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Kumar M, Bhujbal SK, Kohli K, Prajapati R, Sharma BK, Sawarkar AD, Abhishek K, Bolan S, Ghosh P, Kirkham MB, Padhye LP, Pandey A, Vithanage M, Bolan N. A review on value-addition to plastic waste towards achieving a circular economy. Sci Total Environ 2024; 921:171106. [PMID: 38387564 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Plastic and mixed plastic waste (PW) has received increased worldwide attention owing to its huge rate of production, high persistency in the environment, and unsustainable waste management practices. Therefore, sustainable PW management and upcycling approaches are imperative to achieve the objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Numerous recent studies have shown the application and feasibility of various PW conversion techniques to produce materials with better economic value. Within this framework, the current review provides an in-depth analysis of cutting-edge thermochemical technologies such as pyrolysis, gasification, carbonization, and photocatalysis that can be used to value plastic and mixed PW in order to produce energy and industrial chemicals. Additionally, a thorough examination of the environmental impacts of contemporary PW upcycling techniques and their commercial feasibility through life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economical assessment are provided in this review. Finally, this review emphasizes the opportunities and challenges accompanying with existing PW upcycling techniques and deliver recommendations for future research works.
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- Manish Kumar
- Amity Institute of Environmental Sciences, Amity University, Noida, India.
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- Centre for Rural Development and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Distillate and Heavy Oil Processing Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun 248005, India
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- Prairie Research Institute-Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
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- Prairie Research Institute-Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USA; United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Eastern Regional Research Center Sustainable Biofuels and Co-Products Research Unit, 600 E. Mermaid Ln., Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
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- Department of Information Technology, Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology (SGGSIET), Nanded, Maharashtra 431 606, India
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- Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of Bihar, Patna, India
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6001, Australia
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- Centre for Rural Development and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India; Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio 70211, Finland
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- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow 226 001, India; Kyung Hee University, Kyung Hee Dae Ro 26, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea; Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248 007, Uttarakhand, India; Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow 226029, India
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; Ecosphere Resilience Research Center, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda 10250, Sri Lanka
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6001, Australia.
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Takahashi Y, Chan K, Zinchenko A. Multi-color polymer carbon dots synthesized from waste polyolefins through phenylenediamine-assisted hydrothermal processing. Chemosphere 2024; 354:141685. [PMID: 38513957 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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The large accumulation and low recycling rates of polyolefin waste have posed a threat to the environment and human health. The shortage of chemical recycling methods for polyolefins strongly demands the development of new and sustainable treatment technologies for hydrocarbon plastics to improve their waste management. In this study, polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) were utilized for the preparation of multi-color polymer carbon dots (PCDs) via a two-step hydrothermal (HT) synthesis involving (i) thermo-oxidative degradation of polyolefins to precursors containing plentiful oxygen-based functional groups, and (ii) modification with phenylenediamine (PDA). The fluorescence of PCDs depends on the structure of isomeric PDA and PCDs modified by ortho-, meta-, and para-PDA emit blue, green, and yellow color fluorescence, respectively. The formation mechanism of PCDs, involving dehydrative condensation and amination of PE or PP-derived precursors by PDA, was proposed. The obtained PCDs were utilized for the detection and quantification of Fe3+ ions at ppm concentrations. The proposed strategy here aims to broaden the scope of the chemical recycling methods for polyolefin plastic waste as well as to develop a conversion route of polyolefin to value-added materials.
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- Yusei Takahashi
- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan.
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Bian X, Xia G, Xin JH, Jiang S, Ma K. Applications of waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) based nanostructured materials: A review. Chemosphere 2024; 350:141076. [PMID: 38169200 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.141076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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While polyethylene terephthalate (PET) has enjoyed widespread use, a large volume of plastic waste has also been produced as a result, which is detrimental to the environment. Traditional treatment of plastic waste, such as landfilling and incinerating waste, causes environmental pollution and poses risks to public health. Recycling PET waste into useful chemicals or upcycling the waste into high value-added materials can be remedies. This review first provides a brief introduction of the synthesis, structure, properties, and applications of virgin PET. Then the conversion process of waste PET into high value-added materials for different applications are introduced. The conversion mechanisms (including degradation, recycling and upcycling) are detailed. The advanced applications of these upgraded materials in energy storage devices (supercapacitors, lithium-ion batteries, and microbial fuel cells), and for water treatment (to remove dyes, heavy metals, and antibiotics), environmental remediation (for air filtration, CO2 adsorption, and oil removal) and catalysis (to produce H2, photoreduce CO2, and remove toxic chemicals) are discussed at length. In general, this review details the exploration of advanced technologies for the transformation of waste PET into nanostructured materials for various applications, and provides insights into the role of high value-added waste products in sustainability and economic development.
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- Xueyan Bian
- School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
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- School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
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- School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
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Modekwe HU, Daramola MO, Mamo MA, Moothi K. Recent advancements in the use of plastics as a carbon source for carbon nanotubes synthesis - A review. Heliyon 2024; 10:e24679. [PMID: 38304810 PMCID: PMC10830538 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
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Plastics, which majorly consist of polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE)), polystyrene (PS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), etc., are the most abundant municipal solid wastes (MSW). They have been utilized as a cheap carbon feedstock in the synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) because of their high hydrocarbon content, mainly carbon and hydrogen, especially for the polyolefins. In this review, the detailed progress made so far in the use of plastics (both waste and virgin) as cheap carbon feedstock in the synthesis of CNTs (only) over the years is studied. The primary aim of this work is to provide an expansive landscape made so far, especially in the areas of catalysts, catalyst supports, and the methods employed in their preparations and other operational growth conditions, as well as already explored applications of plastic-derived CNTs. This is to enable researchers to easily access, understand, and summarise previous works done in this area, forging ahead towards improving the yield and quality of plastic-derived CNTs, which could extend their market and use in other purity-sensitive applications.
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- Helen U. Modekwe
- Renewable Energy and Biomass Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, 2028, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, University of Pretoria, Private bag X20 Hatfield, 0028, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Research Centre for Synthesis and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Science, Faculty of Science, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, 2028, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein campus, 2028, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Li C, Yang Z, Wu X, Shao S, Meng X, Qin G. Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polystyrene Pyrolysis. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16403. [PMID: 38003591 PMCID: PMC10671678 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242216403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Polymers' controlled pyrolysis is an economical and environmentally friendly solution to prepare activated carbon. However, due to the experimental difficulty in measuring the dependence between microstructure and pyrolysis parameters at high temperatures, the unknown pyrolysis mechanism hinders access to the target products with desirable morphologies and performances. In this study, we investigate the pyrolysis process of polystyrene (PS) under different heating rates and temperatures employing reactive molecular dynamics (ReaxFF-MD) simulations. A clear profile of the generation of pyrolysis products determined by the temperature and heating rate is constructed. It is found that the heating rate affects the type and amount of pyrolysis intermediates and their timing, and that low-rate heating helps yield more diverse pyrolysis intermediates. While the temperature affects the pyrolytic structure of the final equilibrium products, either too low or too high a target temperature is detrimental to generating large areas of the graphitized structure. The reduced time plots (RTPs) with simulation results predict a PS pyrolytic activation energy of 159.74 kJ/mol. The established theoretical evolution process matches experiments well, thus, contributing to preparing target activated carbons by referring to the regulatory mechanism of pyrolytic microstructure.
