Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Ni/CNTs Nanocomposites for Hydrogen Production from Hydrolysis of NaBH4

Fang Li; Qi Ming Li; Hern Kim

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.622-623.816

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Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Ni/CNTs Nanocomposites for Hydrogen Production from Hydrolysis of NaBH₄

Abstract:

Hydrogen production from NaBH4 hydrolysis is very important for environment-friendly fuel cells. Here Ni/CNTs nanocomposites were prepared by microwave-assisted method and used as the catalyst for catalytic hydrolysis of NaBH₄. XRD and SEM characterization showed that uniform Ni/CNTs nanocomposites can be obtained through microwave heating and solvent optimization. Ni/CNTs nanocomposites exhibit excellent catalytic activity in the hydrolysis of NaBH₄, i.e., the average hydrogen generation rate at 25°C is 840ml.min-1.g-1 for the CNTs-supported Ni/CNTs, while the hydrogen generation rate of 86ml.min^-1.g^-1 for unsupported Ni catalyst. Compared with the unsupported Ni catalyst, Ni/CNTs nanocomposites presented higher catalytic activity for hydrolysis of aqueous NaBH₄ solution.