Characterization of plasma catalytic decomposition of methane: Role of atomic O and reaction mechanism

Engineering & Materials Science

• Methane 79%
• Plasmas 78%
• Catalysts 64%
• Decomposition 61%
• Plasma jets 43%
• Oxidation 33%
• Atmospheric pressure 31%
• Vibrational spectra 29%
• Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy 23%
• Gases 21%
• Molecular beams 16%
• Fluxes 15%
• Surface analysis 12%
• Spectroscopy 10%
• Activation energy 9%
• Atoms 9%
• Aluminum oxide 9%
• Nickel 8%
• Oxygen 7%
• Chemical analysis 6%
• Temperature 3%

Physics & Astronomy

• methane 78%
• decomposition 64%
• catalysts 63%
• characterization 47%
• methylidyne 34%
• oxidation 24%
• plasma jets 24%
• atmospheric pressure 22%
• vapor phases 20%
• gas composition 10%
• molecular beams 8%
• mass spectroscopy 8%
• infrared spectroscopy 7%
• dissociation 6%
• nickel 6%
• activation energy 6%
• reflectance 5%
• oxygen 5%
• spectroscopy 4%
• atoms 4%
• temperature 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Catalytic Decomposition 100%
• Methane 67%
• Plasma 52%
• Catalyst 31%
• Jet 30%
• Surface 27%
• Gas 20%
• Vibrational Frequency 18%
• Oxidation Reaction 17%
• Pressure 16%
• Molecular Beam 11%
• Surface Analysis 9%
• Rate-Determining Step 9%
• Dissociation 6%
• Reaction Activation Energy 6%
• Mass Spectrometry 6%
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy 5%
• Dioxygen 4%