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Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 5, S2106 (2010)

Regular Articles

Hydrogen Pair-Ion Production by Catalytic Ionization
Wataru OOHARA and Osamu FUKUMASA1)
Department of Electronic Device Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Ube 755-8611, Japan
1)
Ube National College of Technology, Ube 755-8555, Japan
(Received 7 December 2009 / Accepted 17 February 2010 / Published 10 December 2010)

Abstract

To develop a hydrogen pair-ion plasma source comprising only hydrogen atomic pair ions, i.e., H+ and H− ions, the efficient production of pair ions is required. When discharged hydrogen plasma is used to irradiate a Ni catalyst, pair ions are produced on the catalyst surface. Hydrogen chemisorption on the catalyst and the electronegativity of the catalyst material are found to affect pair-ion production.

Keywords

hydrogen pair ion, plasma irradiation, porous catalyst

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.5.S2106

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This paper may be cited as follows:

Wataru OOHARA and Osamu FUKUMASA, Plasma Fusion Res. 5, S2106 (2010).