Recent advances of catalyst development using nonthermal plasma technology

FUEL 144

Ben W-L. Jang, Chunkai Shi, chunkai_shi@tamu-commerce.edu, and Michael Helleson, helleson@gmail.com. Chemistry Department, Texas A&M U.-Commerce, PO Box 3011, Commerce, TX 75429
The use of non-thermal plasma technology for the design and development of novel catalysts has made a significant progress lately. It is reported that not only hydrogen plasma can reduce various metal precursors at room temperature, but also argon plasma and even air and oxygen plasmas have significant reducing powers at room temperature. In addition, plasma treated catalysts behave completely different from the traditionally prepared catalysts under inert, reducing and reaction atmospheres. Various examples will be reviewed and summarized to demonstrate the unique potential of the non-thermal plasma technology.
 

Green Chemistry for Sustainable Energy Supply and Conversion
1:45 PM-5:20 PM, Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Rm. 242, Oral

Division of Fuel Chemistry

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008