SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

中国化学工程学报 ›› 2020, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (8): 2010-2021.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.05.027

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Recent advances in non-thermal plasma (NTP) catalysis towards C1 chemistry

Huanhao Chen1, Yibing Mu2, Shanshan Xu2, Shaojun Xu3,4, Christopher Hardacre2, Xiaolei Fan2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China;
    2 Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, School of Engineering, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom;
    3 School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom;
    4 UK Catalysis Hub, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxon OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
  • 收稿日期:2020-02-11 修回日期:2020-04-24 出版日期:2020-08-28 发布日期:2020-09-19
  • 通讯作者: Huanhao Chen, Christopher Hardacre, Xiaolei Fan
  • 基金资助:
    We thanks the financial support from the Jiangsu SpeciallyAppointed Professors Program and the European Commission under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IFNTPleasure-748196).

Recent advances in non-thermal plasma (NTP) catalysis towards C1 chemistry

Huanhao Chen1, Yibing Mu2, Shanshan Xu2, Shaojun Xu3,4, Christopher Hardacre2, Xiaolei Fan2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China;
    2 Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, School of Engineering, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom;
    3 School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom;
    4 UK Catalysis Hub, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxon OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
  • Received:2020-02-11 Revised:2020-04-24 Online:2020-08-28 Published:2020-09-19
  • Contact: Huanhao Chen, Christopher Hardacre, Xiaolei Fan
  • Supported by:
    We thanks the financial support from the Jiangsu SpeciallyAppointed Professors Program and the European Commission under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IFNTPleasure-748196).

摘要: C1 chemistry mainly involves the catalytic transformation of C1 molecules (i.e., CO, CO2, CH4 and CH3OH), which usually encounters thermodynamic and/or kinetic limitations. To address these limitations, non-thermal plasma (NTP) activated heterogeneous catalysis offers a number of advantages, such as relatively mild reaction conditions and energy efficiency, in comparison to the conventional thermal catalysis. This review presents the state-of-the-art for the application of NTP-catalysis towards C1 chemistry, including the CO2 hydrogenation, reforming of CH4 and CH3OH, and water-gas shift (WGS) reaction. In the hybrid NTP-catalyst system, the plasma-catalyst interactions are multifaceted. Accordingly, this review also includes a brief discussion on the fundamental research into the mechanisms of NTP activated catalytic C1 chemistry, such as the advanced characterisation methods (e.g., in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, DRIFTS), temperatureprogrammed plasma surface reaction (TPPSR), kinetic studies. Finally, prospects for the future research on the development of tailor-made catalysts for NTP-catalysis systems (which will enable the further understanding of its mechanism) and the translation of the hybrid technique to practical applications of catalytic C1 chemistry are discussed.

关键词: Non-thermal plasma (NTP), Heterogeneous catalysis, C1 chemistry, Mechanism, In situ characterisation

Abstract: C1 chemistry mainly involves the catalytic transformation of C1 molecules (i.e., CO, CO2, CH4 and CH3OH), which usually encounters thermodynamic and/or kinetic limitations. To address these limitations, non-thermal plasma (NTP) activated heterogeneous catalysis offers a number of advantages, such as relatively mild reaction conditions and energy efficiency, in comparison to the conventional thermal catalysis. This review presents the state-of-the-art for the application of NTP-catalysis towards C1 chemistry, including the CO2 hydrogenation, reforming of CH4 and CH3OH, and water-gas shift (WGS) reaction. In the hybrid NTP-catalyst system, the plasma-catalyst interactions are multifaceted. Accordingly, this review also includes a brief discussion on the fundamental research into the mechanisms of NTP activated catalytic C1 chemistry, such as the advanced characterisation methods (e.g., in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, DRIFTS), temperatureprogrammed plasma surface reaction (TPPSR), kinetic studies. Finally, prospects for the future research on the development of tailor-made catalysts for NTP-catalysis systems (which will enable the further understanding of its mechanism) and the translation of the hybrid technique to practical applications of catalytic C1 chemistry are discussed.

Key words: Non-thermal plasma (NTP), Heterogeneous catalysis, C1 chemistry, Mechanism, In situ characterisation