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Non-Metal Polymeric Bioparticles Based on Maleic Acid/Citric Acid as a Catalyst for H2 Generation from NaBH4

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Novel metal-free catalysts were synthesized form maleic acid (MA) and citric acid (CA) based polymers for hydrogen generation form NaBH4. Surfactant-free-self-emulsion polymerization technique was used to synthesize poly(Maleic acid)(poly(MA)), poly(Citric acid)(poly(CA)) and poly(Maleic acid-co-Citric Acid) poly(MA-co-CA)) polymeric micro-particles in a single step. The prepared catalysts were characterized by zeta potential, SEM, FTIR and TGA. The hydrodynamic diameter of the poly(MA), poly(CA) and poly(MA-co-CA) micro-particles were found to be 0.681, 1.273, 1.604 µm and the zeta potential of this micro-particles were found to be −6.90, −5.69 and −7.73 mV, respectively. Various parameters affecting the rate of H2 production of polymeric catalysts, such as the amount of microparticles, the amount of NaBH4 and the ambient temperature were investigated. Hydrogen generation rate(HGR) was calculated as 84 ± 44 ml H2 g−1 min−1 for 50 mg poly(MA-co-CA)micro-particles in the hydrolysis of 50 mM NaBH4. The activation energy(Ea) of hydrolysis of NaBH4 catalyzed by poly(MA-co-CA)micro-particles was calculated as −1.66 ± 0.76 kJ mol−1, which is much lower than similar studies reported in the literature. The prepared poly(CA), poly(MA) and poly(MA-co-CA) micro-particles were shown to be very effective catalysts in H2 generation by hydrolysis of NaBH4.

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  1. Department of Mining Engineering, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Engineering Faculty, Campus, Van, 65080, Turkey

    Duygu Alpaslan & Tuba Ersen Dudu

  2. Institute of Natural and Applied Science, Department of Chemical Engineering, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Campus, Van, 65080, Turkey

    Duygu Alpaslan, Tuba Ersen Dudu & Nahit Aktas

  3. Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

    Nahit Aktas

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Alpaslan, D., Ersen Dudu, T. & Aktas, N. Non-Metal Polymeric Bioparticles Based on Maleic Acid/Citric Acid as a Catalyst for H2 Generation from NaBH4. J Polym Environ 30, 3656–3664 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-022-02461-x

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