Abstract
In this study, a TiO2-supported ruthenium catalyst (denoted as Ru/TiO2) was facilely synthesized by chemical reduction method without the use of any chemical reducing reagents. Using a 2 wt.% KBH4 + 1 wt.% KOH solution, hydrogen generation rate was as high as 137423.9 mL* min-1 g-1at 30 0C, and apparent activation energy was calculated as 55.48 kJ*mol-1. Compared with similar Ru-based catalysts reported in literature, the Ru/TiO2 catalyst synthesized by chemical reduction method in this study indicates higher catalytic activity and lower apparent activation energy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 281-287 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020, S.C. Virtual Company of Phisics S.R.L. All rights reserved.
Funding
The authors are grateful to the Research Foundation of Yüzüncü Yıl University for financial support under project FDK-2017-6256.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Research Foundation of yüzüncü yıl University | FDK-2017-6256 |
Keywords
- Characterization
- Efficient catalyst
- Hydrogen generation
- Hydrolysis
- Kinetics
- Potassium borohydride
- Synthesis
- TiO