Ultralow Resistance Two‐Stage Electrostatically Assisted Air Filtration by Polydopamine Coated PET Coarse Filter

Airborne particulate matters (PM) pose serious health threats to the population, and efficient filtration is needed for indoor and vehicular environments. However, there is an intrinsic conflict between filtration efficiency, air resistance, and service life. In this study, a two-stage electrostatic...

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Main Authors: Tian, Enze, Yu, Qipeng, Gao, Yilun, Wang, Hua, Wang, Chao, Zhang, Yinping, Li, Baohua, Zhu, Meifang, Mo, Jinhan, Xu, Guiyin, Li, Ju
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/135350
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author Tian, Enze
Yu, Qipeng
Gao, Yilun
Wang, Hua
Wang, Chao
Zhang, Yinping
Li, Baohua
Zhu, Meifang
Mo, Jinhan
Xu, Guiyin
Li, Ju
author2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
author_facet Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Tian, Enze
Yu, Qipeng
Gao, Yilun
Wang, Hua
Wang, Chao
Zhang, Yinping
Li, Baohua
Zhu, Meifang
Mo, Jinhan
Xu, Guiyin
Li, Ju
author_sort Tian, Enze
collection MIT
description Airborne particulate matters (PM) pose serious health threats to the population, and efficient filtration is needed for indoor and vehicular environments. However, there is an intrinsic conflict between filtration efficiency, air resistance, and service life. In this study, a two-stage electrostatically assisted air (EAA) filtration device is designed and the efficiency-air resistance-filter life envelope is significantly improved by a thin coating of polydopamine (PDA) on the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) coarse filter by in situ dopamine polymerization. The 8 mm thick EAA PDA-140@PET filter has a high filtration efficiency of 99.48% for 0.3 µm particles, low air resistance of 9.5 Pa at a filtration velocity of 0.4 m s-1 , and steady performance up to 30 d. Compared with the bare PET filter, the penetration rate for 0.3 µm particles is lowered by 20×. The coated PDA is of submicron thickness, 10-3  × the gap distance between filter fibers, so low air resistance could be maintained. The filter shows steadily high filtration efficiency and an acceptable increase of air resistance and holds nearly as many particles as its own weight in a 30 day long-term test. The working mechanism of the EAA coarse filter is investigated, and the materials design criteria are proposed.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1353502023-11-03T20:54:30Z Ultralow Resistance Two‐Stage Electrostatically Assisted Air Filtration by Polydopamine Coated PET Coarse Filter Tian, Enze Yu, Qipeng Gao, Yilun Wang, Hua Wang, Chao Zhang, Yinping Li, Baohua Zhu, Meifang Mo, Jinhan Xu, Guiyin Li, Ju Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering Airborne particulate matters (PM) pose serious health threats to the population, and efficient filtration is needed for indoor and vehicular environments. However, there is an intrinsic conflict between filtration efficiency, air resistance, and service life. In this study, a two-stage electrostatically assisted air (EAA) filtration device is designed and the efficiency-air resistance-filter life envelope is significantly improved by a thin coating of polydopamine (PDA) on the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) coarse filter by in situ dopamine polymerization. The 8 mm thick EAA PDA-140@PET filter has a high filtration efficiency of 99.48% for 0.3 µm particles, low air resistance of 9.5 Pa at a filtration velocity of 0.4 m s-1 , and steady performance up to 30 d. Compared with the bare PET filter, the penetration rate for 0.3 µm particles is lowered by 20×. The coated PDA is of submicron thickness, 10-3  × the gap distance between filter fibers, so low air resistance could be maintained. The filter shows steadily high filtration efficiency and an acceptable increase of air resistance and holds nearly as many particles as its own weight in a 30 day long-term test. The working mechanism of the EAA coarse filter is investigated, and the materials design criteria are proposed. 2021-10-27T20:23:04Z 2021-10-27T20:23:04Z 2021-08 2021-08-12T18:26:46Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/135350 en 10.1002/smll.202102051 Small Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Wiley MIT web domain
spellingShingle Tian, Enze
Yu, Qipeng
Gao, Yilun
Wang, Hua
Wang, Chao
Zhang, Yinping
Li, Baohua
Zhu, Meifang
Mo, Jinhan
Xu, Guiyin
Li, Ju
Ultralow Resistance Two‐Stage Electrostatically Assisted Air Filtration by Polydopamine Coated PET Coarse Filter
title Ultralow Resistance Two‐Stage Electrostatically Assisted Air Filtration by Polydopamine Coated PET Coarse Filter
title_full Ultralow Resistance Two‐Stage Electrostatically Assisted Air Filtration by Polydopamine Coated PET Coarse Filter
title_fullStr Ultralow Resistance Two‐Stage Electrostatically Assisted Air Filtration by Polydopamine Coated PET Coarse Filter
title_full_unstemmed Ultralow Resistance Two‐Stage Electrostatically Assisted Air Filtration by Polydopamine Coated PET Coarse Filter
title_short Ultralow Resistance Two‐Stage Electrostatically Assisted Air Filtration by Polydopamine Coated PET Coarse Filter
title_sort ultralow resistance two stage electrostatically assisted air filtration by polydopamine coated pet coarse filter
url https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/135350
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