Experimental study on the space charge properties in haze events

In recent years,haze has posed a serious threat to the global climate change,ecological balance and human health.In this study,the laboratory experiments and field observations were performed and a possible charging mechanism was proposed to investigate the space charge properties in haze events.The laboratory experiments showed that the charge polarity of primary aerosol is determined by species of combustion fuels while the magnitude is dependent on the combustion completeness.The field observations revealed that the space charge of atmosphere aerosol in haze events differs from that of fair weather and is closely related to PM2.5 concentration when Relative Humidity(RH)<60%,with 1 to 2 orders of magnitude less than the case when RH≥60%.The analysis of equivalent chargeto-mass ratio(ECTM)suggested that in haze events the space charge is governed by primary aerosol emitted by combustion of fossil fuel in a low relative humidity,whereas it is manipulated by the secondary chemical reaction of atmosphere aerosol in a high relative humidity.And we can identify the main pollutants in haze events according to the polarity of atmosphere aerosol and quickly take measures when RH<60%.Accordingly,the dusthaze of RH<80% can be divided into dry-dust-haze when RH<60%and wet-dust-haze when 60%≤RH<80%.Our study firstly elucidated the space charge properties of atmosphere aerosol in haze events and can provide a new perspective for the prevention and control of air pollution.

Investigation of transport properties of perovskite single crystals by pulsed and DC bias transient current technique

Time-of-flight(ToF)transient current method is an important technique to study the transport characteristics of semiconductors.Here,both the direct current(DC)and pulsed bias ToF transient current method are employed to investigate the transport properties and electric field distribution inside the MAPbI_(3) single crystal detector.Owing to the almost homogeneous electric field built inside the detector during pulsed bias ToF measurement,the free hole mobility can be directly calculated to be about 22 cm^(2)·V^(-1)·s^(-1),and the hole lifetime is around 6.5μs–17.5μs.Hence,the mobility-lifetime product can be derived to be 1.4×10^(-4)cm^(2)·V^(-1)–3.9×10^(-4)cm^(2)·V^(-1).The transit time measured under the DC bias deviates with increasing voltage compared with that under the pulsed bias,which arises mainly from the inhomogeneous electric field distribution inside the perovskite.The positive space charge density can then be deduced to increase from 3.1×10^(10)cm^(-3)to 6.89×10^(10)cm^(-3)in a bias range of 50 V–150 V.The ToF measurement can provide us with a facile way to accurately measure the transport properties of the perovskite single crystals,and is also helpful in obtaining a rough picture of the internal electric field distribution.