Synthesis of Sulfur@g-C3N4 and CuS@g-C3N4 Catalysts for Hydrogen Production from Sodium Borohydride
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Catalyst | Form | Hydrogen Evolution Rate (mL/g·min) | Activation Energy (KJ/mol) | Ref. |
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Co-P/CNTs-Ni | Foam | 2640 | 47.27 | [79] |
Co–Mo–B/C | Powder | 1280.8 | 51.0 | [80] |
Co3O4@TiO2-g-C3N4 | Powder | 1200 | 58.0 | [81] |
Co@TiO2(P25) | Powder | 660 | 45.2 | [82] |
CoB/Ag–TiO2 | Powder | 393 | 44.0 | [83] |
CuS@g-C3N4 | Powder | 5227 | 41.15 ± 0.02 | This study |
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Alshammari, K.; Alotaibi, T.; Alshammari, M.; Alhassan, S.; Alshammari, A.H.; Taha, T.A.M. Synthesis of Sulfur@g-C3N4 and CuS@g-C3N4 Catalysts for Hydrogen Production from Sodium Borohydride. Materials 2023, 16, 4218. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16124218
Alshammari K, Alotaibi T, Alshammari M, Alhassan S, Alshammari AH, Taha TAM. Synthesis of Sulfur@g-C3N4 and CuS@g-C3N4 Catalysts for Hydrogen Production from Sodium Borohydride. Materials. 2023; 16(12):4218. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16124218
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlshammari, Khulaif, Turki Alotaibi, Majed Alshammari, Sultan Alhassan, Alhulw H. Alshammari, and Taha Abdel Mohaymen Taha. 2023. "Synthesis of Sulfur@g-C3N4 and CuS@g-C3N4 Catalysts for Hydrogen Production from Sodium Borohydride" Materials 16, no. 12: 4218. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16124218