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Rahaman S, Tu X, Ahmad K, Qadeer A. A real-time assessment of hazardous atmospheric pollutants across cities in China and India. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 479:135711. [PMID: 39255663 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2024] [Revised: 08/18/2024] [Accepted: 08/29/2024] [Indexed: 09/12/2024]
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China and India are two of the fastest-growing developing economies covering about 35 % of the world's population. Due to the extensive prevalence of air pollution across cities in China and India, contemporary assessment of atmospheric pollution through real-time and remote sensing observations is inadequate. The study aims to determine the spatial distribution and temporal variation of hazardous atmospheric pollutants across cities in China (Shanghai, Nanjing, Jinan, Zhengzhou and Beijing) and India (Kolkata, Asansol, Patna, Kanpur and Delhi). Ground observation data on CO, O3, PM2.5, PM10, NO2 and SO2 along with remote sensing data on AOD, CO, O3, BC, NO2, SO2 and dust surface mass concentrations are used to assess atmospheric pollution. This study examines daily, zonal and longitudinal pollutant distributions using Sentinel-5 P data and surface mass concentrations over the vertical column evaluated from NASA satellite data. The Mann-Kendall test and relative change methods have been implemented to assess pollutant trends while Sen's Slope identifies the magnitude of change. The similarity test and data validation methods including NRMSE, PC and MBias have been employed to ensure consistency in analysing annual trends for each air pollutant in the datasets. Additionally, multiple correlation matrix analysis has been used to examine the associations among different pollutants from both datasets based on their annual averages. Remote sensing data reveals that eastern China and north-eastern India have the highest aerosol, BC, CO, NO2 and SO2 while western China and southern India lowest. Dust peaks in the west while O3 levels are highest in the northern part of China and India. Ground observation data indicates that Chinese cities have higher annual mean SO2 and O3 concentrations with yearly declines in PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2 and CO notably SO2. Indian cities witnessed overall increases in PM2.5, PM10, NO2 and SO2 from 2012 to 2019 with a slight decline in 2020 followed by a resurgence in 2023. The findings provide insights for implementing regional policy measures to reduce air pollution based on changes in pollutant behaviour. The study suggests that addressing atmospheric pollutants, particularly NO2, CO, PM2.5, PM10, and SO2 requires a comprehensive environmental policy framework involving central and state governments and enforcing stringent environmental protection laws.
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- Saidur Rahaman
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Extreme Meteorology, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing, China.
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Sun W, Lu K, Li R. Global estimates of ambient NO 2 concentrations and long-term health effects during 2000-2019. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 359:124562. [PMID: 39019310 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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High concentrations of ambient NO2 causes serious air pollution and could also pose great threats to human health. However, the long-term trends (20-year) and potential health effects of ambient NO2 exposure globally still shows high uncertainties. In this work, the field measurements, satellite dataset, GEOS-Chem output, and multiple geographical covariates were incorporated into the multi-stage model to investigate the global evolutions of ambient NO2 during 2000-2019. The results indicated that the cross-validation (CV) R2 values of ambient NO2 based on multi-stage model displayed satisfied performance (R2 = 0.78), which was superior to the individual model. Besides, the out-of-bag R2 was 0.75, which suggested the multi-stage model showed the better transferability. At the spatial scale, the NO2 concentrations followed the order of China (16.9 ± 9.0 μg/m3) > India (15.5 ± 5.6 μg/m3) > United States (10.7 ± 5.6 μg/m3) > Europe (7.7 ± 4.5 μg/m3), which was in consistent with the anthropogenic NOx emission. At the temporal scale, the ambient NO2 levels in China experienced persistent increases (0.29 μg/m3/year) during 2000-2013, whereas they showed slight decreases (-0.23 μg/m3/year) during 2013-2019. The ambient NO2 levels in the United States experienced continuous decreases during 2000-2019 (-0.20 μg/m3/year), while both of India and Europe remained relatively stable. Long-term NO2 exposure inevitably increased premature mortalities. The global premature all-cause mortalities associated with the excessive NO2 exposure increased from 288,169 (95% CI: 43,650, 527,971) to 461,301 (95% CI: 69,973, 843,996) in the past 20 years. This study would provide sufficient policy support for future ambient NO2 mitigation.
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- Wenwen Sun
- Department of Research, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences Affiliated Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai, 201318, PR China; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, PR China
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- College of Medical Technology, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai, 201318, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, PR China; Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), 20 Cuiniao Road, Chenjia Town, Chongming District, Shanghai, 202162, PR China.
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Yu K, Wang W, Nie G, Yuan Y, Song X, Yu Z. Key biogeochemical processes and source apportionment of nitrate in the Bohai Sea based on nitrate stable isotopes. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 205:116617. [PMID: 38917494 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2024] [Revised: 06/13/2024] [Accepted: 06/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
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Excessive nitrate input is one of the primary factors causing nearshore eutrophication. This study applied the nitrate stable isotope techniques to analyse the biogeochemical processes and sources of nitrate in the Bohai Sea (BHS). The results showed that intensive NO3- assimilation probably occurred at surface in summer, while nitrification primarily occurred in the Yellow River diluted water. In autumn, regional assimilation and nitrification were still identified. For avoiding the interference from assimilation, the isotopic fractionations were further calculated as correction data for the quantitative analysis of nitrate sources. The river inputs were identified as the primary source of nitrate in the BHS in summer and autumn, accounting for >50 %, and the atmospheric deposition was the secondary source. This study provides quantitative data for evaluating the significance of river inputs to the nearshore nitrate, which will be beneficial to policy formulation on the BHS eutrophication control.
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- Kairui Yu
- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Peng B, Tang Z, Xian S, Guo Y, Gao C. Application of bi-directional long short-term memory in separating NO and SO 2 ultraviolet differential absorption spectrum signals. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 315:124267. [PMID: 38643560 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.124267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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To safeguard the environment, it is crucial to monitor the emissions of nitrogen oxide (NO) and sulfur dioxide (SO2), harmful pollutants generated during fossil fuel combustion in industries. However, accurately measuring ultra-low concentrations of SO2 and NO remains a challenge. In this study, we developed an optical measurement system based on ultraviolet differential optical absorption spectroscopy (UV-DOAS) to address this issue. The 200-230 nm cross-sensitivity band was chosen for SO2 and NO. Experimental data with a mixed gas concentration range of 1-25 ppm for SO2 and NO was utilized. We proposed a fast algorithm based on Bi-directional Long Short-Term Memory (Bi-LSTM) to extract the differential optical density, overcoming the mutual interference between SO2 and NO. A nonlinear calibration model was employed to invert the separated differential absorption spectra and determine the gas concentrations. The results demonstrated a detection limit (DL) of 0.27 ppm and a full-scale error of 3.15 % for SO2, while for NO, the DL was 0.32 ppm and the full-scale error was 2.81 %. The uncertainties in SO2 and NO detection were calculated as 1.73 % and 1.96 %, respectively.
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- Bo Peng
- Liangjiang School of Artificial Intelligence, Chongqing University of Technology, China.
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- Liangjiang School of Artificial Intelligence, Chongqing University of Technology, China.
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- Liangjiang School of Artificial Intelligence, Chongqing University of Technology, China
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- College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University, China.
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- Chongqing University, Doctoral Supervisor, Research Direction for Information Processing, Optical Measurement and Control Technology and Equipment, China.
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Zeeshan N, Murtaza G, Ahmad HR, Awan AN, Shahbaz M, Freer-Smith P. Particulate and gaseous air pollutants exceed WHO guideline values and have the potential to damage human health in Faisalabad, Metropolitan, Pakistan. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2024; 196:659. [PMID: 38916809 PMCID: PMC11199306 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-12763-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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First-ever measurements of particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10, and TSP) along with gaseous pollutants (CO, NO2, and SO2) were performed from June 2019 to April 2020 in Faisalabad, Metropolitan, Pakistan, to assess their seasonal variations; Summer 2019, Autumn 2019, Winter 2019-2020, and Spring 2020. Pollutant measurements were carried out at 30 locations with a 3-km grid distance from the Sitara Chemical Industry in District Faisalabad to Bhianwala, Sargodha Road, Tehsil Lalian, District Chiniot. ArcGIS 10.8 was used to interpolate pollutant concentrations using the inverse distance weightage method. PM2.5, PM10, and TSP concentrations were highest in summer, and lowest in autumn or winter. CO, NO2, and SO2 concentrations were highest in summer or spring and lowest in winter. Seasonal average NO2 and SO2 concentrations exceeded WHO annual air quality guide values. For all 4 seasons, some sites had better air quality than others. Even in these cleaner sites air quality index (AQI) was unhealthy for sensitive groups and the less good sites showed Very critical AQI (> 500). Dust-bound carbon and sulfur contents were higher in spring (64 mg g-1) and summer (1.17 mg g-1) and lower in autumn (55 mg g-1) and winter (1.08 mg g-1). Venous blood analysis of 20 individuals showed cadmium and lead concentrations higher than WHO permissible limits. Those individuals exposed to direct roadside pollution for longer periods because of their occupation tended to show higher Pb and Cd blood concentrations. It is concluded that air quality along the roadside is extremely poor and potentially damaging to the health of exposed workers.
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- Nukshab Zeeshan
- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Structures and Environmental Engineering, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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Li G, Li G, Liao M, Liu W, Zhang H, Huang S, Huang T, Zhang S, Li Z, Peng H. Unlocking Mixed-Metal Oxides Active Centers via Acidity Regulation for K&SO 2 Poisoning Resistance: Self-Detoxification Mechanism of Zeolite-Confined deNO x Catalysts. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:10388-10397. [PMID: 38828512 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) with ammonia (NH3-SCR) is an efficient NOx reduction strategy, while the denitrification (deNOx) catalysts suffer from serious deactivation due to the coexistence of multiple poisoning substances, such as alkali metal (e.g., K), SO2, etc., in industrial flue gases. It is essential to understand the interaction among various poisons and their effects on the deNOx process. Herein, the ZSM-5 zeolite-confined MnSmOx mixed (MnSmOx@ZSM-5) catalyst exhibited better deNOx performance after the poisoning of K, SO2, and/or K&SO2 than the MnSmOx and MnSmOx/ZSM-5 catalysts, the deNOx activity of which at high temperature (H-T) increased significantly (>90% NOx conversion in the range of 220-480 °C). It has been demonstrated that K would occupy both redox and acidic sites, which severely reduced the reactivity of MnSmOx/ZSM-5 catalysts. The most important, K element is preferentially deposited at -OH on the surface of ZSM-5 carrier due to the electrostatic attraction (-O-K). As for the K&SO2 poisoning catalyst, SO2 preferred to be combined with the surface-deposited K (-O-K-SO2ads) according to XPS and density functional theory (DFT) results, the poisoned active sites by K would be released. The K migration behavior was induced by SO2 over K-poisoned MnSmOx@ZSM-5 catalysts, and the balance of surface redox and acidic site was regulated, like a synergistic promoter, which led to K-poisoning buffering and activity recovery. This work contributes to the understanding of the self-detoxification interaction between alkali metals (e.g., K) and SO2 on deNOx catalysts and provides a novel strategy for the adaptive use of one poisoning substance to counter another for practical NOx reduction.
