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Abstract

Adsorption and desorption of gases on liquid or solid substrates are involved in multiphase processes and heterogeneous chemical reactions. The desorption energy (Edes0), which depends on the intermolecular forces between adsorbate and substrate, determines the residence time of chemical species at interfaces. We show how Edes0 and temperature influence the net uptake or release of gas species, the rates of surface–bulk exchange and surface or bulk reactions, and the equilibration timescales of gas–particle partitioning. Using literature data, we derive a parameterization to estimate Edes0 for a wide range of chemical species based on the molecular mass, polarizability, and oxygen-to-carbon ratio of the desorbing species independent of substrate-specific properties, which is possible because of the dominant role of the desorbing species' properties. Correlations between Edes0 and the enthalpies of vaporization and solvation are rooted in molecular interactions. The relation between Edes0 and desorption kinetics reflects the key role of interfacial exchange in multiphase processes. For small molecules and semi-volatile organics (VOC, IVOC, SVOC), Edes0 values around 10–100 kJ mol-1 correspond to desorption lifetimes around nanoseconds to days at room temperature. Even higher values up to years are obtained at low temperatures and for low volatile organic compounds (LVOC, ELVOC/ULVOC) relevant for secondary organic aerosols (SOA). Implications are discussed for SOA formation, gas–particle partitioning, organic phase changes, and indoor surface chemistry. We expect these insights to advance the mechanistic and kinetic understanding of multiphase processes in atmospheric and environmental physical chemistry, aerosol science, materials science, and chemical engineering.

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Title
Desorption lifetimes and activation energies influencing gas–surface interactions and multiphase chemical kinetics
Author
Knopf, Daniel A 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ammann, Markus 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Berkemeier, Thomas 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Pöschl, Ulrich 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Shiraiwa, Manabu 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA 
 Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland 
 Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany 
 Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA 
Pages
3445-3528
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
ISSN
16807316
e-ISSN
16807324
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2968765009
Copyright
© 2024. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.