Schröter, Sandra orcid.org/0000-0003-1029-4041, Bredin, Jérôme, Gibson, Andrew R. orcid.org/0000-0002-1082-4359 et al. (6 more authors) (2020) The formation of atomic oxygen and hydrogen in atmospheric pressure plasmas containing humidity:picosecond two-photon absorption laser induced fluorescence and numerical simulations. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 105001. ISSN 0963-0252
Abstract
Atmospheric pressure plasmas are effective sources for reactive species, making them applicable for industrial and biomedical applications. We quantify ground-state densities of key species, atomic oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H), produced from admixtures of water vapour (up to 0.5%) to the helium feed gas in a radio-frequency-driven plasma at atmospheric pressure. Absolute density measurements, using two-photon absorption laser induced fluorescence, require accurate effective excited state lifetimes. For atmospheric pressure plasmas, picosecond resolution is needed due to the rapid collisional de-excitation of excited states. These absolute O and H density measurements, at the nozzle of the plasma jet, are used to benchmark a plug-flow, 0D chemical kinetics model, for varying humidity content, to further investigate the main formation pathways of O and H. It is found that impurities can play a crucial role for the production of O at small molecular admixtures. Hence, for controllable reactive species production, purposely admixed molecules to the feed gas is recommended, as opposed to relying on ambient molecules. The controlled humidity content was also identified as an effective tailoring mechanism for the O/H ratio.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020, The Author(s). 35 pages, 14 figures This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | physics.plasm-ph |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/K018388/1 EPSRC EP/H003797/2 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2020 11:00 |
Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2024 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abab55 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1088/1361-6595/abab55 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:162528 |
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