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

基本信息

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

项目摘要

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转向净元素二氧化碳经济的最重要问题之一，这是对我们庞大的化石燃料资源的方法。为了减少气候变化的影响，需要从化石燃料碳氢化合物转移到诸如氢之类的净零燃料。尽管氢具有巨大的潜力，因为其唯一的排放是水，但其当前的主要制造方法会产生明显的二氧化碳排放。最近的工作表明，可以使用微波等离子体反应器通过有效拆分碳和氢来从化石燃料中产生二氧化碳的“绿色”氢。问题在于，形成的碳只是一种废物副产品。为了使这种等离子体过程在经济上可行，生产的碳必须以高价值产品（例如石墨烯）的形式形式。石墨烯是一种具有非凡的机械，电气和光学特性的超物质，其发现者赢得了贵族奖。这项研究合作将研究二氧化碳辅助的微波辅助血浆合成。这项拟议的国际合作的最初目标是了解如何以及为什么不同的碳氢化合物前体影响微波等离子体反应器中石墨烯的形成。在该研究项目中，将开发并利用一种新型的石墨烯形成模型来了解不同碳氢化合物对石墨烯形成的影响。