A comprehensive study of hydrogen production from ammonia borane via PdCoAg/AC nanoparticles and anodic current in alkaline medium: experimental design with response surface methodology

doi:10.1007/s11708-020-0808-7

Front. Energy

2020, Vol. 14

Issue (3) : 578-589 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-020-0808-7

RESEARCH ARTICLE

A comprehensive study of hydrogen production from ammonia borane via PdCoAg/AC nanoparticles and anodic current in alkaline medium: experimental design with response surface methodology

Hilal ÇELİK KAZICI(

), Şakir YILMAZ, Tekin ŞAHAN(

), Fikret YILDIZ, Ömer Faruk ER, Hilal KIVRAK

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65080 Van, Turkey

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Abstract

In this paper, the optimization of hydrogen (H₂) production by ammonia borane (NH₃BH₃) over PdCoAg/AC was investigated using the response surface methodology. Besides, the electro-oxidation of NH₃BH₃was determined and optimized using the same method to measure its potential use in the direct ammonium boran fuel cells. Moreover, the ternary alloyed catalyst was synthesized using the chemical reduction method. The synergistic effect between Pd, Co and Ag plays an important role in enhancement of NH₃BH₃ hydrolysis. In addition, the support effect could also efficiently improve the catalytic performance. Furthermore, the effects of NH₃BH₃ concentration (0.1–50 mmol/5 mL), catalyst amount (1–30 mg) and temperature (20°C–50°C) on the rate of H₂ production and the effects of temperature (20°C–50°C), NH₃BH₃ concentration (0.05–1 mol/L) and catalyst amount (0.5–5 µL) on the electro-oxidation reaction of NH₃BH₃ were investigated using the central composite design experimental design. The implementation of the response surface methodology resulted in the formulation of four models out of which the quadratic model was adjudged to efficiently appropriate the experimental data. A further statistical analysis of the quadratic model demonstrated the significance of the model with a p-value far less than 0.05 for each model and coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.85 and 0.95 for H₂production rate and NH₃BH₃ electrroxidation peak current, respectively.

Keywords ammonia borane hydrogen production fuel cell response surface methodology

Corresponding Author(s): Hilal ÇELİK KAZICI,Tekin ŞAHAN

Online First Date: 30 April 2020 Issue Date: 14 September 2020

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Hilal ÇELİK KAZICI,Şakir YILMAZ,Tekin ŞAHAN, et al. A comprehensive study of hydrogen production from ammonia borane via PdCoAg/AC nanoparticles and anodic current in alkaline medium: experimental design with response surface methodology[J]. Front. Energy, 2020, 14(3): 578-589.

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Fig.1 Experimental set-up for hydrogen production hydrolysis of NH₃BH_3.

Tab.1 Levels of selected independent parameters for both designs

Tab.2 CCD experimental runs and corresponding responses

Tab.3 ANOVA results for H₂ production rate and electro-oxidation current

Fig.2 Correlation between predicted and actual values.

Fig.3 Normal probability plot for residuals.

Fig.4 3D response surface plots showing the simultaneous effects.

Tab.4 Comparison of predicted and experimental result optimum values of H₂ production rate and electro-oxidation current

Fig.5 Experimental result optimum values of H₂ production rate.

Fig.6 Experimental result optimum values of NH₃BH₃ electro-oxidation current.

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