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Dai, Zhen 2015-07-22T22:18:06Z 2015-07-22T22:18:06Z 2015-05 2015-04-30 An aluminum/alumina (Al/Al2O3) microchannel plasma reactor is used to generate H2 with an energy efficiency of 2.5 % by dissociating water vapor in Ar at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. The value compares favorably to other plasma reactors reported in the literature, having reported energy efficiencies ≤ 2 %. Additionally, spectra of the Hα line are used to calculate electron densities, which are in the vicinity of 1.5 ± 0.2 × 1016 cm-3, while spectra of the OH(A-X) transition show a distinctly non-equilibrium population distribution in the OH(A2Σ+) state. Al/Al2O3 microchannel plasma device was shown to be efficient in water dissociation as compared with other plasma reactors recently reported in the literature. Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2015-07-22 without embargo terms The student, Zhen Dai, accepted the attached license on 2015-04-29 at 12:13. The student, Zhen Dai, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2015-04-29 at 12:19. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2015-04-30 at 10:23. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #8184 on 2015-07-22 at 10:34:44 Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T22:18:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 DAI-THESIS-2015.pdf: 963480 bytes, checksum: 575a51aaea0e9412fefb705987c11474 (MD5) Zhen Dai.docx: 1068536 bytes, checksum: 02e286a0ed6ca47e2961150a8de37d00 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4205 bytes, checksum: f65598edca930766207577976b34d29e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-30 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78544 2015-5 en Copyright 2015 Zhen Dai Plasma Hydrogen Water Dissociation optical emission spectra (OES) Hydrogen gas generation by water vapor dissociation in an Al/Al2O3 microchannel plasma device text text Electrical & Computer Eng Electrical & Computer Engr University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S.