In this work, a novel catalyst for the hydrolysis reaction of sodium borohydride to produce hydrogen—graphene oxide modified perlite supported cobalt—was produced. After being exposed to 98 % H2SO4, the natural mineral perlite was calcined and then mixed with graphene oxide. To create the Co@Perlite-GO catalyst, the synthesized Perlite-GO was added to the cobalt catalyst as a supporting material. The morphological layout and nature of the sample were evaluated using different spectroscopic techniques. Comparative analysis was carried out to investigate the catalytic effects of Co@Perlite-GO and Co@Perlite catalysts on the sodium borohydride (SBH) hydrolysis reaction. When the Co@Perlite-GO catalyst containing 4 mg Co was utilized, the hydrogen production rate was 12401 ml g−1 min−1 as a consequence of the optimization procedures carried out at 298 K. Under room conditions, the reaction occurred as catalyst control (0th degree), and the standard turnover frequency (TOF) was measured to be 8615 s−1. The activation energy, enthalpy, and entropy of the reaction were measured as 53.35 kJ mol−1, 50.77 kJ mol−1, and −58 J/(mol.K) respectively. It was found that the catalyst maintained 100 % efficiency even after being used six times.