Mechanistic study of non-thermal plasma assisted CO2 hydrogenation over Ru supported on MgAl layered double hydroxide

Shanshan Xu; Sarayute Chansai; Yan Shao; Shaojun Xu; Yi chi Wang; Sarah Haigh; Yibing Mu; Yilai Jiao; Cristina E. Stere; Huanhao Chen; Xiaolei Fan; Christopher Hardacre

doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118752

Mechanistic study of non-thermal plasma assisted CO₂ hydrogenation over Ru supported on MgAl layered double hydroxide

Shanshan Xu, Sarayute Chansai, Yan Shao, Shaojun Xu, Yi chi Wang, Sarah Haigh, Yibing Mu, Yilai Jiao, Cristina E. Stere, Huanhao Chen, Xiaolei Fan, Christopher Hardacre

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Abstract

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) hydrogenation to value-added molecules is an attractive way to reduce CO₂ emission via upgrading. Herein, non-thermal plasma (NTP) activated CO₂ hydrogenation over Ru/MgAl layered double hydroxide (LDH) catalysts was performed. The catalysis under the NTP conditions enabled significantly higher CO₂ conversions (∼85 %) and CH₄ yield (∼84 %) at relatively low temperatures compared with the conventional thermally activated catalysis. Regarding the catalyst preparation, it was found that the reduction temperature can affect the chemical state of the metal and metal-support interaction significantly, and thus altering the activity of the catalysts in NTP-driven catalytic CO₂ hydrogenation. A kinetic study revealed that the NTP-catalysis has a lower activation energy (at ∼21 kJ mol⁻¹) than that of the thermal catalysis (ca. 82 kJ mol⁻¹), due to the alternative pathways enabled by NTP, which was confirmed by the comparative in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier (DRIFTS) coupled with mass spectrometry (MS) characterisation of the catalytic systems.

Original language	English
Article number	118752
Journal	Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Volume	268
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118752
Publication status	Published - 5 Jul 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

CO hydrogenation
DRIFTS
Non-thermal plasma (NTP)
Ru/MgAl layered double hydroxide (LDH)

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Catalysis
General Environmental Science
Process Chemistry and Technology

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