Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Long-lifetime water-washable ceramic catalyst filter for air purification

  • Hyuk Jae Kwon,
  • Dong Sik Yang,
  • Min Seok Koo,
  • Sang Min Ji,
  • Joonseon Jeong,
  • Sehyeong Oh,
  • Su Keun Kuk,
  • Hyeon-su Heo,
  • Dong Jin Ham,
  • Mijong Kim,
  • Hyoungwoo Choi,
  • Jong-Min Lee,
  • Joong-Won Shur,
  • Woo-Jin Lee,
  • Chang-Ook Bin,
  • Nikolay Timofeev,
  • Huiqing Wu,
  • Liming Wang,
  • Taewoo Lee,
  • Daniel J. Jacob,
  • Hyun Chul Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36050-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Disposable filters are generally used for air purification despite frequent replacement and waste generation problems. Here, a ceramic catalyst filter is introduced as a new class of filter that simultaneously removes PMs and VOCs as primary air pollutants and can be regenerated and used for long periods by simple water washing.