Micro-plasmas as efficient generators of singlet delta oxygen

Vincent Puech; Gerard Bauville; Bernard Lacour; Joao Santos Sousa; Leanne C. Pitchford; Michel Touzeau

doi:10.1117/12.781830

12 May 2008 Micro-plasmas as efficient generators of singlet delta oxygen

Vincent Puech, Gerard Bauville, Bernard Lacour, Joao Santos Sousa, Leanne C. Pitchford, Michel Touzeau

Proceedings Volume 7005, High-Power Laser Ablation VII; 700527 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.781830
Event: High-Power Laser Ablation 2008, 2008, Taos, New Mexico, United States

Abstract

This paper discusses the possibility of producing high concentrations of O₂(a¹Δ_g) states at pressures up to atmospheric in rare-gas/oxygen/NO mixtures by using micro-plasmas. Micro-plasmas refer to electric discharges created in very small geometries which have been proven able to operate in DC mode at high pressure and high power loading without undergoing any glow to arc transition. The so-called Micro Cathode Sustained Discharge (MCSD), which is a three-electrode configuration using a Micro Hollow Cathode Discharge (MHCD) as a plasma cathode, can be operated as a non-self-sustained discharge with low values of the reduced electric field and of the gas temperature. As a result, these MCSDs can efficiently generate large amounts of singlet delta oxygen. In Ar/O₂/NO mixtures, at an oxygen partial pressure of 10 mbar, high values of O₂(a¹Δ_g) number density (1.5 10¹⁶ cm^-3) and of the production yield (6.7 %) can be simultaneously obtained. For lower O₂ partial pressure, yields higher than 10 % have been measured. In He/O₂/NO mixtures, O₂(a¹Δ_g) number densities around 10¹⁶ cm^-3 were achieved at atmospheric pressure for flow rates in the range 5-30 ln/mn, which could give rise to new applications.

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Vincent Puech, Gerard Bauville, Bernard Lacour, Joao Santos Sousa, Leanne C. Pitchford, and Michel Touzeau "Micro-plasmas as efficient generators of singlet delta oxygen", Proc. SPIE 7005, High-Power Laser Ablation VII, 700527 (12 May 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.781830

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