Durable Rapid Self-Disinfection, Reusable Protective Clothing Based on the Ag-Pd@MoS2 Nanozyme with Enhanced Triple-Mode Synergistic Antibacterial Effect

• Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces 2023-04, Vol.15 (14), p.18032-18044
• Main Authors: Pi, Shuai, Liu, Cui, Zhang, Jixiang, Li, Nian, Shen, Jianjun, Guo, Wei, Qin, Ling, Zhao, Jun, Zhang, Shudong, Wang, Zhenyang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Functional Inorganic Materials and Devices
• ISSN: 1944-8244; 1944-8252
• DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c23130

Personal protective clothing plays an important role in isolating microorganisms and harmful ultrafine dust, but it cannot quickly inactivate bacteria intercepted on the surface, making it a potential source of infection. However, spontaneous and durable rapid sterilization is a major challenge for commercial protective clothing. Herein, we exquisitely engineered a visible light-enhanced Ag-Pd@MoS2 nanozyme-based fabric, named PVDF/Ag-Pd@MoS2/PAN fabric (PAPMP fabric), with prominent triple-mode synergistic antibacterial effect through the replacement reaction, electrospinning technique, and vacuum filtration method. The modification of Ag-Pd greatly strengthened the absorption of MoS2 nanosheets to the visible light spectrum (390–780 nm) and its corresponding catalytic performance. Meanwhile, the combination of MoS2 nanosheets significantly enhanced the oxidase-like characteristics of Ag-Pd under sunlight irradiation, increasing the yield of surface-bound 1O2 ∼4.54 times in 5 min. In addition, the obtained Ag-Pd@MoS2 nanozyme showed an excellent photo-to-thermal conversion property (36.12%), which enabled the sharp increase in the surface temperature of the PAPMP fabric to 62.8 °C in 1 min under a solar simulator (1 W/cm2). Correspondingly, the obtained PAPMP fabric exhibited excellent intrinsic antibacterial effect and greatly shortened the sterilization time from 4 h to only 5 min under sunlight stimulation. The rapid antibacterial effect of the fabric was attributable to the enhanced production rate of surface-bound reactive oxygen species and the increased temperature by solar irradiation. Notably, the fabric still maintained the efficient germicidal effect even after 30 washing cycles. In addition to high reusability, the fabric also had outstanding biological compatibility and water resistance. Our work provides a novel strategy to improve the inherent timely sterilization and heat preservation efficiency of protective clothing.