Non-equilibrium presolvation electron processes at the gas-liquid interface

低温等离子体电子与液体的相互作用已在水处理、农业、生物燃料和医药等各种技术应用中作为还原剂。等离子体-液体界面的预测控制对于释放这些应用的潜力至关重要，但由于缺乏描述等离子体-液体界面电子的相关非平衡输运理论以及描述电子与液体相互作用的基本数据，这一点受到了限制。该项目将根据世界上第一次对自由基和液体的电子横截面的测量，开发一个最先进的预溶解电子传递模型，并将其应用于等离子体电化学过程的模型。

The interaction of low-temperature plasma electrons with liquids has served as a reducing agent in various technological applications in water treatment, agriculture, biofuels and medicine. Predictive control of the plasma-liquid interface is essential to unlocking the potential of these applications, and this has been limited by the absence of the relevant non-equilibrium transport theory describing electrons at the plasma-liquid interface together with fundamental data describing electron interactions with liquids. The project will develop a state of the art presolvation electron transport model informed by world first measurements of electron cross-sections for radicals and liquids and apply it to model plasma electrochemistry processes.