Time-resolved characterization of non-thermal plasma-assisted photocatalytic removal of nitric oxide

We performed time-resolved characterization of plasma-photocatalytic removal of nitric oxide (NO) in a ceramic foam packing double dielectric barrier discharge reactor using mid-infrared laser absorption spectroscopy. Non-thermal plasma (NTP) was generated in the porous ceramic foam coated with mesoporous TiO2 thin film. Real-time NO monitoring was performed using a quantum cascade laser at 5.26 µm combined with a custom-designed multipass gas cell, leading to a sub-ppm detection limit at 0.1 s measurement time. By analyzing the feed gas of 90 ppm NO/1% O2 balanced in N2, the plasma treatment without TiO2 photocatalyst had no effect on NO removal when the discharge power was below 45 W. In comparison, the NTP-TiO2 system achieved an efficiency of 49% for NO removal even at the relatively low discharge power of 18 W. The synergy between NTP and TiO2 photocatalyst effectively promotes the NO removal at low plasma discharge powers. However, we also observed a negative effect of TiO2 photocatalyst on NO removal at a relatively high discharge power of 135 W.

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