A critical review of sulfate aerosol formation mechanisms during winter polluted periods

C Ye, K Lu, H Song, Y Mu, J Chen, Y Zhang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfate aerosol contributes to particulate matter pollution and plays a key role in aerosol
radiative forcing, impacting human health and climate change. Atmospheric models tend to …

Diesel soot photooxidation enhances the heterogeneous formation of H2SO4

P Zhang, T Chen, Q Ma, B Chu, Y Wang, Y Mu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Both field observation and experimental simulation have implied that black carbon or soot
plays a remarkable role in the catalytic oxidation of SO2 for the formation of atmospheric …

Emerging Chemical Methods for Petroleum and Petroleum-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

P Zito, DC Podgorski, MA Tarr - Annual Review of Analytical …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Despite the fact that oil chemistry and oils spills have been studied for many years, there are
still emerging techniques and unknown processes to be explored. The 2010 Deepwater …

Sulfate formation in incense burning particles: a single-particle mass spectrometric study

Z Liang, L Zhou, RA Infante Cuevas, X Li… - … & Technology Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Incense burning is a common ritual in Asian communities, and it emits massive amounts of
particles. These particles can undergo atmospheric aging upon exposure to sunlight and …

Characterizing formation mechanisms of secondary aerosols on black carbon in a megacity in South China

J Wei, YB Niu, MX Tang, Y Peng, LM Cao, LY He… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Refractory black carbon (rBC) aerosols emitted from incomplete combustion are important
climate forcers. Understanding the chemical characteristics and evolution of rBC-related …

Chemical properties, sources and size-resolved hygroscopicity of submicron black carbon-containing aerosols in urban Shanghai

S Cui, DD Huang, Y Wu, J Wang, F Shen… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Refractory black carbon (rBC) aerosols play an important role in air quality and climate
change, yet highly time-resolved and detailed investigations on the physicochemical …

Submicron organic aerosol types in the summertime Arctic: Mixing state, geographic distribution, and drivers

B Su, G Zhang, C Song, Y Liang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
During the 2017 summertime Arctic cruise observation campaigns, we measured over
290,000 individual submicron particles and clustered them into two inorganic classes …

Seasonal simulation and source apportionment of SO42− with integration of major highlighted chemical pathways in WRF-Chem model in the NCP

X Zhao, X Zhao, D Chen, J Xu, Y Mu, B Hu - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Particulate sulfate (SO 4 2−) is the major component of fine particles in the North
China Plain (NCP). It plays an essential role in the entire atmosphere and climate system …

The effect of black carbon aging from NO2 oxidation of SO2 on its morphology, optical and hygroscopic properties

F Zhang, J Peng, L Chen, D Collins, Y Li, S Jiang… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Atmospheric aging of black carbon (BC) leads to changes in its physiochemical properties,
exerting complex effects on environment and climate. In this study, we have conducted …

Dark NO2 Reduction on a Graphene Surface with Implications for Soot Aging and HONO Formation

P Zhang, H Li, S Wang, B Chu, T Chen… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Soot, primarily composed of elemental carbon (EC) and organic carbon (OC), is ubiquitous
in PM2. 5. In the atmosphere, the heterogeneous interaction between NO2 and soot is not …