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

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Enhanced dehydrogenation of LiBH₄ catalyzed by carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles†

Juan Xu,‡^ab Xuebin Yu,‡^a Zhiqing Zou,^a Zhilin Li,^a Zhu Wu,^a Daniel L. Akins^c and Hui Yang*^a

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^a Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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^b Department of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Polytechnic University, Jiangsu, P. R. China

^c CASI, The City College of New York, New York, USA

Abstract

The catalytic dehydrogenation of LiBH₄ 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 LiBH₄ than do larger Pt nanoparticles.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B812476K
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 21 Jul 2008
Accepted: 26 Aug 2008
First published: 01 Oct 2008

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Chem. Commun., 2008, 5740-5742

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Enhanced dehydrogenation of LiBH₄ catalyzed by carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles

J. Xu, X. Yu, Z. Zou, Z. Li, Z. Wu, D. L. Akins and H. Yang, Chem. Commun., 2008, 5740 DOI: 10.1039/B812476K

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