Effect of the electric potential of organoboron nanoparticles on their catalytic activity in the decomposition of ammonia

Abstract

For the first time, it has been shown that the rate of the catalytic decomposition of ammonia over (C₂B₁₀H₄)_n organoboron nanoparticles can be controlled via generating an electric potential of different polarity and magnitude on the particles using an external voltage source. At a temperature of 700 K, a pressure of 10^–6 Torr, and a positive potential of the particles of +6 V, the decomposition rate increases by 26%, while at a negative potential of–6 V, it decreases by 37% compared to the decomposition rate of ammonia at a zero potential of the particles.