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- Guobo Li
- School of Resources and Environment, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Mobile Source Emission Control Technology, China Automotive Technology & Research Center, Tianjin 300300, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
- College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China
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Choi W, Ho CH, Lee Y. Temporal pattern classification of PM 2.5 chemical compositions in Seoul, Korea using K-means clustering analysis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 927:172157. [PMID: 38569969 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Revised: 03/30/2024] [Accepted: 03/31/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Particulate matter with a diameter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5) is a complex mixture of particles with a variety of compositions potentially including sulfate ions (SO42-), nitrate ions (NO3-), ammonium ions (NH4+), organic and inorganic elemental carbon, and metals. Here, the temporal composition evolution of PM2.5 was analyzed to characterize its emission source, origin, and external influences. The concentrations of wintertime PM2.5 chemical compositions in Seoul, Korea during the period of 2012-2021 were classified into four representative clusters using a K-means cluster analysis method. Cluster 1 exhibited high concentrations of NO3- and NH4+ ions mainly due to the prevalence of emissions from domestic manure and fertilizer sources in the northeast. High concentrations of these two ions are conducive to generation of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) through atmospheric chemical reactions, resulting in relatively long-lasting high PM2.5 concentrations in Seoul. In cluster 2, high concentrations of SO42-, vanadium, and nickel were observed in frequent south-westerly winds, indicating the domestic influence of industrial facilities. Cluster 3 showed high concentrations of potassium ions and organic carbon, highlighting a pronounced external influence transported from China via prevailing westerly winds. Cluster 4 showed low PM2.5 concentrations accompanied by strong winds in warm environments, which are uncommon in winter. This study revealed that the air quality in Seoul, which was influenced by many factors, could be classified into four representative patterns. Our results provide insights into the emission sources, major influences, and responsible mechanisms of high PM2.5 concentrations in Seoul, which can help with air quality policies.
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- Woosuk Choi
- Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Climate and Energy Systems Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ustin SL, Middleton EM. Current and Near-Term Earth-Observing Environmental Satellites, Their Missions, Characteristics, Instruments, and Applications. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:3488. [PMID: 38894281 PMCID: PMC11175343 DOI: 10.3390/s24113488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Revised: 05/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Among the essential tools to address global environmental information requirements are the Earth-Observing (EO) satellites with free and open data access. This paper reviews those EO satellites from international space programs that already, or will in the next decade or so, provide essential data of importance to the environmental sciences that describe Earth's status. We summarize factors distinguishing those pioneering satellites placed in space over the past half century, and their links to modern ones, and the changing priorities for spaceborne instruments and platforms. We illustrate the broad sweep of instrument technologies useful for observing different aspects of the physio-biological aspects of the Earth's surface, spanning wavelengths from the UV-A at 380 nanometers to microwave and radar out to 1 m. We provide a background on the technical specifications of each mission and its primary instrument(s), the types of data collected, and examples of applications that illustrate these observations. We provide websites for additional mission details of each instrument, the history or context behind their measurements, and additional details about their instrument design, specifications, and measurements.
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- Susan L. Ustin
- Institute of the Environment, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Zhang W, Wu F, Luo X, Song L, Wang X, Zhang Y, Wu J, Xiao Z, Cao F, Bi X, Feng Y. Quantification of NO x sources contribution to ambient nitrate aerosol, uncertainty analysis and sensitivity analysis in a megacity. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 926:171583. [PMID: 38461977 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Dual isotopes of nitrogen and oxygen of NO3- are crucial tools for quantifying the formation pathways and precursor NOx sources contributing to atmospheric nitrate. However, further research is needed to reduce the uncertainty associated with NOx proportional contributions. The acquisition of nitrogen isotopic composition from NOx emission sources lacks regulation, and its impact on the accuracy of contribution results remains unexplored. This study identifies key influencing factors of source isotopic composition through statistical methods, based on a detailed summary of δ15N-NOx values from various sources. NOx emission sources are classified considering these factors, and representative means, standard deviations, and 95 % confidence intervals are determined using the bootstrap method. During the sampling period in Tianjin in 2022, the proportional nitrate formation pathways varied between sites. For suburban and coastal sites, the ranking was [Formula: see text] (NO2 + OH radical) > [Formula: see text] (N2O5 + H2O) > [Formula: see text] (NO3 + DMS/HC), while the rural site exhibited similar fractional contributions from all three formation pathways. Fossil fuel NOx sources consistently contributed more than non-fossil NOx sources in each season among three sites. The uncertainties in proportional contributions varied among different sources, with coal combustion and biogenic soil emission showing lower uncertainties, suggesting more stable proportional contributions than other sources. The sensitivity analysis clearly identifies that the isotopic composition of 15N-enriched and 15N-reduced sources significantly influences source contribution results, emphasizing the importance of accurately characterizing the localized and time-efficient nitrogen isotopic composition of NOx emission sources. In conclusion, this research sheds light on the importance of addressing uncertainties in NOx proportional contributions and emphasizes the need for further exploration of nitrogen isotopic composition from NOx emission sources for accurate atmospheric nitrate studies.
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- Wenhui Zhang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China; China Meteorological Administration-Nankai University (CMA-NKU) Cooperative Laboratory for Atmospheric Environment-Health Research, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China; China Meteorological Administration-Nankai University (CMA-NKU) Cooperative Laboratory for Atmospheric Environment-Health Research, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China; China Meteorological Administration-Nankai University (CMA-NKU) Cooperative Laboratory for Atmospheric Environment-Health Research, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China; China Meteorological Administration-Nankai University (CMA-NKU) Cooperative Laboratory for Atmospheric Environment-Health Research, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China; China Meteorological Administration-Nankai University (CMA-NKU) Cooperative Laboratory for Atmospheric Environment-Health Research, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China; China Meteorological Administration-Nankai University (CMA-NKU) Cooperative Laboratory for Atmospheric Environment-Health Research, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China; China Meteorological Administration-Nankai University (CMA-NKU) Cooperative Laboratory for Atmospheric Environment-Health Research, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Tianjin Eco-Environmental Monitoring Center, Tianjin 300191, China
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- Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, International Joint Laboratory on Climate and Environment Change, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China; China Meteorological Administration-Nankai University (CMA-NKU) Cooperative Laboratory for Atmospheric Environment-Health Research, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China; China Meteorological Administration-Nankai University (CMA-NKU) Cooperative Laboratory for Atmospheric Environment-Health Research, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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Mejía C D, Faican G, Zalakeviciute R, Matovelle C, Bonilla S, Sobrino JA. Spatio-temporal evaluation of air pollution using ground-based and satellite data during COVID-19 in Ecuador. Heliyon 2024; 10:e28152. [PMID: 38560184 PMCID: PMC10979269 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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The concentration of gases in the atmosphere is a topic of growing concern due to its effects on health, ecosystems etc. Its monitoring is commonly carried out through ground stations which offer high precision and temporal resolution. However, in countries with few stations, such as Ecuador, these data fail to adequately describe the spatial variability of pollutant concentrations. Remote sensing data have great potential to solve this complication. This study evaluates the spatiotemporal distribution of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3) concentrations in Quito and Cuenca, using data obtained from ground-based and Sentinel-5 Precursor mission sources during the years 2019 and 2020. Moreover, a Linear Regression Model (LRM) was employed to analyze the correlation between ground-based and satellite datasets, revealing positive associations for O3 (R2 = 0.83, RMSE = 0.18) and NO2 (R2 = 0.83, RMSE = 0.25) in Quito; and O3 (R2 = 0.74, RMSE = 0.23) and NO2, (R2 = 0.73, RMSE = 0.23) for Cuenca. The agreement between ground-based and satellite datasets was analyzed by employing the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), reflecting good agreement between them (ICC ≥0.57); and using Bland and Altman coefficients, which showed low bias and that more than 95% of the differences are within the limits of agreement. Furthermore, the study investigated the impact of COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions, such as social distancing and isolation, on atmospheric conditions. This was categorized into three periods for 2019 and 2020: before (from January 1st to March 15th), during (from March 16th to May 17th), and after (from March 18th to December 31st). A 51% decrease in NO2 concentrations was recorded for Cuenca, while Quito experienced a 14.7% decrease. The tropospheric column decreased by 27.3% in Cuenca and 15.1% in Quito. O3 showed an increasing trend, with tropospheric concentrations rising by 0.42% and 0.11% for Cuenca and Quito respectively, while the concentration in Cuenca decreased by 14.4%. Quito experienced an increase of 10.5%. Finally, the reduction of chemical species in the atmosphere as a consequence of mobility restrictions is highlighted. This study compared satellite and ground station data for NO2 and O3 concentrations. Despite differing units preventing data validation, it verified the Sentinel-5P satellite's effectiveness in anomaly detection. Our research's value lies in its applicability to developing countries, which may lack extensive monitoring networks, demonstrating the potential use of satellite technology in urban planning.
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- Danilo Mejía C
- Grupo CATOx – CEA de la Universidad de Cuenca, Campus Balzay, 010207 Cuenca, Ecuador
- Carrera de Ingeniería Ambiental de la Universidad de Cuenca, Campus Balzay, 010207 Cuenca, Ecuador
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- Grupo CATOx – CEA de la Universidad de Cuenca, Campus Balzay, 010207 Cuenca, Ecuador
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- Grupo de Biodiversidad Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Universidad de Las Americas, Quito - EC 170125, Ecuador
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- Carrera de Ingeniería Ambienta de la Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Ecuador
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- Research Center for the Territory and Sustainable Habitat, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Machala y Sabanilla, 170301 Quito, Ecuador
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- Gobal Change Unit (GCU), Image Processing Laboratory (IPL), University of Valencia, Spain
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Qin Y, Cai W, Li Z, Li G, Liu P, An B, Wu K, Gu J. Ce doped V-W/Ti as selective catalytic reduction catalysts for cement kiln flue gas denitration. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:2053-2066. [PMID: 38049689 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31165-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
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In cement industry, the selection of catalyst temperature window and the inhibition effect of dust composition in flue gas on catalyst are the key issues of flue gas denitrification. In this article, a pilot study with Ce doped V-W/Ti catalyst on the removal of NOx by selective catalytic reduction with ammonia (NH3-SCR) from the cement kiln flue gas was presented. Cement kiln dust loading on catalysts obviously decreased the NO conversion in the absence of SO2 and H2O, while the denitration efficiency restored from 75 to 98% at 280 ℃ after SO2 and H2O introduced into the reaction system, which mainly because the SO2 may enhance the acidic site on the catalyst surface, and prefer to be bonded with the coordinated Ca species, releasing the active sites poisoned by dust. The NH3-temperature programmed desorption (NH3-TPD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and H2-temperature programmed reduction (H2-TPR) detections were performed to reveal that the appropriate Ce and W ratios catalyst contributed better denitrification activity. The optimum ratio of Ce doped catalyst was amplified to form the standard honeycomb monomer catalyst, and then, the activity of catalyst was verified on the side line of cement kiln. The effect of temperature and space velocity on denitrification efficiency was investigated, and the denitration efficiency reached to 92.5% at 300℃ and 3000 h-1 space velocity. Moreover, the life of catalyst was verified and predicted by GM (1,1) grey model. The study realized the innovation from the laboratory data rules to the industrial pilot application, providing positive promoting value for the industrial large-scale demonstration application of the catalyst.
