Comment by darkmighty

Definitely. Ozone is a significant irritant (although it also has an "air freshening effect", see air ionizers), to produce significant airflow I believe you'd need very large electrodes, which would produce lots of ozone. The electrodes need to be large because the voltage is limited by air's breakdown voltage, so you can't just pump up the voltage like you can (for the most part) just increase a fan's velocity.

For lack of friction/bearings a magnetic bearing fan seems like a much better option. The strength of this technology is the great exhaust velocity, which is great for space applications.