Production characteristics of reactive oxygen/nitrogen species in water using atmospheric pressure discharge plasmas

Kazuhiro Takahashi, Kohki Satoh, Hidenori Itoh, Hideki Kawaguchi, Igor Timoshkin, Martin Given, Scott MacGregor

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Abstract

A pulsed discharge, a DC corona discharge, and a plasma jet are separately generated above a water surface, and reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) in the water are investigated. ROS/RNS in water after the sparging of the off-gas of a packed-bed dielectric barrier discharge (PB-DBD) are also investigated. H2O2, NO2 −, and NO3 − are detected after plasma exposure and only NO3 − after off-gas sparging. Short-lifetime species in plasma are found to play an important role in H2O2 and NO2 − production and long-lifetime species in NO3 − production. NOx may inhibit H2O2 production through OH consumption to produce HNO2 and HNO3. O3 does not contribute to ROS/RNS production. The pulsed plasma exposure is found to be effective for the production of H2O2 and NO2 −, and the off-gas sparging of the PB-DBD for the production of NO3 -.
Original languageEnglish
Article number07LF01
Number of pages8
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
Volume55
Issue number7S2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jun 2016

Keywords

  • pulsed discharge
  • DC corona discharge
  • plasma jet

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