Moreno, A.Lobo, L.Martínez Tejada, Leidy MarcelaBobadilla Baladrón, Luis FranciscoIvanova, SvetlanaDomínguez Leal, María IsabelCenteno Gallego, Miguel Ángel2025-09-022025-09-022025-08-05Moreno, A., Lobo, L., Martínez Tejada, L.M., Bobadilla Baladrón, L.F., Ivanova, S., Domínguez Leal, M.I. y Centeno Gallego, M.Á. (2025). Boosting Hydrogen Release: Optimized C3N4-Supported Palladium Catalysts for Formic Acid Dehydrogenation. ChemCatChem, e00873.https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500873.1867-38991867-3880https://hdl.handle.net/11441/176633Carbon nitride, C3N4, was synthesized through thermal polycondensation of melamine with varying temperature and time conditions. This approach represents a cost-effective, straightforward, and environmentally friendly synthetic method with lower energy consumption to obtain hierarchically structured carbon nitride. The resulting materials were subjected to comprehensive characterization to analyze their crystalline structure, textural properties, composition, and light absorption characteristics. To evaluate their catalytic potential, the supports were impregnated with different loadings of palladium (1, 5, and 10 wt%) as the active phase and tested in the decomposition of formic acid for hydrogen production in liquid phase at mild conditions. This study revealed that the structure and composition of the C3N4 were highly dependent on the degree of polycondensation, which in turn was influenced by the temperature and the thermal synthesis process. The most promising catalytic performance was achieved with a support prepared by decomposing melamine at 650 °C for 4 h, followed by impregnation with 10 wt% Pd. Furthermore, a mechanistic study was conducted using operando DRIFTS-MS to explore the plausible catalytic pathways for synthesizing formic acid via CO2 hydrogenation using the aforementioned catalyst. This investigation highlights the potential of C3N4 as a support, further demonstrating its versatility in the circular economy of formic acid.application/pdf14 p.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/CO2 HydrogenationFormic acidHydrogen economyMelamine decompositionPd/C3N4info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500873