Title: | Performance Assessment of Ordered Porous Electrospun Honeycomb Fibers for the Removal of Atmospheric Polar Volatile Organic Compounds |
Author(s): | Wang Y; Tao H; Yu D; Chang C; |
Address: | "School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China. yixinwang@st.usst.edu.cn. School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China. taohong@usst.edu.cn. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China. ydg017@usst.edu.cn. Department of Environmental Engineering, National I-Lan University, I-Lan 26047, Taiwan. ctchang@niu.edu.tw" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 2079-4991 (Print) 2079-4991 (Electronic) 2079-4991 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "This study explored a new facile method of preparing ordered porous electrospun honeycomb fibers to obtain the most promising composites for maximal adsorption of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The self-assembly ordered porous material (OPM) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) were formulated into a blend solution to prepare honeycomb fibers. SEM and TEM images showed that OPM was effectively bonded in PAN fibers because of the composite’s structure. Acetone was used as a model to assess the VOC adsorption performances of electrospun honeycomb fibers with different OPM contents. Experimental results revealed that the adsorption capacity of honeycomb fibers increased with the increase of loaded OPM within the PAN fibers. The highest adsorption capacity was 58.2 μg g(−1) by the fibers containing with 60% OPM in weight. After several recycling times, the adsorption capacities of the reused honeycomb fibers were almost the same with the fresh fibers. This finding indicated that the electrospun honeycomb fibers have potential application in removing VOCs in the workplace, and promote the performance of masks for odor removal" |
Keywords: | VOC adsorption honeycomb fibers ordered porous material recycling structural composite; |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEWang, Yixin Tao, Hong Yu, Dengguang Chang, Changtang eng Switzerland 2018/06/09 Nanomaterials (Basel). 2018 May 21; 8(5):350. doi: 10.3390/nano8050350" |