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- Yu Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Reuse for Building Materials, Beijing Building Materials Academy Research Institute Co Ltd, Beijing, 100041, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Reuse for Building Materials, Beijing Building Materials Academy Research Institute Co Ltd, Beijing, 100041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Reuse for Building Materials, Beijing Building Materials Academy Research Institute Co Ltd, Beijing, 100041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Reuse for Building Materials, Beijing Building Materials Academy Research Institute Co Ltd, Beijing, 100041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Reuse for Building Materials, Beijing Building Materials Academy Research Institute Co Ltd, Beijing, 100041, China
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- Beijing Jinyu Beishui Environmental Protection Technology Co Ltd, Beijing, 100041, China
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- Beijing Jinyu Beishui Environmental Protection Technology Co Ltd, Beijing, 100041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Reuse for Building Materials, Beijing Building Materials Academy Research Institute Co Ltd, Beijing, 100041, China
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Li Z, Gao M, Lv Z, Duan R, Shan Y, Li H, He G, He H. Uncovering the Dinuclear Mechanism of NO 2-Involved NH 3-SCR over Supported V 2O 5/TiO 2 Catalysts. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:17577-17587. [PMID: 37844285 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Commercial vanadium oxide catalysts exhibit high efficiency for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH3, especially in the presence of NO2 (i.e., occurrence of fast NH3-SCR). The high-activity sites and their working principle for the fast NH3-SCR reaction, however, remain elusive. Here, by combining in situ spectroscopy, isotopic labeling experiments, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we demonstrate that polymeric vanadyl species act as the main active sites in the fast SCR reaction because the coupling effect of the polymeric structure alters the elementary reaction step and effectively avoids the high energy barrier of the rate-determining step over monomeric vanadyl species. This study unveils the high-activity dinuclear mechanism of the NO2-involved SCR reaction over vanadia-based catalysts and provides a fundamental basis for developing high-efficiency and low V2O5-loading SCR catalysts.
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- Zhuocan Li
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Beijing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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Wu Y, Liu H, Liu S, Lou C. Estimate of near-surface NO 2 concentrations in Fenwei Plain, China, based on TROPOMI data and random forest model. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 195:1379. [PMID: 37882903 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11993-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentration is a crucial indicator of ground-level air quality, and elevated concentrations can adversely affect human health and the atmospheric environment. In this study, we utilized Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) tropospheric NO2 vertical column density data (VCD) and multi-source geographic data to establish a random forest regression (RF) model that accurately estimates NO2 concentrations near the ground in the Fenwei Plain. The model addresses the inherent limitations of traditional ground-based monitoring and provides data support for analyzing regional pollution spatial and temporal characteristics. (1) The RF model based on TROPOMI and geographic data demonstrates high estimation accuracy, with monthly average RF model fit and validation coefficient of determination (R2) reaching 0.949 and 0.875, respectively. (2) A complex nonlinear relationship exists between near-surface NO2 concentration and multi-source geographic data. The RF model's estimations reveal clear seasonal and regional variations in near-surface NO2 concentration. Concentrations are generally highest in winter, followed by spring and autumn, and lowest in summer. The high NO2 concentrations are primarily mainly distributed in the plains and river valleys with low elevation and dense population density. The model estimation results also indicate that the estimated effect is better when the NO2 concentration fluctuates less and anthropogenic emission reduction measures significantly impact the NO2 concentration near the ground. (3) The population exposure risk results indicate that most cities in the Fenwei Plain face varying exposure risks. These findings offer valuable insights for regional NO2 pollution management.
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- Yarui Wu
- College of Geomatics, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Geomatics, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Geomatics, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Geomatics, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710054, Shaanxi, China
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Ma K, Lin Y, Fang F, Tan H, Li J, Ge L, Wang F, Yao Y. Spatiotemporal dynamics of near-surface ozone concentration and potential source areas in northern China during 2015-2020. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:89123-89139. [PMID: 37452250 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28713-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Near-surface ozone (O3) pollution has become one of the main factors hampering urban air quality in northern China. However, on a spatiotemporal scale, dynamic transport paths and potential source areas of O3 in northern China are ambiguous. In addition, we suspect that the contribution of transportation activities to urban O3 concentrations developed in northern China may be underestimated. In this study, the HYSPLIT, PSCF, CWT and GTWR model were used to study the transmission paths, potential source areas and driving factors of urban O3 concentration on a spatiotemporal scale. The average annual concentration of surface O3 (the 90th percentile of MDA8) was 172 ± 29 μg/m3 in northern China from 2015 to 2020. In terms of inter-annual variation, the urban O3 concentration increased from 2015 to 2018, and decreased after 2018. On the spatial scale, the areas with high O3 concentration were mainly clustered in industrial cities (Tangshan, Baoding, Shijiazhuang, Xingtai and Handan). During the study period, the area with high O3 concentration in northern China shifted from northwest to southeast. From 2015 to 2020, the influence of long-distance air mass trajectories from Xinjiang and Siberi on airflow transport in Beijing city dominates (78.60%) The average percentage of short-distance transport trajectories from Shandong Peninsula region is about 21.40%. The core potential source areas of O3 pollution shifted from northwest to southeast, but the contribution to O3 pollution in Beijing gradually weakened during the same period. Temperature and relative humidity were the main meteorological driving factors affecting O3 concentration in the study area, while population density, the proportion of secondary industry in GDP, industrial smoke (dust) emissions, and passenger traffic were the main non-meteorological factors. During the period study, the influence of industrial and traffic emissions had a more significant impact on O3 concentration in northern China, which will require that more attention be paid to emission mitigation in the regional industrial and passenger transportation sector, as well as the joint prevention and control of O3 pollution in northern China in the future.
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- Kang Ma
- School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Response in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Response in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Response in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China.
- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Response in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, Wuhu, 241002, China.
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Yang Y, Wang J, Zhang Z, Lin G. Study on the concentration retrieval of SO 2 and NO 2 in mixed gases based on the improved DOAS method. RSC Adv 2023; 13:19149-19157. [PMID: 37362327 PMCID: PMC10288343 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra01512b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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NO2 and SO2 are important components of air pollutants, and their absorption spectra are superimposed at 193-253 nm. The superposed spectra affect the gas concentration retrieval based on the ultraviolet differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) method. In this study, a suitable wavelength band was chosen for concentration retrieval, moreover, the characteristics of the quasi-periodic variation of absorption cross-section with wavelength was given sufficient attention and then the superposed spectra were separated by the Fast Fourier transform (FFT) method. The concentration of the gases to be measured was calculated according to the relationship between the amplitude of absorbance after FFT and the gas concentration. The experimental results prove that by using an absorption cell with a 700 mm optical path, the relative deviation absolute value of the retrieval concentration of SO2 in a NO2 and SO2 gas mixture is less than 1.471%, and that of NO2 in a NO2 and SO2 gas mixture is less than 7.207%. The method has good adaptability, high detection precision, whether single SO2, NO2 or a mixture of both, and important reference value for the development of DOAS and future research on the high-precision detection of more types of mixed gases in the ultraviolet band, such as gas mixtures of NO2, SO2 and NO in flue gas.
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- Yibiao Yang
- A Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130033 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- A Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130033 China
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- A Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130033 China
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- A Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130033 China
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Lee J, Park M, Song YG, Cho D, Lee K, Shim YS, Jeon S. Role of graphene quantum dots with discrete band gaps on SnO 2 nanodomes for NO 2 gas sensors with an ultralow detection limit. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2023; 5:2767-2775. [PMID: 37205284 PMCID: PMC10186987 DOI: 10.1039/d2na00925k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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NO2 is a major air pollutant that should be monitored due to its harmful effects on the environment and human health. Semiconducting metal oxide-based gas sensors have been widely explored owing to their superior sensitivity towards NO2, but their high operating temperature (>200 °C) and low selectivity still limit their practical use in sensor devices. In this study, we decorated graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with discrete band gaps onto tin oxide nanodomes (GQD@SnO2 nanodomes), enabling room temperature (RT) sensing towards 5 ppm NO2 gas with a noticeable response ((Ra/Rg) - 1 = 4.8), which cannot be matched using pristine SnO2 nanodomes. In addition, the GQD@SnO2 nanodome based gas sensor shows an extremely low detection limit of 1.1 ppb and high selectivity compared to other pollutant gases (H2S, CO, C7H8, NH3, and CH3COCH3). The oxygen functional groups in GQDs specifically enhance NO2 accessibility by increasing the adsorption energy. Strong electron transfer from SnO2 to GQDs widens the electron depletion layer at SnO2, thereby improving the gas response over a broad temperature range (RT-150 °C). This result provides a basic perspective for utilizing zero-dimensional GQDs in high-performance gas sensors operating over a wide range of temperatures.
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- Jinho Lee
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Electronic Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Seoul 02791 Republic of Korea
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- Thin Film Materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology Yuseong Daejeon 34114 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Information Security Engineering, Sangmyung University Cheonan 31066 Republic of Korea
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- School of Energy, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education Cheonan 31253 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University Seoul 02841 Republic of Korea
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Yin CX, Gu YF, Zhao GL. Effects of shared governance and cost redistribution on air pollution control: a study of game theory-based cooperation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:49180-49196. [PMID: 36773258 PMCID: PMC9918827 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25713-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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This study seeks cost-effective strategies for PM2.5 reduction to generate insights into minimizing pollution abatement costs subject to different scenarios. This study theorizes that the cooperation of PM2.5 abatement has potential gains for participants and develop an empirical way to compare the costs and efficiency of PM2.5 abatement involving the variation of environmental conditions. This study revises the cooperative game model in the context of threshold effects using data obtained from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan cluster in China. In general, the results support the key assertion that cooperation in the metropolitan cluster plays a vital role in optimizing the efficiency and costs of PM2.5 abatement. In addition to extending the application of the revised model, this study provides a way to estimate the costs and the mitigation benefits of meeting the pollution targets for each coparticipant and take the scenario of multiparty cooperation into account as well as the scenarios involving other types of pollutants. The empirical findings have important policy implications for regional shared governance, decentralization, and resource reallocation. Economic incentive-based shared governance and cost reallocation work better than traditional regulations.
