Abstract:
Low-temperature plasma contains a large number of energetic electrons, ions, free radicals, and other active species, and can facilitate the rapid transformation of small molecules (e.g., CO
2) without reaching the thermodynamic equilibrium, therefore, low-temperature plasma possesses unique advantages in breaking chemical bonds and surface coupling reactions. In this review, the researches in recent years on the direct CO
2 decomposition, CO
2/CH
4 reforming, CO
2 hydrogenation and other reactions involving CO
2 catalyzed by low-temperature plasma are summarized, and the synergistic effect and transformation mechanism of plasma-catalyst in the reactions are focused on. Moreover, the performance comparisons of plasma-catalytic CO
2 conversion are also summarized. Based on the current research status, the existing problems and challenges in the co-catalysis of CO
2 by plasma-catalyst are analyzed, mainly including the scale-up problem, products purification and the decoupling between conversion performance and energy efficiency in plasma-enabled technologies. In addition, the future development direction of plasma-catalytic CO
2 conversion is also proposed.