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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00462-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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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.