Kinetic roles of vibrational excitation in RF plasma assisted methane pyrolysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2019.01.028
Abstract: Abstract A combined experimental and simulational work was carried out in this paper to investigate the kinetic effects of non-equilibrium excitation by direct electron impact on low temperature pyrolysis of CH4 in a RF dielectric… read more here.
Keywords: excitation; vibrationally excited; excited molecules; chemistry ... See more keywords
Observation of the adsorption and desorption of vibrationally excited molecules on a metal surface
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DOI: 10.1038/s41557-018-0003-1
Abstract: The most common mechanism of catalytic surface chemistry is that of Langmuir and Hinshelwood (LH). In the LH mechanism, reactants adsorb, become thermalized with the surface, and subsequently react. The measured vibrational (relaxation) lifetimes of… read more here.
Keywords: excited molecules; adsorption; vibrationally excited; surface ... See more keywords
Kinetics of highly vibrationally excited O2(X) molecules in inductively-coupled oxygen plasmas
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/aab47d
Abstract: The high degree of vibrational excitation of O 2 ground state molecules recently observed in inductively coupled plasma discharges is investigated experimentally in more detail and interpreted using a detailed self-consistent 0D global kinetic model… read more here.
Keywords: excited molecules; inductively coupled; vibrationally excited; oxygen plasmas ... See more keywords