Low-voltage driven Ag-Co3O4 textile device for multifunctional air cleaning
Chemical Engineering Journal
; : 130320, 2021.
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| ScienceDirect | ID: covidwho-1230393
ABSTRACT
Human exposure risks to airborne pollutants, bacteria and viruses in confined spaces have attracted tremendous attention. It is a challenge to degrade these harmful materials over a single device by electrical method other than conventional thermal method. We fabricated an air cleaning device based on a conductive Ag-Co3O4 coating with Ag nanoparticles on a glass fibre cloth (GFC). The device possessed good flexibility and high permeability of the GFC. Powered by low-voltages (< 20 V), the device exhibited a 3-fold formaldehyde conversion in its conventional thermal counterpart, and energy savings of > 90% were achieved. The electrically treated device completely killed Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus and SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus within a few minutes at a low surface temperature of < 50 °C. The excellent efficiency of the devices was attributed to the confinement of electric power to the coating. The device can serve as a flexible filter for air cleaners or conditioners to ensure that human health is maintained amid the pandemic.
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Chemical Engineering Journal
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2021
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