A comprehensive review on physical activation of biochar for energy and environmental applications

B Sajjadi, WY Chen, NO Egiebor - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2019 - degruyter.com
Biochar is a solid by-product of thermochemical conversion of biomass to bio-oil and
syngas. It has a carbonaceous skeleton, a small amount of heteroatom functional groups …

Advances in non-equilibrium plasma kinetics: a theoretical and experimental review

LD Pietanza, O Guaitella, V Aquilanti… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
Numerous applications have required the study of CO 2 plasmas since the 1960s, from CO 2
lasers to spacecraft heat shields. However, in recent years, intense research activities on the …

Principles of plasma discharges and materials processing

MA Lieberman, AJ Lichtenberg - MRS Bulletin, 1994 - cambridge.org
The authors have done an excellent job of clearly explaining the different nomenclature
used in plasma processing, with the meaning of the symbols and constants commonly …

Chemical kinetics and reactive species in atmospheric pressure helium–oxygen plasmas with humid-air impurities

T Murakami, K Niemi, T Gans… - Plasma Sources …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
In most applications helium-based plasma jets operate in an open-air environment. The
presence of humid air in the plasma jet will influence the plasma chemistry and can lead to …

Global model of Ar, O2, Cl2, and Ar/O2 high‐density plasma discharges

C Lee, MA Lieberman - Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A …, 1995 - pubs.aip.org
We develop a global (volume averaged) model of high‐density plasma discharges in
molecular gases. For a specified discharge length and diameter, absorbed power, pressure …

Chemical loo** based ammonia production—A promising pathway for production of the noncarbon fuel

Q Lai, T Cai, SCE Tsang, X Chen, R Ye, Z Xu… - Science bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Ammonia, primarily made with Haber-Bosch process developed in 1909 and winning two
Nobel prizes, is a promising noncarbon fuel for preventing global warming of 1.5° C above …

Advance in using plasma technology for modification or fabrication of carbon‐based materials and their applications in environmental, material, and energy fields

X Sun, J Bao, K Li, MD Argyle, G Tan… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plasma technology is an eco‐friendly way to modify or fabricate carbon‐based materials
(CBMs) due to plasmas' distinctive abilities in tuning the surface physicochemical properties …

Review on microwave–metal discharges and their applications in energy and industrial processes

J Sun, W Wang, Q Yue, C Ma, J Zhang, X Zhao, Z Song - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Although microwave heating or processing is rapidly emerging as an effective and efficient
tool in various technological and scientific fields, the understanding of the interaction …

Oxygen discharges diluted with argon: dissociation processes

JT Gudmundsson… - Plasma Sources Science …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We use a global (volume averaged) model to study the dissociation processes and the
presence of negative ions and metastable species in a low pressure high density O 2/Ar …

Pulsed plasma etching for semiconductor manufacturing

DJ Economou - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Power-modulated (pulsed) plasmas have demonstrated several advantages compared to
continuous wave (CW) plasmas. Specifically, pulsed plasmas can result in a higher etching …