A5: From ns- to ms-pulses - dynamics of surface dielectric barrier discharges

Principal Investigators: Máté Vass, Thomas Mussenbrock

Team

Vass, Máté (Principal Investigator)

Filla, Dominik (PhD)

Mussenbrock, Thomas (Principal Investigator)

Description

This project deals with the simulation of fluids that are in contact with e.g. streamer discharges in the nanosecond range. Effective models for the generation of radicals are developed to link fast plasma processes with slower flow and chemical time scales. The project provides valuable insights into the understanding of cross-scale processes in plasma-assisted catalysis.

Publications

• Characterization of a laser filament-induced plasma in air at 10 kHz using optical emission spectroscopy
  Malte C. Schroeder, Robin Löscher, Nikita Bibinov, Ihor Korolov, Peter Awakowicz, Thomas Mussenbrock, Clara J. Saraceno
  Optics Express Vol. 33, Issue 23, pp. 48634-48650 (2025)
  
• Electron dynamics of three distinct discharge modes of a cross-field atmospheric pressure plasma jet
  M Klich, D Schulenberg, S Wilczek, M Vass, T Bolles, I Korolov, J Schulze, T Mussenbrock, R P Brinkmann
  Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 34, 045012 (2025)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/1153
• Streamer propagation dynamics in a nanosecond pulsed surface dielectric barrier discharge in He/N₂ mixtures
  G. Hübner, S. Wilczek, N. Schöneweihs, D. Filla, T. Mussenbrock, I. Korolov
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 58 065201 (2025)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/1054
• Plasma and flow simulation of the ion wind in a surface barrier discharge used for gas conversion benchmarked by Schlieren imaging
  S. Mohsenimehr, S. Wilczek, T. Mussenbrock, A. von Keudell
  Plasma Chem. Plasma Process. 45, 85-112 (2025)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/990
• The role of flow field dynamics in enhancing volatile organic compound conversion in a surface dielectric barrier discharge system
  A. Böddecker, M. Passmann, A. N. Torres Segura, A. Bodnar, F. Awakowicz, T. Oppotsch, M. Muhler, P. Awakowicz, A. R. Gibson, I. Korolov, T. Mussenbrock
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 58, 025208 (2025)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/1080
• The effects of different pellet shapes on streamer dynamics in patterned dielectric barrier discharges
  B. Berger, Z. Mujahid, C. Neuroth, M. Azhar, L. Wang, Q. Z. Zhang, T. Mussenbrock, I. Korolov, J. Schulze
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 33, 125011 (2024)
  
• Chemical modification of selenium-containing amino acids caused by non-thermal dielectric-barrier discharge atmospheric-pressure plasma
  F. Afzal, D. Śmiłowicz, F. Kogelheide, A. L. Schöne, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz, N. Metzler-Nolte
  RSC Adv. 14, 38094-38104 (2024)
  
• Energy efficiency of reactive species generation in radiofrequency atmospheric pressure plasma jets driven by tailored voltage waveforms in He/O₂ mixtures
  M. Vass, D. Schulenberg, Z. Donkó, P. Hartmann, D. Steuer, M. Böke, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, I. Korolov, Th. Mussenbrock, J. Schulze
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 33, 11LT01 (2024)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/1052
• Spatio-temporal dynamics of electrons and helium metastables in uniform dielectric barrier discharges formed in He/N₂
  N. Nawrath, I. Korolov, N. Bibinov, P. Awakowicz, A. R. Gibson
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32, 125014 (2023)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/741
• The effects of catalyst conductivity and loading of dielectric surface structures on plasma dynamics in patterned dielectric barrier discharges
  C. Neuroth, Z. Mujahid, B. Berger, C. Oberste-Beulmann, T. Oppotsch, Q.-Z. Zhang, M. Muhler, T. Mussenbrock, I. Korolov, J. Schulze
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32, 105019 (2023)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/739
• Interactions Between Flow Fields Induced by Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge Arrays
  A. Böddecker, M. Passmann, S. Wilczek, L. Schücke, I. Korolov, R. Skoda, T. Mussenbrock, A. R. Gibson, P. Awakowicz
  Plasma Chem. Plasma Process. 43, 1509-1530 (2023)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/743
• Propagation dynamics and interaction of multiple streamers at and above adjacent dielectric pellets in a packed bed plasma reactor
  Z. Mujahid, I. Korolov, Y. Liu, T. Mussenbrock, J. Schulze
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 495201 (2022)
  
• μs and ns twin surface dielectric barrier discharges operated in air: from electrode erosion to plasma characteristics
  T. Nguyen-Smith, A. Böddecker, L. Schücke, N. Bibinov, I. Korolov, Q.-Z. Zhang, T. Mussenbrock, P. Awakowicz, J. Schulze
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31, 035008 (2022)
  
• A scalable twin surface dielectric barrier discharge system for pollution remediation at high gas flow rates
  A. Böddecker, A. Bodnar, L. Schücke, J. Giesekus, K. Wenselau, R. T. Nguyen-Smith, T. Oppotsch, C. Oberste-Beulmann, M. Muhler, A. R. Gibson, P. Awakowicz
  React. Chem. Eng. 7, 2348-2358 (2022)
  
