摘要:
The invention relates to an ionization method for ionizing gaseous or vaporous substances (22) to be investigated. In order to carry out a cost-effective radioactivity-free ionization, the invention proposes the following steps: guiding the substance (22) to be investigated to a solid body surface (34) and illuminating the solid body surface (34) for ionizing molecules of the substance to be investigated by photo-induced electron transfer. Furthermore proposed are an ionization apparatus (16) for carrying out the method and a detection apparatus provided therewith for gas detection by means of ion mobility spectrometry.