Pulse modulation provides a new way to tailor the electron density, electron energy and gas temperature in atmospheric radio-frequency（rf） discharges. In this paper, by increasing the rf frequency to several hundred...Pulse modulation provides a new way to tailor the electron density, electron energy and gas temperature in atmospheric radio-frequency（rf） discharges. In this paper, by increasing the rf frequency to several hundreds of MHz, or even much higher to the range of GHz, a very strong peak current in the first period（PCFP） with much larger electron energy can be formed during the power-on phase, which is not observed in the common pulse modulation discharges at a rf frequency of 13.56 MHz. The PIC-MCC model is explored to unveil the generation mechanism of PCFP, and based on the simulation data a larger voltage increasing rate over a quarter of a period and the distribution of electron density just before the power-on phase are believed to play key roles; the PCFP is usually produced in the microplasma regime driven by the pulsed power supply. The effects of duty cycle and pulse modulation frequency on the evolution of PCFP are also discussed from the computational data. Therefore, the duty cycle and pulse modulation frequency can be used to optimize the generation of PCFP and high-energy electrons.展开更多
Future battery advances and economies of scale will help scrub CO2emissions from transportation and the grid.Economical energy storage lets battery-powered electric vehicles replace internal combustion engines in the ...Future battery advances and economies of scale will help scrub CO2emissions from transportation and the grid.Economical energy storage lets battery-powered electric vehicles replace internal combustion engines in the transportation sector,which now accounts for the plurality of CO2emissions.For grid-scale applications,the benefits of adding storage are many and well documented[1–2].Beyond increased penetration of intermittent renewable energy generated from such as solar panels展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11375107 and 11675095)the Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University(Grant No.2015JC050)
文摘Pulse modulation provides a new way to tailor the electron density, electron energy and gas temperature in atmospheric radio-frequency（rf） discharges. In this paper, by increasing the rf frequency to several hundreds of MHz, or even much higher to the range of GHz, a very strong peak current in the first period（PCFP） with much larger electron energy can be formed during the power-on phase, which is not observed in the common pulse modulation discharges at a rf frequency of 13.56 MHz. The PIC-MCC model is explored to unveil the generation mechanism of PCFP, and based on the simulation data a larger voltage increasing rate over a quarter of a period and the distribution of electron density just before the power-on phase are believed to play key roles; the PCFP is usually produced in the microplasma regime driven by the pulsed power supply. The effects of duty cycle and pulse modulation frequency on the evolution of PCFP are also discussed from the computational data. Therefore, the duty cycle and pulse modulation frequency can be used to optimize the generation of PCFP and high-energy electrons.
文摘Future battery advances and economies of scale will help scrub CO2emissions from transportation and the grid.Economical energy storage lets battery-powered electric vehicles replace internal combustion engines in the transportation sector,which now accounts for the plurality of CO2emissions.For grid-scale applications,the benefits of adding storage are many and well documented[1–2].Beyond increased penetration of intermittent renewable energy generated from such as solar panels
