A Review on Electrospun PVC Nanofibers: Fabrication, Properties, and Application

Abstract

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a widely used polymer, not only in industry, but also in our daily life. PVC is a material that can be applied in many different fields, such as building and construction, health care, and electronics. In recent decades, the success of electrospinning technology to fabricate nanofibers has expanded the applicability of polymers. PVC nanofibers have been successfully manufactured by electrospinning. By changing the initial electrospinning parameters, it is possible to obtain PVC nanofibers with diameters ranging from a few hundreds of nanometers to several micrometers. PVC nanofibers have many advantages, such as high porosity, high mechanical strength, large surface area, waterproof, and no toxicity. PVC nanofibers have been found to be very useful in many fields with a wide variety of applications such as air filtration systems, water treatment, oil spill treatment, batteries technology, protective clothing, corrosion resistance, and many others. This paper reviews the fabricating method, properties, applications, and prospects of PVC nanofibers.

Modeling Experimental Parameters for the Fabrication of Multifunctional Surfaces Composed of Electrospun PCL/ZnO-NPs Nanofibers

“…Another interesting result is that an increase in the flow rate from 1000 µL/h up to 2200 µL/h produced an increase in the fiber diameter from 3.21 ± 0.11 µm (S1), 3.66 ± 0.21 µm (S3) up to 4.02 ± 0.13 µm (S5), respectively. This result was also in accordance with the literature because as the flow rate increased, the available polymer volume was higher, making possible an increase in the fiber diameter [49][50][51][52]. In addition, the effect of increasing the distance between the tip and collector resulted in the formation of thinner electrospun fibers from 3.95 ± 0.32 µm (10 cm, S6), 3.66 ± 0.21 µm (15 cm, S3) up to 3.32 ± 0.13 µm (20 cm, S7) which was in accordance with the literature [33,53].…”

High-performance multifunctional electrospun fibrous air filter for personal protection: A review

“…When the medium has high dielectric constant, the space charge can be well retained for a long time to form monopolar electrets [82] . At present, space charge electret is realized by adding electret particles (e.g., silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ); titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ); barium titanate (BaTiO 3 ); silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ); attapulgite; boehmite; polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE); hydroxylapatite (HAP)) [79] , [83] , [84] , [85] , [86] , [87] , [88] , [89] , electrospinning nonpolar fibers (e.g., PTFE; polystyrene (PS) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC)) [90] , [91] , [92] , and realizing interface polarization between polar and nonpolar mediums [93] , [94] .…”

Electrospun Nanofibers from Waste Polyvinyl Chloride Loaded Silver and Titanium Dioxide for Water Treatment Applications

“…Many daily goods use plastic as a primary material, such as household furniture, electronics, medical devices, packaging materials, and many more. , Of all the most used types of plastic, polymer polyvinyl chloride, or “PVC”, is one of the most well-known. In 2018, the demand for this type of polymer plastic exceeded 44.3 million tons globally and is expected to increase to nearly 60 million tons by 2025 . PVC plastic is currently the second largest volume of polymer plastic after polyethylene in the plastics industry .…”