Communications Earth & Environment (Jun 2022)
Liquid-liquid phase separation reduces radiative absorption by aged black carbon aerosols
- Jian Zhang,
- Yuanyuan Wang,
- Xiaomi Teng,
- Lei Liu,
- Yisheng Xu,
- Lihong Ren,
- Zongbo Shi,
- Yue Zhang,
- Jingkun Jiang,
- Dantong Liu,
- Min Hu,
- Longyi Shao,
- Jianmin Chen,
- Scot T. Martin,
- Xiaoye Zhang,
- Weijun Li
Affiliations
- Jian Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Geoscience Big Data and Deep Resource of Zhejiang Province, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University
- Yuanyuan Wang
- Key Laboratory of Geoscience Big Data and Deep Resource of Zhejiang Province, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University
- Xiaomi Teng
- Key Laboratory of Geoscience Big Data and Deep Resource of Zhejiang Province, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University
- Lei Liu
- Key Laboratory of Geoscience Big Data and Deep Resource of Zhejiang Province, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University
- Yisheng Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
- Lihong Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
- Zongbo Shi
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
- Yue Zhang
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
- Jingkun Jiang
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University
- Dantong Liu
- Key Laboratory of Geoscience Big Data and Deep Resource of Zhejiang Province, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University
- Min Hu
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University
- Longyi Shao
- State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology
- Jianmin Chen
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University
- Scot T. Martin
- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
- Xiaoye Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Institute of Atmospheric Composition, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
- Weijun Li
- Key Laboratory of Geoscience Big Data and Deep Resource of Zhejiang Province, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00462-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 3,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Redistribution of black carbon from the inorganic core to the organic coating of aged aerosols due to liquid-liquid phase separation can reduce radiative absorption by up to 34%, according to field observations and laboratory experiments.
