Employing Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Technology in Surface Treatment Iron Oxide Films for Industrial Applications

Nisreen kh. Abdalameer; Eman kadum. Jebur; Mirvat D. Majed; Rafal H. Jassim

doi:10.58915/ijneam.v17i2.694

Authors

Nisreen kh. Abdalameer Department of Physics, College of Science for Women, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Eman kadum. Jebur Department of Physics, College of Science for Women, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Mirvat D. Majed Department of Physics, College of Science for Women, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Rafal H. Jassim Department of Physics, College of Science for Women, University of Baghdad, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58915/ijneam.v17i2.694

Abstract

In this study, pure iron oxide nanostructures were prepared by a physical method (laser-induced plasma) inside a vacuum using a second harmonic laser Nd: YAG with a wavelength of 532 nm, a laser energy of 500 mJ and a number of pulses of 300 pulses per second. The effect of the plasma generated from argon gas under normal atmospheric pressure was studied using a "cold plasma jet" system with an output voltage of 13 kV and a frequency of 50 Hz. Iron oxide nanostructures were exposed to cold plasma for different periods. The optical and structural properties of the nanostructures were measured before and after exposure, and there was a clear change in them, thus improving the properties of the nanostructures for use in industrial applications such as gas sensors, photovoltaic cells, diodes, detectors, and solar cells.