Promoting H2 generation from the reaction of Mg nanoparticles and water using cations

Jie Zheng; DengChen Yang; Wei Li; He Fu; Xingguo Li

doi:10.1039/c3cc45021j

Promoting H2 generation from the reaction of Mg nanoparticles and water using cations

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Oct 21;49(82):9437-9. doi: 10.1039/c3cc45021j.

Authors

Jie Zheng¹, DengChen Yang, Wei Li, He Fu, Xingguo Li

Affiliation

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), The State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. xgli@pku.edu.cn.

PMID: 24005235
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45021j

Abstract

H2 generation from the reaction between Mg nanoparticles and water can be significantly promoted by low cost chlorides. The promotion effect exhibits strong correlation with the OH(-) affinity of the corresponding cation. This interesting observation offers a simple and effective solution to portable H2 generation under mild conditions.