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NANO ENERGY
卷 110, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108343
关键词
Triboelectrification; Energy harvesting; Human motion; Electrostatic repulsion; Antimicrobial textile
Researchers developed a novel microbial-blocking textile that uses triboelectric charges induced by harvesting kinetic energy from human motion. The textile, which has opposite triboelectric properties of the outer and inner layers, achieves efficient airborne pathogen blocking through electrostatic repulsion. This self-powered textile offers a promising method for rapid blocking of airborne pathogens with low pressure loss.
Conventional methods of protecting against airborne pathogens, such as face masks, are typically associated with significant pressure loss and uncomfortable long-term wear. Alternative methods, such as antimicrobial textiles, can utilize nanomaterial-modified functional fabrics for effective microbial prevention, but suffer from limited treatment throughput, high cost, and potential toxicity from nanomaterial release. Herein, we develop a novel microbial-blocking textile using fabrics with opposite triboelectric properties of the outer and inner layers, which induces triboelectric charges by harvesting kinetic energy from human motion. The induced triboelectric negative charges at the outer textile layer achieve efficient airborne pathogen blocking based on electrostatic repulsion between the fabric and microbes. This self-powered, triboelectrification-induced microbial blocking system with optimized material (PTFE and nylon) and structure (rib knitted) achieves highly efficient microbial blocking (>95%) at a very high airflow rate of 2.0 m/s. In addition, the pressure drop for microbial blocking by this novel method is extremely low (<30 Pa). Our results demonstrate a promising method for rapid, self-powered blocking of airborne pathogens by incorporating triboelectric charges from human motion to meet vital public health needs.
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