Microwave Treatment on Co–B–P Catalyst to Enhance Catalytic Activity for Hydrogen Production by Hydrolysis of Nabh4

Abstract

In this study, a microwave treatment was chosen as an alternative method to synthesize Co-B-P catalyst for hydrogen production from hydrolysis of sodium borohydride (NaBH4 ) for the first time. The effect of gas, treatment time, and microwave power, amount of catalyst and temperature on the catalytic activity of Co-B-P catalyst was investigated under microwave treatment. The synthesized Co-B-P catalyst was characterized by XRD, SEM, EDX, BET and FTIR measurements. In the presence of Co-B-P catalyst, hydrolysis of NaBH4 under microwave treatment was completed in 9 minutes whereas it was completed in 16 minutes under normal condition. It was found that the value of activation energy is 16.211 kJ*mol-1.