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Nitrogen‐Decorated Porous Carbon Supported AgPd Nanoparticles for Boosting Hydrogen Generation from Formic Acid
Author(s) -
Zhang Xiaoyu,
Shang Ningzhao,
Shang Honglin,
Du Tianxing,
Zhou Xin,
Feng Cheng,
Gao Shutao,
Wang Chun,
Wang Zhi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
energy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2194-4296
pISSN - 2194-4288
DOI - 10.1002/ente.201800522
Subject(s) - dehydrogenation , formic acid , catalysis , hydrogen , chemistry , carbon fibers , nanoparticle , inorganic chemistry , hydrogen production , nitrogen , hydrogen storage , chemical engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , composite number , engineering , composite material
Formic acid (FA) decomposition to yield molecular H 2 is a promising approach in hydrogen economy. Design of selective, efficient catalysts for dehydrogenation of formic acid remains a challenging topic. Here, nitrogen‐doped porous carbon (NPC) nanosheets were fabricated with glucose as carbon source and g‐C 3 N 4 as both the nitrogen source and self‐sacrificial template. Highly dispersed AgPd nanoparticles were supported on NPC successfully by a simple liquid impregnation approach. The optimized catalyst Ag 1 Pd 9 @NPC exhibits high catalytic activity (total turnover frequency up to 3000 h −1 ) and 100 % hydrogen selectivity for the dehydrogenation reaction of FA at 50 °C. Our study demonstrated that the synergistic effects between the nitrogen‐doped carbon nanosheets support and AgPd nanoparticles play a pivotal role for the efficient catalytic dehydrogenation of formic acid.