ACS ES&T AirPub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.5c00067
Can Dong, Xinfeng Wang, Rui Gao, Yingzhe Guo, Yuqiang Zhang*, Drew Shindell*, Wenxing Wang and Likun Xue*,
{"title":"China’s Clean Air Actions Have Reduced Rural-Urban and Geographic Disparities in Air Pollution Exposure","authors":"Can Dong, Xinfeng Wang, Rui Gao, Yingzhe Guo, Yuqiang Zhang*, Drew Shindell*, Wenxing Wang and Likun Xue*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsestair.5c00067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00067","url":null,"abstract":"<p >China’s air quality has improved significantly since 2013 due to the implementation of strict clean air policies prioritizing highly polluted regions. However, the effectiveness of those actions on reducing environmental inequality is not clear. Here, we analyzed the air pollution disparity changes in China from 2013 to 2018 using a combination of air quality, population and urbanization data. For PM<sub>2.5</sub>, PM<sub>10</sub>, NO<sub>2</sub>, SO<sub>2</sub> and CO, we found a general decline in both rural-urban disparity and geographic disparity, with SO<sub>2</sub> and CO showing the most substantial reductions. For O<sub>3</sub>, we found mixed changes in rural-urban disparity and an increase in geographic disparity. Our findings suggest that China’s air pollution control strategies have been effective in improving overall air quality and reducing exposure inequalities. We underscore the importance of strategies to reduce NO<sub>2</sub> emissions, given its significant rural-urban and geographic disparities, and its role as a precursor to both PM<sub>2.5</sub> and O<sub>3</sub>. This study highlights the effectiveness of China’s clean air actions from a different perspective and emphasizes the need to further improve air quality and alleviate remaining disparities.</p>","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 9","pages":"1884–1891"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS ES&T AirPub Date : 2025-08-28DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.5c00190
Alok Kumar Thakur, and , Sameer Patel*,
{"title":"Predicting Spatiotemporal Concentrations in a Multizonal Residential Apartment Using Conventional and Physics-Informed Deep Learning Approach","authors":"Alok Kumar Thakur, and , Sameer Patel*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsestair.5c00190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00190","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Most indoor air pollution studies focusing on modeling and material balance assume well-mixed conditions, which is usually not true in larger and multizonal spaces. Spatially nonhomogenous concentrations can lead to considerably different personal exposure of occupants within the same indoor space. Studying the interzonal transport of pollutants and their governing factors provides critical insights into the fate and transport of pollutants. The current work focuses on predicting PM<sub>2.5</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations in different zones of a residential apartment using measured concentrations in one zone using conventional and physics-informed long short-term memory (PI-LSTM) models for different internal door configurations. Model predictions were validated using experimentally obtained spatiotemporal data sets using the exposure and maximum concentration (relative to measured) as key performance metrics. The PI-LSTM model performed better in most cases for PM<sub>2.5</sub>, while the LSTM model exhibited better predictive accuracy for CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations. As more internal doors were opened and the number of zones increased, PI-LSTM’s predictive accuracy declined. PM<sub>2.5</sub> predictions were more accurate for zones near the emission source than those farther away.</p>","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 9","pages":"1996–2008"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS ES&T AirPub Date : 2025-08-26DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.5c00185
Joseph M. Martin*, Xiaoyu Liu, Ingrid J. George, Karl M. Seltzer, Hannah S. Halliday, Michael D. Hays and Havala O. T. Pye,
