Plasma-driven catalysis: green ammonia synthesis with intermittent electricity

KHR Rouwenhorst, Y Engelmann, K van't Veer… - Green chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia is one of the most produced chemicals, mainly synthesized from fossil fuels for
fertilizer applications. Furthermore, ammonia may be one of the energy carriers of the future …

Non-thermal plasma-assisted ammonia production: A review

J Zhang, X Li, J Zheng, M Du, X Wu, J Song… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a hydrogen carrier molecule, ammonia is a clean, sustainable fuel source and efficient
energy storage medium that has been extensively investigated. Currently, the industrial …

Recent advances in ammonia synthesis technologies: Toward future zero carbon emissions

M El-Shafie, S Kambara - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
As a carbon-free molecule, ammonia has gained great global interest in being considered a
significant future candidate for the transition toward renewable energy. Numerous …

Greening ammonia toward the solar ammonia refinery

L Wang, M Xia, H Wang, K Huang, C Qian… - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
In light of the targets set out by the Paris Climate Agreement and the global energy sector's
ongoing transition from fossil fuels to renewables, the chemical industry is searching for …

Plasma technology: an emerging technology for energy storage

A Bogaerts, EC Neyts - ACS Energy Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Plasma technology is gaining increasing interest for gas conversion applications, such as
CO2 conversion into value-added chemicals or renewable fuels, and N2 fixation from the air …

Overcoming ammonia synthesis scaling relations with plasma-enabled catalysis

P Mehta, P Barboun, FA Herrera, J Kim, P Rumbach… - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
Correlations between the energies of elementary steps limit the rates of thermally catalysed
reactions at surfaces. Here, we show how these limitations can be circumvented in ammonia …

Plasma-Enhanced Catalytic Synthesis of Ammonia over a Ni/Al2O3 Catalyst at Near-Room Temperature: Insights into the Importance of the Catalyst Surface on the …

Y Wang, M Craven, X Yu, J Ding, P Bryant… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A better fundamental understanding of the plasma-catalyst interaction and the reaction
mechanism is vital for optimizing the design of catalysts for ammonia synthesis by plasma …

Plasma agriculture: Review from the perspective of the plant and its ecosystem

P Ranieri, N Sponsel, J Kizer… - Plasma Processes …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plasma agriculture details the role of nonthermal plasma in the development of plants from
seeds to crops. Several publications reported enhanced plant growth, improved stress …

Catalysis enabled by plasma activation of strong chemical bonds: a review

P Mehta, P Barboun, DB Go, JC Hicks… - ACS Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nonthermal plasma-driven catalysis is an emerging subfield of heterogeneous catalysis that
is particularly promising for the chemical transformation of hard-to-activate molecules (eg …

Sustainable ammonia production by non-thermal plasmas: Status, mechanisms, and opportunities

D Zhou, R Zhou, R Zhou, B Liu, T Zhang, Y Xian… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ammonia is one of our most important industrial chemicals supporting the global food supply
as the major crop fertilizer. Moreover, it is increasingly being promoted as a promising …