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Non-equilibrium Microwave Plasma for Efficient High Temperature Chemistry
Published on: August 1, 2017
Collaborational effect of heterolytic layered configuration for enhancement of microwave heating
Masato M Maitani1, Tomoharu Inoue, Yohei Tsukushi
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan. mmaitani@apc.titech.ac.jp yuji-w@apc.titech.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Microwave irradiation efficiently heats up the microwave-inert materials in the range of applied frequencies when two microwave-inert materials are brought into contact in the layered configuration. This heating is applied for annealing TiO2 nanoporous films for dye-sensitized solar cells achieving a one order of magnitude more rapid annealing process for comparable performances.
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