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Fengkui Duan

Fengkui Duan

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
46
Citations
10706
World Ranking
5980
National Ranking
607

Overview

Fengkui Duan is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and specializes in research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work concentrates on atmospheric processes and related environmental impacts, as reflected in their extensive publication record.

The main fields of study that Fengkui Duan engages in include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader domains, their research further focuses on several specialized subfields:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change

Fengkui Duan's research topics primarily explore atmospheric chemistry and aerosols as well as air quality and related health impacts. The key topics of their work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on the chemical and physical processes contributing to atmospheric pollution and haze, particularly in China. Selected recent publications are:

  • Contribution of hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) to severe winter haze in the North China Plain (2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)
  • Improving the representation of HONO chemistry in CMAQ and examining its impact on haze over China (2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)
  • Global modeling of heterogeneous hydroxymethanesulfonate chemistry (2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)
  • Stronger secondary pollution processes despite decrease in gaseous precursors: A comparative analysis of summer 2020 and 2019 in Beijing (2021, Environmental Pollution)
  • Investigating the effect of sources and meteorological conditions on wintertime haze formation in Northeast China: A case study in Harbin (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)

The scientist frequently publishes in several established journals, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Environmental Sciences

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Kebin He
  • Tao Ma
  • Yongliang Ma
  • Takashi Kimoto
  • Lidan Zhu

Best Publications

  • Exploring the severe winter haze in Beijing: the impact of synoptic weather, regional transport and heterogeneous reactions

    G. J. Zheng;F. K. Duan;H. Su;Y. L. Ma

  • Characteristics of PM 2.5 speciation in representative megacities and across China

    F. Yang;J. Tan;Q. Zhao;Z. Du

  • Heterogeneous chemistry: a mechanism missing in current models to explain secondary inorganic aerosol formation during the January 2013 haze episode in North China

    B. Zheng;Q. Zhang;Y. Zhang;Y. Zhang;K. B. He

  • Identification and estimate of biomass burning contribution to the urban aerosol organic carbon concentrations in Beijing

    Fengkui Duan;Xiande Liu;Tong Yu;Hélène Cachier

  • Biomass burning contribution to Beijing aerosol

    Y. Cheng;G. Engling;K.-B. He;F.-K. Duan

  • Review on recent progress in observations, source identifications and countermeasures of PM2.5.

    Chun-Sheng Liang;Feng-Kui Duan;Ke-Bin He;Yong-Liang Ma

  • Enhanced sulfate formation during China's severe winter haze episode in January 2013 missing from current models

    Yuxuan Wang;Yuxuan Wang;Yuxuan Wang;Qianqian Zhang;Jingkun Jiang;Wei Zhou

  • Concentration and chemical characteristics of PM2.5 in Beijing, China: 2001–2002

    F K Duan;K B He;Y L Ma;F M Yang

  • Mass absorption efficiency of elemental carbon and water-soluble organic carbon in Beijing, China

    Y. Cheng;K.-B. He;M. Zheng;F.-K. Duan

  • Humidity plays an important role in the PM2.5 pollution in Beijing

    Yuan Cheng;Ke-bin He;Zhen-yu Du;Mei Zheng

  • A yearlong study of water-soluble organic carbon in Beijing II: Light absorption properties

    Zhenyu Du;Kebin He;Yuan Cheng;Fengkui Duan

  • Spatial and seasonal variability of PM 2.5 acidity at two Chinese megacities: insights into the formation of secondary inorganic aerosols

    K. He;Q. Zhao;Y. Ma;F. Duan

  • Chemical characteristics of PM2.5 during a typical haze episode in Guangzhou.

    Jihua Tan;Jingchun Duan;Kebin He;Yongliang Ma

  • Characteristics of carbonaceous aerosols in Beijing, China.

    Fengkui Duan;Kebin He;Yongliang Ma;Yingtao Jia

  • Daily concentrations of trace metals in aerosols in Beijing, China, determined by using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry equipped with laser ablation analysis, and source identification of aerosols.

    Tomoaki Okuda;Jun Kato;Junya Mori;Masaki Tenmoku

  • Measurement of humic-like substances in aerosols: a review.

    Guangjie Zheng;Kebin He;Fengkui Duan;Yuan Cheng

  • Extreme Air Pollution Conditions Adversely Affect Blood Pressure and Insulin Resistance The Air Pollution and Cardiometabolic Disease Study

    Robert D. Brook;Zhichao Sun;Jeffrey R. Brook;Xiaoyi Zhao

  • A yearlong study of water-soluble organic carbon in Beijing I: Sources and its primary vs. secondary nature

    Zhenyu Du;Kebin He;Yuan Cheng;Fengkui Duan

  • Air pollution characteristics and their relationship with emissions and meteorology in the Yangtze River Delta region during 2014-2016.

    Tao Ma;Fengkui Duan;Kebin He;Yu Qin

  • Introduction to the special issue "in-depth study of air pollution sources and processes within Beijing and its surrounding region (APHH-Beijing)"

    Zongbo Shi;Zongbo Shi;Tuan Vu;Simone Kotthaus;Simone Kotthaus;Roy M. Harrison;Roy M. Harrison

  • Seasonal characteristics of biomass burning contribution to Beijing aerosol

    Xiaoyan Zheng;Xiande Liu;Fenghua Zhao;Fengkui Duan

Frequent Co-Authors

Kebin He
Kebin He Tsinghua University
Yongliang Ma
Yongliang Ma Tsinghua University
Fumo Yang
Fumo Yang Sichuan University
Mei Zheng
Mei Zheng Peking University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Jihua Tan
Jihua Tan University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guenter Engling
Guenter Engling Desert Research Institute
Jiumeng Liu
Jiumeng Liu Harbin Institute of Technology
Xiaolu Zhang
Xiaolu Zhang University of California, Davis
Rodney J. Weber
Rodney J. Weber Georgia Institute of Technology

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