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Upgrading the low temperature water gas shift reaction by integrating plasma with a CuO x /CeO 2 catalyst

Journal of Catalysis, ISSN: 0021-9517, Vol: 421, Page: 324-331
2023
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Low temperature WGS reaction is kinetically limited though it is thermodynamically favored. Herein, an outstanding synergistic effect between dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma and non-precious CuO x /CeO 2 catalysts was observed to robustly accelerate the water gas shift (WGS) reaction at 150 °C (increase from 6% to 96% after plasma on). The apparent activation energy of the reaction was remarkablly diminished by plasma (69.6 to 15.0 kJ/mol). In-situ characterization experiments (e. g. OES and DRIFTS) revealed that the OH radicals generated by plasma-induced H 2 O dissociation was found to participate in the WGS reaction. In the furtherly study in DFT calculation and microkinetic modelling investigation, the OH radicals were proved to be one of the reasons for the giant increase in reaction rate. Besides, the vibrational excitation of reactants (e. g. CO) promoted by plasma could also reduce the reaction barriers of some crucial elementary reactions, thus accelerating the reaction rate.

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Xiaoqiang Shen; Zhi Li; Jiacheng Xu; Wei Li; Yaqin Tao; Jingyu Ran; Zhongqing Yang; Kuan Sun; Shuiliang Yao; Zuliang Wu; Vladislav Rac; Vesna Rakic; Xuesen Du

Elsevier BV

Chemical Engineering; Chemistry

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