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The particulate matters (PMs) and toxic gases in air have resulted in serious impacts on public health. The development of “green” air filtering materials for isolating these pollutants is of vital importance. Here, we prepared a multi-functional cellulose-based air filter (CFs@ZIF-8 filter) by in situ growth of ZIF-8 nanocrystals on the surface of cellulose fibers. The incorporation of ZIF-8 nanocrystals increased the specific surface area of filter, strengthened the interactions between filter and PMs, and provided abundant cavities and gas adsorption sites for filter. The filtration efficiency of CFs@ZIF-8 filter for PM0.3 could reach to an ultrahigh level of 99.9%. The gas (nitrogen) adsorption capacity of CFs@ZIF-8 filter was 200 times higher than that of original cellulose-based filter (CFs-filter). The contributions of ZIF-8 on these surpassing properties of CFs@ZIF-8 filter were deeply analyzed. This study provided an effective strategy for developing “green” and multi-functional cellulose-based air filter.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from National Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31670593), State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering (201601), State Key Laboratory for modification of chemical fibers and polymer materials, Donghua University (LK1601), Shaanxi Province as a Whole the Innovation Project of Science and Technology Plan Projects (2016KTCQ01-87), Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Government (15JF012), and Science & Technology Department of Shaanxi Province (2015KJXX-34). We appreciate Suzhou Huada Instrument and Equipment LTD. very much for friendly providing tests for us.
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Su, Z., Zhang, M., Lu, Z. et al. Functionalization of cellulose fiber by in situ growth of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) nanocrystals for preparing a cellulose-based air filter with gas adsorption ability. Cellulose 25, 1997–2008 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-018-1696-4
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