This invention relates to the production of a
hybrid structure composed of
ruthenium nanoparticles and an amine-functionalized network-interwoven co-
polymer support material, which can be used in
nanomaterials,
catalysis, and
energy storage systems, and its application in
hydrogen energy production. Its characteristic feature is that 400 mg of amine-functionalized
copolymer polystyrene is transferred to a two-necked
round bottom flask, a solution is prepared by adding 10 ml of pure water, a
ruthenium precursor salt is added to the solution, the mixture is stirred on a
magnetic stirrer at 600 rpm at
room temperature for 3 hours, 1.0 ml of aqueous 46.74 mg (1.23 mmol) NaBH4 solution is added to the solution for the reduction process,
ruthenium(III) ions are reduced to metallic ruthenium(O) nanoparticles by NaBH4, the mixture is centrifuged at 6000 rpm for 10 minutes to separate the
solid and liquid phases, the obtained
solid product is washed three times with 20 ml of
ethanol to remove remaining chemical residues, the purified
hybrid catalyst is dried at 423 K under 0.1 bar vacuum for 12 hours, and the ruthenium / amine-functionalized
copolymer PS catalyst is obtained and made ready for use, comprising these process steps.