Single-catalyst high-weight% hydrogen storage in an N-heterocycle synthesized from lignin hydrogenolysis products and ammonia

Daniel Forberg, Tobias Schwob, Muhammad Zaheer, Martin Friedrich, Nobuyoshi Miyajima and Rhett Kempe ()
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Daniel Forberg: Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie II–Katalysatordesign, Universität Bayreuth
Tobias Schwob: Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie II–Katalysatordesign, Universität Bayreuth
Muhammad Zaheer: Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie II–Katalysatordesign, Universität Bayreuth
Martin Friedrich: Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie II–Katalysatordesign, Universität Bayreuth
Nobuyoshi Miyajima: Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth
Rhett Kempe: Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie II–Katalysatordesign, Universität Bayreuth

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract Large-scale energy storage and the utilization of biomass as a sustainable carbon source are global challenges of this century. The reversible storage of hydrogen covalently bound in chemical compounds is a particularly promising energy storage technology. For this, compounds that can be sustainably synthesized and that permit high-weight% hydrogen storage would be highly desirable. Herein, we report that catalytically modified lignin, an indigestible, abundantly available and hitherto barely used biomass, can be harnessed to reversibly store hydrogen. A novel reusable bimetallic catalyst has been developed, which is able to hydrogenate and dehydrogenate N-heterocycles most efficiently. Furthermore, a particular N-heterocycle has been identified that can be synthesized catalytically in one step from the main lignin hydrogenolysis product and ammonia, and in which the new bimetallic catalyst allows multiple cycles of high-weight% hydrogen storage.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13201

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