Improved hydrogen production from formic acid on a Pd/C catalyst doped by potassium

Dmitri A. Bulushev, Lijun Jia, Sergey Beloshapkin, Julian R.H. Ross

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Abstract

The rate of hydrogen production from vapour-phase formic acid decomposition can be increased by 1–2 orders of magnitude by doping a Pd/C catalyst with potassium ions. Surface potassium formate and/or bicarbonate species could be involved in the rate-determining step of this reaction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4184-4186
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume48
Issue number35
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Apr 2012

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