Carbon-catalyzed oxygen-mediated dehydrogenation of formaldehyde in alkaline solution for efficient hydrogen production

• Main Authors: Lu, Nan, Yan, Xiaoqing, Tan, Hui Ling, Kobayashi, Hisayoshi, Yu, Xuehan, Li, Yuezhou, Zhang, Jiemei, Peng, Zhengxin, Sui, Jing, Zhang, Ziying, Liu, Wen, Li, Renhong, Li, Benxia
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Carbon Catalysts; Dehydrogenation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163042
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We report an efficient process to dehydrogenate formaldehyde in alkaline solution, catalyzed by carbon nanotubes (CNTs) via a unique reaction mechanism involving molecular O2. The superior catalytic performance of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) compared to the other carbon-based catalysts is attributed to...