Progress and perspective for conversion of plastic wastes into valuable chemicals

K Zheng, Y Wu, Z Hu, S Wang, X Jiao, J Zhu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Today, discarded plastics in nature have caused serious “white pollution”, however these
plastic wastes contain abundant carbon resources that could serve as the feedstock to …

Photocatalysis as an Effective Tool for Upcycling Polymers into Value‐Added Molecules

F Eisenreich - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Shaping a sustainable future is closely tied to the development of advanced plastic recycling
technologies. As global recycling rates remain low, the lion's share of post‐consumer …

Plastic waste valorization by leveraging multidisciplinary catalytic technologies

H Zhou, Y Wang, Y Ren, Z Li, X Kong, M Shao… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Plastic waste triggers a series of concerns because of its disruptive impact on the
environment and ecosystem. From the point of view of catalysis, however, end-of-life plastics …

Chemical recycling of thiol epoxy thermosets via light-driven C–C bond cleavage

ST Nguyen, LR Fries, JH Cox, Y Ma… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Epoxy thermosets are high-volume materials that play a central role in a wide range of
engineering applications; however, technologies to recycle these polymers remain rare …

Polyethylene Incorporating Diels–Alder Comonomers: A “Trojan Horse” Strategy for Chemically Recyclable Polyolefins

SM Parke, JC Lopez, S Cui… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polyolefins with periodic unsaturation in the backbone chain are sought after for
synthesizing chemically recyclable polymers or telechelic polyolefin macromonomers. Here …

Solar-driven catalytic plastic upcycling

C Zhang, Q Kang, M Chu, L He, J Chen - Trends in Chemistry, 2022 - cell.com
The extensive use of plastic products has led to severe plastic pollution. The use of solar
energy to drive waste plastic upcycling is expected to achieve simultaneous resource …

Surface and interface engineering of BiOCl nanomaterials and their photocatalytic applications

S Wang, D Song, L Liao, M Li, Z Li, W Zhou - Advances in Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
BiOCl materials have received much attention because of their unique optical and electrical
properties. Still, their unsatisfactory catalytic performance has been troubling researchers …

Cyanamide as a highly efficient organocatalyst for the glycolysis recycling of PET

Z Wang, Y Jin, Y Wang, Z Tang, S Wang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Due to the antibiodegradable properties, numerous plastics have been accumulated in the
ecosystem and aggravate ecological pollution. Poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) is among …

The thermodynamics and kinetics of depolymerization: what makes vinyl monomer regeneration feasible?

V Lohmann, GR Jones, NP Truong, A Anastasaki - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Depolymerization is potentially a highly advantageous method of recycling plastic waste
which could move the world closer towards a truly circular polymer economy. However …

Polyolefin innovations toward circularity and sustainable alternatives

AH Westlie, EYX Chen, CM Holland… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The unprecedented growth and socioeconomic impacts of polyolefins clearly outline a major
success story in the world of polymer science. Polyolefins revolutionizes industries such as …