{"title":"Implications of Printing Ink Composition for Ambient Air Pollutants","authors":"Joseph M. Martin*, Xiaoyu Liu, Ingrid J. George, Karl M. Seltzer, Hannah S. Halliday, Michael D. Hays and Havala O. T. Pye, ","doi":"10.1021/acsestair.5c00185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00185","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Emissions from volatile chemical products (VCPs) have become increasingly important to anthropogenic organic carbon emissions and consequently to anthropogenic ozone and secondary organic aerosol (SOA), as emission control strategies have reduced contributions from combustion sources. Industrial and consumer printing inks contribute considerably to VCP emissions, yet emission speciation profiles for printing inks are outdated and ignore the increasing market share of water-based inks. This study develops organic compound emissions profiles for one organic-solvent-based industrial ink and two water-based consumer inks using microchamber emissions tests. The composition of the solvent-based ink differed from the declared composition. Emission profiles were applied to estimates of SOA and O<sub>3</sub> formation potential and inhalation risk. The chemical species that drive the estimated O<sub>3</sub> formation potential correspond closely to species that drive the total emissions mass. However, this study shows that species responsible for SOA and chronic inhalation risk are present in low quantities in inks, and those end points may be under-emphasized in mass-weight emission profiles. The SOA and O<sub>3</sub> formation from printing inks is estimated to have decreased about 42% since 2001, principally due to decreasing total ink usage but aided by increased use of water-based inks, which have a low potential to form SOA and O<sub>3</sub>.</p>","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 9","pages":"1987–1995"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS ES&T AirPub Date : 2025-08-26DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.5c00061
Nagendra Raparthi*, Anthony S. Wexler and Ann M. Dillner,
{"title":"Hygroscopicity of Organic Compounds as a Function of Their Physicochemical Properties","authors":"Nagendra Raparthi*, Anthony S. Wexler and Ann M. Dillner, ","doi":"10.1021/acsestair.5c00061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00061","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The interaction of organic aerosols with water vapor plays a crucial role in cloud processes but is still challenging to fully elucidate due to its complexity. Recently, we developed a water uptake methodology for particles collected on Teflon filters, enabling the quantification of both chemical composition and hygroscopicity of the same sample. In this study, the hygroscopicity of organic compounds with varying functionalities collected on Teflon filters was quantified, including dicarboxylic acids (malonic, glutaric, succinic), multifunctional dicarboxylic acids (tartaric, citric), sugars (glucose, levoglucosan), and a polyol (<i>meso</i>-erythritol) at three relative humidities (RHs: ≈84%, 90%, and 97%). The hygroscopicity parameter (κ) was derived and compared to previous studies. A regression model was developed that predicts κ as a function of physicochemical properties (O/C ratio, number of carbons, and ring oxygen (O*)), which may facilitate the use of Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to predict hygroscopicity in ambient samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 9","pages":"1849–1861"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS ES&T AirPub Date : 2025-08-24DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.5c00180
Aishwarya Singh, Basudev Swain, Mathew Sebastian, S. N. Tripathi, Mira Pöhlker, James Allan, Gordon McFiggans, Ulrich Pöschl, Hang Su, Scot T. Martin, Meinrat O. Andreae, R. Ravikrishna, Yafang Cheng, Hugh Coe, Pengfei Liu* and Sachin S. Gunthe*,
{"title":"Anthropogenic Emissions in Coastal India Strongly Influence New Particle Formation and Cloud Condensation Nuclei Activity","authors":"Aishwarya Singh, Basudev Swain, Mathew Sebastian, S. N. Tripathi, Mira Pöhlker, James Allan, Gordon McFiggans, Ulrich Pöschl, Hang Su, Scot T. Martin, Meinrat O. Andreae, R. Ravikrishna, Yafang Cheng, Hugh Coe, Pengfei Liu* and Sachin S. Gunthe*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsestair.5c00180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00180","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Aerosols influence Earth’s energy balance and hydrological cycle as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), yet uncertainties persist in how anthropogenic emissions alter their abundance and climate-relevant properties. Abrupt, large-scale reductions in human activities provided a natural experiment to quantify