Influence of Si/Al molar ratio of hollow silica-alumina composite spheres on their activity for hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 6151-6157

  Toyama, Naoki ^a   Umegaki, Tetsuo ^a   Kojima, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia borane; Br nsted acid sites; Hollow silica alumina composite; Hydrolytic dehydrogenation; Si Al molar ratio; Spheres

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; AMMONIA; DEHYDROGENATION; HYDROGEN; POLYSTYRENES; SILICA; SILICON; SOL-GELS; SPHERES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACID SITE; AMMONIA BORANE; HOLLOW SPHERE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; MOLAR RATIO; POLYSTYRENE PARTICLE; SILICA-ALUMINA; SOL-GEL REACTION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84934444772     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.03.021     Document Type: Article

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