Smoking articles which use thiol-functionalized sorbents are provided. It comprises mainly one or several trains of moving masses mounted on a U track of which the side branches are parallel to the side walls of the ship, the central segment being perpendicular to the center line of the ship. Some devices may include a compliant wall configured to stretch responsive to pressure generated by combustion of a fuel in the combustion chamber. In an embodiment, the method comprises forming the polysilicon layer on the oxide layer, depositing a tantalum layer on the polysilicon layer, rapidly annealing the resulting structure. The trihalosilane refining device can be useful in obtaining high-purity trihalosilane from a feed containing a trihalosilane while consuming a small amount of energy.