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- Chen-Xi Yin
- Chinese Academy of Finance and Development, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Institute of Circular Economy, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China
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- School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China.
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Pan Y, Duan L, Li M, Song P, Xv N, Liu J, Le Y, Li M, Wang C, Yu S, Rosenfeld D, Seinfeld JH, Li P. Widespread missing super-emitters of nitrogen oxides across China inferred from year-round satellite observations. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 864:161157. [PMID: 36574850 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Nitrogen oxides (NOx ≡ NO + NO2) play a central role in air pollution and are targeted for emission mitigation by environmental protection agencies globally. Unique challenges for mitigation are presented by super-emitters, typically with the potential to dominate localized NOx budgets. Nevertheless, identifying super-emitters still challenges emission mitigation, while the spatial resolution of emission monitoring rises continuously. Here we develop an efficient, super-resolution (1 × 1 km2) inverse model based on year-round TROPOMI satellite observations over China. Consequently, we resolve hundreds of super-emitters in virtually every corner of China, even in remote and mountainous areas. They are attributed to individual plants or parks, mostly associated with industrial sectors, like energy, petrochemical, and iron and steel industries. State-of-the-art bottom-up emission estimates (i.e., MEICv1.3 and HTAPv2), as well as classic top-down inverse methods (e.g., a CTM coupled with the Ensemble Kalman Filter), do not adequately identify these super-emitters. Remarkably, more than one hundred super-emitters are unambiguously missed, while the establishments or discontinuations of the super-emitters potentially lead to under- or over-estimates, respectively. Moreover, evidence shows that these super-emitters generally dominate the NOx budget in a localized area (e.g., equivalent to a spatial scale of a medium-sized county). Although our dataset is incomplete nationwide due to the undetectable super-emitters on top of high pollution, our results imply that super-emitters contribute significantly to national NOx budgets and thus suggest the necessity to address the NOx budget by revisiting super-emitters on a large scale. Integrating the results we obtain here with a multi-tiered observation system can lead to identification and mitigation of anomalous NOx emissions.
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- Yuqing Pan
- College of Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, PR China
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- College of Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, PR China
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- College of Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, PR China
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- College of Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, PR China
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- College of Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, PR China
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- College of Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, PR China
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- College of Life Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Research Center for Air Pollution and Health, Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Ecological Health, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- College of Life Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, Zhejiang, PR China.
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- Research Center for Air Pollution and Health, Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Ecological Health, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
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- Institute of Earth Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- College of Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071000, PR China.
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Yao Y, Ma K, He C, Zhang Y, Lin Y, Fang F, Li S, He H. Urban Surface Ozone Concentration in Mainland China during 2015-2020: Spatial Clustering and Temporal Dynamics. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:3810. [PMID: 36900822 PMCID: PMC10001023 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20053810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Urban ozone (O3) pollution in the atmosphere has become increasingly prominent on a national scale in mainland China, although the atmospheric particulate matter pollution has been significantly reduced in recent years. The clustering and dynamic variation characteristics of the O3 concentrations in cities across the country, however, have not been accurately explored at relevant spatiotemporal scales. In this study, a standard deviational ellipse analysis and multiscale geographically weighted regression models were applied to explore the migration process and influencing factors of O3 pollution based on measured data from urban monitoring sites in mainland China. The results suggested that the urban O3 concentration in mainland China reached its peak in 2018, and the annual O3 concentration reached 157 ± 27 μg/m3 from 2015 to 2020. On the scale of the whole Chinese mainland, the distribution of O3 exhibited spatial dependence and aggregation. On the regional scale, the areas of high O3 concentrations were mainly concentrated in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, and other regions. In addition, the standard deviation ellipse of the urban O3 concentration covered the entire eastern part of mainland China. Overall, the geographic center of ozone pollution has a tendency to move to the south with the time variation. The interaction between sunshine hours and other factors (precipitation, NO2, DEM, SO2, PM2.5) significantly affected the variation of urban O3 concentration. In Southwest China, Northwest China, and Central China, the suppression effect of vegetation on local O3 was more obvious than that in other regions. Therefore, this study clarified for the first time the migration path of the gravity center of the urban O3 pollution and identified the key areas for the prevention and control of O3 pollution in mainland China.
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- Youru Yao
- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Regional Response in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Regional Response in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München–German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Epidemiology, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Regional Response in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Regional Response in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Li S, Yu H, Lan T, Shi L, Cheng D, Han L, Zhang D. NOx reduction against alkali poisoning over Ce(SO4)2-V2O5/TiO2 catalysts by constructing the Ce4+–SO42− pair sites. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Zhang H, Li Y, Cheng C, Zhou J, Yin P, Wu H, Liang Z, Zhang J, Yun Q, Wang AL, Zhu L, Zhang B, Cao W, Meng X, Xia J, Yu Y, Lu Q. Isolated Electron-Rich Ruthenium Atoms in Intermetallic Compounds for Boosting Electrochemical Nitric Oxide Reduction to Ammonia. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202213351. [PMID: 36357325 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202213351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The direct electrochemical nitric oxide reduction reaction (NORR) is an attractive technique for converting NO into NH3 with low power consumption under ambient conditions. Optimizing the electronic structure of the active sites can greatly improve the performance of electrocatalysts. Herein, we prepare body-centered cubic RuGa intermetallic compounds (i.e., bcc RuGa IMCs) via a substrate-anchored thermal annealing method. The electrocatalyst exhibits a remarkable NH4 + yield rate of 320.6 μmol h-1 mg-1 Ru with the corresponding Faradaic efficiency of 72.3 % at very low potential of -0.2 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) in neutral media. Theoretical calculations reveal that the electron-rich Ru atoms in bcc RuGa IMCs facilitate the adsorption and activation of *HNO intermediate. Hence, the energy barrier of the potential-determining step in NORR could be greatly reduced.
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- Huaifang Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.,Shunde Innovation School, University of Science and Technology, Beijing Foshan, Beijing, 528399, China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of New Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of New Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.,Shunde Innovation School, University of Science and Technology, Beijing Foshan, Beijing, 528399, China
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- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China
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- College of Energy Material and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, 100192, China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.,Shunde Innovation School, University of Science and Technology, Beijing Foshan, Beijing, 528399, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.,Shunde Innovation School, University of Science and Technology, Beijing Foshan, Beijing, 528399, China
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Xu G, Shan W, Yu Y, Shan Y, Wu X, Wu Y, Zhang S, He L, Shuai S, Pang H, Jiang X, Zhang H, Guo L, Wang S, Xiao FS, Meng X, Wu F, Yao D, Ding Y, Yin H, He H. Advances in emission control of diesel vehicles in China. J Environ Sci (China) 2023; 123:15-29. [PMID: 36521980 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2021.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Diesel vehicles have caused serious environmental problems in China. Hence, the Chinese government has launched serious actions against air pollution and imposed more stringent regulations on diesel vehicle emissions in the latest China VI standard. To fulfill this stringent legislation, two major technical routes, including the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and high-efficiency selective catalytic reduction (SCR) routes, have been developed for diesel engines. Moreover, complicated aftertreatment technologies have also been developed, including use of a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) for controlling carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) emissions, diesel particulate filter (DPF) for particle mass (PM) emission control, SCR for the control of NOx emission, and an ammonia slip catalyst (ASC) for the control of unreacted NH3. Due to the stringent requirements of the China VI standard, the aftertreatment system needs to be more deeply integrated with the engine system. In the future, aftertreatment technologies will need further upgrades to fulfill the requirements of the near-zero emission target for diesel vehicles.
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- Guangyan Xu
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Army Military Transportation University, Tianjin 300161, China
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- Dongfeng Motor Corporation, Wuhan 430101, China
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- China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Company Limited, Jinan 250000, China
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- China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Company Limited, Jinan 250000, China
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- Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.
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Sun Y, Yang T, Gui H, Li X, Wang W, Duan J, Mao S, Yin H, Zhou B, Lang J, Zhou H, Liu C, Xie P. Atmospheric environment monitoring technology and equipment in China: A review and outlook. J Environ Sci (China) 2023; 123:41-53. [PMID: 36522002 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2022.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Accurate monitoring of the atmospheric environment and its evolution are important for understanding the sources, chemical mechanisms, and transport processes of air pollution and carbon emissions in China, and for regulatory and control purposes. This study gives an overview of atmospheric environment monitoring technology and equipment in China and summarizes the major achievements obtained in recent years. China has made great progress in the development of atmospheric environment monitoring technology and equipment with decades of effort. The manufacturing level of atmospheric environment monitoring equipment and the quality of products have steadily improved, and a technical & production system that can meet the requirements of routine monitoring activities has been initiated. It is expected that domestic atmospheric environment monitoring technology and equipment will be able to meet future demands for routine monitoring activities in China and provide scientific assistance for addressing air pollution problems.
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- Youwen Sun
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China; Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing on Regional Air Pollution Control, College of Environmental & Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China; Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing on Regional Air Pollution Control, College of Environmental & Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China; Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Key Laboratory of Precision Scientific Instrumentation of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Polar Environment and Global Change, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Zheng H, Sun Y, Luo T, Cheng X, Shao S, Zheng S, Tao B, Chen B, Tu Q, Huang K, Wang B, Wang M, Song X, Zhang T, Cheng Y, Liu J. Advances in coastal ocean boundary layer detection technology and equipment in China. J Environ Sci (China) 2023; 123:156-168. [PMID: 36521981 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2022.02.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Accurate and comprehensive knowledge of the atmospheric environment and its evolution within the coastal ocean boundary layer are necessary for understanding the sources, chemical mechanisms, and transport processes of air pollution in land, sea, and atmosphere. We present an overview of coastal ocean boundary layer detection technology and equipment in China and summarize the progress and main achievements in recent years. China has developed a series of coastal ocean boundary layer detection technologies, including Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), turbulent exchange analyzer, air-sea flux analyzer, stereoscopic remote sensing of air pollutants, and oceanic aerosol detection equipment to address the technical bottleneck caused by harsh environmental conditions in coastal ocean regions. Advances in these technologies and equipment have provided scientific assistance for addressing air pollution issues and understanding land-sea-atmosphere interactions over coastal ocean regions in China. In the future, routine atmospheric observations should cover the coastal ocean boundary layer of China.
