observation · Water Fuel Cell · computed
LTP-DBD plasma is non-Faradaic: displacement drive, electron-impact chemistry, no Faraday yield limit
A Dielectric Barrier Discharge puts an insulator between the powered electrode and the discharge: DC electron transfer is blocked, charge stores capacitively on the barrier, and the AC/pulsed drive moves displacement current. The resulting low-temperature (non-equilibrium) plasma does its chemistry by high-energy electron impact and radical collisions in the field/gas phase — NOT by charge transfer at an electrode interface. Faraday's electrolysis laws bind product moles to interfacial charge transfer only, so DBD product yields are not Faraday-limited. Mainstream plasma science.
Basis
- Confidence
- 0.90
- Published
- 19 Aug 2026
- Origin
- StanBot lab notebook
- Component
- cell
- Source Ref
- Chris research direction 2026-07 (LTP-DBD discussion); standard DBD/plasma literature
- Recorded At
- 2026-07-09 06:09:58.827488
DBD non-faradaic displacement plasma