1. The 2020 plasma catalysis roadmap
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Xin Tu, Tomohiro Nozaki, Ahmed Khacef, Federico Azzolina-Jury, Gabriele Centi, Maria L. Carreon, Annemie Bogaerts, Antoine Rousseau, Anthony B. Murphy, William F. Schneider, Hyun-Ha Kim, Olivier Guaitella, Leon Lefferts, Jason C. Hicks, Frederic Thevenet, J. Christopher Whitehead, MESA+ Institute, Catalytic Processes and Materials, Research group PLASMANT, University of Antwerp (UA), University of Liverpool, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester [Manchester], Department of Industrial Chemistry and Engineering of Materials, University of Messina, University of Twente [Netherlands], Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École polytechnique (X)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire catalyse et spectrochimie (LCS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), CSIRO Materials Sciences and Engineering, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), University of Notre Dame [Indiana] (UND), Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Centre for Energy and Environment (CERI EE), Ecole nationale supérieure Mines-Télécom Lille Douai (IMT Lille Douai), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés (GREMI), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
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Chemical process ,Materials science ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,synthesis ,CO(2)conversion ,non-thermal plasma ,NH ,Nanotechnology ,CHactivation ,02 engineering and technology ,Nonthermal plasma ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Catalysis ,NH(3)synthesis ,CH(4)activation ,plasma catalysis ,[CHIM]Chemical Sciences ,conversion ,[PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat] ,air pollution control ,catalysis ,CH ,4 ,activation ,CO ,2 ,3 ,NOx ,Oxygenate ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Physics ,COconversion ,Plasma ,[CHIM.CATA]Chemical Sciences/Catalysis ,[CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,0104 chemical sciences ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,[CHIM.THEO]Chemical Sciences/Theoretical and/or physical chemistry ,NHsynthesis ,13. Climate action ,Photocatalysis ,0210 nano-technology ,Science, technology and society - Abstract
Plasma catalysis is gaining increasing interest for various gas conversion applications, such as CO2 conversion into value-added chemicals and fuels, CH4 activation into hydrogen, higher hydrocarbons or oxygenates, and NH3 synthesis. Other applications are already more established, such as for air pollution control, e.g. volatile organic compound remediation, particulate matter and NOx removal. In addition, plasma is also very promising for catalyst synthesis and treatment. Plasma catalysis clearly has benefits over ‘conventional’ catalysis, as outlined in the Introduction. However, a better insight into the underlying physical and chemical processes is crucial. This can be obtained by experiments applying diagnostics, studying both the chemical processes at the catalyst surface and the physicochemical mechanisms of plasma-catalyst interactions, as well as by computer modeling. The key challenge is to design cost-effective, highly active and stable catalysts tailored to the plasma environment. Therefore, insight from thermal catalysis as well as electro- and photocatalysis is crucial. All these aspects are covered in this Roadmap paper, written by specialists in their field, presenting the state-of-the-art, the current and future challenges, as well as the advances in science and technology needed to meet these challenges.
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- 2020
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