The article titled "Fluoranthene-based metal-free hyper-crosslinked polymers for NaBH4 methanolysis: mechanistic role of surface-charge effects" authored by Kutalmış Gökkuş and valuable co-authors (Ayşegül Özbal, Mahmut Gür, S. Alper Akalın, U. Merve Şenturan, Vural Bütün) from the FPM RESEARCH GROUP, which conducts its research within the POLYMER RESEARCH LABORATORY, has been published in the prestigious scientific journal Fuel (2026, Vol. 421).
This paper, focusing on technologies for the production of hydrogen, a clean and high-energy-density fuel, successfully synthesizes metal-free, fluorantene-based hypercross-linked polymers (HCPs) for the methylolysis of sodium borohydride (NaBH4). Extensive structural and electrostatic analyses (Zeta potential) have revealed, for the first time in a mechanistic dimension how polymer architecture and interfacial electrostatics, rather than conventional structural properties, govern hydride activation.
We congratulate our laboratory members and the entire project team for this innovative work and wish them continued success for their valuable contribution to the scientific literature.
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