Non-thermal plasma CO2 conversion enhanced by CeO2-doped BaTiO3 and internal electrode cooling

This work investigates the combined impact of using cerium oxide (CeO2) as a catalyst and internal electrode cooling on CO2 conversion into CO in a non-thermal plasma reactor packed with barium titanate (BaTiO3). BaTiO3 is successfully modified with CeO2 via a wetness impregnation method, yielding s...

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Autores: Stratil, Oliver, Pou, Josep Oriol, Abad, Manuel David, González Olmos, Rafael, FERNANDEZ, JAVIER
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/5677
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/5677
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scca.2025.100143
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Dielectric barrier discharge
Non-thermal plasma
CO2 utilization
Plasma catalysis
Cerium oxide
Barium titanate
Anhídrid carbònic
Ceri
Triòxid de bari i titani
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Resumo:This work investigates the combined impact of using cerium oxide (CeO2) as a catalyst and internal electrode cooling on CO2 conversion into CO in a non-thermal plasma reactor packed with barium titanate (BaTiO3). BaTiO3 is successfully modified with CeO2 via a wetness impregnation method, yielding samples with 0%, 3%, 17%, and 57% CeO2 loadings. It is observed that a low CeO2 loading of 3% increased the CO2 conversion and energy efficiency by up to 38% compared to the undoped BaTiO3, while higher loadings (17% and 57%) led to reduced performance. The use of a cooling strategy through the inner electrode, using air convection (passive cooling) or water flow (active cooling), increases both CO2 conversion and energy efficiency by strengthening plasma generation and reducing the recombination of CO and O2. Specifically, conversion increases from 18% without cooling to 36% with passive cooling, and further to 47% when combined with 3% CeO2 doping and active water cooling. In parallel, the energy efficiency increases from 0.3 - 2% (undoped, uncooled) to 0.5 - 16% with 3% CeO2 doping under both passive and active internal cooling.