Design and fabrication of nano-engineered electrospun filter media with cellulose nanocrystal for toluene adsorption from indoor air

Esra Buyukada-Kesici; Elifnur Gezmis-Yavuz; Dila Aydin; C. Elif Cansoy; Kadir Alp; Derya Y. Koseoglu-Imer

doi:10.1016/j.mseb.2020.114953

Design and fabrication of nano-engineered electrospun filter media with cellulose nanocrystal for toluene adsorption from indoor air

Esra Buyukada-Kesici, Elifnur Gezmis-Yavuz, Dila Aydin, C. Elif Cansoy^*, Kadir Alp, Derya Y. Koseoglu-Imer

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Abstract

The cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)-polyamide 6 (PA-6) composite nanofiber filters were fabricated and examined their structural and mechanical properties and toluene adsorption performances. The effect of polymer concentration (13 wt% and 17 wt%) and CNC ratio (0, 1.0 wt%, 1.5 wt%, and 2.0 wt%) on the characteristics and adsorption abilities of nanofiber filters were investigated. The nanofiber filter including 17 wt% PA-6 and 1.5 wt% CNC has shown the best toluene adsorption efficiency of 50% and improved mechanical properties. As a result, the nanofiber filter having CNC are effective, accessible and cost-saving materials and has been a good candidate as the toluene vapor capture media and it has nearly same removal efficiency like the conventional adsorbents with powder or particle forms. The resultant filters had excellent three-dimensional (3D) fiber structure having micro/nanopores and they can be used in potential applications such as catalyst supports, indoor air filter and respiration masks.

Original language	English
Article number	114953
Journal	Materials Science and Engineering: B
Volume	264
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2020.114953
Publication status	Published - Feb 2021

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This article has been written within the scope of project numbered TUBITAK 118Y412. Authors are grateful to TUBITAK due to their financial support; MOGUL for support layer; Ahmet Nazım and Res. Asst. Memnune Kardeş from Materials Science and Engineering and Res. Asst. Gizem Başaran Dindaş from the Environmental Engineering Department from Gebze Technical University for the SEM and FTIR analysis; Assoc. Prof. Gülşen Akın Evingür from Marine Technologies Research and Development Laboratory at Piri Reis University for mechanical tests; Assist. Prof. Ali Kılıç from Istanbul Technical University TEMAG Laboratory, who opened all the facilities in his laboratories for air permeability test and fiber production, and finally to the laboratory team of Istanbul Technical University-Environmental Engineering Central Laboratory.

Funders	Funder number
Istanbul Technical University TEMAG Laboratory
Istanbul Technical University-Environmental Engineering Central Laboratory
MOGUL
Marine Technologies Research and Development Laboratory at Piri Reis University
Materials Science and Engineering
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu	118Y412
Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi

Keywords

Cellulose nanocrystal, PA-6 nanofiber
Composite nanofiber
Electrospinning
Indoor air filter
Nano-adsorbent
Toluene adsorption

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