Hydrogen production via decomposition of hydrogen sulfide by synergy of non-thermal plasma and semiconductor catalysis

Lu Zhao; Yao Wang; Xiang Li; Anjie Wang; Chunshan Song; Yongkang Hu

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.09.008

Hydrogen production via decomposition of hydrogen sulfide by synergy of non-thermal plasma and semiconductor catalysis

Lu Zhao
, Yao Wang
, Xiang Li
, Anjie Wang
, Chunshan Song
, Yongkang Hu

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Direct H₂S decomposition induced by plasma with an aid of alumina-supported metal sulfide semiconductors (ZnS/Al₂O₃ and CdS/Al₂O₃) for the production of hydrogen was investigated in a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor. Effects of specific input energy (SIE), feed flow rate, metal sulfide loading, and added hydrogen on the performance of H₂S decomposition were studied. With the aids of ZnS/Al₂O₃ and CdS/Al₂O₃, full conversion was obtained at reasonably low energy costs. The 100-h test runs indicated that both ZnS/Al₂O₃ and CdS/Al ₂O₃ were stable in the course of H₂S decomposition. A supported metal sulfide solid solution (Zn_0.4Cd _0.6S/Al₂O₃) exhibited higher performance than ZnS/Al₂O₃ and CdS/Al₂O₃, achieving full conversion at a reduced energy cost. The mechanism of the plasma-induced H₂S decomposition with an aid of a semiconductor catalyst was tentatively proposed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	14415-14423
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	38
Issue number	34
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.09.008
State	Published - Nov 13 2013

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