PPlasma induced methane conversion: a review on COx-free production of hydrogen, valuable chemicals, and functional carbon materials

PPlasma induced methane conversion: a review on COx-free production of hydrogen, valuable chemicals, and functional carbon materials

EES Catalysis

10.1039/D5EY00054H

https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ey00054h

Xiaohan Chen, Bella, Yifei Yue, Mohammadreza Kosari, Lina Liu, Feiyang Hu, Keyu Cao, Yi Xiong, Aindrila Mandal, Jie Chang, Luwei Chen, Kang Hui Lim, Sibudjing Kawi

Plasma Catalysis, Non-thermal plasma, Methane conversion, Methane Cracking, Methane Coupling, Hydrogen Production

22 August 2025

Chen, X., Bella, Yue, Y., Kosari, M., Liu, L., Hu, F., Cao, K., Xiong, Y., Mandal, A., Chang, J., Chen, L., Lim, K. H., & Kawi, S. (2025). Plasma induced methane conversion: a review on COx-free production of hydrogen, valuable chemicals, and functional carbon materials. EES Catalysis. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ey00054h

Plasma-driven methane conversion provides a COx-free route to H2, CNTs, and C2 products. This review emphasizes mechanistic understanding, catalyst design principles, and membrane-integrated plasma reactor concepts for efficient CDM and NOCM.

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

This research / project is supported by the A*STAR - Low Carbon Energy Research Funding Initiative (LCER FI)
Grant Reference no. : U2102d2011

© The Authors, published by The Royal Society of Chemistry 2025

https://oar.a-star.edu.sg/communities-collections/articles/22453

2753-801X

Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment

https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ey00054h