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By‐Product Carrying Humidified Hydrogen: An Underestimated Issue in the Hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride
Author(s) -
Petit Eddy,
Miele Philippe,
Demirci Umit B.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201600425
Subject(s) - sodium borohydride , hydrolysis , chemistry , hydrogen , boron , inorganic chemistry , hydrogen storage , sodium , borohydride , catalysis , molecule , organic chemistry
Catalyzed hydrolysis of sodium borohydride generates up to four molecules of hydrogen, but contrary to what has been reported so far, the humidified evolved gas is not pure hydrogen. Elemental and spectroscopic analyses show, for the first time, that borate by‐products pollute the stream as well as the vessel.