Abstract: Confinement of NaBH4 in nanoporous carbon: Impacts on Kinetics, thermodynamics and reversibility of the hydrogen sorption (22nd North American Catalysis Society Meeting)

Friday, June 10, 2011: 11:40 AM

Ambassador Ballroom 3 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )

Peter Ngene¹, Roy van den Berg¹, Krijn P. de Jong² and Petra E. de Jongh³, (1)Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, (2)Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, (3)Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

The hydrogen release kinetics, thermodynamics and reversibility of NaBH₄ has been remarkably improved by confinement in nanoporous carbon. The nanocomposites releases hydrogen at 150 °C against 470 °C for bulk NaBH₄ and unlike the bulk it is partially reversible at relatively mild condition of 60 bar H₂ and 320 °C.

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