Non-thermal plasma-assisted rapid hydrogenolysis of polystyrene to high yield ethylene

Libo Yao; Jaelynne King; Dezhen Wu; Jiayang Ma; Jialu Li; Rongxuan Xie; Steven S. C. Chuang; Toshikazu Miyoshi; Zhenmeng Peng

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28563-7

Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Non-thermal plasma-assisted rapid hydrogenolysis of polystyrene to high yield ethylene

Libo Yao,
Jaelynne King,
Dezhen Wu,
Jiayang Ma,
Jialu Li,
Rongxuan Xie,
Steven S. C. Chuang,
Toshikazu Miyoshi,
Zhenmeng Peng

Affiliations

Libo Yao: Department of Chemical, Biomolecular and Corrosion Engineering, The University of Akron
Jaelynne King: School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron
Dezhen Wu: Department of Chemical, Biomolecular and Corrosion Engineering, The University of Akron
Jiayang Ma: School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron
Jialu Li: Department of Chemical, Biomolecular and Corrosion Engineering, The University of Akron
Rongxuan Xie: Department of Chemical, Biomolecular and Corrosion Engineering, The University of Akron
Steven S. C. Chuang: School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron
Toshikazu Miyoshi: School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron
Zhenmeng Peng: Department of Chemical, Biomolecular and Corrosion Engineering, The University of Akron

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28563-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Current recycling methods suffer from harsh reaction conditions and long reaction times. Here the authors show a non-thermal plasma-assisted method for rapid hydrogenolysis of polystyrene at ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure, generating high yield (>40 wt%) of C1–C3 hydrocarbons.

Published in Nature Communications

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