A7: Plasma catalysis for conversion of volatile organic compounds (VOC)

Principal Investigators: I. Korolov, M. Muhler, P. Awakowicz

Team

Awakowicz, Peter (Principal Investigator)

Muhler, Martin (Principal Investigator)

Oppotsch, Timothy (PhD)

Korolov, Ihor (Principal Investigator)

Böddecker, Alexander (PhD)

Description

During the second funding period of the CRC, the development of suitable catalysts and a detailed study of the underlying global reaction kinetics and transport of reactive species within the VOC conversion process will be explored. Scaled-up reactor concepts will be constructed and tested. In cooperation with other projects customized electrodes and voltage waveform tailoring will be used with the goal of improving the plasma-catalyst interaction and gaining insight into the specific reaction mechanisms involved.

Publications

• The role of flow field dynamics in enhancing volatile organic compound conversion in a surface dielectric barrier discharge system
  A. Böddecker, M. Passmann, A. N. Torres Segura, A. Bodnar, F. Awakowicz, T. Oppotsch, M. Muhler, P. Awakowicz, A. R. Gibson, I. Korolov, T. Mussenbrock
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 58, 025208 (2025)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/1080
• Chemical modification of selenium-containing amino acids caused by non-thermal dielectric-barrier discharge atmospheric-pressure plasma
  F. Afzal, D. Śmiłowicz, F. Kogelheide, A. L. Schöne, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz, N. Metzler-Nolte
  RSC Adv. 14, 38094-38104 (2024)
  
• The effect of toluene trace admixtures on the plasma-assisted oxygen trace removal from hydrogen-rich gas mixtures in a surface dielectric barrier discharge reactor
  C. Oberste-Beulmann, T. Oppotsch, M. Muhler
  Plasma Process. Polym. 20, e2300084 (2023)
  
• Investigation of flow characteristics in a twin-surface dielectric barrier discharge reactor by Schlieren imaging
  K. Ollegott, P. Wirth, C. Oberste-Beulmann, G. Siddarth Mani Sakthi, A. Magazova, P. Hermanns, N. Peters, L. Schücke, V. Bracht, D. W. Agar, P. Awakowicz, M. Muhler
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 56, 265201 (2023)
  
• The effects of catalyst conductivity and loading of dielectric surface structures on plasma dynamics in patterned dielectric barrier discharges
  C. Neuroth, Z. Mujahid, B. Berger, C. Oberste-Beulmann, T. Oppotsch, Q.-Z. Zhang, M. Muhler, T. Mussenbrock, I. Korolov, J. Schulze
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32, 105019 (2023)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/739
• Interactions Between Flow Fields Induced by Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge Arrays
  A. Böddecker, M. Passmann, S. Wilczek, L. Schücke, I. Korolov, R. Skoda, T. Mussenbrock, A. R. Gibson, P. Awakowicz
  Plasma Chem. Plasma Process. 43, 1509-1530 (2023)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/743
• Optical absorption spectroscopy of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in a surface dielectric barrier discharge
  L. Schücke, A. Bodnar, N. Friedrichs, A. Böddecker, N. Peters, K. Ollegott, C. Oberste-Beulmann, P. Wirth, R. T. Nguyen-Smith, I. Korolov, A. R. Gibson, M. Muhler, P. Awakowicz
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 215205 (2022)
  
• A scalable twin surface dielectric barrier discharge system for pollution remediation at high gas flow rates
  A. Böddecker, A. Bodnar, L. Schücke, J. Giesekus, K. Wenselau, R. T. Nguyen-Smith, T. Oppotsch, C. Oberste-Beulmann, M. Muhler, A. R. Gibson, P. Awakowicz
  React. Chem. Eng. 7, 2348-2358 (2022)
  
• μs and ns twin surface dielectric barrier discharges operated in air: from electrode erosion to plasma characteristics
  T. Nguyen-Smith, A. Böddecker, L. Schücke, N. Bibinov, I. Korolov, Q.-Z. Zhang, T. Mussenbrock, P. Awakowicz, J. Schulze
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31, 035008 (2022)
  
• Propagation dynamics and interaction of multiple streamers at and above adjacent dielectric pellets in a packed bed plasma reactor
  Z. Mujahid, I. Korolov, Y. Liu, T. Mussenbrock, J. Schulze
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 495201 (2022)
  
• Catalyst‐enhanced plasma oxidation of n‐butane over α‐MnO₂ in a temperature‐controlled twin surface dielectric barrier discharge reactor
  N. Peters, L. Schücke, K. Ollegott, C. Oberste-Beulmann, P. Awakowicz, M. Muhler
  Plasma Process. Polym. 18, e2000127 (2021)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/321
• The role of humidity and UV-C emission in the inactivation of B. subtilis spores during atmospheric-pressure dielectric barrier discharge treatment
  F. Kogelheide, F. Voigt, B. Hillebrand, R. Moeller, F. Fuchs, A. R. Gibson, P. Awakowicz, K. Stapelmann, M. Fiebrandt
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 53 295201 (2020)
  
• Characterisation of volume and surface dielectric barrier discharges in N2-O2 mixtures using optical emission spectroscopy
  F. Kogelheide, B. Offerhaus, N. Bibinov, P. Krajinski, L. Schücke, J. Schulze, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz
  Plasma Process. Polym. 17, 1900126 (2020)
  
