肼硼烷(N2H4BH3,HB)的含氢量高达15.4 wt%,易于制备,物理化学性质稳定,是一种极具潜力的化学储氢材料。肼硼烷可以通过热解、醇解和水解产氢。特别是,通过水解其硼烷基和选择性裂解肼基实现完全产氢后,其对应的N2H4BH3-3H2O系统的有效理论质量储氢容量达10 wt%,远高于已知的氢源系统NaBH4-4H2O(7.3 wt%),NH3BH3-4H2O(5.9 wt%)和N2H4·H2O(8.0 wt%)。合适的催化剂是促使肼硼烷完全产氢的关键。本文简要地介绍了肼硼烷的合成与表征,重点综述了温和条件下肼硼烷的硼烷基水解和肼基分解产氢所使用的催化体系及其催化性能,对肼硼烷完全产氢的机理进行分析,并对肼硼烷催化产氢的应用前景进行展望。
Hydrazine borane( N2H4BH3,HB) is considered as a highly promising hydrogen storage material due to its high hydrogen content(15.4 wt%),easy preparation,and good physical and chemical properties.Hydrogen can be produced from hydrazine borane via pyrolysis, methanolysis and hydrolysis reaction.Especially,a promising approach for complete hydrogen production from N2H4BH3 is by hydrolysis of the BH3 group and selective decomposition of the N2H4 moiety of N2H4BH3,corresponding to a theoretical gravimetric hydrogen storage capacity( GHSC) of 10 wt% for the system N2H4BH3-3H2O. The GHSC of N2H4BH3 is much higher than those of benchmark hydrogen storage systems NaBH4-4H2O(7.3 wt%),NH3BH3-4H2O(5.9wt%),and N2H4·H2O( 8.0 wt%). The suitable catalyst is essential for complete hydrogen generation from N2H4BH3. In this paper,the synthesis and characterizations of hydrazine borane are briefly introduced. The developments of catalytic systems for hydrogen production from hydrolysis of the BH3 group and dehydrogenation of the N2H4 moiety of hydrazine borane at mild conditions are significantly reviewed. M oreover,the mechanism of hydrogen production from hydrazine borane is concisely analyzed and the application prospects of hydrazine borane are also remarked in this review.