This tutorial is intended to provide a basic overview of plasma catalysis, which is considered an emerging branch of plasma processing. This highly versatile technique can provide not only a route to produce highly specialized materials such as semiconductors and nanostructures at mild conditions, but it can open new pathways towards the decentralized production of several specialty chemicals such as ammonia, by pairing this technology with renewable electricity sources. Moreover, plasma catalysis offers the advantages of one pot ultra-fast reactions with minimal waste production as compared to traditional wet chemistry synthesis techniques. However, in order to completely exploit the full potential of plasma catalysis, a strong fundamental understanding of the effects of plasma on catalyst, catalyst on plasma and its synergism should be gained. This is a prospect that can be achieved by a multidisciplinary knowledge of the phenomena occurring at the plasma gas phase and at the interphase plasma-catalyst. Here in, first principles of plasma catalysis are presented. The main goal of this brief tutorial is to transmit to the scientists willing to explore this research area, the main characteristics that make this plasma research field so promising as a sustainable route to solve current energy and environmental challenges.

本教程旨在提供等离子体催化的基本概述，等离子体催化被认为是等离子体处理的一个新兴分支。这种高度通用的技术不仅可以提供一条在温和条件下生产高度专业化材料（如半导体和纳米结构）的途径，而且可以通过将该技术与可再生能源相结合，为分散生产多种特种化学品（如氨）开辟新途径. 此外，与传统的湿化学合成技术相比，等离子体催化具有一锅超快速反应的优势，废物产生最少。然而，为了充分发挥等离子体催化的全部潜力，应该对等离子体对催化剂的影响、催化剂对等离子体的影响及其协同作用有深刻的基本了解。这是一个前景，可以通过对发生在等离子体气相和相间等离子体催化剂的现象的多学科知识来实现​​。在此，介绍了等离子体催化的第一原理。本简短教程的主要目标是向愿意探索该研究领域的科学家们传达使该等离子体研究领域成为解决当前能源和环境挑战的可持续途径如此有前途的主要特征。