Hydrogel assisted nickel nanoparticle synthesis and their use in hydrogen production from sodium boron hydride

ÖZAY Ö., Aktaş N., Inger E., ŞAHİNER N.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, vol.36, no.3, pp.1998-2006, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 36 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.11.045
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1998-2006
  • Keywords: Hydrogen, Hydrogel-nanoreactor, Catalysis, Nanocluster, NaBH4 Hydrolysis, Ni nanoparticles, RUTHENIUM(0) NANOCLUSTERS, COBALT(0) NANOCLUSTERS, GENERATION PROPERTIES, BOROHYDRIDE SOLUTION, CATALYTIC-ACTIVITY, AMMONIA-BORANE, CO-B, HYDROLYSIS, REUSABILITY
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, hydrogels were synthesized from 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propansulfonic acid (AMPS) via a photo polymerization technique. Approximately 100 nm Ni metal nanoparticles were generated in situ inside these p(AMPS) hydrogel networks and used as a catalyst in hydrogen production by hydrolysis of sodium boron hydride in a basic medium. The effects of several parameters on the hydrolysis reaction such as the amount of catalyst, the initial concentration of NaBH4, and the temperature were investigated. The activation energy, activation enthalpy and activation of entropy for the reaction were calculated as 42.28 kJ mol−1, 39.59 kJ mol−1 and −171.67 J mol−1 K−1, respectively.

In this study, hydrogels were synthesized from 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propansulfonic acid (AMPS) via a photo polymerization technique. Approximately 100 nm Ni metal nanoparticles were generated in situ inside these p(AMPS) hydrogel networks and used as a catalyst in hydrogen production by hydrolysis of sodium boron hydride in a basic medium. The effects of several parameters on the hydrolysis reaction such as the amount of catalyst, the initial concentration of NaBH4, and the temperature were investigated. The activation energy, activation enthalpy and activation of entropy for the reaction were calculated as 42.28 kJ mol(-1), 39.59 kJ mol(-1) and -171.67 J mol(-1) K-1, respectively. (C) 2010 Professor T. Nejat Veziroglu. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.