Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): Characterization, Environmental Impacts and Control
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Pollution Control".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 October 2025 | Viewed by 95
Special Issue Editors
Interests: volatile organic compounds; ozone pollution; formaldehyde; secondary organic aerosol formation mechanism; PM2.5; isoprene
Interests: atmospheric particulate pollution; secondary aerosol production; volatile organic compounds
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a significant source of air pollution and important precursors of ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5), posing a serious threat to air quality and human health. This Special Issue aims to explore prevention and control strategies for VOC emissions, covering the entire process from source control to environmental behavior and end-of-pipe treatment. These aspects can be summarized as follows:
(1) Characterization and Monitoring of VOC Emissions: covers the identification and characterization of VOC emission sources in sectors like industry, transportation, and construction, along with advancements in monitoring methodologies and technologies.
(2) Spatiotemporal Variation Characteristics and Impacts: includes the horizontal and vertical concentration distribution characteristics of VOCs, the formation of O3 and aerosols from VOCs, and VOC source apportionment.
(3) Environmental Impacts and Health Risks: covers research on the impacts of VOC emissions on air quality, climate change, and human health.
(4) VOC Emission Control Technologies: covers the research, development, and application of VOC control technologies, such as adsorption, absorption, catalytic oxidation, and biological treatment.
(5) Policies and Regulations: includes domestic and international policies, regulations, and standards for VOC emission control, as well as evaluations of their implementation effectiveness.
(6) Economic and Cost–Benefit Analysis: includes economic analyses and cost–benefit assessments of VOC control technologies.
(7) Future Trends and Innovation: Future development trends and innovative directions for VOC emission control technologies.
This Special Issue welcomes the submission of cross-cutting, multi-disciplinary research in the above areas and supports a wide range of basic theories, methodologies, and technical methods, including experimental, numerical calculations, observational, monitoring and management research, and policy analysis. In addition to fundamental and applied papers, review articles on important developments, challenges, and new perspectives will also be considered.
Dr. Yujie Zhang
Dr. Liang Wen
Dr. Yicheng Shen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- VOCs emission
- atmospheric characteristics
- emission control technologies
- characterization and monitoring of VOC emissions
- policies and regulations
- PM2.5 and O3
- health risks
- economic and cost–benefit analysis
- future trends and innovation
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