Synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon microspheres containing palladium nanoparticles and its application in hydrogen release using formic acid

Today, nanotechnology is widely used to synthesize materials with new properties. Synthesized metal nanoparticles have the ability to effectively catalyze organic reactions due to their high surface to volume ratio and are therefore significant as efficient catalysts. In this project, the preparation of stabilized palladium nanoparticles on a substrate of nitrogen- doped carbon microspheres was first investigated. At the beginning of the operation, hydrogen release reactions were performed with formic acid by formulated catalyst and compared with other cobalt and nickel nanocatalysts. According to the obtained data and calculation of reaction activation energy, significant results for hydrogen release from Formic acid was obtained.