TY - JOUR
T1 - Charge transfer processes at the interface between plasmas and liquids
AU - Akolkar, Rohan
AU - Sankaran, R. Mohan
N1 - Funding Information:
R.M.S. acknowledges the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars program and the CWRU SOURCE program for supporting students involved in this work. The authors also thank Davide Mariotti at University of Ulster and David Go at University of Notre Dame for insightful discussions on this topic.
Funding Information:
R. Mohan Sankaran is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. He received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1998 and his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2004. In 2005, he joined the CWRU faculty as the John C. Angus Legacy Assistant Professor, and was promoted with tenure in 2010. His current research interests include microplasmas, aerosol nanoparticle synthesis, catalytic growth of one-dimensional nanomaterials, and plasma–liquid chemistry. He has received the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, the Teacher-Scholar Award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, the Young Investigator Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Peter Mark Memorial Award from the American Vacuum Society.
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - Charge transfer processes at the interface of plasmas and liquid electrolytes have been studied for over 100 years. Both plasmas and liquid electrolytes contain charged species, and interactions between the two phases represent a unique combination of physics, chemistry, and materials science that is fundamentally different than that between solid electrodes and liquid electrolytes. Unfortunately, scientific progress over the last century has been slow because of several key challenges including the inability to stabilize nonthermal plasmas at atmospheric pressure, and the lack of fundamental understanding of the mechanisms for charge transfer. Within the last decade, significant strides have been made to overcome these challenges. Here, the authors review this fascinating area of study, highlighting the history, development of experimental systems, mechanistic aspects, and emerging applications.
AB - Charge transfer processes at the interface of plasmas and liquid electrolytes have been studied for over 100 years. Both plasmas and liquid electrolytes contain charged species, and interactions between the two phases represent a unique combination of physics, chemistry, and materials science that is fundamentally different than that between solid electrodes and liquid electrolytes. Unfortunately, scientific progress over the last century has been slow because of several key challenges including the inability to stabilize nonthermal plasmas at atmospheric pressure, and the lack of fundamental understanding of the mechanisms for charge transfer. Within the last decade, significant strides have been made to overcome these challenges. Here, the authors review this fascinating area of study, highlighting the history, development of experimental systems, mechanistic aspects, and emerging applications.
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U2 - 10.1116/1.4810786
DO - 10.1116/1.4810786
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84885149917
SN - 0734-2101
VL - 31
JO - Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A
JF - Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A
IS - 5
M1 - 050811
ER -