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2017

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Hydrolysis Of Ammonia Borane And Hydrazine Borane By Poly($N$-Vinyl-2-Pyrrolidone)-Stabilized Copd Nanoparticles For Chemical Hydrogen Storage, Murat Rakap, Bayram Abay, Ni̇hat Tunç Jan 2017

Hydrolysis Of Ammonia Borane And Hydrazine Borane By Poly($N$-Vinyl-2-Pyrrolidone)-Stabilized Copd Nanoparticles For Chemical Hydrogen Storage, Murat Rakap, Bayram Abay, Ni̇hat Tunç

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

For the first time the synthesis of poly($N$-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)-stabilized cobalt-palladium nanoparticles by an easy method, their characterization, and their use as active catalysts for hydrogen release from hydrolysis of ammonia borane and hydrazine borane is reported here. The catalyst is prepared by simultaneous reduction of suitable cobalt and palladium ions by sodium borohydride in the presence of poly($N$-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) as a stabilizer. They are characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, TEM analysis, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. They provide average turnover frequencies of 30 min$^{-1}$ and 45 min$^{-1}$ in the hydrolysis of ammonia borane and hydrazine borane. They also provide activation energies of …


Investigation Of Binary Co$_{2}$X (X = In, Si, Sb, Sn, Ga) Half-Heusler Alloys, Adewumi Isaac Popoola Jan 2017

Investigation Of Binary Co$_{2}$X (X = In, Si, Sb, Sn, Ga) Half-Heusler Alloys, Adewumi Isaac Popoola

Turkish Journal of Physics

The electronic structure and mechanical properties of some cobalt-based binary half-Heusler alloys Co$_{2}$X (X = In, Si, Sb, Sn, Ga) have been investigated using the density functional theory approach. The site preference by cobalt and X is similar to the traditional half-Heusler structure. The results showed that Co$_{2}$Si is not a half-metal but rather an n-type degenerate semiconductor. The compounds Co$_{2}$Ga, Co$_{2}$Sb, and Co$_{2}$Sn are thermodynamically unstable and Co$_{2}$In is elastically unstable. With much care given to the lattice size, half metallicity is readily predicted in Co$_{2}$In, Co$_{2}$Ga, Co$_{2}$Sn, and Co$_{2}$Sb. All the compounds showed directional bonding and they should …