Anchoring carbon nanotubes and post-hydroxylation treatment enhanced Ni nanofiber catalysts towards efficient hydrous hydrazine decomposition for effective hydrogen generation

Pan Yang; Lijun Yang; Qiang Gao; Qiang Luo; Xiaochong Zhao; Xianmin Mai; Qinglong Fu; Mengyao Dong; Jingchuan Wang; Yawei Hao; Ruizhu Yang; Xinchun Lai; Shide Wu; Qian Shao; Tao Ding; Jing Lin; Zhanhu Guo

doi:10.1039/c9cc04559g

Anchoring carbon nanotubes and post-hydroxylation treatment enhanced Ni nanofiber catalysts towards efficient hydrous hydrazine decomposition for effective hydrogen generation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Aug 7;55(61):9011-9014. doi: 10.1039/c9cc04559g. Epub 2019 Jul 10.

Authors

Pan Yang¹, Lijun Yang¹, Qiang Gao², Qiang Luo³, Xiaochong Zhao¹, Xianmin Mai⁴, Qinglong Fu¹, Mengyao Dong⁵, Jingchuan Wang¹, Yawei Hao¹, Ruizhu Yang¹, Xinchun Lai¹, Shide Wu⁶, Qian Shao⁷, Tao Ding⁸, Jing Lin⁹, Zhanhu Guo¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Materials, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, Jiangyou 621908, China. zhaoxiaochong@caep.cn.
² Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
³ State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China and Integrated Composites Lab (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37966, USA. zguo10@utk.edu.
⁴ School of Urban Planning and Architecture, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China. maixianmin@foxmail.com.
⁵ Integrated Composites Lab (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37966, USA. zguo10@utk.edu and Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
⁶ Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Science, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
⁷ College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266590, China.
⁸ College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China. dingtao@henu.edu.cn.
⁹ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China. linjing@gzhu.edu.cn.
¹⁰ Integrated Composites Lab (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37966, USA. zguo10@utk.edu.

PMID: 31290869
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04559g

Abstract

For effective hydrogen generation with remarkable durability, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown on Ni nanofibers and their post hydroxylation treatment engendered active Ni nanofiber catalysts an efficient decomposition of hydrous hydrazine with a turnover frequency (TOF) of 19.4 h^-1 and an activation energy down to 51.05 KJ mol^-1.