Uniform dispersion of ultrafine ruthenium nanoparticles on nano-cube ceria as efficient catalysts for hydrogen production from ammonia-borane hydrolysis
Zhiwei Peng, Yuhuan Wang, Chengwang Yin, Shujun Qiu, Yongpeng Xia, Yongjin Zou, Fen Xu, Lixian Sun, Hailiang Chu
Abstract
Ultrafine Ru nanoparticles supported on nano-cube ceria with Ce 3+ and oxygen vacancies can provide a strong metal–support interaction, thereby exhibiting superior catalytic performance toward AB hydrolysis.
Topics & Concepts
Ammonia boraneCatalysisHydrolysisRutheniumMaterials scienceNanoparticleDispersion (optics)Hydrogen productionBoraneChemical engineeringHydrogenNano-Ammonia productionInorganic chemistryChemistryNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryComposite materialPhysicsOpticsEngineeringHydrogen Storage and MaterialsAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionNanomaterials for catalytic reactions