Iranian Company Produces Solar-Powered Air Purifiers

Iranian researchers have unveiled air purifiers that are capable of removing odors and environmental pollutants while they can be recharged without the need for electricity and only by solar power.

“These filters are produced based on two materials, one is able to absorb all kinds of air pollutants and the other material in this filter decomposes the pollutants,” Fatemeh Esmaeili, a member of the research team that manufactured the device said.

Explaining how the air purifier works, she added, “The nano material used in this purifier has pores that when it is exposed to pollutants, the pollutants are placed on these pores and through this process, the pollutants are eliminated.”

Esmaeili said that being anti-odor is one of the other characteristics of their device saying that this air purifier can remove bad smell if it is placed in closed places such as refrigerators and shoe racks.

Stressing that nano materials are used in the air purifier, the researcher continued, “These materials can detect pollutants and decompose them into water and carbon.”

Stating that 15,000 samples of the product have been commercialized by their company so far, Esmaeili added, “This product has foreign rivals that only contain active carbon, but our product has nano materials with a high ability to absorb pollutants. At the same time, it is sold at a much lower price than the imported rivals.”

The researcher stated that the device works for 6 to 8 months, adding that in order to recharge the device, it is put in the sun to be recharged for later use by the solar power.

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