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  "abstract": "Ammonia offers a carbon-free route for hydrogen storage and transport, but decentralized hydrogen supply requires efficient and rapidly responsive cracking technologies. Here, we integrate a warm plasma with Co/MgO–La catalyst to enable ammonia-to-hydrogen conversion without external catalyst heating. At a pure NH3 flow rate of 4 L min–1, the system achieves 99.5% conversion and reaches near-complete conversion within only 6 min after ignition, demonstrating rapid response characteristics, reproducible on–off cycling, and the potential for flexible operation under dynamic electrical inputs. Spatially resolved kinetic analysis and in situ intermediate detection reveal a plasma–thermal–catalytic relay, in which warm plasma generates NHx/H species and localized thermal energy through electron-impact activation and H-radical-mediated thermochemistry, while the downstream catalyst completes the conversion of unreacted NH3 and intermediates. Techno-economic and life-cycle assessments further indicate process-level advantages for this route. This work provides a rapidly switchable platform for distributed and on-demand hydrogen production from ammonia.",
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      "name": "Xinfei Shi"
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      "name": "Siyi Bao"
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      "name": "Geyuan Yin",
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      "name": "Erjiang Hu",
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      "name": "Jianhua Yan"
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      "name": "Hao Zhang",
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  "doi": "10.1021/jacsau.6c01315",
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  "pdf_url": "https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jacsau.6c01315",
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  "published": "2026-10-22",
  "publisher": "American Chemical Society (ACS)",
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  "title": "Warm Plasma Catalysis Enables Rapidly Switchable, Near-Complete Ammonia Cracking for On-Demand Hydrogen Production",
  "title_text": "Warm Plasma Catalysis Enables Rapidly Switchable, Near-Complete Ammonia Cracking for On-Demand Hydrogen Production",
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  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/dshp24h450fd2",
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