硼烷氨(ammonia borane, AB)為具有19.6wt%高儲氫量的化學氫化物,因此被視為一個具潛力的材料。雖然氧化亞銅對於AB脫氫有很好的光催化活性,但是其不穩定性及載子複合是在應用端上的主要缺點。因此我們將氧化亞銅與UiO-66-NH2混合,並利用其異質結構的特性,提升其水解效果。此外,由於此複合材料能帶位置,他們會形成Z-scheme結構。Z-scheme結構可以使複合材料有更好的載子分離及氧化還原反應。根據實驗結果,複合材料有較好的穩定性,較低的活化能及較高的產氫量。在所有樣品中,CU-50有最好的產氫效率。另外,在銅基金屬有機骨架應用於AB脫氫的實驗中,我們比較CuBDC及CuBDC-DMF在不同溶劑下對於AB脫氫的影響。結果表示,由於立體效應,甲醇為最有效之溶劑,依序為甲醇>乙醇>丙醇。而因為CuBDC及CuBDC-DMF本身結構差異,導致在產氫後Cu的價電數產生差異。
Ammonia borane (NH3BH3, AB) has a high hydrogen capacity of 19.6wt%, which makes it a promising hydrogen carrier. Cu2O nanoparticles are ones of the active photocatalysts for AB dehydrogenation at ambient conditions. However, cuprous oxide instability and charge recombination are the main drawbacks of practical application. To overcome the obstacles, we have applied Cu2O with MOF as a hybrid photocatalyst Cu2O/UiO-66-NH2, which demonstrates a better photocatalytic performance because of its heterojunction configuration. Furthermore, Cu2O and UiO-66-NH2 can form Z-scheme heterojunction with their band gap positions. The composite can enhance charge separation and hydrogen production efficiency. Besides, this hybrid photocatalyst has better stability and lower activation energy. The results show that this hybrid photocatalyst has higher hydrogen evolution yield than that of Cu2O or UiO-66-NH2 alone. The optimum hybrid with 50 wt% Cu2O loading has the best amount of hydrogen from AB hydrolysis. Besides, for CuBDC used in AB methanolysis, it could produce almost three equivalents of hydrogen in a very short time. Thus, we discussed the effect of different solvents on AB hydrolysis by using CuBDC and CuBDC coordinated DMF. Because of the structure, CuBDC coordinated DMF could have better durability and had more Cu+ ions.