Self-Powered Disinfection Using Triboelectric, Conductive Wires of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Zheng Yang Huo; Yuxin Yang; Jang Mook Jeong; Xiaoxiong Wang; He Zhang; Mingdeng Wei; Keren Dai; Peixun Xiong; Sang Woo Kim

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04391

Self-Powered Disinfection Using Triboelectric, Conductive Wires of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Zheng Yang Huo, Yuxin Yang, Jang Mook Jeong, Xiaoxiong Wang, He Zhang, Mingdeng Wei, Keren Dai, Peixun Xiong, Sang Woo Kim

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Efficient water disinfection is vitally needed in rural and disaster-stricken areas lacking power supplies. However, conventional water disinfection methods strongly rely on external chemical input and reliable electricity. Herein, we present a self-powered water disinfection system using synergistic hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) assisted electroporation mechanisms driven by triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) that harvest electricity from the flow of water. The flow-driven TENG, assisted by power management systems, generates a controlled output with aimed voltages to drive a conductive metal-organic framework nanowire array for effective H₂O₂ generation and electroporation. The injured bacteria caused by electroporation can be further damaged by facile diffused H₂O₂ molecules at high throughput. A self-powered disinfection prototype enables complete disinfection (>99.9999% removal) over a wide range of flows up to 3.0 × 10⁴ L/(m² h) with low water flow thresholds (200 mL/min; ∼20 rpm). This rapid, self-powered water disinfection method is promising for pathogen control.

Original language	English
Journal	Nano letters
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04391
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2022

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This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant 2022YFC3205400, Z.-Y.H.), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 52200079, Z.-Y.H.), and the Basic Science Research Program (Research Leader Program, Grant 2022R1A3B1078291, S.-W.K.) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Korean government (MSIT).

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