• Modifications of an electrolytic aluminum oxide film under the treatment with microdischarges during plasma electrolytic oxidation, a self-organized dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) and a DBD-like plasma jet
  V. Bracht, F. Kogelheide, S. Gröger, P. Hermanns, S. Böddeker, N. Bibinov, P. Awakowicz
  Plasma Res. Express 3, 045001 (2021)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/473
• Deposition of oxygenated hydrocarbons in a packed-bed plasma reactor during the oxidation of toluene: Influence of applied voltage
  M. Zaka-ul-Islam, M. D. Y. Ottef, X. Tu, J. Schulze
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 194007 (2021)
  
• Positive and negative streamer propagation in volume dielectric barrier discharges with planar and porous electrodes
  Q. Z. Zhang, L. Zhang, D. Z. Yang, J. Schulze, Y. N. Wang, A. Bogaerts
  Plasma Process. Polym. 18, e2000234 (2021)
  
• Computational study of simultaneous positive and negative streamer propagation in a twin surface dielectric barrier discharge via 2D PIC simulations
  Q.Z. Zhang, R.T. Nugyen-Smith, F. Beckfeld, Y. Liu, T. Mussenbrock, P. Awakowicz, J. Schulze
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30, 075017 (2021)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/312
• Characterisation of volume and surface dielectric barrier discharges in N2-O2 mixtures using optical emission spectroscopy
  F. Kogelheide, B. Offerhaus, N. Bibinov, P. Krajinski, L. Schücke, J. Schulze, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz
  Plasma Process. Polym. 17, 1900126 (2020)
  
• Conversion of volatile organic compounds in a twin surface dielectric barrier discharge
  L. Schücke, J. Gembus, N. Peters, F. Kogelheide, R.T. Smith, A. Gibson, J. Schulze, M. Muhler, P. Awakowicz
  Plasma Sources Sci.Technol. 29, 114003 (2020)
  
• The role of humidity and UV-C emission in the inactivation of B. subtilis spores during atmospheric-pressure dielectric barrier discharge treatment
  F. Kogelheide, F. Voigt, B. Hillebrand, R. Moeller, F. Fuchs, A. R. Gibson, P. Awakowicz, K. Stapelmann, M. Fiebrandt
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 53 295201 (2020)
  
• Characterization of a transient spark micro-discharge in nitrogen using simulataneous two-wavelength diagnostics
  S. Gröger, M. Fiebrandt, M. Hamme, N. Bibinov, P. Awakowicz
  Meas. Sci. Technol. 31, 075501 (2020)
  
• Determination of NO densities in a surface dielectric barrier discharge using optical emission spectroscopy
  B. Offerhaus, F. Kogelheide, D. Jalat, N. Bibinov, J. Schulze, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz
  J. Phys. Appl. Phys. 126, 193301 (2019)
  
• Characterization of volume and surface dielectric barrier discharges in N₂/O₂ mixtures using optical emission spectroscopy
  F. Kogelheide, B. Offerhaus, N. Bibinov, P. Krajinski, L. Schücke, J. Schulze, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz
  Plasma Process. Polym. 17, e1900126 (2019)
  
• Spatio temporal analysis of the electron power absorption in electropositive capacitive RF plasmas based on moments of the Boltzmann equation
  J. Schulze, Z. Donkó, T. Lafleur, S. Wilczek, R.P. Brinkmann
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27, 055010 (2018)
  

Thesis

• Ryan Thomas Nguyen-Smith, PhD thesis - 12/2022
  From ns- to ms-pulses - influence of voltage characteristics on surface barrier discharges
• Florian Beckfeld, Bachelor thesis - 04/2019
  Measurement of high voltage signals and evaluation of different probing methods on a surface dielectric barrier discharge
• Lukas Bielzer, Bachelor thesis - 12/2020
  Optische Emissions Spektroskopie von Nanosekunden gepulsten Oberflächen behinderten Entladungen
• Ammar Allababidi, Bachelor thesis - 04/2022
  Ortsaufgelöste und stereoskopische optische Emissionsspektroskopie einer beidseitigen Oberflächen behinderten Entladung mit Mikro-- und Nanosekunden Spannungspulsen
• Nils Schöneweihs, Bachelor thesis - 01/2024
  Optical diagnostics on nanosecond pulsed surface dielectric barrier dischargees with pressure variation
• Tim Bolles, Master thesis - 04/2024
  Modeling and Simulation of Technological Plasmas with External Circuits
• Niklas Friedrichs, Bachelor thesis - 04/2021
  Untersuchung der Sauerstoffradikaldichten einer dielektrischen Oberflächenentladung
• Gerrit Hübner, PhD thesis - ongoing
  From ns- to ms-pulses - influence of voltage characteristics on surface barrier discharges
• Samuel Jonas Giesekus, PhD thesis - 11/2025
  From ns- to ms-pulses - influence of voltage characteristics on surface barrier discharges

Further reading

• Phase resolved analysis of the homogeneity of a diffuse dielectric barrier discharge
  S. Baldus, F. Kogelheide, N. Bibinov, K. Stapelmann, P. Awakowicz
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 48, 375202 (2015)