anthropogenic impact on aerosol-cloud-climate interactions in coastal India. Combining chemical and microphysical measurements under drastically reduced and subsequently reintroduced emission scenarios, we reveal that CCN concentrations increased by 80–250% postlockdown. This surge coincided with increased new particle formation (NPF) event frequency and enhanced particle growth rates. Postlockdown air masses shifted from marine to continental sources, revealing that anthropogenic organic matter (OM), despite lower hygroscopicity, dominated particle growth to CCN-active sizes, offsetting hygroscopicity limitations. These findings demonstrate how shifts in anthropogenic activity can strongly impact aerosol–cloud interaction potential, even under varying air mass influences, and provide a reference for understanding the atmospheric effects of future air quality interventions.</p><p >Organic-rich aerosols in coastal India show strong sensitivity to changes in anthropogenic emissions and wind patterns, enhancing new particle formation and cloud-forming potential, highlighting implications for air quality interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 9","pages":"1972–1986"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsestair.5c00180","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS ES&T AirPub Date : 2025-08-22DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.5c00026
Edward Newton*, Daniel Ersoy, Erik Rodriguez*, Jerone Powell and Brian K. Lamb,
{"title":"Implementation of a Novel Natural Gas Distribution Screening Approach for High Flow Rate Below Ground Leaks Integrated with Company-Specific Emission Factors for Measurement-Informed Annual Emission Inventories","authors":"Edward Newton*, Daniel Ersoy, Erik Rodriguez*, Jerone Powell and Brian K. Lamb, ","doi":"10.1021/acsestair.5c00026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00026","url":null,"abstract":"<p >In this study, a novel screening method was implemented by a local distribution company (LDC) to identify below ground pipeline leaks that have high leak flow rates (≥10 scfh CH<sub>4</sub>, 3.19 g/min) for the purpose of prioritizing repairs and reducing methane emissions. This decision tree (DT) method correlates methane concentration measurements as a function of defined ground surface conditions to leak flow rate. Established threshold methane surface concentrations at each defined surface condition category is used to identify leaks with high flow rates. Direct leak flow rate measurements at more than 400 leak sites were used to evaluate the method and determine the frequency of correctly classifying leak rate bins. These data were used in conjunction with annual leak inventory data to provide robust company-specific CH<sub>4</sub> emission factors (C-SEFs) with 90% confidence intervals (CI) of ∼±20%. State-of-the-art statistical analyses, bootstrap resampling, Monte Carlo, and Bayesian probabilistic analyses were used to estimate the DT errors, calculate the C-SEFs and confidence bounds, and estimate annual system emissions with CIs. These C-SEFs explicitly treat the skewed distributions of high flow rate vs low flow rate leaks: 13.3 scfh CH<sub>4</sub> (CI 10.4 to 16.6) for leaks ≥10 scfh CH<sub>4</sub> and 1.82 scfh CH<sub>4</sub> (CI 1.52 to 2.16) for leaks <10 scfh CH<sub>4</sub>. Furthermore, these C-SEFs do not depend on classification of pipeline types and avoid issues with assigning a pipeline type for each leak. National methane emission estimates from natural gas distribution systems are outdated and have high uncertainty; however, C-SEFs can solve this problem. For the Southern California Gas Company system, annual leak emissions for 2015, before the method was implemented, were 38.3 Gg CH<sub>4</sub>/yr, similar to an estimate using EPA emission factors. More importantly, the postimplementation 2023 emission estimate of 8.98 Gg CH<sub>4</sub>/yr (CI 7.33 to 10.8) was 75% less than estimated for 2015. This emission reduction resulted from aggressive improvement in leak management practices implemented since 2015, including increased leak surveys, reduction of leak inventory, and application of the DT method to prioritize high flow leaks for repair.</p>","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 9","pages":"1831–1839"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS ES&T AirPub Date : 2025-08-22DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.5c00108
