Plasma-Assisted Catalytic Decomposition of Carbon Dioxide

Published data on the plasma-assisted catalytic decomposition of CO 2 are analyzed. The use of a catalyst allows the CO 2 conversion and the energy efficiency of the process to be considerably increased. The majority of studies deal with the CO 2 decomposition in a barrier discharge reactor, which is associated with simple reactor design. Key characteristics of catalysts, influencing the efficiency of the CO 2 decomposition in a gas discharge, have been determined. These are the presence of oxygen vacancies in the catalyst structure and the presence of base sites in the sample.