ELIMINATION OF AIRBORNE VOLATILE COMPOUNDS THROUGH INCORPORATION OF ADVANCED 3D NANOSTRUCTURED CATALYTIC COATINGS IN ADSORPTION/DECOMPOSITION AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEMS

NIH（NIEHS）SBIR第一阶段提案 Metalmark创新公司 项目总结/摘要 室内空气质量（IAQ）直接影响人体健康，认知功能，生产力和舒适度。而 已经开发了许多技术（例如过滤、吸附和光催化降解）， 解决不良的室内空气质量，每一个都有自己的缺点，他们是特别低效的目标低沸点 点挥发性有机化合物（VOCs），如无处不在的致癌物质，甲醛，超细 颗粒物（UFP，尺寸<0.1 µm），经常在室内空气中发现。NIEHS SBIR第一阶段提案 将为一个可商业化的原型奠定基础，使安全，低成本，高效率 室内污染物的类型，继续构成一个重大的室内空气质量问题的降解。朝着这个 为了实现这一目标，Metalmark Innovations开发了一种平台技术，用于制造低成本的3D微型和 纳米结构的催化剂具有增强的活性，用于分解各种VOC。高度模块化 以及平台技术提供的对成分和微观结构的控制水平， 催化剂的开发和优化非常简单，可以制造出高效的材料。在 该项目是一个原型空气净化子系统，将Metalmark的先进催化剂与吸附剂相结合 材料，将被设计和测试。该SBIR的一个主要目标是研究时间依赖性， 操作条件的有效运作的两种技术相结合，并确定最佳的 目标VOCs完全分解的操作程序。这种系统级设计对于 实现室内VOCs的经济有效处理。这些项目的成功将大大推动 走向商业化的技术，包括催化材料的放大、产品设计和制造 与行业合作伙伴。

NIH (NIEHS) ​SBIR Phase I Proposal Metalmark Innovations, Inc. Project Summary / Abstract Indoor air quality (IAQ) directly impacts human health, cognitive function, productivity, and comfort. While numerous technologies (e.g. filtration, sorption, and photocatalytic degradation) have been developed to address poor IAQ, each one has its own drawbacks, and they are particularly inefficient at targeting low boiling point volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as the ubiquitous carcinogen, formaldehyde, and ultrafine particulates (UFPs, size <0.1 µm), which are frequently found in indoor air. This NIEHS SBIR Phase I proposal will lay the foundations for a commercializable prototype that will enable safe, low-cost, and highly efficient degradation of the types of indoor pollutants that continue to constitute a significant IAQ problem. Toward this goal, Metalmark Innovations has developed a platform technology for the fabrication of low cost 3D micro- and nano-structured catalysts with enhanced activity for the decomposition of various VOCs. The high modularity and level of control over the composition and microstructure provided by the platform technology makes the development and optimization of the catalysts straightforward, allowing to create highly efficient materials. In this project, a prototypical air purification subsystem, integrating Metalmark’s advanced catalysts with sorbent materials, will be designed and tested. A major goal of this SBIR is to investigate the time dependency and operating conditions for the efficient operation of the two technologies in combination and to define the optimal operating procedure for the complete decomposition of target VOCs. Such system-level design is crucial for the realization of cost-efficient treatment of indoor VOCs. Success of the projects would greatly advance the technology toward commercialization, including catalytic material scale up, product design, and manufacturing with industry partners.