简介:CO2adsorptiononthesurfaceofhydrotalcite-derivedmixedoxidecatalystswasinvestigatedunderlowpressureglowdischargeplasmainopercindoconditionsviaFT-IRspectroscopy.Nickelcatalystswerepromotedwithvarioustransitionmetalspecies(Ce,Fe,La,Zr)toinfluencetheirphysico-chemicalproperties.FeandZrspeciesweresuccessfullyincorporatedintohydrotalcitebrucitelayers.AftercalcinationformedasinglephasewithNi(Mg,A1)Omixedoxide,whileLaandCespeciesformedseparatephases.ThishadaconsequenceinthedistributionofsurfacebasicsitesaswellasintheaffinitytoCOproduceduponCO2dissociationinplasma.Plasmatreatmentactivatedthesurfaceofpreparedmaterialsandchangedtheirpropertiesviathegenerationofstrongbasicsitesassociatedwithlowcoordinatedsurfaceoxygenanions.Moreover,theCO2adsorptioncapacityofpreparedmaterialsincreasedafterplasmatreatment.