• Conversion of volatile organic compounds in a twin surface dielectric barrier discharge
  L. Schücke, J. Gembus, N. Peters, F. Kogelheide, R.T. Smith, A. Gibson, J. Schulze, M. Muhler, P. Awakowicz
  Plasma Sources Sci.Technol. 29, 114003 (2020)
  
• Catalytic oxidation of small organic molecules by cold plasma in solution in the presence of molecular iron complexes
  D. Śmiłowicz, F. Kogelheide, A. L. Schöne, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz, N. Metzler-Nolte
  Sci. Rep. 10, 21652 (2020)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/295
• Study on Chemical Modifications of Glutathione by Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma (Cap) Operated in Air in the Presence of Fe(II) and Fe(III) Complexes
  D. Śmiłowicz, F. Kogelheide, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz, N. Metzler-Nolte
  Sci. Rep. 9, 1-13 (2019)
  
• Dissipated electrical power and electron density in an RF atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet
  J. Golda, F. Kogelheide, P. Awakowicz, V. Schulz-von der Gathen
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28, 095023 (2019)
  
• Characterization of volume and surface dielectric barrier discharges in N₂/O₂ mixtures using optical emission spectroscopy
  F. Kogelheide, B. Offerhaus, N. Bibinov, P. Krajinski, L. Schücke, J. Schulze, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz
  Plasma Process. Polym. 17, e1900126 (2019)
  
• Catalytic Carbon Monoxide Oxidation over Potassium-Dopen Manganese Dioxide Nanoparticles Synthesized by Spray Drying
  K. Ollegott, N. Peters, H. Antoni, M. Muhler
  Emiss. Control Sci. Technol. 5, 378-391 (2019)
  

Thesis

• Lars Schücke, PhD thesis - 07/2022
  Analysis of Reaction Kinetics in a Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge for the Conversion of Volatile Organic Compounds
• Niklas Peters, PhD thesis - 09/2021
  MnO₂-assisted dielectric barrier discharge-driven plasma oxidation for the abatement of n-butane
• Christian Oberste-Beulmann, Bachelor thesis - 07/2018
  Entwicklung einer Methode zur Beschichtung von Plattenelektroden mit heterogenen Katalysatoren für die oxidative Plasmakatalyse
• Kevin Ollegott, PhD thesis - 01/2020
  Plasma-assisted removal of oxygen traces from coke oven gas using a twin-surface dielectric barrier discharge
• Philipp Wirth, PhD thesis - ongoing
  Plasma Catalysis in DBDs
• Jens Kallähn, Bachelor thesis - 01/2020
  Entwurf einer Messstrecke zur optischen Absorptionsspektroskopie von Ozon an einer dielektrischen Oberflächenentladung
• Jan-Luca Gembus, Bachelor thesis - 09/2019
  Untersuchung der Konversion von flüchtigen Kohlenwasserstoffen in einer dielektrischen Oberflächenentladung
• Christian Oberste-Beulmann, Master thesis - 12/2020
  Investigations on Plasma-catalytic Removal of Oxygen Traces from Hydrogen-rich Gas Mixtures
• Katja Wenselau, Bachelor thesis - 12/2021
  Untersuchung des Strömungsfeldes einer beidseitigen dielektrisch behinderten Oberflächenentladung für die Abluftreinigung
• Anna Lena Schöne, Master thesis - 03/2022
  Gas Flow Effects in Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharges
• Timothy Oppotsch, PhD thesis - ongoing
  sDBD for VOC removal
• Arisa Bodnar, Bachelor thesis - 01/2022
  Investigation of a twin surface dielectric barrier discharge for the decomposition of polluted air streams
• Amr Ghanoum, Bachelor thesis - 03/2022
  Reduktion des Sauerstoffgehaltes abgeschiedener Gasseparations-Membranen unter Verwendung von Hexamethyldisilazan als Präkursor eines PE-CVD Prozesses
• Dominik Filla, Bachelor thesis - 10/2022
  Untersuchung der Homogenität einer Mikrowellen-PE-CVD Entladung
• Maximilian Ryppa, Bachelor thesis - 03/2023
  Investigation of reactive species densities in a twin surface dielectric barrier discharge with absorption spectroscopy
• Alexander Böddecker, PhD thesis - 02/2025
  Plasma catalysis for conversion of volatile organic compounds (VOC)
• Tim Bolles, Master thesis - 04/2024
  Modeling and Simulation of Technological Plasmas with External Circuits
• Christian Oberste-Beulmann, PhD thesis - 07/2023
  Plasma-catalytic Removal of Oxygen Traces from Hydrogen-rich Gas Mixtures
• Jonas Hiepel, PhD thesis - ongoing
  Modification and Characterization of Semiconductor Materials Using Non-Thermal Plasma Sources
• Timothy Oppotsch, Master thesis - 01/2022
  Investigations on plasma-catalytic exhaust gas treatment
• Fedor Aksenov, Master thesis - ongoing
  Plasma-Assisted VOC Oxidation: Mechanisms and Scale-up
• Jonas Hiepel, Bachelor thesis - 08/2022
  Validierung eines Verdampfersystems und Sprühbeschichters für die Verwendung in plasma-katalytischen Messungen

Further reading

• Oxygen-Plasma-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes as Supports for Platinum-Ruthenium Catalysts Applied in Electrochemical Methanol Oxidation
  R. Chetty, K. K. Maniam, W. Schuhmann, M. Muhler
  ChemPlusChem 80, 130-135 (2015)

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