The invention discloses an
ultraviolet single-
photon ionization source used for neutral
electrospray. The
ultraviolet single-
photon ionization source comprises a difference chamber (1), an
injector (2), a
quartz tube (3), a difference beam
collimator (4) and a
vacuum ultraviolet lamp (5). The side, adjacent to a
mass spectrometer mass analyzer, of the difference chamber is provided with the difference beam
collimator protruding towards the difference chamber, the outlet of the difference beam
collimator corresponds to the accelerating pole of a
mass spectrometer, and the inlet of the difference beam collimator corresponds to the
quartz tube. The
injector is arranged at the position, corresponding to the
quartz tube, of the outer portion of the difference chamber, and the
vacuum ultraviolet lamp is arranged in an accelerating area of the mass
spectrometer. According to the
ultraviolet single-
photon ionization source used for neutral
electrospray,
electrospray sample introduction and the
vacuum ultraviolet light
ionization mass spectrometry technology are combined, in the testing and analyzing process, a tested sample is directly sprayed into the quartz tube through the
injector and flies to the accelerating area of the
mass analyzer through the difference beam collimator, and the tested sample is ionized by vacuum ultraviolet lamp to form ions, and the ions are detected and analyzed by the
detector. The ultraviolet single-photon ionization source can be widely used for analyzing and detecting nonpolar and large-
viscosity neutral species.