Trends in urban air pollution over the last two decades: A global perspective

P Sicard, E Agathokleous, SC Anenberg… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ground-level ozone (O 3), fine particles (PM 2.5), and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) are
the most harmful urban air pollutants regarding human health effects. Here, we aimed at …

[HTML][HTML] Ozone pollution: a major health hazard worldwide

J Zhang, Y Wei, Z Fang - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released into the
atmosphere can react in the presence of solar irradiation, leading to ozone formation in the …

Short-Lived Climate Forcers (Chapter 6)

S Szopa, V Naik, B Adhikary, P Artaxo, T Berntsen… - 2021 - cambridge.org
Short‑lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

Multifunctional respiration-driven triboelectric nanogenerator for self-powered detection of formaldehyde in exhaled gas and respiratory behavior

D Wang, D Zhang, X Chen, H Zhang, M Tang, J Wang - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Self-powered sensing system has great application prospect in environmental detection and
human health. In this work, a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) prepared by Ti 3 C 2 T x …

Volatile chemical product emissions enhance ozone and modulate urban chemistry

MM Coggon, GI Gkatzelis… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Decades of air quality improvements have substantially reduced the motor vehicle
emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Today, volatile chemical products (VCPs) …

[HTML][HTML] Metal-organic frameworks with photocatalytic bactericidal activity for integrated air cleaning

P Li, J Li, X Feng, J Li, Y Hao, J Zhang, H Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Air filtration has become an essential need for passive pollution control. However, most of
the commercial air purifiers rely on dense fibrous filters, which have good particulate matter …

Emergence of MXene and MXene–polymer hybrid membranes as future‐environmental remediation strategies

A Khosla, Sonu, HTA Awan, K Singh, Gaurav… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The continuous deterioration of the environment due to extensive industrialization and
urbanization has raised the requirement to devise high‐performance environmental …

A critical review on plasma-catalytic removal of VOCs: Catalyst development, process parameters and synergetic reaction mechanism

T Chang, Y Wang, Y Wang, Z Zhao, Z Shen… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is urgent to control the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) due to their harmful
effects on the environment and human health. A hybrid system integrating non-thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Global health burden of ambient PM2. 5 and the contribution of anthropogenic black carbon and organic aerosols

S Chowdhury, A Pozzer, A Haines… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chronic exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2. 5) poses a major global health risk,
commonly assessed by assuming equivalent toxicity for different PM 2. 5 constituents. We …

[HTML][HTML] The complex chemical effects of COVID-19 shutdowns on air quality

JH Kroll, CL Heald, CD Cappa, DK Farmer, JL Fry… - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Stay-at-home policies invoked in response to COVID-19 have led to well-publicized drops in
some air pollutants. The extent to which such reductions translate to improved air quality is …