A Process for Hydrogen Production from the Catalytic Decomposition of Formic Acid over Iridium-Palladium Nanoparticles

Overview

Journal Materials (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Date 2021 Jul 2

PMID 34204765

Citations 1

Authors

Hamed M Alshammari

Mohammad Hayal Alotaibi

Obaid F Aldosari

Abdulellah S Alsolami

Nuha A Alotaibi

Yahya A Alzahrani

Mosaed S Alhumaimess

Raja L Alotaibi

Gamal A El-Hiti

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Abstract

The present study investigates a process for the selective production of hydrogen from the catalytic decomposition of formic acid in the presence of iridium and iridium-palladium nanoparticles under various conditions. It was found that a loading of 1 wt.% of 2% palladium in the presence of 1% iridium over activated charcoal led to a 43% conversion of formic acid to hydrogen at room temperature after 4 h. Increasing the temperature to 60 °C led to further decomposition and an improvement in conversion yield to 63%. Dilution of formic acid from 0.5 to 0.2 M improved the decomposition, reaching conversion to 81%. The reported process could potentially be used in commercial applications.

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