Interfacial Reactions in Chemical Recycling and Upcycling of Plastics

A Ong, JYQ Teo, JYC Lim - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024 - ACS Publications
Depolymerization of plastics is a leading strategy to combat the escalating global plastic
waste crisis through chemical recycling, upcycling, and remediation of micro-/nanoplastics …

Entropy confinement promotes hydrogenolysis activity for polyethylene upcycling

Q Kang, M Chu, P Xu, X Wang, S Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical upcycling that catalyzes waste plastics back to high‐purity chemicals holds great
promise in end‐of‐life plastics valorization. One of the main challenges in this process is the …

[HTML][HTML] Advancements in catalysis for plastic resource utilization

Y Chen, L Bai, D Peng, X Wang, M Wu… - Environmental Science …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The widespread production and utilization of plastic products have become ingrained in our
society, resulting in a staggering amount of plastic waste, severe environmental challenges …

Treasuring trash: Pt/SrTiO3 catalysts process plastic waste into high-value materials

IL Peczak, RM Kennedy, RA Hackler, B Lee, M Meirow… - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Single-use plastics are ubiquitous throughout modern society because they have properties
that make them desirable in a wide variety of applications, including low cost of production …

Thermodynamic analysis of a solar-assisted supercritical water gasification system for poly-generation of hydrogen-heat-power production from waste plastics

J Sun, B Bai, X Yu, Y Wang, W Zhou, H Jin - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The resource utilization of waste plastics is an effective approach to address the issue of
energy shortage. In this study, a comprehensive disposal system for polypropylene plastics …

Consumer Grade Polyethylene Recycling via Hydrogenolysis on Ultrafine Supported Ruthenium Nanoparticles

SD Jaydev, AJ Martín, ME Usteri… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Catalytic hydrogenolysis has the potential to convert high‐density polyethylene (HDPE),
which comprises about 30% of plastic waste, into valuable alkanes. Most investigations …

Population Balance Equations for Reactive Separation in Polymer Upcycling

CA Kim, CA Sahasrabudhe, YY Wang, R Yappert… - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Many polymer upcycling efforts aim to convert plastic waste into high-value liquid
hydrocarbons. However, the subsequent cleavage of middle distillates to light gases can be …

Effect of reaction media on hydrogenolysis of polyethylene plastic waste: Polymer-surface interactions in small alkane/polymer blends

M Zare, PA Kots, ZR Hinton, TH Epps… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
The polymer reaction media and its properties can be altered by recycling a fraction of liquid
products or adding alkane solvents. Less clear is whether this strategy affects …

Unlocking opportunities: Supported metal catalysts for the chemical upcycling of waste plastics

M Chu, Q Kang, P Hu, Q Zhang, J Chen - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous supported metal catalysts have played a pivotal role in modern industrial
initiatives dedicated to the chemical upcycling of end-of-life plastics. Leveraging the …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidating the effect of nanocube support morphology on the hydrogenolysis of polypropylene over Ni/CeO 2 catalysts

DR Inns, M Carr, M Bahri, A Tomer… - Journal of Materials …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
The catalytic hydrogenolysis process offers the selective production of high-value liquid
alkanes from waste polymers. Herein, through normalisation of Ni structure, Ni mass and …