Agglomerated Pd Catalysts and Their Applications in Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid Decomposition at Room Temperature

Agglomerated Pd catalysts with the nano-porous structure were simply prepared by one-step reduction reaction without using any stabilizer. The Pd catalysts show a high catalytic activity for the decomposition of formic acid at room temperature. Among all the Pd catalysts tested, the Pd_Mg catalyst exhibits the highest catalytic activity. Moreover, the breakthrough of the advanced catalysts is that the above agglomerated Pd catalysts can be easily separated from the liquid system to control the catalytic reaction at any time, which may further promote the practical application of formic acid as a H₂ storage material.