Nonthermal Plasma-Assisted Photocatalytic Conversion of Simulated Natural Gas for High-Quality Gasoline Production near Ambient Conditions
- 29 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 11 (10), 3877-3881
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00934
Abstract
We report a novel non-thermal plasma assisted photocatalytic approach that could efficiently convert the main components of natural gas, methane and propane, into high-quality gasoline chemicals abundant with C6-C9 branched-chain paraffins at low temperature and atmospheric pressure. The conversions of methane and propane can reach up to 15.0 % and 48.6 %, respectively. 58.4 C% yield of gasoline products with limited coke deposition (6.3 C%) can be achieved via the combination of plasma with photocatalysis. Isotope labeling experiments show that methane prefers to be incorporated into 1-C or 2-C of the formed alkanes as a terminal group. Our work demonstrates an industrially promising strategy for the cost-efficient utilization of natural gas.Funding Information
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (CRDPJ/506994-2016)
- Institute for Oil Sands Innovation, University of Alberta (IOSI 2016-06)
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