Journal
POLYMER
Volume 165, Issue -, Pages 174-179Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.01.035
Keywords
Melt-blown technique; Multi-scale micro/nano fibers membrane; Air filtration
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51673148]
- National Key Technology Support Program [2015BAE01B03]
- Science and Technology Plans of Tianjin [17PTSYJC00040, 18PTSYJC00180]
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In this study, multi-scale micro/nano fibers membrane based on polypropylene and polystyrene were success-fully fabricated by one-step melt-blown technique for high performance air filtration. The incompatibility of the used polymers made the viscosity of blended melt fluctuate continuously, resulting in the remarkable diameter difference occurred in prepared fibers. The micro-scale fibers acted as skeleton supports which could improve the permeability of melt-blown nonwovens, and the nano-scale fibers acted as connection props which could increase the surface area/volume ratio to improve the filtration performance by simply varying the composition of precursor solutions. And the obtained nonwovens showed the enhanced filtration efficiency and reduced pressure drop simultaneously, which included high air filtration efficiency of 99.87%, a low pressure drop of 37.73 Pa and a satisfactory quality factor of 0.18 Pa-1. The successful preparation of micro/nano fibers by the simple one-step method may develop novel filtration and separation materials to reduce air pollution.
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