Research Article

Sonochemical Approach to Synthesis of Co-B Catalysts and Hydrolysis of Alkaline NaBH4 Solutions

Table 3

Activation energies in presence of various Co-based catalysts.

CatalystActivation energy
(kJ·mol−1)
References

Co powder75.00[31]
Co nanoparticle35.00[13]
Co ( -Al2O3 support)32.63[32]
Co (Raney form)53.70[33]
Co-B (active carbon support)57.80[34]
Co-B powder64.87[12]
Co-B (clay support)56.32[35]
Co-B52.73[36]
CoB-1 (sonohydrolysis)46.15At this work
CoB-1 (magnetic stirring hydrolysis)51.68At this work