Josip Knezevic, Tianqi Zhang, Renwu Zhou, Jungmi Hong, Rusen Zhou, Christopher Barnett, Qiang Song, Yuting Gao, Wanping Xu, Dingxin Liu, Nicholas Proschogo, Biswaranjan Mohanty, Jyah Strachan, Behdad Soltani, Fengwang Li, Thomas Maschmeyer, Emma C Lovell, Patrick J Cullen
The burgeoning necessity to discover new methodologies for the synthesis of long-chain hydrocarbons and oxygenates, independent of traditional reliance on high-temperature, high-pressure, and fossil fuel-based carbon, is increasingly urgent. In this context, we introduce a nonthermal plasma-based strategy for the initiation and propagation of long-chain carbon growth from biogas constituents (CO2 and CH4 ). Utilizing a plasma reactor operating at atmospheric room temperature, our approach facilitates hydrocarbon chain growth up to C40 in the solid state (including oxygenated products), predominantly when CH4 exceeds CO2 in the feedstock...
April 30, 2024: Journal of the American Chemical Society