Plasma Assisted Photocatalysis for Activation of Small Molecules
A special issue of Reactions (ISSN 2624-781X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 November 2020) | Viewed by 316
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Interests: RF and microwave heating; structured reactors; chemical kinetics; plasma assisted catalysis
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Interests: My main research interests includes the synthesis and modification of materials with tuneable properties. A particular focus is on synthesis-structure-performance correlation in inorganic and hybrid organic-inorganic materials, to improve their performance in a variety of applications such as separation (e.g membranes), sorption, catalysis and sensors. One key interests is materials development for catalysis with renewable energy sources (e.g. plasma and photocatalysis) in which materials play an intriguing role.
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, there has been significant interest in low temperature (non-thermal) plasma technology as a part of the solution to the circular economy. Owing to the reactive species which exist in discharges, plasma technologies can be used for chemical processing. Under plasma conditions, the precursor molecules are already dissociated in the gas phase. The catalysts are thus exposed to large fluxes of atomic species, ions, and radicals. Therefore, the selectivity dependents strongly on their fluxes to the catalyst surface and the potential to convert them into desired products. To provide efficient catalytic reactions on the catalyst surface, the energy levels of catalysts should be close to those of activated species in plasma. By optimising the energy levels of catalysts using an external light source, the interaction between the atomic species and the catalysts can be fine-tuned so the desired intermediates and final products might be formed more efficiently.
This special issue will be focused on a combination of non-thermal plasma and catalysis in an attempt to improve the selectivity and/or energy efficiency of plasma chemical transformations. Until recently, catalysts used in plasma-assisted catalytic processes are mostly “thermal” catalysts, i.e. catalysts used at non-plasma conditions and higher temperatures for similar reactions. This issue invites original contributions and review papers from authors to demonstrate the efficient use of semiconductor and plasmonic-type heterogeneous catalysts in combination with non-thermal plasma as well as photochemical transformations on plasmonic nanoparticles for conversion of small molecules. Special attention will be devoted to the development of modern time-resolved characterization of non-thermal plasmas and photocatalytic reactions to study kinetics of ultra-fast chemical reactions.
Prof. Dr. Evgeny Rebrov
Dr. Vera Meynen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Non-thermal plasma
- Photocatalysis
- Kinetic modelling
- Visible light-induced transformations
- Dielectric barrier discharge
- Plasmonic nanoparticles
- In-situ characterization of plasma’s and photocatalytic conversions
- Material properties—performance correlation
