Wearable personal protective equipment that is decorated with photoactive self-cleaning materials capable of actively neutralizing biological pathogens is in high demand. Here, we developed a series of solution-processable, crystalline porous materials capable of addressing this challenge. Textiles coated with these materials exhibit a broad range of functionalities, including spontaneous reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation upon absorption of daylight, and long-term ROS storage in dark conditions. The ROS generation and storage abilities of these materials can be further improved through chemical engineering of the precursors without altering the three-dimensional assembled superstructures. In comparison with traditional TiO2 or C3 N4 self-cleaning materials, the fluorinated molecular coating material HOF-101-F shows a 10- to 60-fold enhancement of ROS generation and 10- to 20-fold greater ROS storage ability. Our results pave the way for further developing self-cleaning textile coatings for the rapid deactivation of highly infectious pathogenic bacteria under both daylight and light-free conditions.
Keywords: Antibacterial textile; Hydrogen-bonded organic framework; Porous molecular coating; ROS generation; ROS storage.
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