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- Haitao Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China; Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Optics, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China; Advanced Laser Technology Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; College of Earth Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Optics, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- School of Surveying and Municipal Engineering, Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Study, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP(3)), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Meteorological Observation Centre, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China
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- College of Marine Technology, Faculty of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Song J, Qu R, Sun B, Wang Y, Chen R, Kan H, An Z, Wu H, Li J, Jiang J, Zhang Y, Wu W. Acute effects of ambient nitrogen dioxide exposure on serum biomarkers of nervous system damage in healthy older adults. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 249:114423. [PMID: 36525948 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.114423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2)-induced adverse health effects have been studied, but documented evidence on neural systems is limited. This study aimed to determine the acute effect of NO2 exposure on nervous system damage biomarker levels in healthy older adults. Five rounds of follow-up among 34 healthy retired people were scheduled from December 2018 to April 2019 in Xinxiang, China. The real-time NO2 concentrations were measured using a fixed site monitor. Serum samples were acquired during each round to measure nervous system damage biomarker levels: brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurofilament light chain (NfL), neuron-specific enolase (NSE), protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5), and S100 calcium-binding protein B (S100B). A linear mixed-effect model was incorporated to analyze the association between short-term NO2 exposure and serum concentrations of the above-mentioned biomarkers. Stratification analysis based on sex, educational attainment, glutathione S-transferase theta 1 gene (GSTT1) polymorphism, and physical activity intensity was conducted to explore their potential modification effect. The NO2 concentration ranged from 34.7 to 59.0 µg/m3 during the study period. Acute exposure to ambient NO2 was significantly associated with elevated serum levels of NfL, PGP9.5, and BDNF. In response to a 10 µg/m3 increase in NO2 concentration, NfL and PGP9.5 levels increased by 76 % (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 12-140 %) and 54 % (95 % CI: 1-107 %) on the lag0 day, respectively, while BDNF levels increased by 49 % (95 % CI: 2-96 %) at lag4 day. The estimated effect of NO2 on NSE levels in GSTT1-sufficient participants was significantly higher than that in GSTT1-null participants. Intriguingly, the estimation of NO2 on PGP9.5 levels in females was significantly higher than that in males. Most two-pollutant models showed robust results, except for O3, which might have had confounding effects on NO2-induced BDNF stimulation. In summary, acute exposure to NO2 was associated with increased levels of serum nervous system damage biomarker levels including NFL, PGP9.5, and BDNF. The present study provided insights into NO2 exposure-induced adverse neural effects.
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- Jie Song
- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province 453003, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province 453003, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province 453003, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province 453003, China
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- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province 453003, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province 453003, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province 453003, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province 453003, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province 453003, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province 453003, China.
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Zhou B, Zhang S, Xue R, Li J, Wang S. A review of Space-Air-Ground integrated remote sensing techniques for atmospheric monitoring. J Environ Sci (China) 2023; 123:3-14. [PMID: 36521992 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2021.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Currently, the three-dimensional (3D) distribution and characteristics of air pollution cannot be understood based on the application of any single atmospheric monitoring technology. Long-term, high-precision and large-scale 3D atmospheric monitoring might become practical by combining heterogeneous modern technologies; for this purpose, the Space-Air-Ground integrated system is a promising concept. In this system, optical remote sensing technologies employing fixed or mobile platforms are used as the main means for ground-based observations. Tethered balloons, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and airborne platforms serve as the air-based observation segment. The final part, satellite remote sensing, corresponds to space-based observations. Aside from obtaining the 3D distribution of air pollution, research on emission estimation and pollution mechanisms has been extensively implemented based on the strengths of this system or some portion of it. Moreover, further research on the fusion of multi-source data, optimization of inversion algorithms, and coupling with atmospheric models is of great importance to the realization of this system.
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- Bin Zhou
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China; Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), Shanghai 202162, China; Zhuhai Fudan Innovation Institute, Zhuhai 519000, China; Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China; Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), Shanghai 202162, China.
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Lin CH, Qin RC, Cao N, Wang D, Liu CG. Synergistic Effects of Keggin-Type Phosphotungstic Acid-Supported Single-Atom Catalysts in a Fast NH 3-SCR Reaction. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:19156-19171. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Chun-Hong Lin
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beihua University, Jilin City132013, P. R. China
- Special Ammunition Research Institute, North Huaan Industry Group Co., Ltd., Qiqihar161046, P. R. China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin City132012, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beihua University, Jilin City132013, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin City132012, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beihua University, Jilin City132013, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beihua University, Jilin City132013, P. R. China
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Yang X, Yang T, Lu Y, Jiang M, Zhang S, Shao P, Yuan L, Wang C, Wang L. Assessment of summertime ozone formation in the Sichuan Basin, southwestern China. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.931662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The alarming increase of ambient ozone (O3) levels across China raises an urgent need in understanding underlying mechanisms of regional O3 events for highly urbanized city clusters. Sichuan Basin (SCB) situated in southwestern China has experienced severe O3 pollution at times in summer from 2013 to 2020. Here, we use the WRF-CMAQ model with the Integrated Source Apportionment Method (ISAM) to investigate the evolution mechanism and conduct source attribution of an extreme O3 episode in the SCB from June 1 to 8, 2019. This typical summer O3 episode is associated with the synoptic-driven meteorological phenomenon and transboundary flow of O3 and precursors across the SCB. Weak ventilation in combination with stagnant conditions triggered the basin-wide high O3 concentrations and enhanced BVOC emissions substantially contribute up to 57.9 μg/m3 MDA8 O3. CMAQ-ISAM indicates that precursor emissions from industrial and transportation have the largest impacts on elevating ambient O3 concentrations, while power plant emissions exhibit insignificant contributions to basin-wide O3 episodes. These results improve the understanding of the summertime O3 episode in the SCB and contribute insights into designing O3 mitigation policy.
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Shi Y, Liu C, Zhang B, Simayi M, Xi Z, Ren J, Xie S. Accurate identification of key VOCs sources contributing to O 3 formation along the Liaodong Bay based on emission inventories and ambient observations. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 844:156998. [PMID: 35787908 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In order to achieve the precise control of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) species with high ozone (O3) formation contribution from key sources in Panjin and Yingkou, two coastal industrial cities with severe O3 pollution along the Liaodong Bay, northeast China, the ambient concentrations of 99 VOCs species were measured online at urban-petrochemical (XLT), suburban-industrial (PP), and rural (XRD) sites in July 2019, contemporary monthly anthropogenic VOCs emission inventories were developed. The source contribution of ambient VOCs resolved by positive matrix factorization (PMF) model was comparable with emission inventories, and the location of VOCs sources were speculated by potential source contribution function (PSCF). 17.5 Gg anthropogenic VOCs was emitted in Panjin and Yingkou in July 2019 with potential to form 54.7 Gg-O3 estimated by emission inventories. The average VOC mixing ratios of 47.1, 26.7, and 16.5 ppbv was observed at XLT, PP, and XRD sites, respectively. Petroleum industry (22 %), organic chemical industry (21 %), and mobile vehicle emission (19 %) were identified to be the main sources contributing to O3 formation at XLT site by PMF, while it is organic chemical industry (33 %) and solvent utilization (28 %) contributed the most at PP site. Taking the subdivided source contributions of emission inventories and source locations speculated by PSCF into full consideration, organic raw chemicals manufacturing, structural steel coating, petroleum refining process, petroleum products storage and transport, off-shore vessels, and passenger cars were identified as the key anthropogenic sources. High O3-formation contribution sources, organic chemical industry and solvent utilization were located in the industrial parks at the junction of the two cities and the southeast of Panjin, and petroleum industry distributed in the whole Panjin and offshore areas. These results identify the key VOCs species and sources and speculate the potential geographical location of sources for precisely controlling ground-level O3 along the Liaodong Bay.
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- Yuqi Shi
- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China
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- Liaoning Ecological and Environmental Service Center, Shenyang, Liaoning 110161, PR China
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- Department of Ecology and Environment of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning 110161, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environments, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830052, PR China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China.
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Li P, Xin Y, Zhang H, Yang F, Tang A, Han D, Jia J, Wang J, Li Z, Zhang Z. Recent progress in performance optimization of Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NO x. Front Chem 2022; 10:1033255. [PMID: 36324517 PMCID: PMC9621587 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1033255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Nitrogen oxides (NO x ), which are the major gaseous pollutants emitted by mobile sources, especially diesel engines, contribute to many environmental issues and harm human health. Selective catalytic reduction of NO x with NH3 (NH3-SCR) is proved to be one of the most efficient techniques for reducing NO x emission. Recently, Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst has been recognized as a promising candidate for NH3-SCR catalyst for reducing diesel engine NO x emissions due to its wide active temperature window and excellent hydrothermal stability. Despite being commercialized as an advanced selective catalytic reduction catalyst, Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst still confronts the challenges of low-temperature activity and hydrothermal aging to meet the increasing demands on catalytic performance and lifetime. Therefore, numerous studies have been dedicated to the improvement of NH3-SCR performance for Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst. In this review, the recent progress in NH3-SCR performance optimization of Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts is summarized following three aspects: 1) modifying the Cu active sites; 2) introducing the heteroatoms or metal oxides; 3) regulating the morphology. Meanwhile, future perspectives and opportunities of Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts in reducing diesel engine NO x emissions are discussed.
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- Pan Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Mobile Source Emission Control Technology, China Automotive Technology & Research Center Co., Ltd., Tianjin, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fluorine Chemistry and Chemical Materials, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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Zou J, Impeng S, Wang F, Lan T, Wang L, Wang P, Zhang D. Compensation or Aggravation: Pb and SO 2 Copoisoning Effects over Ceria-Based Catalysts for NO x Reduction. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:13368-13378. [PMID: 36074097 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Severe catalyst deactivation caused by multiple poisons, including heavy metals and SO2, remains an obstinate issue for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx by NH3. The copoisoning effects of heavy metals and SO2 are still unclear and irreconcilable. Herein, the unanticipated differential compensated or aggravated Pb and SO2 copoisoning effects over ceria-based catalysts for NOx reduction was originally unraveled. It was demonstrated that Pb and SO2 exhibited a compensated copoisoning effect over the CeO2/TiO2 (CT) catalyst with sole active CeO2 sites but an aggravated copoisoning effect over the CeO2-WO3/TiO2 (CWT) catalyst with dual active CeO2 sites and acidic WO3 sites. Furthermore, it was uniquely revealed that Pb preferred bonding with CeO2 among CT while further being combined with SO2 to form PbSO4 after copoisoning, which released the poisoned active CeO2 sites and rendered the copoisoned CT catalyst a recovered reactivity. In comparison, Pb and SO2 would poison acidic WO3 sites and active CeO2 sites, respectively, resulting in a seriously degraded reactivity of the copoisoned CWT catalyst. Therefore, this work thoroughly illustrates the internal mechanism of differential compensated or aggravated deactivation effects for Pb and SO2 copoisoning over CT and CWT catalysts and provides effective solutions to design ceria-based SCR catalysts with remarkable copoisoning resistance for the coexistence of heavy metals and SO2.
