Plasmas for in situ resource utilization on Mars: Fuels, life support, and agriculture

V Guerra, T Silva, N Pinhão, O Guaitella… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This work discusses the potential of combining non-thermal plasmas and conducting
membranes for in situ resource utilization (ISRU) on Mars. By converting different molecules …

Chemical kinetics and density measurements of OH in an atmospheric pressure He+ O2+ H2O radiofrequency plasma

A Brisset, AR Gibson, S Schröter, K Niemi… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This work presents experiments and modelling of OH densities in a radio-frequency driven
atmospheric-pressure plasma in a plane-parallel geometry, operated in helium with small …

2D particle-in-cell simulations of geometrically asymmetric low-pressure capacitive RF plasmas driven by tailored voltage waveforms

L Wang, P Hartmann, Z Donko, YH Song… - … Sources Science and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The effects of the simultaneous presence of two different types of plasma asymmetry, viz,
geometric and electrical, on low-pressure capacitively coupled argon discharges are studied …

Control of electron dynamics, radical and metastable species generation in atmospheric pressure RF plasma jets by Voltage Waveform Tailoring

I Korolov, Z Donko, G Hübner, L Bischoff… - Plasma Sources …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Atmospheric pressure capacitively coupled radio frequency discharges operated in He/N 2
mixtures and driven by tailored voltage waveforms are investigated experimentally using a …

RF-driven atmospheric-pressure capillary plasma jet in a He/O2 gas mixture: Multi-diagnostic approach to energy transport

T Winzer, D Steuer, S Schüttler, N Blosczyk… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Atmospheric-pressure plasma jets operated in noble gases with an oxygen admixture have
high application potential in industry and medicine. In this paper, we report on an extension …

Selective generation of excited species in ns pulse/RF hybrid plasmas for plasma chemistry applications

I Gulko, ER Jans, C Richards, S Raskar… - Plasma Sources …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Hybrid plasmas, sustained by a repetitive ns pulse discharge and a sub-breakdown RF
waveform in N 2 and its mixtures with H 2, CO, and CO 2, are studied using laser diagnostics …

Comparison of electron heating and energy loss mechanisms in an RF plasma jet operated in argon and helium

J Golda, J Held… - Plasma Sources Science …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The μ-APPJ is a well-investigated atmospheric pressure RF plasma jet. Up to now, it has
mainly been operated using helium as feed gas due to stability restrictions. However, the …

Dissipated electrical power and electron density in an RF atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet

J Golda, F Kogelheide, P Awakowicz… - … sources science and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Atmospheric pressure plasmas have great potential, especially for biomedical applications,
due to the large number of reactive species produced. In particular with regard to these …

Reproducibility of 'COST reference microplasma jets'

F Riedel, J Golda, J Held, HL Davies… - Plasma Sources …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Atmospheric pressure plasmas have been ground-breaking for plasma science and
technologies, due to their significant application potential in many fields, including …

Decoupling ion energy and flux in intermediate pressure capacitively coupled plasmas via tailored voltage waveforms

SJ Doyle, AR Gibson, RW Boswell… - Plasma Sources …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The discrete control of ion energy and flux is of increasing importance to industrially relevant
plasma sources. The ion energy distribution functions (IEDFs) and net ion flux incident upon …