Abstract
Temperature variation of a catalytic metal surface exposed to ozone produced in an atmospheric-pressure dielectric barrier discharge is examined by using a very thin thermocouple. The metal sheet is heated initially to a certain temperature (T 1 ) using a resistive heater and, then, the ozone concentration is increased with the heater current unchanged. When (T 1 ) is room temperature, the temperature of the metal sheet remains almost constant independent of ozone concentration. When (T 1 ) is increased up to 80 °C, the temperature of the metal sheet decreases clearly with increasing ozone concentration due to enhanced catalytic dissociation of ozone at the metal surface. The rate of decrease in temperature for a stainless steel sheet is increased from nearly 0% to ~5.7$ % with increasing (T 1 ) from room temperature to 80 °C, while that for a platinum sheet is increased further to ~17.5$ % at 80 °C due to stronger catalytic activity of platinum. The results confirm that the sensitivity for ozone is improved with a stronger catalytic metal heated to a higher temperature as the sensor body.
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