A review of the effects of environmental photochemical processes of black carbon: mechanisms, challenges, and perspective

Y Zhu, B Duan, M Wang, X Hu, S Li, H Gao… - Process Safety and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) is a special carbon-containing medium widely found in the environment,
and its environmental photochemical behavior has been widely noticed due to its unique …

In Situ and Rapid Toxicity Assessment of Air Pollution by Self-Assembly Passive Colonization Hydrogel

S Yang, M Fang, L Jin, Z Shao, X Zhang… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Air pollution is a leading environmental health risk factor, and in situ toxicity assessment is
urgently needed. Bacteria-based bioassays offer cost-effective and rapid toxicity …

Absence of a Causal Link between Elemental Carbon Exposure and Short-Term Respiratory Toxicity in Human-Derived Organoids and Cellular Models

X Chen, D Wu, Y Tan, X Song, J Chen… - Environmental Science & …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Black carbon or elemental carbon (EC) in the atmosphere plays an ambiguous role in acute
respiratory toxic effects. Here, we evaluate the contribution of EC to the short-term toxicity …

Ship Emissions as the Largest Contributor to Coastal Atmospheric Black Carbon at a Receptor Island in Southern China

X Geng, J Li, G Zhong, S Zhao, C Tian… - … & Technology Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Atmospheric black carbon (BC) over coastal regions poses a threat in terms of both climate
change and human health. However, the provenance of aerosol BC, particularly its …

Simultaneous optimizations of heavy metal immobilizations, products, temperature, and atmosphere dependency by acid pretreatment-assisted pyrolysis and …

S Huang, Z Huang, Z Chen, J Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
The safety and feasibility of directly treating hyperaccumulators with heat is constrained by
the substantial presence of volatile heavy metals (HMs) within these plants. The combination …

Decadal trends of black carbon and heavy metal accumulation in a lake sediment core from central China: A historical perspective

C Zhan, D Wan, Y Han, J Zhang, S Liu, H Liu, T Hu… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) and heavy metal are vital indicators of historical human activities. This
study investigates the historical pollution trends of BC, char, soot, and heavy metals in lake …

Assessment of Black Carbon, optical properties and aerosol radiative forcing at Pranmati basin Himalayan critical zone observatory

P Tiwary, S Kukreti, V Shridhar, A Abhinav… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The study aimed to understand the optical properties of Black Carbon (BC) and radiative
forcing over a data deficient Himalayan region focusing on critical zone observatory …

Characterizing sedimentary black carbon in the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China

X Liu, Y Li, T Lin, N Guo, J Yuan, Y Yang, W Zhai - Marine Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Sedimentary black carbon in coastal regions plays an important role in global carbon cycles
due to its refractory nature in sediments. In this study, we conducted the first comprehensive …

Heterogeneous Sources, Distribution, and removal processes of dissolved black carbon from East China Sea shelf to open ocean of Northwest Pacific

X Zhang, Y Wang, Z Liu, B Liu, W Wu, L Liu… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Absract: Dissolved black carbon (DBC) can be transported from land to the ocean,
representing a significant slow-cycling component in the global carbon cycle. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution, sources, and burial flux of black carbon in sediment of Daye lake, central China

C Zhan, Y Han, J Zhang, S Liu, H Liu, W Xiao… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC), primarily originating from fossil fuel and biomass combustion, holds
significance for global carbon cycling, climate change, and human health. Despite a lake's …