Qiaorong Xie, Sepehr Nikkho, Zoë M. Golay, Isaac S. Morton, Emily R. Halpern, Robert VanGundy, Alla Zelenyuk, Manish Shrivastava, Rahul A. Zaveri, Allan K. Bertram and Alexander Laskin*,
{"title":"Distinct Gas-Particle Partitioning and Viscosity Characteristics of Secondary Organic Aerosols Derived from α-Pinene versus Ocimene","authors":"Qiaorong Xie, Sepehr Nikkho, Zoë M. Golay, Isaac S. Morton, Emily R. Halpern, Robert VanGundy, Alla Zelenyuk, Manish Shrivastava, Rahul A. Zaveri, Allan K. Bertram and Alexander Laskin*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsestair.5c00108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00108","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) have complex, multicomponent composition that controls particle viscosity and gas-particle partitioning, key factors to their atmospheric evolution. This study investigates the chemical composition, volatility and viscosity of SOA formed by ozonolysis of cyclic α-pinene (PSOA) and acyclic ocimene (OSOA) monoterpenes. Using Temperature-Programmed Desorption combined with Direct Analysis in Real-Time ionization and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry, we determined the molecular composition and saturation mass concentration of individual SOA constituents. These data enabled gas-particle partitioning and viscosity estimates under varied atmospheric conditions. PSOA, composed of higher molecular weight and less oxidized species, shows higher condensability and viscosity under high total organic mass (<i>tOM</i>) loadings. In contrast, OSOA, consisting of more oxidized, lower molecular weight species, exhibits greater sensitivity to <i>tOM</i>, with viscosity increasing significantly upon dilution. Poke-flow experiments support this trend, indicating that OSOA undergoes more dynamic compositional and phase changes during atmospheric aging. These observations reveal distinct dynamic trends in the atmospheric transformations and reactivity of SOA from cyclic and acyclic monoterpenes, with the latter showing greater compositional changes during aging that alter viscosity and diffusion. This highlights the importance of incorporating such dynamic transformations into atmospheric models to improve predictions of SOA atmospheric loadings, lifetimes, and impacts.</p>","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 9","pages":"1916–1926"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS ES&T AirPub Date : 2025-08-21DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.5c00206
Sara E. Murphy*, Reina S. Buenconsejo, Danielle C. Draper, John D. Crounse, Haroula D. Baliaka, Ryan X. Ward, Benjamin C. Schulze, Samir P. Rezgui, Katherine Ball, Tea Susskind, Gautham Kappaganthula and Paul O. Wennberg,
{"title":"Multi-functional Organic Nitrogen in the Los Angeles Air Basin","authors":"Sara E. Murphy*, Reina S. Buenconsejo, Danielle C. Draper, John D. Crounse, Haroula D. Baliaka, Ryan X. Ward, Benjamin C. Schulze, Samir P. Rezgui, Katherine Ball, Tea Susskind, Gautham Kappaganthula and Paul O. Wennberg, ","doi":"10.1021/acsestair.5c00206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00206","url":null,"abstract":"<p >We report an inventory of nitrogen-containing organic compounds in the Los Angeles Air Basin in late August, 2021. Gas-phase multifunctional nitrogen-containing compounds are measured by chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS) using the CF<sub>3</sub>O<sup>–</sup> reagent ion both with and without gas chromatography (GC) separation. We use a time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (ToF-AMS) to quantify the abundance of nitrogen-containing organic compounds present on submicron particles. These nitrogen-containing organic compounds comprise a substantial fraction of non-NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> reactive nitrogen during the day and, together with nitrous acid (HONO), a larger fraction during nighttime. Alkylnitrates produced in the oxidation of biogenically- and anthropogenically derived alkenes dominate the budget, but nitroaromatics also make a significant contribution. The GC–CIMS observations illustrate that the nighttime alkylnitrates are generated via reaction of alkenes with the nitrate radical and that the resulting nitrooxy-peroxy radicals react with both HO<sub>2</sub> to form hydroperoxides and other RO<sub>2</sub> to form primarily nitrooxy carbonyls. Aerosol organic nitrates on PM1.0 make up approximately a quarter of the total organic nitrates during daytime and nearly half at night.