A Brief Review on the Plasma Technologies for Utilisation of CO₂ Captured from Industrial Exhausts

The utilization of carbon dioxide captured from industrial exhaust is a critical step in mitigating climate change and carbon neutrality. Plasma technologies have emerged as promising technologies for the conversion of CO2 into valuable products. This review provides an overview of different technologies, their advancements in the conversion, and the importance of microwave plasma. This paper also discusses the parameters that affect the efficiency of microwave plasma such as pressure, flow rate, co-reactants, power, the role of catalyst and also the latest advancements in the area of plasma technology like new designs for plasma generators for increasing the conversion/energy efficiency, types of catalysts, increasing the efficiency by counter gas flow and solar enhanced plasma.