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- Chao Li
- College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; (C.L.); (Z.Y.); (X.W.); (S.S.)
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; (C.L.); (Z.Y.); (X.W.); (S.S.)
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; (C.L.); (Z.Y.); (X.W.); (S.S.)
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; (C.L.); (Z.Y.); (X.W.); (S.S.)
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; (C.L.); (Z.Y.); (X.W.); (S.S.)
- Institute of Materials Intelligent Technology, Liaoning Academy of Materials, Shenyang 110004, China;
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- Institute of Materials Intelligent Technology, Liaoning Academy of Materials, Shenyang 110004, China;
- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (MoE), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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Lan J, Li D, Zhong W, Luo W, Zhang H, Chen M. Bio-Inspired Iron-Loaded Polydopamine Functionalized Montmorillonite as an Environmentally Friendly Flame Retardant for Epoxy Resin. Molecules 2023; 28:5354. [PMID: 37513227 PMCID: PMC10383249 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28145354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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As an important thermosetting material, flame-retardant epoxy resin has various applications in the aerospace, chemical, and electronics industry, and other fields. However, the flame retardancy of epoxy resins is often improved at the expense of mechanical performance. The contradiction between flame retardancy and mechanical properties seriously impedes the practical applications of epoxy resin (EP). Herein, iron-loaded polydopamine functionalized montmorillonite (D-Mt-Fe3+), which was prepared by dopamine, iron chloride and montmorillonite in an aqueous solution, was introduced to prepare iron-loaded polydopamine functionalized montmorillonite/epoxy resin composites (D-Mt-Fe3+/EP). As expected, D-Mt-Fe3+/EP-10 with 10 phr of D-Mt-Fe3+ passed the UL-94 V-0 rating, achieved a limiting oxygen index (LOI) value of 31.0% and reduced the smoke production rate (SPR) and total smoke production (TSP), indicating that the introduction of D-Mt-Fe3+ could endow EP with satisfactory flame retardancy through the radical scavenging function of dopamine in the gas phase and the catalytic charring effect of iron ions, respectively. Encouragingly, the mechanical property was also enhanced with the flexural strength increased by 25.5%. This work provided an attractive strategy for improving both the mechanical properties and fire resistance of EP, which greatly broadened their applications in the chemical industry and electronics field, etc.
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- Jiashui Lan
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Research and Development Department, Waexim (Xiamen) New Materials Co., Ltd., Xiamen 361023, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Research and Development Department, Waexim (Xiamen) New Materials Co., Ltd., Xiamen 361023, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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Serafin J, Dziejarski B. Activated carbons-preparation, characterization and their application in CO 2 capture: A review. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-28023-9. [PMID: 37326723 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28023-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In this paper, we provide a comprehensive review of the latest research trends in terms of the preparation, and characteristics of activated carbons regarding CO2 adsorption applications, with a special focus on future investigation paths. The reported current research trends are primarily closely related to the synthesis conditions (carbonization and physical or chemical activation process), to develop the microporosity and surface area, which are the most important factors affecting the effectiveness of adsorption. Furthermore, we emphasized the importance of regeneration techniques as a factor determining the actual technological and economic suitability of a given material for CO2 capture application. Consequently, this work provides a summary and potential directions for the development of activated carbons (AC). We attempt to create a thorough theoretical foundation for activated carbons while also focusing on identifying and specific statements of the most relevant ongoing research scope that might be advantageous to progress and pursue in the coming years.
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- Jarosław Serafin
- Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí I Franquès, 1-11, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland
- Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Division of Energy Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Irfan M, Saleem R, Shoukat B, Hussain H, Shukrullah S, Naz MY, Rahman S, Ghanim AAJ, Nawalany G, Jakubowski T. Production of combustible fuels and carbon nanotubes from plastic wastes using an in-situ catalytic microwave pyrolysis process. Sci Rep 2023; 13:9057. [PMID: 37270598 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36254-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023] Open
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This study performed in-situ microwave pyrolysis of plastic waste into hydrogen, liquid fuel and carbon nanotubes in the presence of Zeolite Socony Mobil ZSM-5 catalyst. In the presented microwave pyrolysis of plastics, activated carbon was used as a heat susceptor. The microwave power of 1 kW was employed to decompose high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) wastes at moderate temperatures of 400-450 °C. The effect of plastic composition, catalyst loading and plastic type on liquid, gas and solid carbon products was quantified. This in-situ CMP reaction resulted in heavy hydrocarbons, hydrogen gas and carbon nanotubes as a solid residue. A relatively better hydrogen yield of 129.6 mmol/g as a green fuel was possible in this process. FTIR and gas chromatography analysis revealed that liquid product consisted of C13+ fraction hydrocarbons, such as alkanes, alkanes, and aromatics. TEM micrographs showed tubular-like structural morphology of the solid residue, which was identified as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) during X-ray diffraction analysis. The outer diameter of CNTs ranged from 30 to 93 nm from HDPE, 25-93 nm from PP and 30-54 nm for HDPE-PP mixure. The presented CMP process took just 2-4 min to completely pyrolyze the plastic feedstock into valuable products, leaving no polymeric residue.
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- Muhammad Irfan
- Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Najran University Saudi Arabia, Najran, 61441, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan.
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- Department of Physics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan.
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- Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Najran University Saudi Arabia, Najran, 61441, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Rural Building, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Machine Operation, Ergonomics and Production Processes, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 30-059, Krakow, Poland
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Sun Q, Liu T, Wen T, Yu J. Porous carbon tubes from recycling waste COVID-19 masks for optimization of 8 mol% Y 2O 3-doped tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline nanopowder. Mater Today Chem 2023; 30:101526. [PMID: 37131408 PMCID: PMC10139347 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2023.101526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Revised: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Disposable polypropylene medical masks are widely used to protect people from injury caused by COVID-19 worldwide. However, disposable medical masks are non-biodegradable materials, and the accumulation of waste masks can pollute the environment and waste resources without a reasonable recycling method. The aims of this study are to transform waste masks into carbon materials and to use them as a dispersant in preparing high-quality 8 mol% Y2O3-doped tetragonal zirconia nanopowders. The waste masks were carbonized to get a carbon source in the first step, then KOH was used to etch the carbon source creating a micropores structure in the carbon material after the carbon-bed heat treatment method. The resulting carbon material is a porous tube structure with a high specific surface area (1220.34 m2/g) and adsorption capacity. The as-obtained porous carbon tubes were applied as a dispersant to produce 8 mol% Y2O3-doped tetragonal zirconia nanopowders, and the resulting nanopowders owned well-dispersed and had the smallest particle size than that prepared by activated carbon as a dispersant. Besides, the sintered 8 mol% Y2O3-doped tetragonal zirconia ceramic possessed high density, which resulted in higher ionic conductivity. These findings suggest that waste face masks can be recycled to prepare high-added-value carbon materials and provide a green and low-cost method to reuse polypropylene waste materials.
