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CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 22, Pages 6676-6686Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2cy00311b
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- European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union [810182]
- European Union [813393]
- Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [813393] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)
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A novel in situ IR dielectric barrier discharge cell has been developed and applied to investigate surface reaction mechanisms during plasma-catalytic processes. The study shows that water and formic acid formation differs during the reaction and the observed results cannot be explained solely by plasma-induced heating.
We developed a novel in situ (i.e. inside plasma and during operation) IR dielectric barrier discharge cell allowing investigation of plasma catalysis in transmission mode, atmospheric pressure, flow conditions (WHSV similar to 0-50 000 mL g(-1) h(-1)), at relevant discharge voltages (similar to 0-50 kV) and frequencies (similar to 0-5 kHz). We applied it to study the IR-active surface species formed on a SiO2 support and on a 3 wt% Ru/SiO2 catalyst, which can help to reveal the important surface reaction mechanisms during the plasma-catalytic dry reforming of methane (DRM). Moreover, we present a technique for the challenging task of estimating the temperature of a catalyst sample in a plasma-catalytic system in situ and during plasma operation. We found that during the reaction, water is immediately formed at the SiO2 surface, and physisorbed formic acid is formed with a delay. As Ru/SiO2 is subject to greater plasma-induced heating than SiO2 (with a surface temperature increase in the range of 70-120 degrees C, with peaks up to 150 degrees C), we observe lower amounts of physisorbed water on Ru/SiO2, and less physisorbed formic acid formation. Importantly, the formation of surface species on the catalyst sample in our plasma-catalytic setup, as well as the observed conversions and selectivities in plasma conditions, can not be explained by plasma-induced heating of the catalyst surface, but must be attributed to other plasma effects, such as the adsorption of plasma-generated radicals and molecules, or the occurrence of Eley-Rideal reactions.
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