TY - JOUR
T1 - Nude and Modified Electrospun Nanofibers, Application to Air Purification
AU - Espinoza-Montero, Patricio J.
AU - Montero-Jiménez, Marjorie
AU - Rojas-Quishpe, Stalin
AU - Alcívar León, Christian David
AU - Heredia-Moya, Jorge
AU - Rosero-Chanalata, Alfredo
AU - Orbea-Hinojosa, Carlos
AU - Piñeiros, José Luis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/2/1
Y1 - 2023/2/1
N2 - Air transports several pollutants, including particulate matter (PM), which can produce cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Thus, it is a challenge to control pollutant emissions before releasing them to the environment. Until now, filtration has been the most efficient processes for removing PM. Therefore, the electrospinning procedure has been applied to obtain membranes with a high filtration efficiency and low pressure drop. This review addressed the synthesis of polymers that are used for fabricating high-performance membranes by electrospinning to remove air pollutants. Then, the most influential parameters to produce electrospun membranes are indicated. The main results show that electrospun membranes are an excellent alternative to having air filters due to the versatility of the process, the capacity for controlling the fiber diameter, porosity, high filtration efficiency and low-pressure drop.
AB - Air transports several pollutants, including particulate matter (PM), which can produce cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Thus, it is a challenge to control pollutant emissions before releasing them to the environment. Until now, filtration has been the most efficient processes for removing PM. Therefore, the electrospinning procedure has been applied to obtain membranes with a high filtration efficiency and low pressure drop. This review addressed the synthesis of polymers that are used for fabricating high-performance membranes by electrospinning to remove air pollutants. Then, the most influential parameters to produce electrospun membranes are indicated. The main results show that electrospun membranes are an excellent alternative to having air filters due to the versatility of the process, the capacity for controlling the fiber diameter, porosity, high filtration efficiency and low-pressure drop.
KW - air purification
KW - electrospinning
KW - filtration
KW - nanofibers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85147819462&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/nano13030593
DO - 10.3390/nano13030593
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85147819462
SN - 2079-4991
VL - 13
JO - Nanomaterials
JF - Nanomaterials
IS - 3
M1 - 593
ER -