Facile in situ synthesis of copper nanoparticles supported on reduced graphene oxide for hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane

Abstract

Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) supported copper nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized via a facile in situ procedure using ammonia borane (AB) as a reductant. The as-prepared nanocatalysts exert satisfactory catalytic activity (3.61 mol H₂ mol per catalyst per min), and appear to be the best Cu nanocatalysts up to now for the dehydrogenation of ammonia borane.