Hydrogen production from tetralin over microwave-accelerated Pt-supported activated carbon

The hydrogen production from tetralin was carried out under microwave heating compared with conventional heating. Pt-supported activated carbon was used as a catalyst and microwave receptor in the reaction. Microwave heating increased the conversion of tetralin dehydrogenation as compared with conventional heating up to 19% at the same condition (207 °C). Moreover, the microwave reaction exhibited the lower retardation constant resulting from naphthalene adsorption on the surface of heterogeneous catalyst.