Hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride by Ru-Ni Foam Catalyst

Authors

Jie CHENG, Department of Physical Chemistry,University of Science and Technology Beijing,Beijing 100083,China;
Feng YE, Department of Physical Chemistry,University of Science and Technology Beijing,Beijing 100083,China;
Tong-tao WANG, Department of Physical Chemistry,University of Science and Technology Beijing,Beijing 100083,China;
Jing-jing LI, Department of Physical Chemistry,University of Science and Technology Beijing,Beijing 100083,China;
Yong-liang WANG, Department of Physical Chemistry,University of Science and Technology Beijing,Beijing 100083,China;
Xin-dong WANG, Department of Physical Chemistry,University of Science and Technology Beijing,Beijing 100083,China;

Abstract

This paper presented a method of hydrogen generation from sodium borohydride solution for fuel cells.The Ru-Ni foam catalyst which was prepared by chemical plating showed strong activity and stability.The pretreatment of Ni foam before chemical plating was very important for the catalyst's strong activity and stability.This easy-to-prepared catalyst exhibited a good activity after being used several times.The effects of NaBH4 concentration,temperature and used times on the hydrogen generation rate were investigated.The results showed that the rate was remarkablely increased with the temperature rising and the rate increased more than ten times when the temperature of reaction rised from 15 ℃ to 60 ℃.In the view-point of practical application,the NaBH4 concentration of 15%~20% kept relatively high rate of hydrogen generation and relatively high hydrogen storage efficiency.The rate could reach to 0.784 mL·s-1 with every gram catalyst of 3% Ru loading when the NaBH4 concentration was 20% and the NaOH concentration was 3% at 23.5 ℃.

Keywords

NaBH4, hydrogen generation, Ru loading catalyst, generator, fuel cells

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.61558/2993-074X.1904

Publication Date

2008-08-28

Online Available Date

2008-08-28

Revised Date

2008-08-28

Received Date

2008-08-28

Recommended Citation

Jie CHENG, Feng YE, Tong-tao WANG, Jing-jing LI, Yong-liang WANG, Xin-dong WANG. Hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride by Ru-Ni Foam Catalyst[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2008 , 14(3): 269-272.
DOI: 10.61558/2993-074X.1904
Available at: https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol14/iss3/8

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