A Hyphenated Preconcentrator-Infrared-Hollow-Waveguide Sensor System for N2O Sensing

da Silveira Petruci, João Flavio; Wilk, Andreas; Cardoso, Arnaldo Alves; Mizaikoff, Boris

doi:10.1038/s41598-018-23961-8

A Hyphenated Preconcentrator-Infrared-Hollow-Waveguide Sensor System for N₂O Sensing

Journal Article · Thu Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23961-8· OSTI ID:1624393

da Silveira Petruci, João Flavio ^[1]; Wilk, Andreas ^[2]; Cardoso, Arnaldo Alves ^[3]; ^[4]

São Paulo State University, Araraquara, SP (Brazil). Department of Analytical Chemistry; Ulm University (Germany). Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry; DOE/OSTI
Ulm University (Germany). Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
São Paulo State University, Araraquara, SP (Brazil). Department of Analytical Chemistry
Ulm University (Germany). Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Following the Kyoto protocol, all signatory countries must provide an annual inventory of greenhouse-gas emission including N₂O. This fact associated with the wide variety of sources for N₂O emissions requires appropriate sensor technologies facilitating in-situ monitoring, compact dimensions, ease of operation, and sufficient sensitivity for addressing such emission scenarios. In this contribution, we therefore describe an innovative portable mid-infrared chemical sensor system for quantifying gaseous N₂O via coupling a substrate-integrated hollow waveguide (iHWG) simultaneously serving as highly miniaturized mid-infrared photon conduit and gas cell to a custom-made preconcentrator. N₂O was collected onto a solid sorbent material packed into the preconcentrator unit, and then released via thermal desorption into the iHWG-MIR sensor utilizing a compact Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer for molecularly selective spectroscopic detection with a limit of detection (LOD) at 5 ppbv. Highlighting the device flexibility in terms of sampling time, flow-rate, and iHWG design facilitates tailoring the developed preconcentrator-iHWG device towards a wide variety of application scenarios ranging from soil and aquatic emission monitoring and drone- or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted monitoring systems to clinical/medical analysis scenarios.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1624393

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 8; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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