Reading this, you are probably familiar with the Pioneer database (PDB) on plasma-catalysis for CO2 conversion. Even if that’s the case, you might still be wondering what to do with it. To get people started, we introduce a series of YouTube videos with simple tutorials! For example, let Antoine Salden in the video above explain you how to use the advanced data inspection tool. For more tutorials visit our YouTube channel!
Congratulations to Dr. Aceto
On May 17 2024, Domenico Aceto defended his PhD Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). He thereby received his degree from IST and from University of Caen. Congratulation Dr. Aceto!
The PDB is getting exposure
Congratulations to Dr. Salden
On last Friday, April 19 2024, Antoine Salden defended his PhD Thesis titled “Elucidating trends and transients in CO2 dissociation” at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He thereby received his degree from TU/e and from University of Trento. Congratulation Dr. Salden!
Congratulations to Dr. Philpott
On March 20 2024, Harry Philpott defended his thesis, titled “Plasma-surface interactions in atmospheric pressure plasma jets”.
Congratulations to Dr. Musig
It has been a while since the last defense but on October 20 2023, Beatrice Musig defended her PhD thesis titled “Nanostructured catalysts for plasma-assisted CO2 methanation” with excellence. She thereby received her PhD degree from University of Zaragoza and Sorbonne University. Congratulation Dr. Musig!
Pioneer Database in ILTPC Newsletter
The Pioneer database on CO2 plasma conversion (PDB), recently released by us, has now been featured in edition 35 of the International Low Temperature Plasma Community (ILTPC) newsletter! Check it out here!
Pioneer Database Is Online!
Finally, after hundreds of hours of work in total, the Pioneer consortium proudly presents the Pioneer Database (PDB)! The PDB is filled with experimental data collected from literature on the performance of plasma(-catalytic) conversion of CO2. It is open-access and allows the community to put their own results into context and to deduce underlying trends. Furthermore, researchers are invited to provide their own published results to the PDB to increase the visibility of their work but also to make the tool even more powerful. For all the details also check our publication on the PDB!
Congratulations to Dr. Biondo
Shortly before the summer break, on July 3 2023, Omar Biondo successfully defended his PhD thesis titled “Towards a fundamental understanding of energy-efficient, plasma-based CO2 conversion”. He thereby received his PhD degree from University of Antwerp and Eindhoven University of Technology (the work was partly carried out at DIFFER). Congratulation Dr. Biondo!
Congratulations to Dr. Nguyen-Quang
Yet another PhD! Minh Nguyen-Quang defended his thesis titled “Efficient catalyst preparation for plasma-assisted CO2 methanation.” on May 2 2023 and was awarded the PhD degree from University of Caen and AGH Univiversity of Science and Technology, Krakow. Congratulations Dr. Nguyen-Quang!