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- Jingjing Zou
- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nanoscience and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- National Nanotechnology Center, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nanoscience and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nanoscience and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nanoscience and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nanoscience and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nanoscience and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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Zhang P, Wang P, Impeng S, Lan T, Liu X, Zhang D. Unique Compensation Effects of Heavy Metals and Phosphorus Copoisoning over NO x Reduction Catalysts. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:12553-12562. [PMID: 35960931 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c02255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx from the flue gas is still a grand challenge due to the easy deactivation of catalysts. The copoisoning mechanisms and multipoisoning-resistant strategies for SCR catalysts in the coexistence of heavy metals and phosphorus are barely explored. Herein, we unexpectedly found unique compensation effects of heavy metals and phosphorus copoisoning over NOx reduction catalysts and the introduction of heavy metals results in a dramatic recovery of NOx reduction activity for the P-poisoned CeO2/TiO2 catalysts. P preferentially combines with Ce as a phosphate species to reduce the redox capacity and inhibit NO adsorption. Heavy metals preferentially reduced the Brønsted acid sites of the catalyst and inhibited NH3 adsorption. It has been demonstrated that heavy metal phosphate species generated over the copoisoned catalyst, which boosted the activation of NH3 and NO, subsequently bringing about more active nitrate species to relieve the severe impact by phosphorus and maintain the NOx reduction over CeO2/TiO2 catalysts. The heavy metals and P copoisoned catalysts also possessed more acidic sites, redox sites, and surface adsorbed oxygen species, which thus contributed to the highly efficient NOx reduction. This work elaborates the unique compensation effects of heavy metals and phosphorus copoisoning over CeO2/TiO2 catalysts for NOx reduction and provides a perspective for further designing multipoisoning-resistant CeO2-based catalysts to efficiently control NOx emissions in stationary sources.
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- Pan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, School of Materials Science and Engineering, International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, No. 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, School of Materials Science and Engineering, International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, No. 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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- National Nanotechnology Center, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, School of Materials Science and Engineering, International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, No. 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, School of Materials Science and Engineering, International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, No. 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, School of Materials Science and Engineering, International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, No. 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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Kim DY, de Foy B, Kim H. The investigations on organic sources and inorganic formation processes and their implications on haze during late winter in Seoul, Korea. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 212:113174. [PMID: 35367232 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study investigated the sources and formation processes of particulate matter (PM) with an aerodynamic diameter ≤1 μm (PM1) and black carbon (BC) in Seoul during late winter via high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometry (HR-ToF-AMS) and positive matrix factorization (PMF) analysis. In this study, secondary aerosols (75.1%) exhibited higher contributions than did primary aerosols (24.9%), suggesting the importance of secondary aerosol formation over primary aerosol emissions for NR-PM1+BC during late winter. Frequent haze episodes were observed and these were found to proceed in two distinct stages each with different pattern of sulfur oxidation ratio (SOR), nitrogen oxidation ratio (NOR) and meteorological conditions, such as the wind speed, direction and relative humidity (RH). Haze formation during stage 1 was caused mainly by local accumulation of primary aerosols and formation of local secondary aerosols under stagnant conditions. However, there were some impacts of down mixing of regional transport. Stage 2 took place during the night following stage 1 and was characterized by enhanced secondary aerosol formation. Enhancement of SOR might be due to accelerated aqueous phase reactions under higher RH and enhanced NOR is probably because of the heterogeneous uptake of N2O5 by ammonium sulfate aerosols ensued after sulfate formation. These findings suggest that the winter air quality in Seoul depends on complex processes, from not only emissions and transport from upwind areas but also from significant impacts of meteorological condition.
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- Dae-Young Kim
- Center for Environment, Health and Welfare Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 136791, South Korea
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
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Agathokleous S, Saitanis CJ, Savvides C, Sicard P, Agathokleous E, De Marco A. Spatiotemporal variations of ozone exposure and its risks to vegetation and human health in Cyprus: an analysis across a gradient of altitudes. JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH 2022; 34:579-594. [PMID: 36033836 PMCID: PMC9391650 DOI: 10.1007/s11676-022-01520-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Ground-level ozone (O3) affects vegetation and threatens environmental health when levels exceed critical values, above which adverse effects are expected. Cyprus is expected to be a hotspot for O3 concentrations due to its unique position in the eastern Mediterranean, receiving air masses from Europe, African, and Asian continents, and experiencing a warm Mediterranean climate. In Cyprus, the spatiotemporal features of O3 are poorly understood and the potential risks for forest health have not been explored. We evaluated O3 and nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2) at four regional background stations at different altitudes over 2014-2016. O3 risks to vegetation and human health were estimated by calculating accumulated O3 exposure over a threshold of 40 nmol mol-1 (AOT40) and cumulative exposure to mixing ratios above 35 nmol mol-1 (SOMO35) indices. The data reveal that mean O3 concentrations follow a seasonal pattern, with higher levels in spring (51.8 nmol mol-1) and summer (53.2 nmol mol-1) and lower levels in autumn (46.9 nmol mol-1) and winter (43.3 nmol mol-1). The highest mean O3 exposure (59.5 nmol mol-1) in summer occurred at the high elevation station Mt. Troodos (1819 m a.s.l.). Increasing (decreasing) altitudinal gradients were found for O3 (NOx), driven by summer-winter differences. The diurnal patterns of O3 showed little variation. Only at the lowest altitude O3 displayed a typical O3 diurnal pattern, with hourly differences smaller than 15 nmol mol-1. Accumulated O3 exposures at all stations and in all years exceeded the European Union's limits for the protection of vegetation, with average values of 3-month (limit: 3000 nmol mol-1 h) and 6-month (limit: 5000 nmol mol-1 h) AOT40 for crops and forests of 16,564 and 31,836 nmol mol-1 h, respectively. O3 exposures were considerably high for human health, with an average SOMO35 value of 7270 nmol mol-1 days across stations and years. The results indicate that O3 is a major environmental and public health issue in Cyprus, and policies must be adopted to mitigate O3 precursor emissions at local and regional scales.
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- Stefanos Agathokleous
- The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
- University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Lesvos Greece
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- Department of Labour Inspection, Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), Nanjing, 210044 People’s Republic of China
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- National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Rome, Italy
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Yang Y, Gong W, Li X, Liu Y, Liang Y, Chen B, Yang Y, Luo X, Xu K, Yuan C. Light-assisted room temperature gas sensing performance and mechanism of direct Z-scheme MoS 2/SnO 2 crystal faceted heterojunctions. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 436:129246. [PMID: 35739765 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Light assistance and construction of heterojunctions are both promising means to improve the room temperature gas sensing performance of MoS2 recently. However, enhancing the separation efficiency of photo-generated carriers at interface and adsorption ability of surface have become the bottleneck problem to further improve the room temperature gas sensing performance of MoS2-based heterojunctions under light assistance. In the present study, a novel direct Z-scheme MoS2/SnO2 heterojunction was designed through crystal facets engineering and its room temperature gas sensing properties under light assistance was studied. It was found that the heterojunction showed outstanding room temperature NO2 sensing performance with a high response of 208.66 toward 10 ppm NO2, together with excellent recovery characteristics and selectivity. The gas sensing mechanism study suggested that high-energy {221} crystal facets of SnO2 and MoS2 directly formed Z-scheme heterojunction, which could greatly improve the separation efficiency of photo-generated carriers with high redox capacity. Moreover, {221} facets greatly enhanced adsorption ability towards NO2. This work not only opens up the application of Z-scheme heterojunctions in gas sensing, which will greatly promotes the development of room temperature light-assisted gas sensors, but also provides a new idea for the construction of direct Z-scheme heterojunctions through crystal facets engineering.
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- Yong Yang
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Sensors, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Photoelectronics and Telecommunication, School of Physics, Communication and Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330098, Jiangxi, PR China.
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Sensors, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Photoelectronics and Telecommunication, School of Physics, Communication and Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330098, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Sensors, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Photoelectronics and Telecommunication, School of Physics, Communication and Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330098, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Sensors, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Photoelectronics and Telecommunication, School of Physics, Communication and Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330098, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Department of Artificial Intelligence, Jiangxi University of Technology, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR China; Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China
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- Department of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102-1982, USA
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Sensors, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Photoelectronics and Telecommunication, School of Physics, Communication and Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330098, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Sensors, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Photoelectronics and Telecommunication, School of Physics, Communication and Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330098, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Sensors, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Photoelectronics and Telecommunication, School of Physics, Communication and Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330098, Jiangxi, PR China
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Seasonal Investigation of MAX-DOAS and In Situ Measurements of Aerosols and Trace Gases over Suburban Site of Megacity Shanghai, China. REMOTE SENSING 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/rs14153676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Shanghai has gained much attention in terms of air quality research owing to its importance to economic capital and its huge population. This study utilizes ground-based remote sensing instrument observations, namely by Multiple AXis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS), and in situ measurements from the national air quality monitoring platform for various atmospheric trace gases including Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), Sulfur dioxide (SO2), Ozone (O3), Formaldehyde (HCHO), and Particulate Matter (PM; PM10: diameter ≤ 10 µm, and PM2.5: diameter ≤ 2.5 µm) over Shanghai from June 2020 to May 2021. The results depict definite diurnal patterns and strong seasonality in HCHO, NO2, and SO2 concentrations with maximum concentrations during winter for NO2 and SO2 and in summer for HCHO. The impact of meteorology and biogenic emissions on pollutant concentrations was also studied. HCHO emissions are positively correlated with temperature, relative humidity, and the enhanced vegetation index (EVI), while both NO2 and SO2 depicted a negative correlation to all these parameters. The results from diurnal to seasonal cycles consistently suggest the mainly anthropogenic origin of NO2 and SO2, while the secondary formation from the photo-oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and substantial contribution of biogenic emissions for HCHO. Further, the sensitivity of O3 formation to its precursor species (NOx and VOCs) was also determined by employing HCHO and NO2 as tracers. The sensitivity analysis depicted that O3 formation in Shanghai is predominantly VOC-limited except for summer, where a significant percentage of O3 formation lies in the transition regime. It is worth mentioning that seasonal variation of O3 is also categorized by maxima in summer. The interdependence of criteria pollutants (O3, SO2, NO2, and PM) was studied by employing the Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and the results suggested complex interdependence among the pollutant species in different seasons. Lastly, potential source contribution function (PSCF) analysis was performed to have an understanding of the contribution of different source areas towards atmospheric pollution. PSCF analysis indicated a strong contribution of local sources on Shanghai’s air quality compared to regional sources. This study will help policymakers and stakeholders understand the complex interactions among the atmospheric pollutants and provide a baseline for designing effective control strategies to combat air pollution in Shanghai.
