Daytime SO Chemistry on Ubiquitous Urban Surfaces As a Source of Organic Sulfur Compounds in Ambient Air

Overview

Journal Sci Adv

Specialties Biology
Science

Date 2022 Sep 28

PMID 36170374

Authors

Huifan Deng

Pascale S J Lakey

Yiqun Wang

Pan Li

Jinli Xu

Hongwei Pang

Jiangping Liu

Xin Xu

Xue Li

Xinming Wang

Yuzhong Zhang

Manabu Shiraiwa

Sasho Gligorovski

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Abstract

The reactions of sulfur dioxide (SO) with surface-bound compounds on atmospheric aerosols lead to the formation of organic sulfur (OS) compounds, thereby affecting the air quality and climate. Here, we show that the heterogeneous reaction of SO with authentic urban grime under near-ultraviolet sunlight irradiation leads to a large suite of various organic compounds including OS released in the gas phase. Calculations indicate that at the core area of Guangzhou, building surface uptake of SO is 15 times larger than uptake of SO on aerosol surfaces, yielding ~20 ng m of OS that represents an important fraction of the observed OS compounds (60 to 200 ng m) in ambient aerosols of Chinese megacities. This chemical pathway occurring during daytime can contribute to the observed fraction of OS compounds in aerosols and improve the understanding of haze formation and urban air pollution.

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