Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy of ethyl lactate decomposition and thin‐film coating in a filamentary and a glow dielectric barrier discharge

Abstract

Glow and filamentary regimes of atmospheric pressure plasma‐enhanced chemical vapor deposition in a planar dielectric barrier discharge configuration were compared for thin‐film deposition from ethyl lactate (EL). EL decomposition in the plasma phase and thin‐film composition were both characterized by Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy. EL chemical bonds' concentration along the gas flow decreases progressively in the glow dielectric barrier discharge (GDBD), whereas it drastically oscillates in the filamentary dielectric barrier discharge (FDBD), with values higher than that of the initial mixture. EL decomposition route depends on the discharge regime, as the decrease of the concentration of the different investigated bonds is different for an identical amount of energy provided to EL molecules. CO2 is systematically formed reaching concentrations of 25 and 40 ppm, respectively, in FDBD and GDBD.

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