In-situ photocatalysis monitoring system based on surface-enhanced raman scattering spectroscopy
An in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system based on surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) spectroscopy. The monitoring system may include a Raman excitation light source, a laser coupling lens, a narrow band filter, a total reflection mirror, a dichroic mirror, a focusing coupling lens, a SERS optical fiber probe, a liquid phase photocatalysis reactor, a photocatalytic light source, a Raman collection lens, and a spectrometer. A first furcation part and a second furcation part each extend from one end of a common detection part of the SERS optical fiber probe; an extending end of the first furcation part is coupled with the focusing coupling lens; an extending end of the second furcation part is coupled with the photocatalytic light source; and the other end of the common detection part is arranged inside the liquid phase photocatalysis reactor. Raman excitation light and photocatalytic light may be transmitted on a common channel.
1. An in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system based on surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) spectroscopy, wherein the in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system comprises a Raman excitation light source, a laser coupling lens, a narrow band filter, a total reflection mirror, a dichroic mirror, a focusing coupling lens, a SERS optical fiber probe, a liquid phase photocatalysis reactor, a photocatalytic light source, a Raman collection lens, and a spectrometer;
the SERS optical fiber probe comprises a common detection part, and a first furcation part and a second furcation part each extending from a first end of the common detection part; and
the Raman excitation light source is connected to the laser coupling lens through an input optical fiber; the narrow band filter is arranged on a transmission light path of the laser coupling lens; the total reflection mirror is arranged on a transmission light path of the narrow band filter; the dichroic mirror is arranged on a reflected light path of the total reflection mirror, and the dichroic mirror is arranged in parallel to the total reflection mirror; the focusing coupling lens is arranged on a reflected light path of the dichroic mirror; an extending end of the first furcation part is coupled with the focusing coupling lens; an extending end of the second furcation part is coupled with the photocatalytic light source; a second end of the common detection part is arranged inside the liquid phase photocatalysis reactor; and the Raman collection lens is arranged on a transmission light path of the dichroic mirror, and an emission end of the Raman collection lens is coupled with the spectrometer through an output optical fiber.
2. The in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system further comprises a long-pass filter arranged between the Raman collection lens and the dichroic mirror, and the long-pass filter is configured to filter Raman excitation light, penetrating through the dichroic mirror, emitted by the Raman excitation light source.
3. The in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system further comprises a band-stop filter arranged between the Raman collection lens and the dichroic mirror; a central wavelength of the band-stop filter is equal to a wavelength of the photocatalytic light source; and the band-stop filter is configured to filter photocatalytic light, penetrating through the dichroic mirror, emitted by the photocatalytic light source.
4. The in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system further comprises a band-stop filter and a long-pass filter that are arranged between the Raman collection lens and the dichroic mirror in sequence; the long-pass filter is configured to filter Raman excitation light, penetrating through the dichroic mirror, emitted by the Raman excitation light source; and the band-stop filter is configured to filter photocatalytic light, penetrating through the dichroic mirror, emitted by the photocatalytic light source.
5. The in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein an inclined angle between an optical axis of an incident light path of the total reflection mirror and the total reflection mirror is 45°.
6. The in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the Raman excitation light source is directly connected to a light incident end of the input optical fiber through an FC/PC fiber interface or an FC/APC fiber interface, and a light emergence end of the input optical fiber is arranged at a focus of incident light of the laser coupling lens.
7. The in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein a light incident end of the output optical fiber is placed at a focus of emergent light of the Raman collection lens, and a light emergence end of the output optical fiber is connected to the spectrometer through an SMA905 fiber interface.
8. The in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein a SERS sensing unit is arranged at the second end of the common detection part that is arranged inside the liquid phase photocatalysis reactor, and the SERS sensing unit is of a precious metal nano-structure.
9. The in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system according to claim 8 , wherein the precious metal nano-structure comprises at least one of a gold nano-structure and a silver nano-structure.
10. The in-situ photocatalysis monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein an optical fiber of the SERS optical fiber probe is a Y-shaped optical fiber or a bifurcated optical fiber bundle.