US EPA

7312073 

Journal Article 

Review 

Mitigation of indoor air pollution: A review of recent advances in adsorption materials and catalytic oxidation 

Yue, X; Ma, NL; Sonne, C; Guan, R; Lam, SS; Van Le, Q; Chen, X; Yang, Y; Gu, H; Rinklebe, J; Peng, W 

2021 

Yes 

Journal of Hazardous Materials
ISSN: 0304-3894
EISSN: 1873-3336 

ELSEVIER 

AMSTERDAM 

405 

124138 

English 

33092884 

10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124138 

WOS:000616151300006 

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Indoor air pollution with toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a threat to human health, causing cancer, leukemia, fetal malformation, and abortion. Therefore, the development of technologies to mitigate indoor air pollution is important to avoid adverse effects. Adsorption and photocatalytic oxidation are the current approaches for the removal of VOCs and PM2.5 with high efficiency. In this review we focus on the recent development of indoor air pollution mitigation materials based on adsorption and photocatalytic decomposition. First, we review on the primary indoor air pollutants including formaldehyde, benzene compounds, PM2.5, flame retardants, and plasticizer: Next, the recent advances in the use of adsorption materials including traditional biochar and MOF (metal-organic frameworks) as the new emerging porous materials for VOCs absorption is reviewed. We review the mechanism for mitigation of VOCs using biochar (noncarbonized organic matter partition and adsorption) and MOF together with parameters that affect indoor air pollution removal efficiency based on current mitigation approaches including the mitigation of VOCs using photocatalytic oxidation. Finally, we bring forward perspectives and directions for the development of indoor air mitigation technologies. 

article; Hazardous VOCs; Photocatalytic oxidation; absorption; adsorption; benzene; biochar; congenital abnormalities; formaldehyde; human health; indoor air pollution; leukemia; organic matter; oxidation; particulates; photocatalysis; plasticizers; pollution control; toxicity; volatile organic compounds