A5: From ns- to ms-pulses – influence of voltage characteristics on surface barrier discharges

Principal Investigators: I. Korolov. T. Mussenbrock

Team

Mussenbrock, Thomas (Principal Investigator)

Korolov, Ihor (Principal Investigator)

Hübner, Gerrit (PhD)

Description

In the second funding period, a synergistic combination of simulations and experiments will be applied to gain a fundamental understanding of surface dielectric barrier discharges driven by tailored voltage shapes. The goal of the comprehensive studies is to address important issues such as energetic electron dynamics and particle transport along with gas-phase reactions and plasma-catalyst interactions. Various tailored electrode structures will be used to investigate how, for example, ammonia synthesis and - in collaboration with other CRC projects - plasma catalytic VOC conversion can be understood and improved.

Publications

• Spatio-temporal dynamics of electrons and helium metastables in uniform dielectric barrier discharges formed in He/N2
  N. Nawrath, I Korolov, N Bibinov, P Awakowicz, A R Gibson
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32 125014 (2023) published 4 January 2024
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/741
• Local enhancement of electron heating and neutral species generation in radio-frequency micro-atmospheric pressure plasma jets: the effects of structured electrode topologies
  Y. Liu, M. Vass, G. Hübner, D. Schulenberg, T. Hemke, L. Bischoff, S. Chur, D. Steuer, J. Golda, M. Böke
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32 025012 (2023)
  
• 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
• 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 Chemistry Plasma Processing (2023)
  
• 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)
  
• 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)
  
• 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)
  
• Modifications of an electrolytic aluminum oxide film under the treatment with microdischarges during plasma electrolytic oxidation, a self-organized dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) and a DBD-like plasma jet
  V. Bracht, F. Kogelheide, S. Gröger, P. Hermanns, S. Böddeker, N. Bibinov, P. Awakowicz
  Plasma Res. Express 3 045001 (2021)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/473
• Deposition of oxygenated hydrocarbons in a packed-bed plasma reactor during the oxidation of toluene: Influence of applied voltage
  M. Zaka-ul-Islam, M. D. Y. Ottef, X. Tu, J. Schulze
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 54 (19), 194007 (2021)
  
• Positive and negative streamer propagation in volume dielectric barrier discharges with planar and porous electrodes
  Q. Z. Zhang, L. Zhang, D. Z. Yang, J. Schulze, Y. N. Wang, A. Bogaerts
  Plasma Process. Polym. 18, e2000234 (2021)
  
• Computational study of simultaneous positive and negative streamer propagation in a twin surface dielectric barrier discharge via 2D PIC simulations
  Q.Z. Zhang, R.T. Nugyen-Smith, F. Beckfeld, Y. Liu, T. Mussenbrock, P. Awakowicz, J. Schulze
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30, 075017 (2021)
  
• 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)
  
• Characterization of a transient spark micro-discharge in nitrogen using simulataneous two-wavelength diagnostics
  S. Gröger, M. Fiebrandt, M. Hamme, N. Bibinov, P. Awakowicz
  Meas. Sci. Technol. 31 075501 (2020)
  
• Determination of NO densities in a surface dielectric barrier discharge using optical emission spectroscopy
  B. Offerhaus, F. Kogelheide, D. Jalat, N. Bibinov, J. Schulze, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz
  J. Phys. Appl. Phys. 126, 193301 (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. e1900126 (2019)
  
• Spatio temporal analysis of the electron power absorption in electropositive capacitive RF plasmas based on moments of the Boltzmann equation
  J. Schulze, Z. Donkó, T. Lafleur, S. Wilczek, R.P. Brinkmann
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27, 055010 (2018)
  

Thesis

• Ryan Thomas Nguyen-Smith, PhD thesis - 12/2022
  From ns- to ms-pulses – influence of voltage characteristics on surface barrier discharges
• Florian Beckfeld, Bachelor thesis - 04/2019
  Measurement of high voltage signals and evaluation of different probing methods on a surface dielectric barrier discharg
• Lukas Bielzer, Bachelor thesis - 12/2020
  Optische Emissions Spektroskopie von Nanosekunden gepulsten Oberflächen behinderten Entladungen
• Ammar Allababidi, Bachelor thesis - 04/2022
  Ortsaufgelöste und stereoskopische optische Emissionsspektroskopie einer beidseitigen Oberflächen behinderten Entladung mit Mikro-- und Nanosekunden S
• Niklas Simon Friedrichs, Master thesis - 05/2023
  Control of distribution function of different species by voltage waveforms tailoring in reactive CCPs
• Nils Schöneweihs, Bachelor thesis - 01/2024
  Optical diagnostics on nanosecond pulsed surface dielectric barrier dischargees with pressure variation
• Leon Surrey, Bachelor thesis - ongoing
  Orts- und winkelaufgelöste Charakterisierung einer Mikrowellen-PECVD Entladung mittels Abel-Inversion

Further reading

• Phase resolved analysis of the homogeneity of a diffuse dielectric barrier discharge,
  S. Baldus, F. Kogelheide, N. Bibinov, K. Stapelmann, and P. Awakowicz,
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 48 375202 (2015)