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- Q Sun
- School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, PR China
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- School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, PR China
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- School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, PR China
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- School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, PR China
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Yao N, Wang X, Yang Z, Zhao P, Meng X. Characterization of solid and liquid carbonization products of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and investigation of the PVC-derived adsorbent for the removal of organic compounds from water. J Hazard Mater 2023; 456:131687. [PMID: 37236115 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The transformation of plastic wastes into value-added carbon materials is a promising strategy for the recycling of plastics. Commonly used polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics are converted into microporous carbonaceous materials using KOH as an activator via simultaneous carbonization and activation for the first time. The optimized spongy microporous carbon material has a surface area of 2093 m2 g-1 and a total pore volume of 1.12 cm3 g-1, and aliphatic hydrocarbons and alcohols are yielded as the carbonization by-products. The PVC-derived carbon materials exhibit outstanding adsorption performance for removing tetracycline from water, and the maximum adsorption capacity reaches 1480 mg g-1. The kinetic and isotherm patterns for tetracycline adsorption follow the pseudo-second-order and Freundlich models, respectively. Adsorption mechanism investigation indicates that pore filling and hydrogen bond interaction are mainly responsible for the adsorption. This study provides a facile and environmentally friendly approach for valorizing PVC into adsorbents for wastewater treatment.
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- Nan Yao
- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
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Efimov MN, Vasilev AA, Muratov DG, Kostev AI, Kolesnikov EA, Kiseleva SG, Karpacheva GP. Conversion of polyethylene terephthalate waste into high-yield porous carbon adsorbent via pyrolysis of dipotassium terephthalate. Waste Manag 2023; 162:113-122. [PMID: 36965449 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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A method for conversion of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste into porous carbon material is proposed. The recycling of PET bottle waste includes the stages of low-temperature hydrolysis of the polymer and subsequent pyrolysis at 800 °C. To provide PET hydrolysis at ∼150 °C and atmospheric pressure, the polymer was pre-dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide and then an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide was added. The potassium terephthalate formed as a result of the alkaline hydrolysis of PET allows the carbon-containing precursor to be preserved for further activation to temperatures beyond 600 °C. The proposed method leads to the formation of a porous carbon material, increasing the yield of carbon residue to 25 wt%, which is higher compared to the yield of carbon residue in the direct pyrolysis of PET. The obtained porous carbon is characterized by graphite-like structure and specific surface area of ∼1100 m2 g-1. It has been shown that PET-derived carbon material can be used to remove pollutants from aqueous media. The adsorption properties of the carbon material were demonstrated by adsorption of methylene blue from an aqueous solution. The capacity of the carbon material was found to be 443 mg g-1.
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- M N Efimov
- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, Leninskiy Prospekt 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, Leninskiy Prospekt 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, Leninskiy Prospekt 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, Leninskiy Prospekt 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- National University of Science and Technology "MISiS", Leninskiy Prospekt. 4, 119049 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, Leninskiy Prospekt 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, Leninskiy Prospekt 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Tang Y, Cen Z, Ma Q, Zheng B, Cai Z, Liu S, Wu D. A Versatile Sulfur-Assisted Pyrolysis Strategy for High-Atom-Economy Upcycling of Waste Plastics into High-Value Carbon Materials. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023; 10:e2206924. [PMID: 36987974 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202206924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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With the overconsumption of disposable plastics, there is a considerable emphasis on the recycling of waste plastics to relieve the environmental, economic, and health-related consequences. Here, a sulfur-assisted pyrolysis strategy is demonstrated for versatile upcycling of plastics into high-value carbons with an ultrahigh carbon-atom recovery (up to 85%). During the pyrolysis process, the inexpensive elemental sulfur molecules are covalently bonded with polymer chains, and then thermally stable intermediates are produced via dehydrogenation and crosslinking, thereby inhibiting the decomposition of plastics into volatile small hydrocarbons. In this manner, the carbon products obtained from real-world waste plastics exhibit sulfur-rich skeletons with an enlarged interlayer distance, and demonstrate superior sodium storage performance. It is believed that the present results offer a new solution to alleviate plastic pollution and reduce the carbon footprint of plastic industry.
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- Youchen Tang
- Department of Orthopedics, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China
- PCFM Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Medical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, 510080, P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- PCFM Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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Lu M, Zhao Y, Tang Q, Ren H, Wang H, Wang L. Concave-belly-bowl-like carbon with micro-meso-macroporous structures for high-performance supercapacitor electrodes. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.131243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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Li Z, Fu T, Guo DM, Lu JH, He JH, Chen L, Li WD, Wang YZ. Trinity flame retardant with benzimidazole structure towards unsaturated polyester possessing high thermal stability, fire-safety and smoke suppression with in-depth insight into the smoke suppression mechanism. POLYMER 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2023.125928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Kuznetsova TS, Burakov AE, Burakova IV, Pasko TV, Dyachkova TP, Mkrtchyan ES, Memetova AE, Ananyeva OA, Shigabaeva GN, Galunin EV. Preparation of a Polyaniline-Modified Hybrid Graphene Aerogel-Like Nanocomposite for Efficient Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions from Aquatic Media. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15. [PMID: 36904342 DOI: 10.3390/polym15051101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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This paper considers the synthesis of a novel nanocomposite based on reduced graphene oxide and oxidized carbon nanotubes modified with polyaniline and phenol-formaldehyde resin and developed through the carbonization of a pristine aerogel. It was tested as an efficient adsorbent to purify aquatic media from toxic Pb(II). Diagnostic assessment of the samples was carried out through X-ray diffractometry, Raman spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and infrared spectroscopy. The carbonized aerogel was found to preserve the carbon framework structure. The sample porosity was estimated through nitrogen adsorption at 77 K. It was found that the carbonized aerogel predominantly represented a mesoporous material having a specific surface area of 315 m2/g. After carbonization, an increase in smaller micropores occurred. According to the electron images, the highly porous structure of the carbonized composite was preserved. The adsorption capacity of the carbonized material was studied for liquid-phase Pb(II) extraction in static mode. The experiment results showed that the maximum Pb(II) adsorption capacity of the carbonized aerogel was 185 mg/g (at pH 6.0). The results of the desorption studies showed a very low desorption rate (0.3%) at pH 6.5 and a rate of about 40% in a strongly acidic medium.
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Dalwadi S, Goel A, Kapetanakis C, Salas-de la Cruz D, Hu X. The Integration of Biopolymer-Based Materials for Energy Storage Applications: A Review. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043975. [PMID: 36835387 PMCID: PMC9960122 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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Biopolymers are an emerging class of novel materials with diverse applications and properties such as superior sustainability and tunability. Here, applications of biopolymers are described in the context of energy storage devices, namely lithium-based batteries, zinc-based batteries, and capacitors. Current demand for energy storage technologies calls for improved energy density, preserved performance overtime, and more sustainable end-of-life behavior. Lithium-based and zinc-based batteries often face anode corrosion from processes such as dendrite formation. Capacitors typically struggle with achieving functional energy density caused by an inability to efficiently charge and discharge. Both classes of energy storage need to be packaged with sustainable materials due to their potential leakages of toxic metals. In this review paper, recent progress in energy applications is described for biocompatible polymers such as silk, keratin, collagen, chitosan, cellulose, and agarose. Fabrication techniques are described for various components of the battery/capacitors including the electrode, electrolyte, and separators with biopolymers. Of these methods, incorporating the porosity found within various biopolymers is commonly used to maximize ion transport in the electrolyte and prevent dendrite formations in lithium-based, zinc-based batteries, and capacitors. Overall, integrating biopolymers in energy storage solutions poses a promising alternative that can theoretically match traditional energy sources while eliminating harmful consequences to the environment.
