Seo, Jin Young Cho, Kie Yong Lee, Jung-Hyun Lee, Min Wook Baek, Kyung-Youl 2024-01-19T17:02:56Z 2024-01-19T17:02:56Z 2021-09-05 2020-07-22 1944-8244 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/118368 Continuous and safe decomposition of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) is a critical requirement to protect both soldiers and citizens and to eliminate the stockpiles after the cold war. The Zr-based metal-organic framework (Zr-MOF) has been known as the most effective catalyst for decomposing CWAs, especially the most fatal nerve agents, however, its low processability due to the powder form limits its expansion to actual military applications. To this end, the composite membrane catalysts (CMCs) comprising the Zr-MOF (UiO-66 catalyst) and nylon 6 nanofiber (porous supporter) are developed by the simple integration of electrospray and electrospinning, resulting in selective immobilization of UiO-66 on the surface of the nylon 6 nanofibers. These strategical benefits of CMCs gave super catalytic durability including recyclability over five times without decreasing the catalytic activity for the decomposition of methyl paraoxon (MPO), a simulant of the nerve agent, in the presence of N-ethylmorpholine (N-EM), which was not achieved in the original particulate UiO-66. Because of the excellent physical and chemical stabilities of CMCs, the CMC with 56 wt % of UiO-66 (CMC56) decomposed 198 g of MPO within an hour in the continuous flow system with a flow rate of 21.6 mL h(-1). This study highlights the important strategies in designing the feasible membrane-type catalysts with superior catalytic activity and robust durability for decomposing CWAs in the continuous flow system. English American Chemical Society ORGANIC-FRAMEWORK COMPOSITES PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION NANOFIBER MATS DEGRADATION HYDROLYSIS ORGANOPHOSPHORUS UIO-66 NANOPARTICLES PROTECTION SUSPENSION Continuous Flow Composite Membrane Catalysts for Efficient Decomposition of Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants Article 10.1021/acsami.0c08276 1 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, v.12, no.29, pp.32778 - 32787 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12 29 32778 32787 scie scopus 000555417200055 2-s2.0-85088491445 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Science & Technology - Other Topics Materials Science Article ORGANIC-FRAMEWORK COMPOSITES PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION NANOFIBER MATS DEGRADATION HYDROLYSIS ORGANOPHOSPHORUS UIO-66 NANOPARTICLES PROTECTION SUSPENSION chemical warfare agents (CWAs) composite membrane catalyst electrospun nanofiber metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) porous composite