Abstract
Silica supported silver nanoparticles, SiO2-Ag0-NPs, catalyze the hydrolysis of BH4−. A comparison of the isotopic composition of the hydrogen formed in the hydrolysis of BD4− points out that the contribution of hydrides, the Heyrovsky mechanism, rather than that of hydrogen atoms, the Tafel mechanism, to the hydrogen evolution is considerably larger for the SiO2-Ag0-NPs catalyzed process than for the Ag0-NPs catalyzed process. This indicates some electron transfer from the SiO2 to the silver that increases the negative charge on the Ag0-NPs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3054-3058 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry |
| Volume | 2021 |
| Issue number | 30 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 13 Aug 2021 |
Keywords
- HER
- Heyrovsky mechanism
- Isotopic hydrogen composition
- Kinetics
- NaBD
- Silica support
- Silver nanoparticles