HIGHLY POROUS FIBROUS NETWORK MATERIALS FOR GAS FILTRATION

摘要

Membranes are provided for filtering a gas, in some cases air. Membranes using a highly porous cellulose nano fibrous barrier layer with a highly porous (surface-charged) substrate can exhibit high flux, high retention, and low pressure drop in air filtration of toxic aromatic gases, fumes, bacteria, viruses, dusts, and particulate matters.

主权项

1. A membrane comprising:
at least a first substrate layer including a polyolefin modified with at least one ionic compound; and at least a second layer including a three-dimensional network comprising a material selected from the group consisting of polysaccharide nanofibers, cellulose nanofibers, chitin nanofibers, chitosan nanofibers, polysaccharide nanofibrils, polysaccharide nanostrips, cellulose nanostrips, carbon nanofibers, carbon nanotubes, porous graphene nanosheets, porous graphene oxide nanosheets, bacterial cellulose, and combinations thereof.