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Morphology and property investigation of primary particulate matter particles from different sources

Show Author's Information Rufan Zhang1,  Chong Liu1,  Guangmin Zhou1,  Jie Sun1,  Nian Liu1,  Po-Chun Hsu1,  Haotian Wang1,  Yongcai Qiu1,  Jie Zhao1,  Tong Wu1,  Wenting Zhao1,  Yi Cui1,2( )
Department of Materials Science and EngineeringStanford UniversityStanfordCA94305USA
Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy SciencesSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory2575 Sand Hill RoadMenlo ParkCA94025USA
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distribution, characterization, nanofiber, property, particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5), source analysis, filtration
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Zhang R, Liu C, Zhou G, et al. Morphology and property investigation of primary particulate matter particles from different sources. Nano Research, 2018, 11(6): 3182-3192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1724-y
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Particulate matter (PM) pollution has become a major environmental concern in many developing countries. PM pollution control remains a great challenge owing to the complex sources and evolution processes of PM particles. There are two categories of PM, i.e., primary and secondary PM particles, and the primary PM emissions play a key role in the formation of PM pollution. Knowledge of primary PM particle compositions, sources, and evolution processes is of great importance to the effective control of PM pollution. In order to characterize PM particles effectively, their fundamental properties including the morphology, concentration distribution, surface chemistry, and composition must be systematically investigated. In this study, we collected and analyzed six types of PM10 and PM2.5 particles from different sources using an in situ sampling approach. The concentration distributions of PM particles were analyzed and comparative analysis of the morphologies, distributions, capture mechanisms, and compositions of PM particles was conducted using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. We found that there were significant differences in the structures, morphologies, and capture mechanisms of PM2.5 and PM10 particles. The systematic comparative investigation in this work will benefit the study of evolution processes and the effective control of PM pollution in the future.


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Morphology and property investigation of primary particulate matter particles from different sources

Show Author's information Rufan Zhang1, Chong Liu1, Guangmin Zhou1, Jie Sun1, Nian Liu1, Po-Chun Hsu1, Haotian Wang1, Yongcai Qiu1, Jie Zhao1, Tong Wu1, Wenting Zhao1, Yi Cui1,2( )
Department of Materials Science and EngineeringStanford UniversityStanfordCA94305USA
Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy SciencesSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory2575 Sand Hill RoadMenlo ParkCA94025USA

Abstract

Particulate matter (PM) pollution has become a major environmental concern in many developing countries. PM pollution control remains a great challenge owing to the complex sources and evolution processes of PM particles. There are two categories of PM, i.e., primary and secondary PM particles, and the primary PM emissions play a key role in the formation of PM pollution. Knowledge of primary PM particle compositions, sources, and evolution processes is of great importance to the effective control of PM pollution. In order to characterize PM particles effectively, their fundamental properties including the morphology, concentration distribution, surface chemistry, and composition must be systematically investigated. In this study, we collected and analyzed six types of PM10 and PM2.5 particles from different sources using an in situ sampling approach. The concentration distributions of PM particles were analyzed and comparative analysis of the morphologies, distributions, capture mechanisms, and compositions of PM particles was conducted using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. We found that there were significant differences in the structures, morphologies, and capture mechanisms of PM2.5 and PM10 particles. The systematic comparative investigation in this work will benefit the study of evolution processes and the effective control of PM pollution in the future.

Keywords: distribution, characterization, nanofiber, property, particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5), source analysis, filtration

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Received: 16 May 2017
Revised: 10 June 2017
Accepted: 11 June 2017
Published: 22 May 2018
Issue date: June 2018

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We thank Dr. Yuanqing Li for fruitful discussions.

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