Photoreforming of waste polymers for sustainable hydrogen fuel and chemicals feedstock: waste to energy

M Ashraf, N Ullah, I Khan, W Tremel, S Ahmad… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy from renewable resources is central to environmental sustainability. Among the
renewables, sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is a sustainable and economical approach to …

A review on photo-, electro-and photoelectro-catalytic strategies for selective oxidation of alcohols

D Tang, G Lu, Z Shen, Y Hu, L Yao, B Li, G Zhao… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditional conversion of alcohols into carbonyl compounds exists a few drawbacks such as
harsh reaction conditions, production of large amounts of hazardous wastes, and poor …

Electrocatalytic Valorization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Plastic and CO2 for Simultaneous Production of Formic Acid

J Wang, X Li, M Wang, T Zhang, X Chai, J Lu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The electro-reforming of polymer plastic waste and CO2 has the merits for producing value-
added chemicals and alleviating environmental pollution. Herein, we report an …

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 …

Renewable formate from sunlight, biomass and carbon dioxide in a photoelectrochemical cell

Y Pan, H Zhang, B Zhang, F Gong, J Feng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The sustainable production of chemicals and fuels from abundant solar energy and
renewable carbon sources provides a promising route to reduce climate-changing CO2 …

Recent advances in plastic recycling and upgrading under mild conditions

S Zhang, M Li, Z Zuo, Z Niu - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Plastic depolymerization usually requires rigorous conditions such as high temperature,
high pressure, and caustic bases or acids, resulting in high energy costs and environmental …

The route for commercial photoelectrochemical water splitting: a review of large-area devices and key upscaling challenges

A Vilanova, P Dias, T Lopes, A Mendes - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Green-hydrogen is considered a “key player” in the energy market for the upcoming
decades. Among currently available hydrogen (H2) production processes …

Photoelectrochemical CO2-to-fuel conversion with simultaneous plastic reforming

S Bhattacharjee, M Rahaman, V Andrei, M Miller… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Solar-driven conversion of CO2 and plastics into value-added products provides a potential
sustainable route towards a circular economy, but their simultaneous conversion in an …

Solar-driven liquid multi-carbon fuel production using a standalone perovskite–BiVO4 artificial leaf

M Rahaman, V Andrei, D Wright, E Lam, C Pornrungroj… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
The synthesis of high-energy-density liquid fuels from CO2 and H2O powered by sunlight
has the potential to create a circular economy. Despite the progress in producing simple …

From plastic waste to treasure: selective upcycling through catalytic technologies

S Yue, P Wang, B Yu, T Zhang, Z Zhao… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The huge amount of plastic wastes has become a pressing global environmental problem,
leading to severe environmental pollution and resource depletion through conventional …