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Water-soluble Poly(4-styrenesulfonic acid-co-maleic acid)-stabilized Nickel(0) and Cobalt(0) Nanoclusters as Highly Active Catalysts in Hydrogen Generation from the Hydrolysis of Ammonia-Borane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Önder Metin
Affiliation:
ometin@metu.edu.tr, Middle East Technical University, Chemistry, Ankara, Turkey
Saim Özkar
Affiliation:
sozkar@metu.edu.tr, Middle East Technical University, Chemistry, Ankara, Turkey
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Abstract

Water soluble poly(4-styrenesulfonic acid-co-maleic acid), PSSA-co-MA, stabilized nickel(0) and cobalt(0) nanoclusters were prepared for the first time from the reduction of nickel(II) chloride and cobalt(II) chloride by using minimum amount of sodium borohydride shortly before their usage as catalysts in the hydrolysis of ammonia-borane (AB) in the same medium at room temperature. PSSA-co-MA stabilized nickel(0) and cobalt(0) nanoclusters showed high catalytic activity in hydrogen generation from the hydrolysis of AB even at low temperature.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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