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Silica Support Affects the Catalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Silver

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3054-3058
Number of pages5
JournalEuropean Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Volume2021
Issue number30
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Aug 2021

Keywords

  • HER
  • Heyrovsky mechanism
  • Isotopic hydrogen composition
  • Kinetics
  • NaBD
  • Silica support
  • Silver nanoparticles

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