Microwave Treatment on Co–B–P Catalyst to Enhance Catalytic Activity for Hydrogen Production by Hydrolysis of Nabh4

In this study, a microwave treatment was chosen as an alternative method to synthesize Co-B-P catalyst for hydrogen production from hydrolysis of sodium borohydride (NaBH4) for the first time. The effect of gas, treatment time, and microwave power, amount of catalyst and temperature on the catalytic activity of Co-B-P catalyst was investigated under microwave treatment. The synthesized Co-B-P catalyst was characterized by XRD, SEM, EDX, BET and FTIR measurements. In the presence of Co-B-P catalyst, hydrolysis of NaBH4 under microwave treatment was completed in 9 minutes whereas it was completed in 16 minutes under normal condition. It was found that the value of activation energy is 16.211 kJ*mol-1.