Affiliation:
1. Department of Engineering University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, ed. 6 Palermo PA 90128 Italy
2. INSTM Consortium for Materials Science and Technology Via Giusti 9 Florence 50125 Italy
Abstract
AbstractAir pollution is one of the major global problems causing around 7 million dead per year. In fact, a connection between infectious disease transmission, including COVID‐19, and air pollution has been proved: COVID‐19 consequences on human health are found to be more severe in areas characterized by high levels of particulate matter (PM). Therefore, after the COVID‐19 pandemic, the production of air filtration devices with high filtration efficiency has gained more and more attention. Herein, a review of the post‐COVID‐19 pandemic progress in nanofibrous polymeric membranes for air filtration is provided. First, a brief discussion on the different types of filtration mechanism and the key parameters of air filtration is proposed. The materials recently used for the production of nanofibrous filter membranes are presented, distinguishing between non‐biodegradable polymeric materials and biodegradable ones. Subsequently, production technique proposed for the fabrication of nanofibrous membranes, i.e., electrospinning and solution blow spinning, are presented aiming to analyze and compare filtration efficiency, pressure drop, reusability and durability of the different polymeric system processed with different techniques. Finally, present challenges and future perspectives of nanofibrous polymeric membranes for air filtration are discussed with a particular emphasis on strategies to produce greener and more performant devices.
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Polymers and Plastics,Organic Chemistry,General Chemical Engineering
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