Electrostatic Debye layer formed at a plasma-liquid interface.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
We construct an analytic model for the electrostatic Debye layer formed at a plasma-liquid interface by combining the Gouy-Chapman theory for the liquid with a simple parabolic band model for the plasma sheath. The model predicts a nonlinear scaling between the plasma current density and the solution ionic strength, and we confirmed this behavior with measurements using a liquid-anode plasma. Plots of the measured current density as a function of ionic strength collapse the data and curve fits yield a plasma electron density of ∼10^{19}m^{-3} and an electric field of ∼10^{4}V/m on the liquid side of the interface. Because our theory is based firmly on fundamental physics, we believe it can be widely applied to many emerging technologies involving the interaction of low-temperature, nonequilibrium plasma with aqueous media, including plasma medicine and various plasma chemical synthesis techniques.