Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2019, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (3): 72-76.

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Performance of Co-B/ZrO2 catalyst for hydrogen generation from catalytic hydrolysis of sodium borohydride solution

Sun Haijie,Chen Lingxia,Zhang Yufeng,An Dongdong,Liu Cong   

  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Zhengzhou Normal University,Zhengzhou 450044,China
  • Received:2018-09-19 Online:2019-03-10 Published:2020-05-09

Abstract:

Co-B/ZrO2 catalyst was prepared by impregnation-reduction method,and the activity of the catalyst in the hydr-olysis of sodium borohydride to produce hydrogen was systematically investigated.The influences of the amount of substance ratio of the active component Co and the support ZrO2[n(Co)/n(ZrO2)] as well as the amount of substance ratio of the active component and the reducing agent[n(Co)/n(NaBH4)] on catalytic performance were investigated.The effects of the amount of catalyst,reaction temperature and stirring speed on hydrolysis of sodium borohydride were also studied.The results showed that the Co-B/ZrO2 catalyst prepared with 0.16:1 of n(Co)/n(ZrO2) and 1:5 of n(Co)/n(NaBH4) gave the fastest rate of sodium borohydride hydrolysis.The hydrogen evolution rate of sodium borohydride increased with the increasing amount of catalyst and the reaction temperature.With the increase of the stirring rate,the hydrogen production rate increased firstly and then decreased.The reaction kinetics of Co-B/ZrO2 catalyst for the hydrolysis of sodium borohydride was the zero-order reaction for sodium borohydride concentration.The activation energy of the sodium borohydride was 43.97 kJ/mol for the Co-B/ZrO2 supported catalyst.

Key words: Co-B catalyst, sodium borohydride hydrolysis, hydrogen production

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