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	|  | Author | Verheyen, C.; Silva, T.; Guerra, V.; Bogaerts, A. |    
    
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	|  | Title | The effect of H2O on the vibrational populations of CO2in a CO2/H2O microwave plasma: a kinetic modelling investigation | Type | A1 Journal article | 
	|  | Year  | 2020 | Publication | Plasma Sources Science & Technology | Abbreviated Journal | Plasma Sources Sci T |  | 
	|  | Volume | 29 | Issue | 9 | Pages | 095009 |  | 
	|  | Keywords | A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT) |  | 
	|  | Abstract | Plasma has been studied for several years to convert CO2 into value-added products. If CO2 could be converted in the presence of H2O as a cheap H-source for making syngas and oxygenates, it would mimic natural photosynthesis. However, CO2/H2O plasmas have not yet been extensively studied, not by experiments, and certainly not computationally. Therefore, we present here a kinetic modelling study to obtain a greater understanding of the vibrational kinetics of a CO2/H2O microwave plasma. For this purpose, we first created an electron impact cross section set for H2O, using a swarm-derived method. We added the new cross section set and CO2/H2O-related chemistry to a pure CO2 model. While it was expected that H2O addition mainly causes quenching of the CO2 asymmetric mode vibrational levels due to the additional CO2/H2O vibrational-translational relaxation, our model shows that the modifications in the vibrational kinetics are mainly induced by the strong electron dissociative attachment to H2O molecules, causing a reduction in electron density, and the corresponding changes in the input of energy into the CO2 vibrational levels by electron impact processes. |  | 
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	|  | Language |  | Wos | 000570601300001 | Publication Date | 2020-09-16 |  | 
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	|  | ISSN | 1361-6595 | ISBN |  | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |  | 
	|  | Impact Factor | 3.8 | Times cited |  | Open Access |  |  | 
	|  | Notes | Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, 1184820N ; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under projects UIDB/50010/2020 and ; This research was supported by FWO–PhD fellowshipaspirant, Grant 1184820N. VG and TS were partially supported by the Portuguese FCT, under projects UIDB/50010/2020 and UIDP/50010/2020 | Approved | Most recent IF: 3.8; 2020 IF: 3.302 |  | 
	|  | Call Number | PLASMANT @ plasmant @c:irua:172011 | Serial | 6433 |  | 
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