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H2 Evolution Upon Hydrolysis of Ammonia-Borane Catalyzed by Porphyrin Stabilized Nanocatalysts

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Ammonia-borane (AB) is one of the most promising fuel forms for the hydrogen economy, but the reaction requires a good catalyst to accelerate this hydrolysis reaction under ambient conditions. Here, H2 evolution upon hydrolysis of ammonia-borane catalyzed by tetra-(p-hydroxyphenyl) porphyrin (THPP) stabilized transition metal nanoparticles (RhNPs/THPP, RuNPs/THPP, PtNPs/THPP) has been reported for the first time. The as-synthesized nanocomposites (TMNPs/THPP) show high catalytic activity in the AB hydrolysis. Among these TMNPs/THPP, the RhNP-3/THPP exhibits the best catalytic activity with a TOF of 213.64 molH2 molcata−1 min−1. In addition, tandem reaction for 1,1-diphenylethylene hydrogenation has also confirmed the H2 evolution upon hydrolysis of ammonia-borane.

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Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21606145, 21805166), the 111 Project (No. D20015), State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry Foundation of Nanjing University (No. SKLCC1811), the Engineering Research Center of Eco-environment in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, China Three Gorges University (KF2019-05) and the outstanding young and middle-aged science and technology innovation teams, Ministry of Education, Hubei province, China (T2020004) and China Three Gorges University is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Nuonuo Zhang, Genjiang Liu, Yao Sun, Jiaying Yan & Xiang Liu

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Zhang, N., Liu, G., Sun, Y. et al. H2 Evolution Upon Hydrolysis of Ammonia-Borane Catalyzed by Porphyrin Stabilized Nanocatalysts. Catal Lett 151, 2272–2278 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03501-8

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