TY - GEN
T1 - The attractiveness of ammonia borane to generate hydrogen for PEM fuel cell vehicles
AU - Al-Kukhun, Ahmad
AU - Hwang, Hyun Tae
AU - Varma, Arvind
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Current promising methods to release hydrogen from Ammonia Borane (NH 3BH 3, AB; 19.6 wt% H 2) including neat thermolysis, thermolysis in ionic liquid bmimCl with or without proton sponge, thermolysis with nano-BN and hydrothermolysis, were investigated for hydrogen yield and ammonia formation. It was found that even trace moisture influences AB dehydrogenation significantly. The hydrothermolysis (13.5 wt% H 2, 1 mol% NH 3) at 85°C and thermolysis in bmimCl with 3 wt% moisture at 110o°C (13 wt% H 2, 0.2 mol% NH 3) methods were found to be the most promising. This study demonstrates that AB dehydrogenation is an attractive approach to generate hydrogen for PEM fuel cell vehicle applications.
AB - Current promising methods to release hydrogen from Ammonia Borane (NH 3BH 3, AB; 19.6 wt% H 2) including neat thermolysis, thermolysis in ionic liquid bmimCl with or without proton sponge, thermolysis with nano-BN and hydrothermolysis, were investigated for hydrogen yield and ammonia formation. It was found that even trace moisture influences AB dehydrogenation significantly. The hydrothermolysis (13.5 wt% H 2, 1 mol% NH 3) at 85°C and thermolysis in bmimCl with 3 wt% moisture at 110o°C (13 wt% H 2, 0.2 mol% NH 3) methods were found to be the most promising. This study demonstrates that AB dehydrogenation is an attractive approach to generate hydrogen for PEM fuel cell vehicle applications.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84857212969
SN - 9780816910700
T3 - 11AIChE - 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings
BT - 11AIChE - 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings
Y2 - 16 October 2011 through 21 October 2011
ER -