Converting waste PET plastics into automobile fuels and antifreeze components

Zhiwen Gao; Bing Ma; Shuang Chen; Jingqing Tian; Chen Zhao

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31078-w

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Converting waste PET plastics into automobile fuels and antifreeze components

Zhiwen Gao,
Bing Ma,
Shuang Chen,
Jingqing Tian,
Chen Zhao

Affiliations

Zhiwen Gao: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University
Bing Ma: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University
Shuang Chen: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University
Jingqing Tian: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University
Chen Zhao: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31078-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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To solve the serious problem of white plastic pollution many degradation routes are being investigated. Here the authors show a H2-free low-cost Cu/SiO2 catalyzed process to quantitatively convert polyethylene terephthalate into p-xylene and ethylene glycol in one pot with methanol as both the solvent and hydrogen source at 210 °C.

Published in Nature Communications

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