Water soluble laurate-stabilized ruthenium(0) nanoclusters catalyst for hydrogen generation from the hydrolysis of ammonia-borane: High activity and long lifetime

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 7223-7230

  Durap, Feyyaz ^a   Zahmakiran, Mehmet ^a   Özkar, Saim ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ammonia borane; Catalyst; Hydrogen; Hydrolysis; Nanoclusters; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; CATALYTIC HYDROLYSIS; DIMETHYLAMINE-BORANE; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FTIR; HIGH ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN GAS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; LAURATE; LONG LIFETIME; NOVEL CATALYSTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; RUTHENIUM CHLORIDES; SODIUM LAURATE; SOLID HYDROGEN; TEM; UV-VISIBLE; WATER DISPERSIBLE; WATERSOLUBLE; XPS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINES; AMMONIA; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN STORAGE; HYDROLYSIS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NANOCLUSTERS; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM;

RUTHENIUM;

EID: 68349127238     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.06.074     Document Type: Article

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