</p>","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 9","pages":"2009–2027"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Informing City-Scale Air Pollution Episodes Using Hourly Time-Scale Measurements of PM2.5 Molecular and Elemental Tracers at an Air Quality Research Supersite in Hong Kong","authors":"Shan Wang, Qiongqiong Wang, Hanzhe Chen, Yuk Ying Cheng, Zijing Zhang, Jinjian Li, Kezheng Liao, Xin Feng, Penggang Zheng, Zhe Wang, Dasa Gu and Jian Zhen Yu*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsestair.5c00170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00170","url":null,"abstract":"<p >While general monitoring stations provide essential data on criteria air pollutants across a larger area, air quality research supersites offer comprehensive chemical composition measurements, albeit with limited spatial coverage. This study demonstrates the complementary roles of these two types of monitoring. Using data from the Hong Kong air quality monitoring network of 15 stations, we identified 37 city-scale haze episodes between November 2020 and May 2021, defined by PM<sub>2.5</sub> concentrations exceeding 25 μg m<sup>–3</sup>. Hourly to bihourly measurements of PM<sub>2.5</sub> chemical compositions─including molecular and elemental tracers─at a supersite enabled PM<sub>2.5</sub> source identification and apportionment. Strong correlations in PM<sub>2.5</sub> and trace element concentrations between the general stations and the supersite indicate spatial homogeneity of air pollution across Hong Kong during these episodes. Variations in the air mass origin and source intensity were found to significantly influence city-scale PM<sub>2.5</sub> levels. Source apportionment based on the tracer measurements revealed dynamic changes in source contributions under different atmospheric conditions. Our findings demonstrate that detailed chemical characterization and source apportionment at a supersite can provide quantitative source insights into city-scale haze events, thus supporting the development of more targeted air pollution control strategies at a city level, such as Hong Kong and similar megacities.</p><p >Hourly to bihourly measurements of detailed chemical compositions of PM<sub>2.5</sub> at an air quality research supersite provide quantitative insights into city-scale PM<sub>2.5</sub> pollution sources, supporting improved understanding and management of urban haze events.</p>","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 9","pages":"1962–1971"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsestair.5c00170","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organic Vapor Emission of Household Indoor Nonphotocatalytic Paints: The Importance of Natural and Artificial Light","authors":"Zhaokang Ruan, Haoyu Jiang*, Zhiwei Pan, Yingyi Zhang and Senchao Lai*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsestair.5c00131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00131","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Interior paints are a significant source of both volatile and very volatile organic compounds (VOCs and VVOCs, V/VOCs) in a newly painted indoor environment. Natural and artificial light sources such as sunlight and fluorescence light may influence the emissions of V/VOCs from photocatalytic paints. However, the effect of indoor light sources on nonphotocatalytic paint has not been extensively explored. Here, we conducted laboratory simulations of water-based acrylic paint (WBP) and solvent-based nitrocellulose paint (NP) in indoor air and found that total V/VOC concentrations increased under different lighting conditions, with the highest increase under LED lights, followed by fluorescent and ultraviolet (UV) lights. The temperature increased by around 2 °C during illuminations and promoted the release of V/VOCs. However, our predictions of V/VOC emissions with temperature rise suggested that for both WBP and NP, certain VOC species (e.g., toluene) underwent photodegradation simultaneously under fluorescent and UV lights. Secondary formation of formaldehyde was even observed for NP under the influence of fluorescent or UV lights. These laboratory findings were corroborated by investigations in a newly painted environment. The observed effects of indoor lights on V/VOC emissions and consumption from nonphotocatalytic paints enhance our understanding of indoor air quality, especially in newly renovated spaces.</p>","PeriodicalId":100014,"journal":{"name":"ACS ES&T Air","volume":"2 9","pages":"1951–1961"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}