7 ABSTRACT: NaBH4 has long been identified as a viable hydrogen-storage 8 material due to a theoretical gravimetric H2 capacity of 10.6 wt %. Because of 9 the high enthalpy of decomposition of 108 ± 3 kJ mol−1, thermal 10 decomposition of the pristine material does not occur until at least 500 °C, 11 and thus NaBH4 has yet to be utilized in hydrogen-storage processes. In this 12 study, NaBH4 ha...

The hydrolysis of sodium borohydride as a source of hydrogen gas is studied at different mole ratios of H+ to NaBH4. The sulfonated porous carbon (SPC) is used as a source of hydrogen ion and catalyst. It is found that the sulfonated porous carbon exhibits high activity for the hydrolysis of NaBH4 to generate hydrogen gas at room temperature in comparison to Amberlyst-15 and Nafion-NR50. The ki...

Cobalt-catalyzed hydrolysis of sodium borohydride (NaBH(4)) has attracted great attention since the hydride is believed to be promising hydrogen storage material. Cobalt is an efficient metal catalyst and has already proven to be a potential alternative to noble metals. Nevertheless it is not stable. Indeed it transforms into a Co- and B-based material when on contact with NaBH(4). Through ex s...

In this study, we studied the ceria supported Ni complex preparation and using it as a catalyst in NaBH4 hydrolysis for H2 production. system was different parameters, concentration of complex, NaBH4, NaOH, amount temperature. Additionally, characterized by several analysis methods. Finally, kinetic calculation reaction at 20 ℃-50 ℃ activation energy found to be 27.581 kJ/mol. The aim study is ...

Although the synthesis of borohydride nanostructures is sufficiently established for advancement of hydrogen storage, obtaining ultrasmall (sub-10 nm) metal borohydride nanocrystals with excellent dispersibility is extremely challenging because of their high surface energy, exceedingly strong reducibility/hydrophilicity and complicated composition. Here, we demonstrate a mechanical-force-driven...

In this thesis, interaction of ferritin with transition metal ions and chelates is studied. First, a simple method for synthesizing gold nanoparticles stabilized by horse spleen apoferritin (HSAF) was reported using NaBH4 or 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid (MOPS) as the reducing agent. The average particle diameters were 3.6 and 15.4 nm for NaBH4-reduced and MOPS-reduced Au-HSAF, respectiv...

Hydrogen-fluorine exchange in the NaBH4-NaBF4 system is investigated using a range of experimental methods combined with DFT calculations and a possible mechanism for the reactions is proposed. Fluorine substitution is observed using in situ synchrotron radiation powder X-ray diffraction (SR-PXD) as a new Rock salt type compound with idealized composition NaBF2H2 in the temperature range T = 20...

we have recently synthesized ti(bh4)3(thf)3 and v(bh4)2(tmeda)2 complexes. the reaction of ticl3(thf)3 with nabh4 in dry thf gave flat blue crystals, ti(bh4)3(thf)3. the reaction of vcl3 with nabh4 in presence of n, n, n', n'- tetramethylethylenediamine, tmeda, produced violet crystals, v(bh4)2(tmeda)2. vibrational and magnetic properties of ti(bh4)3(thf)3 and v(bh4)2(tmeda)2 have been studied.

Nowadays, a lot of efforts have been applied to find an appropriate catalyst for generating hydrogen from NaBH4. Hence in the current study, various nanostructures of TiO2 were employed to obtain an insight into how the different support catalysts effect on the hydrolysis rate of NaBH4. For this aim, disordered filaments (DF-NTs) and ordered free-standing TiO2 nanotubes (FS-NTs) were fabricated...

The reaction between MO and NaBH4 catalyzed by Ag NPs has been studied. Ag NPs catalyzed the reduction of MO rapidly, while adding CTAB into the solution caused the regeneration of MO. Thus, reversible catalysis for the reaction between MO and NaBH4 by Ag NPs was discovered for the first time.