Incorporation of a Metal Catalyst for the Ammonia Synthesis in a Ferroelectric Packed-Bed Plasma Reactor: Does It Really Matter?

ABSTRACT: Plasma-catalysis has been proposed as a potential alternative for the synthesis of ammonia. Studies in this area focus on the reaction mechanisms and the apparent synergy existing between processes occurring in the plasma phase and on the surface of the catalytic material. In the present study, we approach this problem using a parallel-plate packed-bed reactor with the gap between the electrodes filled with pellets of lead zirconate titanate (PZT), with this ferroelectric material modified with a coating layer of alumina (i.e., Al₂O₃/PZT) and the same alumina layer incorporating ruthenium nanoparticles (i.e., Ru-Al₂O₃/PZT). At ambient temperature, the electrical behavior of the ferroelectric packed-bed reactor differed for these three types of ba

SUBMITTER: Navascues P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9993574 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature