06 March 2024 | Lei Zhang, Hanwen Liu, Bo Song, Jialun Gu, Lanxi Li, Wenhui Shi, Gan Li, Shiyu Zhong, Hui Liu, Xiaobo Wang, Junxiang Fan, Zhi Zhang, Pengfei Wang, Yonggang Yao, Yusheng Shi, Jian Lu
This study presents a robust and high-throughput water purification system inspired by Douglas fir wood. The system integrates a structure-function integrated system using metal 3D printing and electrochemical deposition to create a metamaterial catalyst with overlapping microlattices featuring bimodal pores. This design decouples mechanical strength, mass transportation, and catalytic efficiency, resulting in a 70% overlap rate that enhances strength, surface area, and reaction kinetics compared to traditional microlattices. The metamaterial catalyst is prepared using 316 L stainless steel (mainly Fe) and decorated with Co to boost catalytic functionality. The combination of 3D printing flexibility and theoretical simulation demonstrates superior mechanical-transport-catalytic capabilities. The work highlights the rational integration of structural and functional design, offering potential for various applications such as flow catalysts, flow batteries, and functional 3D-printed materials. The system's performance is validated through experiments, showing enhanced robustness, high-throughput flow, and efficient catalysis for water purification, with a focus on the degradation of pollutants like sulfamethoxazole (SMX). The study also explores the practicality, designability, and applicability of the wood-inspired metamaterial catalyst, demonstrating its potential for real-world water treatment applications.This study presents a robust and high-throughput water purification system inspired by Douglas fir wood. The system integrates a structure-function integrated system using metal 3D printing and electrochemical deposition to create a metamaterial catalyst with overlapping microlattices featuring bimodal pores. This design decouples mechanical strength, mass transportation, and catalytic efficiency, resulting in a 70% overlap rate that enhances strength, surface area, and reaction kinetics compared to traditional microlattices. The metamaterial catalyst is prepared using 316 L stainless steel (mainly Fe) and decorated with Co to boost catalytic functionality. The combination of 3D printing flexibility and theoretical simulation demonstrates superior mechanical-transport-catalytic capabilities. The work highlights the rational integration of structural and functional design, offering potential for various applications such as flow catalysts, flow batteries, and functional 3D-printed materials. The system's performance is validated through experiments, showing enhanced robustness, high-throughput flow, and efficient catalysis for water purification, with a focus on the degradation of pollutants like sulfamethoxazole (SMX). The study also explores the practicality, designability, and applicability of the wood-inspired metamaterial catalyst, demonstrating its potential for real-world water treatment applications.