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Co-catalytic Effect of Functionalized SiO2 Materials on H2 Production from Formic Acid by an Iron Catalyst
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 April 2014
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Surface modified L@SiO2 particles bearing covalently attached functional groups (L) have been tested as co-catalysts for H2 production from Formic Acid (FA) by the homogenous FeII/P(CH2CH2PPh2)3 catalyst. The L@SiO2 particles induce remarkable increase of catalytic H2 production i.e. by 710 %, when L=a basic functionality such as Imidazoles, or NH2-groups. This effect is attributed to a thermodynamic promotion of FA deprotonation facilitating coordination of HCOO- anion on the FeII atom of active catalyst during catalysis.
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1641: Symposium AA – Catalytic Nanomaterials for Energy and Environment , 2014 , mrsf13-1641-aa06-26
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