Electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate to commodity chemicals and H2 fuel

Hua Zhou; Yue Ren; Zhenhua Li; Ming Xu; Ye Wang; Ruixiang Ge; Xianggui Kong; Lirong Zheng; Haohong Duan

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25048-x

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate to commodity chemicals and H2 fuel

Hua Zhou,
Yue Ren,
Zhenhua Li,
Ming Xu,
Ye Wang,
Ruixiang Ge,
Xianggui Kong,
Lirong Zheng,
Haohong Duan

Affiliations

Hua Zhou: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Yue Ren: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Zhenhua Li: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Ming Xu: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Ye Wang: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Ruixiang Ge: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Xianggui Kong: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Lirong Zheng: Institute of High Energy Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
Haohong Duan: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25048-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Plastic upcycling to value-added products is of great interests. Here the authors investigate a nickel-cobalt phosphide electrocatalyst for electroreforming of polyethylene terephthalate plastic toward valuable potassium diformate, terephthalic acid, and H2 fuel.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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