Influence of humidity on the plasma-assisted CO₂ conversion

The current research focuses on carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion at ambient conditions using streamer plasma. In this study, treatment time and humidity have been found to influence CO2 conversion. Our findings reveal a maximum CO2 conversion rate of 35.2%, achieved with a remarkably high energy efficiency of CO2 conversion at 135% and a low energy cost of 2.17 eV/molecule. We employed optical emission and fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy spectroscopy to analyze the different dissociation products of CO2 and determine the percentage of CO2 conversion. Furthermore, we utilized a two-dimensional (2D) fluid dynamics model and a zero-dimensional (0D) chemistry model to gain insights into the reactor mechanism.