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- Shrey Dalwadi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ 08102, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-856-256-4860; Fax: +1-856-256-4478
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Song L, Zhou N, Gao F, Wang H, Wang H, Hu C, Xiao W, Cheng D, Zhang Q, Liu Q. Incorporating Organic-modified Nano SiO2 for the Comprehensive Improvement of Recycled PET. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2023.100042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Huang YZ, Liu XX, Huang ZX, Li YJ, He HZ. From Waste to Wealth: Upcycling Waste Polypropylene/Polyethylene for Thermal Management via Pressure-Induced, Flow-Enhanced Segregated Structurizing with Hexagonal Boron Nitride. Ind Eng Chem Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c04069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Yun-Zhi Huang
- National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing; Key Laboratory of Polymer Processing Engineering, Ministry of Education; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Technique and Equipment for Macromolecular Advanced Manufacturing; School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- School of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Guangdong Mechanical & Electrical Polytechnic, Guangzhou 510550, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing; Key Laboratory of Polymer Processing Engineering, Ministry of Education; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Technique and Equipment for Macromolecular Advanced Manufacturing; School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing; Key Laboratory of Polymer Processing Engineering, Ministry of Education; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Technique and Equipment for Macromolecular Advanced Manufacturing; School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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He P, Hu Z, Dai Z, Bai H, Fan Z, Niu R, Gong J, Zhao Q, Tang T. Mechanochemistry Milling of Waste Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) into Metal-Organic Frameworks. ChemSusChem 2023; 16:e202201935. [PMID: 36441157 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202201935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Converting poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) into metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has emerged as a promising innovation for upcycling of waste plastics. However, previous solvothermal methods suffer from toxic solvent consumption, long reaction time, high pressure, and high temperature. Herein, a mechanochemical milling strategy was reported to transform waste PET into a series of MOFs with high yields. This strategy had the merits of solvent-free conditions, ambient reaction temperature, short running time, and easy scale-up for large-scale production of MOFs. The as-prepared MOFs exhibited definite crystal structure and porous morphology composed of agglomerated nanoparticles. It was proven that, under mechanochemical milling, PET was firstly decomposed into 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate, which acted as linkers to coordinate with metal ions for forming fragments, followed by the gradual arrangement of fragments into MOFs. This work not only promotes high value-added conversion of waste polyesters but also offers a new opportunity to produce MOFs in a green and scalable manner.
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- Panpan He
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, P. R. China
- School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, 430073, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 130022, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 130022, Changchun, P. R. China
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Pagett M, Teng KS, Sullivan G, Zhang W. Reusing Waste Coffee Grounds as Electrode Materials: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities. Glob Chall 2023; 7:2200093. [PMID: 36618104 PMCID: PMC9818061 DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202200093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Coffee industry produces more than eight million tons of waste coffee grounds (WCG) annually. These WCG contain caffeine, tannins, and polyphenols and can be of great environmental concern if not properly disposed of. On the other hand, components of WCG are mainly macromolecular cellulose and lignocellulose, which can be utilized as cheap carbon precursors. Accordingly, various forms of carbon materials have been reportedly synthesized from WCG, including activated carbon, mesoporous carbon, carbon nanosheets, carbon nanotubes, graphene sheet fibers (i.e., graphenated carbon nanotubes), and particle-like graphene. Upcycling of various biomass and/or waste into value-added functional materials is of growing significance to offer more sustainable solutions and enable circular economy. In this context, this review offers timely insight on the recent advances of WCG derived carbon as value-added electrode materials. As electrodes, they have shown to possess excellent electrochemical properties and found applications in capacitor/supercapacitor, batteries, electrochemical sensors, owing to their low cost, high electrical conductivity, polarization, and chemical stability. Collectively, these efforts could represent an environmentally friendly and circular economy approach, which could not only help solve the food waste issue, but also generate high performance carbon-based materials for many electrochemical applications.
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- Matthew Pagett
- Department of Chemical EngineeringSwansea UniversitySwanseaSA1 8ENUK
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- Department of Electronic and Electrical EngineeringSwansea UniversitySwanseaSA1 8ENUK
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringSwansea UniversitySwanseaSA1 8ENUK
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Su L, Liu X, Li X, Yang B, Wu B, Xia R, Qian J, Zhou J, Miao L. Facile Synthesis of Vertically Arranged CNTs for Efficient Solar-Driven Interfacial Water Evaporation. ACS Omega 2022; 7:47349-47356. [PMID: 36570320 PMCID: PMC9774377 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Solar-driven evaporation of water is a sustainable and promising technology for addressing the crisis of clean water. Herein, novel vertically arranged carbon nanotube (V-CNT) aerogels with a tree branch structure is facilely synthesized through an ice templating method. The V-CNT-based photothermal evaporator exhibits efficient broadband light trapping and super-hydrophilicity. Owing to the unique structure and ultrafast water transportation, a high evaporation rate of 3.26 kg m-2 h-1 was achieved by the three-dimensional V-CNT-based evaporator under a solar illumination of 1 kW m-2. More significantly, the V-CNT shows excellent recycling stability and salt-resistant performance in seawater and may provide a novel strategy to the practical sustainable technique of water purification applications.
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- Lifen Su
- Anhui
Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials,
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei230601, China
- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui
University, Hefei230601, China
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- Anhui
Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials,
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei230601, China
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- Anhui
Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials,
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei230601, China
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- Anhui
Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials,
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei230601, China
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- Anhui
Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials,
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei230601, China
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- Anhui
Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials,
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei230601, China
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- Anhui
Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials,
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei230601, China
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- Guangxi
Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Engineering Research Center
of Electronic Information Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin541004, China
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- Guangxi
Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Engineering Research Center
of Electronic Information Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin541004, China
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The accumulation of waste plastics has caused serious environmental issues due to their unbiodegradable nature and hazardous additives. Converting waste plastics to different carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) is a promising approach to minimize plastic pollution and realize advanced manufacturing of CNMs. The reported plastic-derived carbons include carbon filaments (i.e. carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers), graphene, carbon nanosheets, carbon sphere, and porous carbon. In this review, we present the influences of different intrinsic structures of plastics on the pyrolysis intermediates. We also reveal that non-charring plastics are prone to being pyrolyzed into light hydrocarbons while charring plastics are prone to being pyrolyzed into aromatics. Subsequently, light hydrocarbons favor to form graphite while aromatics are inclined to form amorphous carbon during the carbon formation process. In addition, the conversion tendency of different plastics into various morphologies of carbon is concluded. We also discuss other impact factors during the transformation process, including catalysts, temperature, processing duration and templates, and reveal how to obtain different morphological CNMs from plastics. Finally, current technology limitations and perspectives are presented to provide future research directions in effective plastic conversion and advanced CNM synthesis. The impact factors in transforming plastics into carbon nanomaterials are reviewed. The carbon morphology tendency from different plastics is revealed. Directions for future research on plastic carbonization are presented.
