Protocol Protocol for rapid ammonia detection via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

As a key industrial nitrogenous product and a critical environmental pollutant, ammonia broadly affects our daily lives. Rapid and sensitive detection of ammonia is essential to both environmental monitoring and process control for industrial manufacturing. Here, we present a protocol for rapid detection of low amounts of ammonia in the aqueous phase, via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. We believe the mechanism and speed of the approach demonstrate its potential toward applications in operando electrochemical catalysis and in situ ammonia detection. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Liu et al. (2020).

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Ammonia, a key industrial nitrogenous product and critical environmental pollutant, has a broad impact on our daily lives. Rapid and sensitive detection of ammonia is crucial for environmental monitoring and industrial manufacturing process control.