Non-Thermal Plasma Activation of Gold-based Catalysts for Low Temperature Water Gas Shift

Cristina Stere, J. Anderson, Sarayute Chansai, J.J. Delgado, Alexandre Goguet, William Graham, Christopher Hardacre, R. Taylor, X. Tu, Z. Wang, Hui Yang

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Abstract

Non-thermal plasma activation has been used to enable low temperature water gas shift over a Au/CeZrO4 catalyst at 25 °C. The activity obtained was comparable with that attained by heating the catalyst to ~180 oC providing an opportunity for the hydrogen production to be obtained under conditions where the thermodynamic limitations are minimal. Using in-situ DRIFTS, structural changes associated with the gold nanoparticles in the catalyst have been observed which are not found under thermal activation indicating a weakening of the Au-CO bond and a change in the mechanism of deactivation.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5579-5583
JournalAngewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume56
Issue number20
Early online date02 May 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 08 May 2017

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