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Spatio-Temporal Heterogeneous Impacts of the Drivers of NO2 Pollution in Chinese Cities: Based on Satellite Observation Data. REMOTE SENSING 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/rs14143487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Rapid urbanization in China has led to an increasing problem of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution, which negatively impacts urban ecology and public health. Nitrogen dioxide is an important atmospheric pollutant, and quantitative spatio-temporal analysis and influencing factor analysis of Chinese cities can help improve urban air pollution. In this study, the spatio-temporal analysis methods were used to explore the variations of NO2 pollution in Chinese cities from 2005 to 2020. The findings are as follows. In more than half of Chinese cities, NO2 levels remarkably decreased between 2005 and 2020. The effective NO2 reduction strategies contributed to the significant NO2 reduction during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016–2020). Moreover, we found that the pandemic of COVID-19 alleviated NO2 pollution in China since it reduced the traffic, industrial, and living activities. The NO2 pollution in Chinese cities was found highly spatially clustered. The geographically and temporally weighted regression model was used to analyze the spatio-temporal heterogeneity of NO2 pollution influencing factors in Chinese cities, including natural meteorological and socio-economic factors. The results showed that the GDPPC, population densities, and ambient air pressure were positively correlated with NO2 pollution. In contrast, the ratio of the tertiary to the secondary industry, temperature, wind speed, and relative humidity negatively impacted the NO2 pollution level. The findings of this research contribute to the improvement of urban air quality, stimulating the achievements of the sustainable development goals of Chinese cities.
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Li S, Hu W, Xu Z, Yu H, Lan T, Han L, Zhang D. Revealing the Promotion Effects of Nb on Alkali Resistance of FeVO4/TiO2 Catalysts for NOx Reduction. ChemCatChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Shuangxi Li
- Shanghai University International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry CHINA
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- Shanghai University International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry CHINA
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- Shanghai University International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry CHINA
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- Shanghai University International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry CHINA
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- Shanghai University International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry CHINA
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- Shanghai University International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry CHINA
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- Shanghai University Department of Chemistry P.O.Box 111No. 99 Shangda Road 200444 Shanghai CHINA
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Spatiotemporal Variations in the Air Pollutant NO2 in Some Regions of Pakistan, India, China, and Korea, before and after COVID-19, Based on Ozone Monitoring Instrument Data. ATMOSPHERE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos13060986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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In 2020, COVID-19 was proclaimed a pandemic by the World Health Organization, prompting several nations throughout the world to block their borders and impose a countrywide lockdown, halting all major manmade activities and thus leaving a beneficial impact on the natural environment. We investigated the influence of a sudden cessation of human activity on tropospheric NO2 concentrations to understand the resulting changes in emissions, particularly from the power-generating sector, before (2010–2019) and during the pandemic (2020). NO2 was chosen because of its short lifespan in the Earth’s atmosphere. Using daily tropospheric NO2 column concentrations from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument, the geographic and temporal characteristics of tropospheric NO2 column were investigated across 12 regions in India, Pakistan, China, and South Korea (2010–2020). We analyzed weekly, monthly, and annual trends and found that the NO2 concentrations were decreased in 2020 (COVID-19 period) in the locations investigated. Reduced anthropogenic activities, including changes in energy production and a reduction in fossil fuel consumption before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as reduced traffic and industrial activity in 2020, can explain the lower tropospheric NO2 concentrations. The findings of this study provide a better understanding of the process of tropospheric NO2 emissions over four nations before and after the coronavirus pandemic for improving air quality modeling and management approaches.
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Lv YK, Li XJ, Li YY, Liu X, Yao HC, Li ZJ. Construction of organic-inorganic "chelate" adsorption sites on metal oxide semiconductor for room temperature NO 2 sensing. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 432:128623. [PMID: 35290895 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Metal oxide semiconductors (MOS) have been extensively studied for gas sensing due to their excellent chemical stability and adjustable electronic properties. However, there is still a lack of ingenious design strategies to achieve customizable gas detection in complex environments. Herein, a novel and scalable strategy of constructing organic-inorganic "chelate" adsorption sites is proposed to promote the affinity of MOS sensing materials to target molecules. Specifically, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES)-functionalized reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was decorated on In2O3 tubes (AG/Inx), and its NO2 sensing performance was studied. As a result, the optimal AG/Inx shows boosted room-temperature NO2 response, and its response to 1 ppm NO2 is 4.8 times that of In2O3. More attractively, the optimal AG/Inx exhibits good selectivity, as well as outstanding detection ability (Rg/Ra = 1.6) for low concentration NO2 (20 ppb). Experimental results suggest that APTES-rGO not only acts as the electron acceptor to accelerate charge transfer, but also enhances NO2 adsorption. Further theoretical calculations reveal that NO2 is simultaneously adsorbed at rGO and APTES via a flexible "chelate" mechanism. The multidentate adsorption configuration remarkably strengthens the NO2-host interaction, which is conducive to improving sensing performance. This work may inspire the material design of a new generation high-performance gas sensors.
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- Ya-Kun Lv
- Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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- School of Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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- Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Restricted Anthropogenic Activities and Improved Urban Air Quality in China: Evidence from Real-Time and Remotely Sensed Datasets Using Air Quality Zonal Modeling. ATMOSPHERE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos13060961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The study aims to examine the major atmospheric air pollutants such as NO2, CO, O3, PM2.5, PM10, and SO2 to assess the overall air quality using air quality zonal modeling of 15 major cities of China before and after the COVID-19 pandemic period. The spatio-temporal changes in NO2 and other atmospheric pollutants exhibited enormous reduction due to the imposition of a nationwide lockdown. The present study used a 10-day as well as 60-day tropospheric column time-average map of NO2 with spatial resolution 0.25 × 0.25° obtained from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA. The air quality zonal model was employed to assess the total NO2 load and its change during the pandemic period for each specific region. Ground surface monitoring data for CO, NO2, O3, PM10, PM2.5, and SO2 including Air Quality Index (AQI) were collected from the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China (MEPC). The results from both datasets demonstrated that NO2 has drastically dropped in all the major cities across China. The concentration of CO, PM10, PM2.5, and SO2 demonstrated a decreasing trend whereas the concentration of O3 increased substantially in all cities after the lockdown effect as observed from real-time monitoring data. Because of the complete shutdown of all industrial activities and vehicular movements, the atmosphere experienced a lower concentration of major pollutants that improves the overall air quality. The regulation of anthropogenic activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic has not only contained the spread of the virus but also facilitated the improvement of the overall air quality. Guangzhou (43%), Harbin (42%), Jinan (33%), and Chengdu (32%) have experienced maximum air quality improving rates, whereas Anshan (7%), Lanzhou (17%), and Xian (25%) exhibited less improved AQI among 15 cities of China during the study period. The government needs to establish an environmental policy framework involving central, provincial, and local governments with stringent laws for environmental protection.
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Song W, Liu XY, Houlton BZ, Liu CQ. Isotopic constraints confirm the significant role of microbial nitrogen oxides emissions from the land and ocean environment. Natl Sci Rev 2022; 9:nwac106. [PMID: 36128454 PMCID: PMC9477198 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwac106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Nitrogen oxides (NOx, the sum of nitric oxide (NO) and N dioxide (NO2)) emissions and deposition have increased markedly over the past several decades, resulting in many adverse outcomes in both terrestrial and oceanic environments. However, because the microbial NOx emissions have been substantially underestimated on the land and unconstrained in the ocean, the global microbial NOx emissions and their importance relative to the known fossil-fuel NOx emissions remain unclear. Here we complied data on stable N isotopes of nitrate in atmospheric particulates over the land and ocean to ground-truth estimates of NOx emissions worldwide. By considering the N isotope effect of NOx transformations to particulate nitrate combined with dominant NOx emissions in the land (coal combustion, oil combustion, biomass burning and microbial N cycle) and ocean (oil combustion, microbial N cycle), we demonstrated that microbial NOx emissions account for 24 ± 4%, 58 ± 3% and 31 ± 12% in the land, ocean and global environment, respectively. Corresponding amounts of microbial NOx emissions in the land (13.6 ± 4.7 Tg N yr−1), ocean (8.8 ± 1.5 Tg N yr−1) and globe (22.5 ± 4.7 Tg N yr−1) are about 0.5, 1.4 and 0.6 times on average those of fossil-fuel NOx emissions in these sectors. Our findings provide empirical constraints on model predictions, revealing significant contributions of the microbial N cycle to regional NOx emissions into the atmospheric system, which is critical information for mitigating strategies, budgeting N deposition and evaluating the effects of atmospheric NOx loading on the world.
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- Wei Song
- School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University , Tianjin , 300072 , China
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- School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University , Tianjin , 300072 , China
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- Department of Global Development and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14850 , USA
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- School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University , Tianjin , 300072 , China
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Swarup Biswal S, Kumar Gorai A. Analyzing the role of in situ coal fire in greenhouse gases emission in a coalfield using remote sensing data and their dispersion and source apportionment study. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2022; 194:413. [PMID: 35536433 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-10057-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In situ coal fires significantly pollute the environment in many countries of the world. Monitoring these pollutants is challenging due to extensive area coverage and spatial variations. Thus, the present study demonstrates the method of deriving the spatial and temporal profiles of columnar density of three major greenhouse gases (carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2)) in an in situ coal fire region (Jharia coalfield (JCF), India) using high-resolution satellite data (TROPOMI) of the European Space Agency (ESA). The study also demonstrates a new methodology for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from in situ coal burning. JCF is one of the significant polluted mining regions with multiple in situ coal fire pockets. The columnar density of the gaseous pollutants in the mining region was compared with the same in the rural, urban, and forest regions to identify the major emission inventories. The study results indicated that coal fire is the major source of CO emission in the region, as the CO was high in the fire regions compared to that of the non-fire regions. But, the major source of NO2 is the traffic, as the NO2 was high in the city area as compared to other regions. The spatial profile of SO2 does not reveal the specific emission sources. The study results indicated that TROPOMI onboard satellite sensors could be effectively used for deriving the spatial profiles of greenhouse gaseous in coal fire regions, which further assist in identifying the emission inventories. Furthermore, the satellite-based Earth observations offer information to understand and manage the greenhouse gas emissions over a large area.
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- Shanti Swarup Biswal
- Department of Mining Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, 769008, India
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- Department of Mining Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, 769008, India.
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Qi X, Han L, Deng J, Lan T, Wang F, Shi L, Zhang D. SO 2-Tolerant Catalytic Reduction of NO x via Tailoring Electron Transfer between Surface Iron Sulfate and Subsurface Ceria. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:5840-5848. [PMID: 35446019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Currently, SO2-induced catalyst deactivation from the sulfation of active sites turns to be an intractable issue for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with NH3 at low temperatures. Herein, SO2-tolerant NOx reduction has been originally demonstrated via tailoring the electron transfer between surface iron sulfate and subsurface ceria. Engineered from the atomic layer deposition followed by the pre-sulfation method, the structure of surface iron sulfate and subsurface ceria was successfully constructed on CeO2/TiO2 catalysts, which delivered improved SO2 resistance for NOx reduction at 250 °C. It was demonstrated that the surface iron sulfate inhibited the sulfation of subsurface Ce species, while the electron transfer from the surface Fe species to the subsurface Ce species was well retained. Such an innovative structure of surface iron sulfate and subsurface ceria notably improved the reactivity of NHx species, thus endowing the catalysts with a high NOx reaction efficiency in the presence of SO2. This work unraveled the specific structure effect of surface iron sulfate and subsurface ceria on SO2-toleant NOx reduction and supplied a new point to design SO2-tolerant catalysts by modulating the unique electron transfer between surface sulfate species and subsurface oxides.
