomeration of nanoparticles, but does not affect the bimetallic compositions of the nanoparticles.

Room-temperature hydrogen generation from hydrous hydrazine for chemical hydrogen storage.

Rhodium nanoparticles (NPs) effectively catalyze the decomposition of hydrous hydrazine to produce hydrogen under ambient reaction conditions. Rh(0) NPs with a particle size of approximately 5 nm prepared in the presence of hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide show higher catalytic activity.

Cobalt-based Catalysts for Ammonia Decomposition

An effect of promoters such as calcium, aluminium, and potassium oxides and also addition of chromium and manganese on the structure of cobalt catalysts was examined. Studies of the catalytic ammonia decomposition over the cobalt catalysts are presented. The studies of the ammonia decomposition were carried out for various ammonia-hydrogen mixtures in which ammonia concentration varied in the r...

CO x Free Hydrogen Production by Catalytic Decomposition of Methane Over Porous Ni/Al2O3 Catalysts

On-demand Hydrogen Production from Organosilanes at Ambient Temperature Using Heterogeneous Gold Catalysts

An environmentally friendly ("green"), H2-generation system was developed that involved hydrolytic oxidation of inexpensive organosilanes as hydrogen storage materials with newly developed heterogeneous gold nanoparticle catalysts. The gold catalyst functioned well at ambient temperature under aerobic conditions, providing efficient production of pure H2. The newly developed size-selective gold...