Abstract
The generation of ammonia from atomic hydrogen and nitrogen has been demonstrated by means of cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy. The atomic species are produced in a thermal plasma source in which plasma is created from mixtures of hydrogen and nitrogen. It is shown that for large atomic flux conditions, 2% of the hydrogen and nitrogen can be converted to ammonia. The process in which the ammonia molecules are formed from atomic radicals at the fully covered surface is called plasma-activated catalysis
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 418-420 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2002 |