Microwave-assisted plasma synthesis of CO2 free hydrogen and graphene

微波辅助等离子体合成无二氧化碳氢和石墨烯

• 批准号: 575510-2022
• 负责人: Eaves, NickolasNA
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Windsor
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=760468
• 关键词: Microwave; assisted; plasma; synthesis; CO2

The long-term goal of this proposed international collaboration is solving one of Canada's most significant issues with moving to a net-zero CO2 economy, which is what to do with our vast fossil fuel resources. In order to reduce the effects of climate change, there needs to be a move away from fossil fuel hydrocarbons to net-zero fuels such as hydrogen. While hydrogen has great potential as its only emission is water, its current dominant manufacturing method creates significant CO2 emissions. Recent work has shown that a microwave plasma reactor can be used instead to produce CO2 free "green" hydrogen from fossil fuels by efficiently splitting carbon and hydrogen. The issue is that the formed carbon is simply a waste byproduct. In order to make this plasma process economically feasible, the produced carbon must be in the form of a high-value product such as graphene. Graphene is a super-material with exceptional mechanical, electrical, and optical properties, whose discoverer won the Noble Prize. This research collaboration will investigate microwave-assisted plasma synthesis of CO2 free "green" hydrogen and graphene. An initial objective of this proposed international collaboration is to gain insights into how and why different hydrocarbon precursors impact the formation of graphene in a microwave plasma reactor. In this research project, a novel graphene formation model will be developed and utilized to gain understanding into the effect of different hydrocarbons on graphene formation.

这项拟议的国际合作的长期目标是解决加拿大最重要的问题之一，即如何处理我们巨大的化石燃料资源，实现净零二氧化碳经济。为了减少气候变化的影响，需要从化石燃料碳氢化合物转向氢等净零燃料。虽然氢具有巨大的潜力，因为它唯一的排放物是水，但其目前占主导地位的制造方法会产生大量的二氧化碳排放。最近的工作表明，微波等离子体反应器可以替代地用于通过有效地分解碳和氢来从化石燃料生产无CO2的“绿色”氢。问题是，形成的碳只是一种废物副产品。为了使这种等离子体工艺在经济上可行，所生产的碳必须是高价值产品的形式，如石墨烯。石墨烯是一种具有特殊机械，电气和光学特性的超级材料，其发现者获得了诺贝尔奖。这项研究合作将研究微波辅助等离子体合成无CO2的“绿色”氢和石墨烯。这项拟议的国际合作的初步目标是深入了解不同的碳氢化合物前体如何以及为什么会影响微波等离子体反应器中石墨烯的形成。在本研究项目中，将开发和利用一种新的石墨烯形成模型，以了解不同碳氢化合物对石墨烯形成的影响。