Decomposition of NO in automobile exhaust by plasma–photocatalysis synergy

Chen, Meng; Jin, Lisheng; Liu, Yanhua; Guo, Xiurong; Chu, Jiangwei

Decomposition of NO in automobile exhaust by plasma–photocatalysis synergy

2014

Chen, Meng | Jin, Lisheng | Liu, Yanhua | Guo, Xiurong | Chu, Jiangwei

The combination of plasma discharge and TiO₂ photocatalysis exhibits high performances in the removal of nitrogen monoxide (NO). This article is aimed at elucidating the relationships between NO decomposition efficiency and various experimental parameters, including voltages, humidity and temperature. The experimental results indicate that the efficiency of NO removal by synergic plasma-catalyst coupling is significantly higher than plasma only or photocatalyst only systems. Moreover, the NO removal efficiency improves with the increase of applied voltage. Meanwhile, a higher humidity results in a reduced number of electron–hole pairs at the surface of TiO₂ photocatalyst, leading to lower synergic purification efficiencies. Finally, the efficiency of NO removal is raised with the increase of temperature due to the fact that the adsorption of NO and water by nano-TiO₂ is affected by environmental temperature.

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