Hybridization of activated carbon fiber cloth with electrospun nanofibers for particle filtration

YANG Yun-long; LI Ming-zhe; HOU Shi-yu; LU Rui-tao; KANG Fei-yu; HUANG Zheng-hong

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60598-5

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YANG Yun-long, LI Ming-zhe, HOU Shi-yu, LU Rui-tao, KANG Fei-yu, HUANG Zheng-hong. Hybridization of activated carbon fiber cloth with electrospun nanofibers for particle filtration. New Carbon Mater., 2022, 37(4): 716-723. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60598-5

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YANG Yun-long, LI Ming-zhe, HOU Shi-yu, LU Rui-tao, KANG Fei-yu, HUANG Zheng-hong. Hybridization of activated carbon fiber cloth with electrospun nanofibers for particle filtration. New Carbon Mater., 2022, 37(4): 716-723. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60598-5

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YANG Yun-long, LI Ming-zhe, HOU Shi-yu, LU Rui-tao, KANG Fei-yu, HUANG Zheng-hong. Hybridization of activated carbon fiber cloth with electrospun nanofibers for particle filtration. New Carbon Mater., 2022, 37(4): 716-723. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60598-5

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Hybridization of activated carbon fiber cloth with electrospun nanofibers for particle filtration

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60598-5

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Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China

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Corresponding author: HUANG Zheng-hong. E-mail: zhhuang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Received Date: 2021-06-13
Rev Recd Date: 2021-08-23

Available Online: 2022-01-05

Publish Date: 2022-07-20

Abstract

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Activated carbon fibers (ACFs) have high adsorption capacities and can be used in the treatment of benzene, while electrospun nanofibers are expected to be used as a filtration material. In this work, two hybrids of electrospun nanofibers and ACF cloth were prepared by electrospinning polyvinyl alcohol and polyacrylonitrile nanofibers into a phenolic resin-based ACF cloth. The filtration performance of the two hybrids was evaluated. Results indicate that there is a positive correlation between the filtration efficiency and the amount of electrospun nanofibers in the hybrid. The filtration efficiency increases with increasing air velocity, which is attributed to a piezoelectric effect introduced by the electrospun nanofibers. The hybrids have a good adsorption capacity for benzene, which suggests that the materials are promising for treating air pollution.
- Electrospun nanofibers,
- Activated carbon cloths,
- Air particles filtration,
- Benzene,
- Adsorption

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