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Xu J, Duan X, Zhang P, Niu Q, Dai S. Processing Poly (ethylene terephthalate) Waste into Functional Carbon Materials by Mechanochemical Extrusion. ChemSusChem 2022; 15:e202201576. [PMID: 36107132 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202201576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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With the plastic pollution becoming worse, the upcycling of plastic waste into functional materials is a great challenge. Herein, a mechanochemical extrusion approach was developed for processing poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) waste into porous carbon materials. The essence of the cyclic extrusion approach lies in the solvent-free mixing of thermoplastic PET with pore-directing additive (e. g., silica or zinc chloride) at the molecular level. PET waste could be upcycled into functional carbon with high surface area (up to 1001 m2 g-1 ), specific shapes, and preferred mechanical strength, after cyclic extrusion and carbonization. Moreover, metal species could be well dispersed onto porous carbons through solvent-free extrusion, different from traditional loading methods (impregnation method, deposition-precipitation method). In this manner, mechanochemical extrusion provides an alternative for upcycling plastic waste into value-added materials.
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- Jialu Xu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, P. R. China
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- Inner Mongolia Erdos Power and Metallurgy Group Co., Ltd., Ordos, 017010, Inner Mongolia, P. R. China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, 37830 TN, United States
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Li S, Cho MK, Lee KB, Deng S, Zhao L, Yuan X, Wang J. Diamond in the rough: Polishing waste polyethylene terephthalate into activated carbon for CO 2 capture. Sci Total Environ 2022; 834:155262. [PMID: 35447186 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The scientific community has believed the potential of waste PET plastics as an effective carbon precursor, however, developing PET-derived activated carbons (PETACs) for a specific application is still a challenge we are facing. To overcome the limitation, a whole chain from development method screening to experiments design, finally to sample optimization, for a sample with promising performance, is proposed in this work. By employing PETACs as CO2 adsorbents, the waste PET plastics, which we believed the "diamond in the rough", have been polished successfully. Therewith the problems of plastic pollution and the greenhouse effect could be simultaneously solved. The first half part of this paper is a mini review: the PETACs development methods were reviewed and the most suitable solution to develop CO2 adsorbent, i.e., the two-step chemical activation method, was selected. In addition to that, the necessary procedure variables and their value range were determined. In the second half part, the central composite design method was applied for experiments design in which the procedure variables obtained were regarded as the independent indicators (factors here) while the performance indicators, including yield, CO2 adsorption uptake, and CO2 over N2 selectivity, were treated as the dependent indicators (responses here). The responses were obtained through the characterization of the samples developed and statistical analysis could be applied to reveal the relations between the factors and responses. A high-value PETAC, P600K600-1.5, with the highest gas selectivity (22.189) and decent CO2 adsorption uptake (3.933 mmol/g) was successfully designed.
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- Shuangjun Li
- Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Low and Medium Grade Energy (Tianjin University), Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin 300350, China; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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- Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Low and Medium Grade Energy (Tianjin University), Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Low and Medium Grade Energy (Tianjin University), Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea; Korea Biochar Research Center, APRU Sustainable Waste Management Program & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea; R&D Centre, Sun Brand Industrial Inc., Jeollanam-do 57248, Republic of Korea
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- Guangdong Research Center for Climate Change, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China
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Sun X, Xie M, Mai L, Zeng EY. Biobased plastic: A plausible solution toward carbon neutrality in plastic industry? J Hazard Mater 2022; 435:129037. [PMID: 35650741 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Biobased plastic exhibits unique benefits for achieving carbon neutrality, a key step toward reducing atmospheric greenhouse gases, due to its stability, high carbon content, and origin of carbon by photosynthesis. Herein we evaluate the role and potential of biobased plastic as an alternative carbon reservoir which is completely artificial, since most plastic polymers are synthetic and massively produced after the 1950 s. Model simulation indicates that plastic, under usage, burial, and littering, forms a growing carbon reservoir, sinking 6.82 gigatons of carbon (GtC) in 2020. Plastic-formed carbon is estimated to stack up to 19.4-23.2 GtC in 2060 under various production scenarios. However, only 18-40% of carbon stored in plastic is biobased carbon, equivalent to approximately 31-48 gigatons of carbon dioxide. Without any low carbon energy upgrade, carbon neutrality is difficult to achieve even with 90% biobased plastic substitution and 50% recycling ratio. Because extra GHG emissions are generated as a result of increasingly using incineration as a post-treatment strategy in response to increasing waste generation, the annual net GHG emission continues to rebound after the bio-based plastic substitution and plastic recycling approach their upper limits. Additional strategies are therefore needed to achieve complete carbon neutrality.
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- Xiangfei Sun
- Center for Environmental Microplastics Studies, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
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- Center for Environmental Microplastics Studies, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
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- Center for Environmental Microplastics Studies, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China
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- Center for Environmental Microplastics Studies, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, China; Research Center of Low Carbon Economy for Guangzhou Region, Key Laboratory of Philosophy and Social Science in Guangdong Province of Community of Life for Man and Nature, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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Tan T, Wang W, Zhang K, Zhan Z, Deng W, Zhang Q, Wang Y. Upcycling Plastic Wastes into Value-Added Products by Heterogeneous Catalysis. ChemSusChem 2022; 15:e202200522. [PMID: 35438240 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Plastics are playing essential roles in the modern society. The majority of them enter environment through landfilling or discarding after turning into wastes, causing severe carbon loss and imposing high risk to ecosystem and human health. Currently, physical recycling serves as the primary method to reuse plastic waste, but this method is limited to thermoplastic recycling. The quality of recycled plastics gradually deteriorates because of the undesirable degradation in the recycling process. Under such background, catalytic upcycling, which can upgrade various plastic wastes into value-added products under mild conditions, has attracted recent attention as a promising strategy to treat plastic wastes. This Review highlights recent advances in the development of efficient heterogeneous catalysts and useful strategies for upcycling plastics into liquid hydrocarbons, arene compounds, carbon materials, hydrogen, and other value-added chemicals. The functions of catalysts and the reaction mechanisms are discussed. The key factors that influence the catalytic performance are also analyzed.
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- Tian Tan
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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Yang RX, Jan K, Chen CT, Chen WT, Wu KCW. Thermochemical Conversion of Plastic Waste into Fuels, Chemicals, and Value-Added Materials: A Critical Review and Outlooks. ChemSusChem 2022; 15:e202200171. [PMID: 35349769 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Plastic waste is an emerging environmental issue for our society. Critical action to tackle this problem is to upcycle plastic waste as valuable feedstock. Thermochemical conversion of plastic waste has received growing attention. Although thermochemical conversion is promising for handling mixed plastic waste, it typically occurs at high temperatures (300-800 °C). Catalysts can play a critical role in improving the energy efficiency of thermochemical conversion, promoting targeted reactions, and improving product selectivity. This Review aims to summarize the state-of-the-art of catalytic thermochemical conversions of various types of plastic waste. First, general trends and recent development of catalytic thermochemical conversions including pyrolysis, gasification, hydrothermal processes, and chemolysis of plastic waste into fuels, chemicals, and value-added materials were reviewed. Second, the status quo for the commercial implementation of thermochemical conversion of plastic waste was summarized. Finally, the current challenges and future perspectives of catalytic thermochemical conversion of plastic waste including the design of sustainable and robust catalysts were discussed.
