KEYWORDS: Photoacoustic spectroscopy, Signal detection, Thermal effects, Adsorption, Nitrogen dioxide, Photolysis, Signal to noise ratio, Light sources, Temperature metrology, Temperature control
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a toxic gas to organisms, and one of the main factors in forming acid rain. Recently, some scholars have developed NO2 photoacoustic detection setups, but there are few reports about the effects of thermal decomposition and adsorption on photoacoustic detection of NO2. This work carried out detailed research on NO2 photoacoustic detection. Based on the photolysis effect of NO2, the thermal decomposition effect of NO2 excited by high-power laser was found and verified. Additionally, to reduce the influence of the adsorption effect of the photoacoustic cell wall on the detection results, a temperature control model of the photoacoustic cell was constructed, and the optimal detection temperature of 30 ℃ was ensured through experiments. The cross experimental verification was conducted with acetylene (C2H2) that was not decomposed by high temperature, which further explained the influence of NO2 thermal decomposition and adsorption effect on the detection accuracy. Based on the research results, a photoacoustic detection setup was built with a 450 nm laser and a differential H-type photoacoustic cell as the core. The experimental results showed that when the photoacoustic cell temperature was 30 ℃, the minimum detection limit of 206 ppt was achieved within 5 s average detection time. In conclusion, this work provides a reference for developing of high-precision NO2 photoacoustic detection setup.
Photoacoustic (PA) spectroscopy technology is widely used in the detection of various trace gases because it has some advantages such as zero background detection, strong reliability and high sensitivity. The capability of gas detection is directly affected by the performance of the PA cell as an important part of the PA detection device. A long optical path resonant sphere-tube coupled PA cell (STCell) was designed, which based on the spherical PA cell. The inner wall of the sphere was coated with diffuse reflection material as an integrating sphere, and the modulated light was reflected multiple times in the sphere to increase the optical path. In order to further amplify the PA signal, an acoustic resonance tube was coupled with the sphere. One-dimensional longitudinal resonance frequency of the tube was used to modulate light source, the maximum PA signal was got at the end of the tube away from the sphere. When the modulated light passed through the sphere, the structure was similar to the T-type PA cell (TCell). A PA experiment was carried out to compare the performance between TCell and STCell, and the gas to be measured was NO2. The PA signal amplitude of STCell was 10 times that of TCell when the concentration of NO2 was 10 ppm, and the limit of detection (LOD) (3σ) was 2ppb, which was reduced by 13.5 times. In this paper, long optical path with acoustic resonance was combined, which has reference significance for the design of trace gas PA cells.
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