Catalytic hydrolysis of ammonia borane for hydrogen generation using cobalt nanocluster catalyst supported on polydopamine functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube

Energy

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 822-829

  Arthur, Ernest Evans ^a   Li, Fang ^a   Momade, Francis W Y ^b   Kim, Hern ^a  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ammonia borane; Hydrogen; Hydrolysis; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Polydopamine

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALKALINITY; AMINES; AMMONIA; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COBALT; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROLYSIS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCATALYSTS; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOTUBES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); REUSABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMMONIA BORANE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; PHYSICAL CHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYDOPAMINE; SITU OXIDATIVE POLYMERIZATION; TEM (TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY); XRD (X RAY DIFFRACTION);

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CARBON; CATALYST; HYDROGEN; HYDROLYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84908503535     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.08.080     Document Type: Article

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