A review of hydrogen production kinetics from the hydrolysis of NaBH4 solution catalyzed by Co-based catalysts

Ferromagnetic “nickel core–cobalt shell” catalysts for NaBH4 hydrolysis

“…For the production of hydrogen in adiabatic reactors using solid-state pellets based on NaBH 4 , 10,17 uniform distribution of nanosized catalysts in the pellet volume is a recommended technique. Despite such detailed study of cobalt sodium borohydride hydrolysis catalysts, 18 the problem of substituting cobalt with less expensive metals arises as the cost of cobalt increases due to its demand in the production of lithium-ion energy sources. 19,20 An alternative may be nickel catalysts, which are also active in the hydrolysis of sodium borohydride.…”

Hydrogen production on CoFe, CoFeMn and CoFeMo coatings deposited on Ni foam via electroless metal plating

“…Transition metal catalysts have been developed as affordable and reasonably priced substitutes for expensive precious metals. So far, cobalt-based materials have proved to be superior catalysts for the hydrolysis of NaBH 4 [18,19]. They can act effectively as single metal catalysts, for example, as ultrafine cobalt nanoparticles supported on carbon nanospheres (CNSs@Co) [20], Co-anchored on nanoporous graphene oxide (Co/PGO) [21], or Co-B based [22], etc.…”