Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics, Volume. 20, Issue 4, 449(2025)

A calibration method for transfer efficiency of N2O5-cavity ring-down spectroscopy detection system

YANG Huan1, XIE Pinhua1,2,3, HU Renzhi2、*, LIN Chuan2, TONG Jinzhao3, CHEN Liang3, and WANG Ruishuo2
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  • 1School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
  • 3School of Environmental Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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    Dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5) is the most important active nitrogen species at night, and accurate detection of it is important for understanding chemical processes in the atmosphere at night. The high precision cavity based cavity ring down spectroscopy (CRDS) and cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy (CEAS) have become the most popular methods for N2O5 detection due to their high sensitivity and fast response time. However, N2O5 has the characteristics of high activity and easy loss, which affects the measurement accuracy of it. In order to ensure the accuracy of N2O5 measurement in the field by the N2O5-CRDS detection system, a set of device for on-line stable synthesis of N2O5 standard source was developed in this work, which can generate stable concentration of N2O5 by controlling the reaction of O3 and NO2, and then, the transmission efficiency of N2O5 gas in the N2O5-CRDS detection system was further studied. The transmission efficiency of N2O5 in perfluoroalkoxy alkane (PFA) sampling tube (length 3 m, outer diameter 6.35 mm) , Teflon film holder (filter with 5 μm PTFE) and heated PFA tube (outer diameter 12.7 mm) were investigated, and finally the total transmission efficiency of N2O5 was obtained as 86.74% based on the system parameters used infield observation. The comparison results show that the transmission efficiency measured by this method is in good agreement with the calibration results of other works, which verifies the validity of this method.

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    Huan YANG, Pinhua XIE, Renzhi HU, Chuan LIN, Jinzhao TONG, Liang CHEN, Ruishuo WANG. A calibration method for transfer efficiency of N2O5-cavity ring-down spectroscopy detection system[J]. Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics, 2025, 20(4): 449

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    Received: May. 19, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 30, 2025

    The Author Email: Renzhi HU (rzhu@aiofm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1673-6141.2025.04.003

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