Ammonia borane confined by nitrogen-containing carbon nanotubes: Enhanced dehydrogenation properties originating from synergetic catalysis and nanoconfinement

Lijun Zhang; Guanglin Xia; Yu Ge; Caiyun Wang; Zaiping Guo; Xingguo Li; Xuebin Yu

doi:10.1039/c5ta05540g

Ammonia borane confined by nitrogen-containing carbon nanotubes: Enhanced dehydrogenation properties originating from synergetic catalysis and nanoconfinement

Lijun Zhang
, Guanglin Xia
, Yu Ge
, Caiyun Wang
, Zaiping Guo^*
, Xingguo Li
, Xuebin Yu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Borane-amine adducts (H₃N·BH₃, AB) in tetrahydrofuran solution were infiltrated into polypyrrole (PPy) nanotubes by a capillary effect, forming an ammonia borane (AB)@PPy combined system. This composite system combines the synergetic catalysis of nitrogen atoms with nanoconfinement in nanotubes, resulting in a significant improvement in the dehydrogenation properties. Dehydrogenation results showed that the AB loaded on PPy can release 15.3% hydrogen below 150 °C with an onset decomposition temperature as low as 48 °C. More importantly, the evolution of harmful ammonia, diborane, and borazine was entirely suppressed. © The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	20494-20499
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume	3
Issue number	41
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ta05540g
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

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This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21271046, 51471053) and the PhD Programs Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (20110071110009). Funding from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence Scheme (Project Number CE 140100012) is also gratefully acknowledged. The authors would like to thank the Australian National Nanofabrication FacilityMaterials node (ANFF) and the UOW Electron Microscopy Centre for the use of equipment, and thank Dr Tania Silver for critical reading of the manuscript.

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Ammonia borane confined by nitrogen-containing carbon nanotubes: Enhanced dehydrogenation properties originating from synergetic catalysis and nanoconfinement. / Zhang, Lijun; Xia, Guanglin; Ge, Yu et al.
In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 3, No. 41, 2015, p. 20494-20499.

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