Patent ID: 11925928
Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A self-cleaning fabric, comprising:
a plurality of photocatalyst particles responsive to UV, visible and IR irradiations for inactivating harmful microorganisms via photocatalysis;
wherein the photocatalyst comprises a metal-organic framework-based photocatalyst or a zeolite-based photocatalyst; particles of the metal-organic framework-based photocatalyst or the zeolite-based photocatalyst are attached to a nanofibre; the nanofibre is a carbon-based nanofibre; and the carbon-based nanofibre comprises a polymeric material selected from a group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride, polylactic acid and polybutylene adipate terephthalate.