Atmospheric pressure plasmas (APPJs) are widely used for research purposes or industrial applications. There are plenty of different APPJs designed with various geometries and excitation frequencies ranging from kHz over RF (MHz) to fast ns pulses. A direct comparison of these APPJs is often challenging as the different geometries or the different excitation frequencies are not the same and can strongly influence plasma behaviour. In this work, this challenge is met and overcome by the use of an APPJ which can be operated at various excitation frequencies. kHz pulsing with a high voltage peak with μs rise time, sinusoidal voltage pulse at 13.56 MHz and fast high voltage ns pulse are applied to the plasma jet used. The production of H2O2 was investigated by treating liquids and measuring the H2O2 concentration in the treated liquid. Fast ns pulses and RF excitation show similar results, while the kHz excitation is less effective in the H2O2 production
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Release Date | 2024-10-01 |
Identifier | 04dfdc48-5e4b-4955-b417-6042d7b5306c |
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Plasma Source Properties | Two stainless steel electrodes with capillary (borosilicate, wall thickness 0.2mm) in between. Distance between the electrodes: 1.4mm. Width of capillary: 4.5mm, width of grounded electrode: 4mm and width of powered electrode: 1mm. Length of electrodes: 40mm. kHz excitation with pulses in the µs range (up to 9kV) or ns range (up to 5kV) were applied or RF excitation was applied at 13.56 MHz (1.5kV). RF was able to be operated in continuous or pulse mode). Repetition frequencies in the range of 2kHz to 6kHz were used. |
Language | English (United Kingdom) |
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Plasma Medium Properties | Flow rate: 1 slm, humidity admixtures: 0 - 6400ppm (0-100% of gas flow through ice cooled bubbler) |
Plasma Medium Procedure | Cooling of the bubbler 1h before measurements with 900mL ice cubes and 400mL fridge-cooled water. |
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Contact Name | Schüttler, Steffen |
Plasma Target Properties | 3 mL liquid volume in UV cuvette of ammonium metavandate solution, adjustment of capillary to a distance of 14mm from liquid surface |
Plasma Target Procedure | Ammonium metavandate solution preparation: 3.109 mL sulfuric acid (Fisher Chemical, >95%) was used to dissolve 725.26 mg ammonium metavanadate (Thermo Fisher Scientific, 99.5%) with stirring at 50°C. After complete dilution, the solution was diluted with 1 L of distilled water. The final solution had a pH < 3. |
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Plasma Diagnostic Properties | Absorption spectroscopy with an absorption peak at 450 nm. Light of a laser-driven light source (Energetiq EQ-99 LDLS) and an Avantes spectrometer (Avantes Avaspec-ULS 2049x64 TEC-EVO) were used. |
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Data and Resources
- Figure_02_a_waveforms_kHztxt
Examples of voltage and current waveforms of the kHz operation.
Download - Figure_02_b_power_curves_kHztxt
Plasma power as a function of applied voltage for kHz operation at various...
Download - Figure_02_c_waveforms_RFtxt
Examples of voltage and current waveforms of the RF operation mode.
Download - Figure_02_d_power_curves_RFtxt
Plasma power as a function of applied voltage for RF operation at various...
Download - Figure_02_f_power_curves_RFtxt
Plasma power as a function of applied voltage for ns operation at various...
Download - Figure_03_temperature_modeltxt
Gas temperature at various plasma powers of model calculations.
Download - Figure_04_a_H2O2_concentration_humidity_0.5Wtxt
H2O2 concentration in treated liquid for the three excitation mechanisms at...
Download - Figure_04_b_H2O2_concentration_humidity_1Wtxt
H2O2 concentration in treated liquid for the three excitation mechanisms at...
Download - Figure_05_a_H2O2_concentration_powertxt
H2O2 concentration in treated liquid for the three excitation mechanisms (RF...
Download - Figure_05_b_H2O2_yield_powertxt
The corresponding energy yield of H2O2 production for the three excitation...
Download - Figure_06_H2O2_concentration_freqeuencytxt
H2O2 concentration in treated liquid for the three excitation mechanisms (RF...
Download - Figure_07_a_consumed_generator_powertxt
Consumed generator power per plasma power for the three excitation...
Download - Figure_07_b_H2O2_yield_consumed_generator_powertxt
Energy yield of H2O2 production obtained from consumed power of the...
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