Rotating Gliding Arc Assisted Water Splitting in Atmospheric Nitrogen

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 813-834

  Zhang, Hao ^a   Zhu, Fengsen ^a   Li, Xiaodong ^a   Cen, Kefa ^a   Du, Changming ^b   Tu, Xin ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Optical emission spectroscopy (OES); Reaction mechanisms; Rotating gliding arc; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC ARCS; FREE RADICALS; LIGHT EMISSION; NITROGEN; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; GLIDING ARC; GLIDING ARC PLASMAS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPIES (OES); REACTION MECHANISM; ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURE; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84961171201     PISSN: 02724324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11090-016-9700-y     Document Type: Article

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