Abstract
Plasma assisted catalytic technology, which uses synergetic technologies between the catalyst and plasma, has attracted much attention over the past several years. Theoretically, permittivity of a dielectric barrier influences the transferred charge of a microdischarge; thus high permittivity can improve the plasma reaction in a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma reactor. Despite the increased interest in the chemical processes, very little has been reported concerning the influence of materials of a dielectric barrier on DBD plasma reactions, since a high permittivity barrier generally exhibits low fracture strength and low dielectric strength making it break down under strong current pulses. In the present study, Ca1-xSrxTiO 3 (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) which possesses a high permittivity and a high fracture strength was prepared by liquid phase sintering and was used as a dielectric barrier for the destruction of carbon dioxide by a DBD plasma reaction. The permittivity of Ca1-xSrxTiO3 (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) increased with increasing SrTiO3 content; however, the observed CO2 conversion became greatest using Ca 0.8Sr0.2TiO3 and then decreased with increasing SrTiO3 content. These results imply that the reactivity of CO 2 destruction does not monotonously increase with increased permittivity of the Ca1-xSrxTiO3 barriers. Both amplitude and density of the current pulses ignited by Ca0.8Sr 0.2TiO3 were much greater than that of Ca 0.6Sr0.4TiO3. Further, it was confirmed that a plasma reaction uniformly proceeded using the Ca0.8Sr 0.2TiO3 barrier, but proceeded non-uniformly using the Ca0.6Sr0.4TiO3 barrier by observing the carbon deposition profiles on the surfaces of the barriers.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 025 |
Pages (from-to) | 5187-5191 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 Sep 7 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Acoustics and Ultrasonics
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films