Plasma technology is considered a
sustainable and clean technology
for the conversion of naturally abundant compounds (i.e., water (H2O) and nitrogen gas (N2)) into energy-abundant
compounds (e.g., hydrogen gas (H2), ammonia (NH3)) or chemical feed molecules (e.g., nitric oxide (NO)). Here, we
report a plasma catalyst-integrated system for sustainable ammonia
production, which can facilitate massive, localized ammonia production.
This study demonstrates the single-step cogeneration of H2 and nitric oxides (NO
x
) from H2O in the nitrogen discharge used for ammonia production, which proceeded
via the catalytic reduction of NO
x
by
H2. The proposed plasma technique yields higher NO and
H2 concentrations than conventional plasma methods, which
were used to obtain an ammonia concentration of ∼0.84% with
a selectivity of ∼95% and a production rate of 120 μmol/s.
These promising results provide a breakthrough in the transition toward
sustainable and environmentally friendly ammonia production.
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