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- Ren-Xuan Yang
- Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01851, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan
- Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1 Sec. 3, Chung-Hsiao E. Rd., Taipei, 106344, Taiwan
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- Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01851, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan
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- Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01851, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan
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Sarkar B, Dissanayake PD, Bolan NS, Dar JY, Kumar M, Haque MN, Mukhopadhyay R, Ramanayaka S, Biswas JK, Tsang DCW, Rinklebe J, Ok YS. Challenges and opportunities in sustainable management of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment. Environ Res 2022; 207:112179. [PMID: 34624271 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/02/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The accumulation of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems has raised concerns because of their adverse effects on ecosystem functions and human health. Plastic waste management has become a universal problem in recent years. Hence, sustainable plastic waste management techniques are vital for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Although many reviews have focused on the occurrence and impact of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs), there has been limited focus on the management of MNPs. This review first summarizes the ecotoxicological impacts of plastic waste sources and issues related to the sustainable management of MNPs in the environment. This paper then critically evaluates possible approaches for incorporating plastics into the circular economy in order to cope with the problem of plastics. Pollution associated with MNPs can be tackled through source reduction, incorporation of plastics into the circular economy, and suitable waste management. Appropriate infrastructure development, waste valorization, and economically sound plastic waste management techniques and viable alternatives are essential for reducing MNPs in the environment. Policymakers must pay more attention to this critical issue and implement appropriate environmental regulations to achieve environmental sustainability.
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- Binoy Sarkar
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Korea Biochar Research Center, APRU Sustainable Waste Management Program & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea; Soils and Plant Nutrition Division, Coconut Research Institute, Lunuwila 61150, Sri Lanka
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 6001, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 6001, Australia; College of Engineering, Science and Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, 2308, Australia
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- Division of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, 132001, India
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020, Maharashtra, India
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- Korea Biochar Research Center, APRU Sustainable Waste Management Program & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea; Department of Marine Science, College of Natural Sciences & Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, 132001, India
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Department of Ecological Studies & International Centre for Ecological Engineering, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, 741235, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste Management, Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285, Wuppertal, Germany; Department of Environment, Energy and Geoinformatics, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-Dong, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Korea Biochar Research Center, APRU Sustainable Waste Management Program & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Belbessai S, Azara A, Abatzoglou N. Recent Advances in the Decontamination and Upgrading of Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Products: An Overview. Processes (Basel) 2022; 10:733. [DOI: 10.3390/pr10040733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Extensive research on the production of energy and valuable materials from plastic waste using pyrolysis has been widely conducted during recent years. Succeeding in demonstrating the sustainability of this technology economically and technologically at an industrial scale is a great challenge. In most cases, crude pyrolysis products cannot be used directly for several reasons, including the presence of contaminants. This is confirmed by recent studies, using advanced characterization techniques such as two-dimensional gas chromatography. Thus, to overcome these limitations, post-treatment methods, such as dechlorination, distillation, catalytic upgrading and hydroprocessing, are required. Moreover, the integration of pyrolysis units into conventional refineries is only possible if the waste plastic is pre-treated, which involves sorting, washing and dehalogenation. The different studies examined in this review showed that the distillation of plastic pyrolysis oil allows the control of the carbon distribution of different fractions. The hydroprocessing of pyrolytic oil gives promising results in terms of reducing contaminants, such as chlorine, by one order of magnitude. Recent developments in plastic waste and pyrolysis product characterization methods are also reported in this review. The application of pyrolysis for energy generation or added-value material production determines the economic sustainability of the process.
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Du C, Du T, Zhou JT, Zhu Y, Jia X, Cheng Y. Enhanced Stability and Mechanical Properties of a Graphene–Protein Nanocomposite Film by a Facile Non-Covalent Self-Assembly Approach. Nanomaterials 2022; 12:1181. [PMID: 35407299 PMCID: PMC9000757 DOI: 10.3390/nano12071181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Graphene-based nanocomposite films (NCFs) are in high demand due to their superior photoelectric and thermal properties, but their stability and mechanical properties form a bottleneck. Herein, a facile approach was used to prepare nacre-mimetic NCFs through the non-covalent self-assembly of graphene oxide (GO) and biocompatible proteins. Various characterization techniques were employed to characterize the as-prepared NCFs and to track the interactions between GO and proteins. The conformational changes of various proteins induced by GO determined the film-forming ability of NCFs, and the binding of bull serum albumin (BSA)/hemoglobin (HB) on GO’s surface was beneficial for improving the stability of as-prepared NCFs. Compared with the GO film without any additive, the indentation hardness and equivalent elastic modulus could be improved by 50.0% and 68.6% for GO–BSA NCF; and 100% and 87.5% for GO–HB NCF. Our strategy should be facile and effective for fabricating well-designed bio-nanocomposites for universal functional applications.
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Jehanno C, Alty JW, Roosen M, De Meester S, Dove AP, Chen EYX, Leibfarth FA, Sardon H. Critical advances and future opportunities in upcycling commodity polymers. Nature 2022; 603:803-814. [PMID: 35354997 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04350-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 93.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The vast majority of commodity plastics do not degrade and therefore they permanently pollute the environment. At present, less than 20% of post-consumer plastic waste in developed countries is recycled, predominately for energy recovery or repurposing as lower-value materials by mechanical recycling. Chemical recycling offers an opportunity to revert plastics back to monomers for repolymerization to virgin materials without altering the properties of the material or the economic value of the polymer. For plastic waste that is either cost prohibitive or infeasible to mechanically or chemically recycle, the nascent field of chemical upcycling promises to use chemical or engineering approaches to place plastic waste at the beginning of a new value chain. Here state-of-the-art methods are highlighted for upcycling plastic waste into value-added performance materials, fine chemicals and specialty polymers. By identifying common conceptual approaches, we critically discuss how the advantages and challenges of each approach contribute to the goal of realizing a sustainable plastics economy.
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- Coralie Jehanno
- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.,POLYKEY, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Laboratory for Circular Process Engineering, Ghent University, Kortrijk, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Circular Process Engineering, Ghent University, Kortrijk, Belgium.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.
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Padmanabhan S, Giridharan K, Stalin B, Kumaran S, Kavimani V, Nagaprasad N, Tesfaye Jule L, Krishnaraj R. Energy recovery of waste plastics into diesel fuel with ethanol and ethoxy ethyl acetate additives on circular economy strategy. Sci Rep 2022; 12:5330. [PMID: 35351929 PMCID: PMC8963890 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09148-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The widespread use of plastic goods creates huge disposal issues and environmental concerns. Increasing emphasis has been paid to the notion of a circular economy, which might have a significant impact on the demand for plastic raw materials. Post-consumer plastics recycling is a major focus of the nation’s circular economy. This study focuses on energy recovery from waste plastics as an alternative fuel source to meet the circular economy demand. Waste plastic fuel produced through pyrolysis has been claimed to be utilized as a substituted fuel. This work focuses to determine the performance and emission standards of Waste Plastic Fuel (WPF) generated from the pyrolysis of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) in a single-cylinder Direct Injection Diesel Engine (DIDE). Three different ratios of WPF were combined with 10% ethanol and 10% ethoxy ethyl acetate as an oxygenated additive to create quaternary fuel blends. The ethanol has a low viscosity, a high oxygen content, a high hydrogen-to-carbon ratio as favourable properties, the quaternary fuel results the improved brake thermal efficiency, fuel consumption and reduced emissions. The blend WEE20 exhibits 4.7% higher brake thermal efficiency, and 7.8% reduced fuel consumption compared to the diesel. The quaternary fuel blends demonstrated decreased carbon monoxide of 3.7 to 13.4% and reduced hydrocarbons of 2 to 16% under different load conditions.
