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Li Y, Zhao J, Wang Y, Seinfeld JH, Zhang R. Multigeneration Production of Secondary Organic Aerosol from Toluene Photooxidation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:8592-8603. [PMID: 34137267 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c02026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Photooxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produces secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and light-absorbing brown carbon (BrC) via multiple reaction steps/pathways, reflecting significant chemical complexity relevant to gaseous oxidation and subsequent gas-to-particle conversion. Toluene is an important VOC under urban conditions, but the fundamental chemical mechanism leading to SOA formation remains uncertain. Here, we elucidate multigeneration SOA production from toluene by simultaneously tracking the evolutions of gas-phase oxidation and aerosol formation in a reaction chamber. Large size increase and browning of monodisperse sub-micrometer seed particles occur shortly after initiating oxidation by hydroxyl radical (OH) at 10-90% relative humidity (RH). The evolution in gaseous products and aerosol properties (size/density/optical properties) and chemical speciation of aerosol-phase products indicate that the aerosol growth and browning result from earlier generation products consisting dominantly of dicarbonyl and carboxylic functional groups. While volatile dicarbonyls engage in aqueous reactions to yield nonvolatile oligomers and light-absorbing nitrogen heterocycles/heterochains (in the presence of NH3) at high RH, organic acids contribute to aerosol carboxylates via ionic dissociation or acid-base reaction in a wide RH range. We conclude that toluene contributes importantly to SOA/BrC formation from dicarbonyls and organic acids because of their prompt and high yields from photooxidation and unique functionalities for participation in aerosol-phase reactions.
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- Yixin Li
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Li Y, Ji Y, Zhao J, Wang Y, Shi Q, Peng J, Wang Y, Wang C, Zhang F, Wang Y, Seinfeld JH, Zhang R. Unexpected Oligomerization of Small α-Dicarbonyls for Secondary Organic Aerosol and Brown Carbon Formation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:4430-4439. [PMID: 33721996 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c08066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Large amounts of small α-dicarbonyls (glyoxal and methylglyoxal) are produced in the atmosphere from photochemical oxidation of biogenic isoprene and anthropogenic aromatics, but the fundamental mechanisms leading to secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and brown carbon (BrC) formation remain elusive. Methylglyoxal is commonly believed to be less reactive than glyoxal because of unreactive methyl substitution, and available laboratory measurements showed negligible aerosol growth from methylglyoxal. Herein, we present experimental results to demonstrate striking oligomerization of small α-dicarbonyls leading to SOA and BrC formation on sub-micrometer aerosols. Significantly more efficient growth and browning of aerosols occur upon exposure to methylglyoxal than glyoxal under atmospherically relevant concentrations and in the absence/presence of gas-phase ammonia and formaldehyde, and nonvolatile oligomers and light-absorbing nitrogen-heterocycles are identified as the dominant particle-phase products. The distinct aerosol growth and light absorption are attributed to carbenium ion-mediated nucleophilic addition, interfacial electric field-induced attraction, and synergetic oligomerization involving organic/inorganic species, leading to surface- or volume-limited reactions that are dependent on the reactivity and gaseous concentrations. Our findings resolve an outstanding discrepancy concerning the multiphase chemistry of small α-dicarbonyls and unravel a new avenue for SOA and BrC formation from atmospherically abundant, ubiquitous carbonyls and ammonia/ammonium sulfate.
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- Yixin Li
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Urban Transport Emission Research, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210044, China
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- Department of Automation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Zhang W, Zhong J, Shi Q, Gao L, Ji Y, Li G, An T, Francisco JS. Mechanism for Rapid Conversion of Amines to Ammonium Salts at the Air–Particle Interface. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 143:1171-1178. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Weina Zhang
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Science and Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6316, United States
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Science and Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6316, United States
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Tan XF, Long B, Ren DS, Zhang WJ, Long ZW, Mitchell E. Atmospheric chemistry of CH3CHO: the hydrolysis of CH3CHO catalyzed by H2SO4. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:7701-7709. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07312g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We found the catalytic effect of H2SO4 on the hydrolysis of CH3CHO in the atmosphere.
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- Xing-Feng Tan
- School of Mechatronics Engineering
- Guizhou Minzu University
- Guiyang
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Guizhou Minzu University
- Guiyang
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Guizhou Minzu University
- Guiyang
- China
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Physico-Chemistry
- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Bridgewater College
- Bridgewater
- USA
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Zhong J, Zhu C, Li L, Richmond GL, Francisco JS, Zeng XC. Interaction of SO2 with the Surface of a Water Nanodroplet. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:17168-17174. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b09900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jie Zhong
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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Sulfate aerosols exert profound impacts on human and ecosystem health, weather, and climate, but their formation mechanism remains uncertain. Atmospheric models consistently underpredict sulfate levels under diverse environmental conditions. From atmospheric measurements in two Chinese megacities and complementary laboratory experiments, we show that the aqueous oxidation of SO2 by NO2 is key to efficient sulfate formation but is only feasible under two atmospheric conditions: on fine aerosols with high relative humidity and NH3 neutralization or under cloud conditions. Under polluted environments, this SO2 oxidation process leads to large sulfate production rates and promotes formation of nitrate and organic matter on aqueous particles, exacerbating severe haze development. Effective haze mitigation is achievable by intervening in the sulfate formation process with enforced NH3 and NO2 control measures. In addition to explaining the polluted episodes currently occurring in China and during the 1952 London Fog, this sulfate production mechanism is widespread, and our results suggest a way to tackle this growing problem in China and much of the developing world.
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Zhang R, Wang G, Guo S, Zamora ML, Ying Q, Lin Y, Wang W, Hu M, Wang Y. Formation of urban fine particulate matter. Chem Rev 2015; 115:3803-55. [PMID: 25942499 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 473] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Renyi Zhang
- §State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of 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, People's Republic of 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, People's Republic of China
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- #Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Lavi A, Segre E, Gomez-Hernandez M, Zhang R, Rudich Y. Volatility of Atmospherically Relevant Alkylaminium Carboxylate Salts. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:4336-46. [DOI: 10.1021/jp507320v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Avi Lavi
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science and ‡Physical Services, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100 Israel
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences and ∥Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science and ‡Physical Services, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100 Israel
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences and ∥Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science and ‡Physical Services, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100 Israel
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences and ∥Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science and ‡Physical Services, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100 Israel
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences and ∥Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science and ‡Physical Services, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100 Israel
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences and ∥Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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