Title

Methane Activation By Nonthermal Plasma Generated Carbon Aerosols

Abstract

Activation of methane is one of the most challenging problems in catalysis due to the refractory nature of methane. Of particular interest is catalytic dissociation of methane as an attractive CO 2-free route to production of hydrogen from natural gas. Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of catalytic activity of plasmagenerated carbon aerosols for methane decomposition reaction are reported in this work. Carbon aerosols were produced by nonthermal plasma assisted decomposition of a carbon precursor gas (methane or propane) at near-ambient conditions. Plasma-generated carbons exhibited significantly higher catalytic activity for methane decomposition than known carbon-based catalysts with a comparable surface area. The mechanism of methane activation as well as the interrelation between the nanostructure of the plasma-generated carbons and their catalytic activity are discussed. The high catalytic activity of plasma-generated carbons for methane decomposition is attributed to the increased surface concentration of high-energy sites formed during nonequilibrium plasma assisted dissociation of a carbon precursor © 2009 American Chemical Society.

Publication Date

6-4-2009

Publication Title

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volume

113

Issue

22

Number of Pages

9737-9747

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1021/jp900124b

Socpus ID

66849109358 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/66849109358

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