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N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) was used as the good solvent, while dichloromethane (DCM), tetrahydrofuran (THF), and acetone were used as poor solvents. Porous-CA nanofibers were observed upon using the binary solvent systems of DCM:DMAc = 1:9, DCM:DMAc = 2:8, and THF:DMAc = 1:9, and the CA nanofibers formed using the DCM\/DMAc system with DCM:DMAc = 1:9 were found to have the highest specific surface area of 1839 m2\/g. Based on the optimized binary solvent system with DCM:DMAc = 1:9, porous-CA nanofibers were prepared and characterized according to the CA content in the electrospinning mixture. The results confirmed that a porous structure was formed well from the surface to the core of the nanofibers. The composition range of the ternary mixture of CA and two solvents capable of producing porous-CA nanofibers was mapped on a ternary phase diagram, and highly efficient PM2.5 capture with 98.2% efficiency was realized using porous-CA nanofibers obtained using a 10 wt.% CA solution. 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