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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
Volume 369, Issue 1-2, Pages 53-59Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2009.08.031
Keywords
Rhodium; Nanoclusters; Laurate; Ammonia-borane; Hydrolysis; Hydrogen; Catalyst
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- National Boron Research Institute [2008-0146]
- Turkish Academy of Sciences
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Herein we report, for the first time, the preparation and characterization of water soluble rhodium(0) nanoclusters stabilized by laurate (dodecanoate) anion and their catalytic activity in the hydrolysis of ammonia-borane. The water soluble laurate-stabilized rhodium(0) nanoclusters were prepared from the reduction of rhodium(III) chloride by dimethylamine-borane in solution containing sodium laurate at room temperature. The water soluble laurate-stabilized rhodium(0) nanoclusters in average size of 5.2 +/- 2.7 nm could be isolated from the reaction solution and characterized by using UV-vis, TEM, XPS, XRD and FTIR spectroscopic methods. Catalytic activity of rhodium(0) nanoclusters was tested in the hydrolysis of ammonia-borane. They show exceptional catalytic activity and unprecedented catalytic lifetime in this reaction. They provide a TOF value of 200 mol H-2/mol Rh min and 80,000 turnovers in the hydrolysis of ammonia-borane in air at 25.0 +/- 0.1 degrees C. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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