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Yang I, Mok JH, Jung M, Yoo J, Kim MS, Choi D, Jung JC. Polyethylene-Derived Activated Carbon Materials for Commercially Available Supercapacitor in an Organic Electrolyte System. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2200006. [PMID: 35316561 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We fabricated high-performance supercapacitors based on activated carbons (AC) derived from Polyethylene (PE), which is one of the most abundant plastic materials worldwide. First, PE carbons (PEC) were prepared via sulfonation, which is reported solution for successful carbonization of innately non-carbonizable PE. Then, we explored the physico-electrical changes of PECs upon a chemical activation process. Interestingly, upon the chemical activation, PECs were converted ACs with a large surface area and high crystallinity at the same time. Subsequently, we exploited PE-derived ACs (PEAC) as electrode materials for supercapacitors. Resultant supercapacitors based on PEACs exhibited impressive performance. When compared to supercapacitors based on YP50f, a representative commercial ACs, devices using PEACs presented considerably good capacitance, low resistance, and great rate capability. Specifically, the retention rate of devices using PEACs was significantly higher than that of YP50f-based devices. At the high-rate of charge-discharge situation reaching 7 A g-1 , the capacitance of supercapacitors using PEACs was about 70% higher than that of YP50f-based devices. We assumed the carbon structure accompanying both large surface area and high conductivity endowed a great electrochemical performance at the high current operating conditions. Therefore, it is envisioned PE might be a viable candidate electrode material for commercially available supercapacitors. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Inchan Yang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, 116, Myongji-ro, Yongin, 17058, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, 116, Myongji-ro, Yongin, 17058, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, 116, Myongji-ro, Yongin, 17058, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, 116, Myongji-ro, Yongin, 17058, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, 116, Myongji-ro, Yongin, 17058, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, 116, Myongji-ro, Yongin, 17058, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, 116, Myongji-ro, Yongin, 17058, Republic of Korea
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Hu Z, Liu N, He P, Bai H, Hao L, Min J, Fan Z, Chen B, Niu R, Gong J. Green Synthesis of Carbon Nitride‐Based Conjugated Copolymer for Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2200043. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Zhen Hu
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials Semiconductor Chemistry Center Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials Semiconductor Chemistry Center Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials Semiconductor Chemistry Center Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials Semiconductor Chemistry Center Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials Semiconductor Chemistry Center Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering National University of Singapore 9 Engineering Drive 1 Singapore 117576 Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials Semiconductor Chemistry Center Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials Semiconductor Chemistry Center Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials Semiconductor Chemistry Center Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage Ministry of Education Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials Semiconductor Chemistry Center Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China
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Muñoz Meneses RA, Cabrera-Papamija G, Machuca-Martínez F, Rodríguez LA, Diosa JE, Mosquera-Vargas E. Plastic recycling and their use as raw material for the synthesis of carbonaceous materials. Heliyon 2022; 8:e09028. [PMID: 35342833 PMCID: PMC8941171 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pollution by polymeric materials - in particular plastics - has a negative effect on the health of our planet. Approximately 4.9 billion tons of plastic are estimated to have been improperly disposed of, with the environment as their final destination. This scenario comes from a linear economic system, extraction-production-consumption and finally disposal. The alarming panorama has created the need to find technological solutions that generate new uses for discarded polymeric materials or turn them into part of the production process to produce new and novel materials, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, or other carbonaceous materials of high added value, modifying the economy for a circular and sustainable production model. This review highlights the negative impact that the disposal of plastic materials has on the environment and the research needs that allow solving the pollution problems generated in the environment by these wastes. Also, the review highlights the current and future directions of recovery plastic waste research-based to promote innovations in the plastic production sector that could allow obtaining breakpoints in other industrial sectors with the technology-based companies.
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- Rodrigo A Muñoz Meneses
- Centro de Excelencia en Nuevos Materiales (CENM), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.,Faculty Gama, University of Brasilia, Gama DF, 72.444-240, Brazil
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- Centro de Excelencia en Nuevos Materiales (CENM), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.,Grupo de Investigación en Procesos Avanzados para Tratamientos Biológicos y Químicos (GAOX), Escuela de Ingeniería Química, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- Centro de Excelencia en Nuevos Materiales (CENM), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.,Grupo de Transiciones de Fase y Materiales Funcionales (GTFMF), Departamento de Física, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- Centro de Excelencia en Nuevos Materiales (CENM), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.,Grupo de Transiciones de Fase y Materiales Funcionales (GTFMF), Departamento de Física, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- Centro de Excelencia en Nuevos Materiales (CENM), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.,Grupo de Transiciones de Fase y Materiales Funcionales (GTFMF), Departamento de Física, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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Jia J, Veksha A, Lim TT, Lisak G. Temperature-dependent synthesis of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and hydrogen from plastic waste over A-site-deficient perovskite La 0.8Ni 1-xCo xO 3-δ. Chemosphere 2022; 291:132831. [PMID: 34767850 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Thermochemical conversion of plastic wastes into carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and hydrogen is a promising management option to eliminate their hazardous effect. The yields and morphologies of CNTs strongly depend on the catalyst design and reaction conditions. To boost the efficiency, tuning of bimetallic nanoparticles as catalyst is an effective approach. For that reason, A-site-deficient perovskite La0·8Ni1-xCoxO3-δ (LN1-xCx, x = 0.15, 0.5, 0.85) was developed and used as a catalyst precursor to achieve in situ formation of bimetallic Ni-Co nanoparticles. At an optimized Ni-to-Co ratio, the LN0.5C0.5 exhibited the highest yields of multi-walled CNTs, namely 840 and 853 mg/gcatalyst from high density polyethylene and polypropylene, respectively. This could be attributed to the higher catalytic capability of LN0.5C0.5 catalyst for the decomposition of hydrocarbons into hydrogen and carbon. In both cases, multi-walled CNTs had regular shapes when the reaction temperature was 700 °C. At higher reaction temperatures, the morphological changes of carbon products were observed from multi-walled CNTs to carbon nano-onions. The Raman spectra showed that compared with the commercial multi-walled CNTs, the as-prepared multi-walled CNTs had a lower degree of defects.
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- Jingbo Jia
- Residues and Resource Reclamation Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Clean Tech One, 637141, Singapore; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Environmental Catalysis, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China.
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- Residues and Resource Reclamation Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Clean Tech One, 637141, Singapore
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- Residues and Resource Reclamation Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Clean Tech One, 637141, Singapore; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Residues and Resource Reclamation Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Clean Tech One, 637141, Singapore; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.
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Veldevi T, Raghu S, Kalaivani RA, Shanmugharaj AM. Waste tire derived carbon as potential anode for lithium-ion batteries. Chemosphere 2022; 288:132438. [PMID: 34619259 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The uncontrolled accumulation of end-of-life tires every year leads to serious environmental concerns, rendering setback to the sustainable growth of the society. The most viable solution to overcome this environmental issue is to convert these hazardness waste tires into value added products. In the present investigation, carbonecous based anode materials has been developed by a novel chemical activation strategy involving aqua regia followed by controlled pyrolytic condition in the selective atmospheres. Raman spectroscopic study displayed a graphitic carbon with significant degree of disordered arrangements. The generation of the turbostratic carbon with higher content of broken crystal edges is corroborated using the structural characterization such as X-ray diffraction (XRD). This fact is further corroborated from surface energy results calculated using the contact angles measured by dynamic wicking method. The prepared turbostratic carbon, when used as lithium anode, renders excellent electrochemical performances with reversible specific capacity of 350 mAhg-1 (at 300 mAg-1) with 81% capacity retention after 500 cycles. The present research provides new roadmap in recycling the waste tires for energy storage applications.
