The generation of
hydrogen, free of poisonous gas, combined with
a lightweight proton-exchange membrane fuel cell can expand the use
of hydrogen energy from conventional ground transportation vehicles
and power stations to a variety of flying vehicles and wearable devices
for civilian and military purposes. Herein, a hydrogen fuel composite
composed of sodium borohydride (SB) and oxalic acid dihydrate (OA·2H2O) is introduced. The SB/OA·2H2O composite
was easily decomposed to generate pure hydrogen at a trigger temperature
of 50 °C, at which the water molecules of the OA·2H2O component were effectively liberated, inducing hydrolysis
of the SB component to produce hydrogen gas. This dry hydrolysis-based
hydrogen generation using the SB/OA·2H2O composite
has the merits of rapidly generating hydrogen (i.e., 0.4 g of the
composite can be fully decomposed within a minute at low temperatures),
free of poisonous gas, in approximately 5 wt % yield (the theoretical
maximum value).
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