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- Xinran Qi
- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Department of Chemistry, Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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Zhao Y, Shi L, Shen Y, Zhou J, Jia Z, Yan T, Wang P, Zhang D. Self-Defense Effects of Ti-Modified Attapulgite for Alkali-Resistant NO x Catalytic Reduction. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:4386-4395. [PMID: 35262342 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c07996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Nowadays, the serious deactivation of deNOx catalysts caused by alkali metal poisoning was still a huge bottleneck in the practical application of selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3. Herein, alkali-resistant NOx catalytic reduction over metal oxide catalysts using Ti-modified attapulgite (ATP) as supports has been originally demonstrated. The self-defense effects of Ti-modified ATP for alkali-resistant NOx catalytic reduction have been clarified. Ti-modified ATP with self-defense ability was obtained by removing alkaline metal cation impurities in the natural ATP materials without destroying its initial layered-chain structure through the ion-exchange procedure, accompanied with an obvious enrichment of Brønsted acid and Lewis acid sites. The self-defense effects embodied that both ion-exchanged Ti octahedral centers and abundant Si-OH sites in the Ti-ion-exchange-modified ATP could effectively anchor alkali metals via coordinate bonding or ion-exchange process, which induced alkali metals to be immobilized by the Ti-ion-exchange-modified ATP carrier rather than impair active species. Under this special protection of self-defense effects, Ti-ion-exchange-modified ATP supported catalysts still retained plentiful acidic sites and superior redox ability even after alkali metal poisoning, giving rise to the maintenance of sufficient NHx and NOx adsorption and the subsequent efficient reaction, which in turn resulted in high NOx catalytic reduction capacity of the catalyst. The strategy provided new inspiration for the development of novel and efficient selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 (NH3-SCR) catalysts with high alkali resistance.
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- Yufei Zhao
- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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Xu G, Li H, Yu Y, He H. Dynamic Change of Active Sites of Supported Vanadia Catalysts for Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:3710-3718. [PMID: 35195409 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c07739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Selective catalytic reduction of NOx by ammonia (NH3-SCR) on V2O5/TiO2 catalysts is a widely used commercial technology in power plants and diesel vehicles due to its high elimination efficiency for NOx removal. However, the mechanistic aspects of the NH3-SCR reaction, especially the active sites on the V2O5/TiO2 catalysts, are still a puzzle. Herein, using combined operando spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations, we found that the reactivity of the Lewis acid site was significantly overestimated due to its conversion to the Brønsted acid site. Such interconversion makes it challenging to measure the intrinsic reactivity of different acid sites accurately. In contrast, the abundant V-OH Brønsted acid sites govern the overall NOx reduction rate in realistic exhaust containing water vapor. Moreover, the vanadia species cycle between V5+═O and V4+-OH during NOx reduction, and the re-oxidation of V4+ species to form V5+ is the rate-determining step.
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- Guangyan Xu
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
- Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Li S, Lu J, Shang Z, Zeng X, Yuan Y, Wu H, Pan Y, Sampaolo A, Patimisco P, Spagnolo V, Dong L. Compact quartz-enhanced photoacoustic sensor for ppb-level ambient NO 2 detection by use of a high-power laser diode and a grooved tuning fork. PHOTOACOUSTICS 2022; 25:100325. [PMID: 34976727 PMCID: PMC8688703 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2021.100325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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A compact quartz-enhanced photoacoustic sensor for ppb-level ambient NO2 detection is demonstrated, in which a high-power blue laser diode module with a small divergence angle was employed to take advantages of the directly proportional relationship between sensitivity and power, hence improving the detection sensitivity. In order to extend the stability time, a custom grooved quartz tuning fork with 800-μm prong spacing is employed to avoid complex signal balance and/or optical spatial filter components. The sensor performance is optimized and assessed in terms of optical coupling, power, gas flow rate, pressure, signal linearity and stability. A minimum detectable concentration (1σ) of 7.3 ppb with an averaging time of 1 s is achieved, which can be further improved to be 0.31 ppb with an averaging time of 590 s. Continuous measurements covering a five-day period are performed to demonstrate the stability and robustness of the reported NO2 sensor system.
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- Shangzhi Li
- State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Institute of Information Optics, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- Chongqing Acoustic-Optic-Electronic Co. Ltd, China Electronics Technology Group, Chongqing 401332, PR China
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- Chongqing Acoustic-Optic-Electronic Co. Ltd, China Electronics Technology Group, Chongqing 401332, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
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- PolySense Lab-Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, University and Politecnico of Bari, Via Amendola 173, Bari, Italy
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- PolySense Lab-Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, University and Politecnico of Bari, Via Amendola 173, Bari, Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
- PolySense Lab-Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, University and Politecnico of Bari, Via Amendola 173, Bari, Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China
- Corresponding author at: State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, PR China.
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Cai X, Yan Y, Li S, Kong S, Liu M, Zhang Z. Trend reversal from source region to remote tropospheric NO 2 columns. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:15763-15776. [PMID: 34633621 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16857-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Global tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) changes have different or even opposite impacts on the photochemical formation of ozone in different regions under different weather and emission condition. However, the changes over regions affected by different levels of human activities are not well known. By using the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) measurements, we analyzed spatial and temporal variability of tropospheric NO2 vertical column densities (VCDs) from the megacity to the background regions during 2005-2019. Consistent with previous research, our results show a rapid decline of tropospheric NO2 column density over regions strongly affected by human activities, especially for source regions. The decline rates of annual mean NO2 VCDs are up to - 2.44% year-1, - 2.37% year-1, and - 1.43% year-1 over megacities of the USA, Europe, and China, respectively. However, the decreasing rate has slowed, and even reversed to an increasing trend, of tropospheric NO2 from megacities to developing and remote regions, especially over ocean and background areas less affected by anthropogenic activity. From 2005 to 2019, the NO2 VCDs over the ocean and background areas increased for all seasons, with the statistically significant (p < 0.05) trends of 1.15%/0.74% year-1 (MAM), 1.20%/1.06% year-1 (JJA), 1.16%/0.82% year-1 (SON), and 0.68%/0.65% year-1 (DJF), respectively, for ocean/background region. Such decreasing/increasing trends of tropospheric NO2 over sources/remote regions may prevent the ozone air pollution to be effectively resolved to achieve air quality goals worldwide.
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- Xin Cai
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China
- Research Centre for Complex Air Pollution of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430078, China
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- R&D Satellite Observations Department, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, The Netherlands
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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Sun Y, Meng Y, Ou Z, Li Y, Zhang M, Chen Y, Zhang Z, Chen X, Mu P, Norbäck D, Zhao Z, Zhang X, Fu X. Indoor microbiome, air pollutants and asthma, rhinitis and eczema in preschool children - A repeated cross-sectional study. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2022; 161:107137. [PMID: 35168186 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Indoor microbiome exposure is associated with asthma, rhinitis and eczema. However, no studies report the interactions between environmental characteristics, indoor microbiome and health effects in a repeated cross-sectional framework. METHODS 1,279 and 1,121 preschool children in an industrial city (Taiyuan) of China were assessed for asthma, rhinitis and eczema symptoms in 2012 and 2019 by self-administered questionnaires, respectively. Bacteria and fungi in classroom vacuum dust were characterized by culture-independent amplicon sequencing. Multi-level logistic/linear regression was performed in two cross-sectional and two combined models to assess the associations. RESULTS The number of observed species in bacterial and fungal communities in classrooms increased significantly from 2012 to 2019, and the compositions of the microbial communities were drastically changed (p < 0.001). The temporal microbiome variation was significantly larger than the spatial variation within the city (p < 0.001). Annual average outdoor SO2 concentration decreased by 60.7%, whereas NO2 and PM10 concentrations increased by 63.3% and 40.0% from 2012 to 2019, which were both associated with indoor microbiome variation (PERMANOVA p < 0.001). The prevalence of asthma (2.0% to 3.3%, p = 0.06) and rhinitis (28.0% to 25.3%, p = 0.13) were not significantly changed, but the prevalence of eczema was increased (3.6% to 7.0%; p < 0.001). Aspergillus subversicolor, Collinsella and Cutibacterium were positively associated with asthma, rhinitis and eczema, respectively (p < 0.01). Prevotella, Lactobacillus iners and Dolosigranulum were protectively (negatively) associated with rhinitis (p < 0.01), consistent with previous studies in the human respiratory tract. NO2 and PM10 concentrations were negatively associated with rhinitis in a bivariate model, but a multivariate mediation analysis revealed that Prevotella fully mediated the health effects. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to report the interactions between environmental characteristics, indoor microbiome and health in a repeated cross-sectional framework. The mediating effects of indoor microorganisms suggest incorporating biological with chemical exposure for a comprehensive exposure assessment.
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- Yu Sun
- Institute of Environmental Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Function and Regulation in Agricultural Organisms, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Function and Regulation in Agricultural Organisms, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Function and Regulation in Agricultural Organisms, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Function and Regulation in Agricultural Organisms, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Function and Regulation in Agricultural Organisms, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Function and Regulation in Agricultural Organisms, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- Institute of Environmental Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, PR China
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- Institute of Environmental Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Function and Regulation in Agricultural Organisms, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Dept. of Medical Science, University Hospital, Uppsala University, 75237 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment (Fudan University), Shanghai Typhoon Institute/CMA, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Institute of Environmental Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, PR China.
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- School of Public Health, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center of Public Health Detection and Assessment, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, PR China.
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Wu L, Wang LK, Wei W, Ni BJ. Autotrophic denitrification of NO for effectively recovering N 2O through using thiosulfate as sole electron donor. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 347:126681. [PMID: 34999195 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
To reclaim nitrous oxide (N2O) as an energy resource economically, this study developed an autotrophic denitrification-based system with thiosulfate (S2O32-) and nitric oxide (NO) as electron donor and acceptor, respectively. NO from flue gases is absorbed on Fe(II)EDTA to overcome its low solubility in liquid phase by forming Fe(II)EDTA-NO. Short-term batch tests and long-term continuous experiments were conducted to investigate the N2O production profile and NO conversion efficiency from thiosulfate-based denitrification under varied Fe (II)EDTA-NO conditions (5-20 mM). Up to 39% of NO was converted to gaseous N2O at 20 mM Fe(II)EDTA-NO amid batch test due to the inhibition of key enzymatic activities by NO and the acidic conditions following thiosulfate oxidation. Higher Fe(II)EDTA-NO levels induced lower enzymatic activities with N2OR being suppressed harder than NOR. Microbial diversity was reduced in the continuous thiosulfate-driven Fe(II)EDTA-NO-based denitrification system. NO-resistant bacteria and sulfide-tolerant denitrifiers were enriched, facilitating NO conversion to N2O thereafter.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lan Wu
- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
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