In situ plasma-assisted atmospheric nitrogen fixation using water and spray-type jet plasma

Peng Peng; Paul Chen; Min Addy; Yanling Cheng; Yaning Zhang; Erik Anderson; Nan Zhou; Charles Schiappacasse; Raymond Hatzenbeller; Liangliang Fan; Shiyu Liu; Dongjie Chen; Juer Liu; Yuhuan Liu; Roger Ruan

doi:10.1039/C8CC00697K

In situ plasma-assisted atmospheric nitrogen fixation using water and spray-type jet plasma†

Peng Peng,

^a Paul Chen,^a Min Addy,^a Yanling Cheng,^a Yaning Zhang,^ab Erik Anderson,^a Nan Zhou,^a Charles Schiappacasse,

^a Raymond Hatzenbeller,^a Liangliang Fan,^a Shiyu Liu,^a Dongjie Chen,^a Juer Liu,^a Yuhuan Liu^c and Roger Ruan

*^ac

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^a Center for Biorefining, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
E-mail: ruanx001@umn.edu

^b Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

^c MOE Biomass Engineering Research Center, Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China

Abstract

In this study, a sustainable nitrogen fixation process was presented under atmospheric conditions and without introducing hydrogen or any catalyst. The novel in situ synthesis in this study used an advanced spray-type jet plasma, which significantly improved the fixation rate of nitrite, nitrate, and ammonium. Furthermore, the mechanism focusing on the co-synthesis of the abovementioned three nitrogen compounds was proposed based on the synergistic interactions between the gas-phase plasma and liquid surface dissociation.

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In situ plasma-assisted atmospheric nitrogen fixation using water and spray-type jet plasma†

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