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CO2/CH4 Glow Discharge Plasma. Part II: Study of Plasma Catalysis Interaction Mechanisms on CeO2

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In situ FTIR transmission experiments for \(\hbox {CO}_2\) and \(\hbox {CO}_2\)–\(\hbox {CH}_4\) plasma were performed for a fundamental study of surface plasma interaction with cerium oxide (\(\hbox {CeO}_2\)) as catalytic surface. Utilizing a DC glow discharge plasma reactor at low pressure, it was observed that \(\hbox {CO}_2\) gas adsorbs in the surface forming tridentate carbonates and hydrogen carbonates. When \(\hbox {CO}_2\)–\(\hbox {CH}_4\) plasma is ignited, formate species were formed while carbonate species disappeared from the surface. The \(\hbox {CeO}_2\) pellet has also been placed downstream the plasma in order to observe the role of the gas composition at the exit of \(\hbox {CO}_2\)–\(\hbox {CH}_4\) plasma on \(\hbox {CeO}_2\) without any heating or strong electric field. In addition, the effect of water was investigated in several surface phenomena. OH groups play an important role in the reaction with tridentate carbonates to generate formates under plasma. The gas phase chemistry of the \(\hbox {CO}_2\)–\(\hbox {CH}_4\) plasma used here has been described in details in the part I of this work. The conclusions drawn on the gas phase contribute to the understanding of the observed phenomena on \(\hbox {CeO}_2\). These results enlighten the complex mechanisms occurring during \(\hbox {CO}_2\)–\(\hbox {CH}_4\) plasma reactions on surfaces that could help in the improvement of \(\hbox {CO}_2\) recycling.

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Acknowledgements

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 813393. This work was partially supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, Investissement d’Avenir program), under project ANR-18-EURE-0014. This work was partially supported by the Portuguese FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under projects UIDB/50010/2020, UIDP/50010/2020, PTDC/FIS-PLA/1616/2021, EXPL/FIS-PLA/0076/2021.

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(details of any funding received) This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 813393. This work was partially supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, Investissement d’Avenir program), under project ANR-18-EURE-0014. This work was partially supported by the Portuguese FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under projects UIDB/50010/2020, UIDP/50010/2020, PTDC/FIS-PLA/1616/2021, EXPL/FIS-PLA/0076/2021.

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    Carolina A. Garcia-Soto, Edmond Baratte & Olivier Guaitella

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    Carolina A. Garcia-Soto & Vasile I. Parvulescu

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(applicable for submissions with multiple authors) C.A.G.S. did the measurement and wrote the paper, E.B. contributed to experiment, T.S. and V.G. developed the code, V.I.P. discussed the chemistry, O.G. supervised the work. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Garcia-Soto, C.A., Baratte, E., Silva, T. et al. CO2/CH4 Glow Discharge Plasma. Part II: Study of Plasma Catalysis Interaction Mechanisms on CeO2. Plasma Chem Plasma Process (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-023-10419-7

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