Enhanced dehydrogenation of LiBH4 catalyzed by carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles

Juan Xu; Xuebin Yu; Zhiqing Zou; Zhilin Li; Zhu Wu; Daniel L Akins; Hui Yang

doi:10.1039/b812476k

Enhanced dehydrogenation of LiBH4 catalyzed by carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Nov 30:(44):5740-2. doi: 10.1039/b812476k. Epub 2008 Oct 1.

Authors

Juan Xu¹, Xuebin Yu, Zhiqing Zou, Zhilin Li, Zhu Wu, Daniel L Akins, Hui Yang

Affiliation

¹ Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, PR China.

PMID: 19009066
DOI: 10.1039/b812476k

Abstract

The catalytic dehydrogenation of LiBH(4) doped with exceptionally low quantities of carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles can be improved significantly, and smaller Pt nanoparticles result in greater enhanced catalytic dehydrogenation of LiBH(4) than do larger Pt nanoparticles.