Hydrogen production from formic acid decomposition (FAD) is a promising means of hydrogen energy storage and utilization in fuel cells.Development of efficient catalysts for dehydrogenation of formic acid is a challenging topic.The surface chemical and electronic structure of the active catalysis components is important in formic acid decomposition at room-temperature.Here,the pyrdinic-nitrogen doped catalysts from hyperbranched polyamide were prepared via in situ polymerization reaction process by using activated carbon as a support.Because of the introduction of the polymer,the particles of the catalysts were stabilized,and the average particle diameter was only 1.64nm.Under mild conditions,the catalysts activities were evaluated for FAD.The optimized Pd-N30/C catalyst exhibited high performance achieving almost full conversion,with a turnover frequency of 3481 h-1 at 30℃.