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- T Veldevi
- Centre for Energy and Alternative Fuels, Department of Chemistry, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, 117, India
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- Centre for Energy and Alternative Fuels, Department of Chemistry, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, 117, India
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- Centre for Energy and Alternative Fuels, Department of Chemistry, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, 117, India
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- Centre for Energy and Alternative Fuels, Department of Chemistry, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, 117, India.
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Jia M, Bai H, Liu N, Hao L, He P, Fan Z, Liu J, Niu R, Gong J, Tang T. Upcycling Waste Polyethylene into Carbon Nanomaterial Via A Carbon-Grown-On-Carbon Strategy. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2100835. [PMID: 35032138 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Upcycling waste plastics (e.g., polyethylene (PE)) into value-added carbon products is regarded as a promising approach to address the increasingly serious waste plastic pollution and simultaneously achieve carbon neutrality. However, developing new carbonization technology routes to promote the oxidation of PE at low temperature and construct the stable crosslinking network remains challenging. Here, we propose a facile carbon-grown-on-carbon strategy using carbon black (CB) to convert waste PE into core/shell carbon nanoparticles (CN) in high yields at low temperature. The yield of CN remarkably rises when the heating temperature decreases or the dosage of CB grows. The obtained CN displays turbostratic structure and closely aggregated granular morphology with a size of ca. 80 nm. It is found, prior to the oxidation and carbonization of PE, CB forms a 3D network architecture in the PE matrix. More importantly, CB not only catalyzes the partial oxidation of PE to form PE macromolecular radicals and introduce oxygen-containing groups at low temperature in the early stage, but also favors for the construction of a stable crosslinking network in the latter stage. This work offers a facile sustainable strategy for chemical upcycling of PE into value-added carbon products without post-treatments or usage of metallic catalysts. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Manman Jia
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Semiconductor Chemistry Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China.,State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China
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Olazabal I, Goujon N, Mantione D, Alvarez-Tirado M, Jehanno C, Mecerreyes D, Sardon H. From plastic waste to new materials for energy storage. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2py00592a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A perspective on using plastic waste as an alternative feedstock for the energy storage sector through upcycling. Materials for electrodes, electrolytes or binders could be obtained from both advanced combustion and depolymerization methods.
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- Ion Olazabal
- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- POLYKEY POLYMERS, Joxe Mari Korta Center, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- POLYKEY POLYMERS, Joxe Mari Korta Center, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, E-48011 Bilbao, Spain
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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Yang W, Cao L, Li W, Du X, Lin Z, Zhang P. Carbon Nanotube prepared by catalytic pyrolysis as the electrode for supercapacitors from polypropylene wasted face masks. Ionics (Kiel) 2022; 28:3489-3500. [PMID: 35469176 PMCID: PMC9020764 DOI: 10.1007/s11581-022-04567-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The massive global consumption and discarded face masks drove by the ongoing spread of COVID-19. Meantime, incineration and landfill discarded face masks would result in severe environmental pollution and infectious hazards. Herein a suggestion to recycle polypropylene waste masks into CNTs by an environmentally friendly and high-added value disposal process was proposed, and which was prepared as supercapacitor electrode materials for energy storage attempting. The CNTs were prepared from waste masks by catalysis pyrolysis with Ni-Fe bimetallic catalysts. Especially, the bamboo-like structure CNT was obtained with Ni/Fe molar ratio is 3. This structure owned a high specific capacitance compared to other standard CNTs. Its specific capacitance could reach 56.04 F/g (1 A/g) and has excellent cycling stability with a capacitance retention rate of the material is 85.41% after 10,000 cycles. Besides, the assembled capacitor possesses a good energy density of 4.78 Wh/kg at a power density of 900 W/kg. Thus, this work provides a sustainable and cost-effective strategy for disposing waste masks into high-valuable CNT, and their potential application for supercapacitors was also studied and exploited. It would provide a new idea for recycling and utilizing other polypropylene wastes such as medical devices.
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- Wei Yang
- Institute of Advanced Wear & Corrosion Resistant and Functional Materials, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 China
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- Institute of Advanced Wear & Corrosion Resistant and Functional Materials, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 China
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- Institute of Advanced Wear & Corrosion Resistant and Functional Materials, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 China
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- Institute of Advanced Wear & Corrosion Resistant and Functional Materials, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 China
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- Institute of Advanced Wear & Corrosion Resistant and Functional Materials, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 China
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- Institute of Advanced Wear & Corrosion Resistant and Functional Materials, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 China
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Chen L, Yu H, Li Z, Chen X, Zhou W. Cellulose nanofiber derived carbon aerogel with 3D multiscale pore architecture for high-performance supercapacitors. Nanoscale 2021; 13:17837-17845. [PMID: 34668896 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr04838d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Carbon materials are highly promising electrode materials for supercapacitors, due to their hierarchical porous structure and large specific surface area. However, the limited specific capacitance and inferior rate capability significantly prevent their practical application. Herein, 3D interconnected hierarchical porous carbon aerogels (CNFAs) through engineering the pyrolysis chemistry of CNF are developed. The obtained CNFAs effectively improve the carbon yield and suppress the volume shrinkage, as well as have robust mechanical properties. As a supercapacitor electrode, the CNFAs-17% electrode exhibits an ultrahigh capacitance of 440.29 F g-1 at 1 A g-1, significantly superior to most reported biomass-based carbon materials. Moreover, the CNFAs-17% assembled symmetric supercapacitor (SSC) achieves an outstanding rate capability (63.29% at 10 mA cm-2), high areal energy density (0.081 mWh cm-2), and remarkable cycling stability (nearly 100% capacitance retention after 7000 cycles). This work offers a simple, effective strategy towards the preparation of promising electrode materials for high-performance energy storage applications.
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- Lumin Chen
- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials & Processing Technology, College of Textile Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
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- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials & Processing Technology, College of Textile Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
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- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials & Processing Technology, College of Textile Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
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- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials & Processing Technology, College of Textile Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
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- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials & Processing Technology, College of Textile Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
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Luo Y, Li CF, He X, Xiao H, Hu JH, Zeng K, Yang G. Porous carbon foam based on coassembled graphene and adenine-polyimide for electromagnetic interference shielding. POLYMER 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Chow CF, Lam CS, Lau KC, Gong CB. Waste-to-Energy: Production of Fuel Gases from Plastic Wastes. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13213672. [PMID: 34771229 PMCID: PMC8588166 DOI: 10.3390/polym13213672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A new mechanochemical method was developed to convert polymer wastes, polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), to fuel gases (H2, CH4, and CO) under ball-milling with KMnO4 at room temperature. By using various solid-state characterizations (XPS, SEM, EDS, FTIR, and NMR), and density functional theory calculations, it was found that the activation followed the hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) mechanism. Two metal oxidant molecules were found to abstract two separate hydrogen atoms from the α-CH and β-CH units of substrates, [-βCH2-αCH(R)-]n, where R = H in PE, R = γCH3 in PP, and R = Cl in PVC, resulting in a di-radical, [-βCH•-αC•(R)-]. Subsequently, the two unpaired electrons of the di-radical were recombined into an alkene intermediate, [-βCH = αC(R)-], which underwent further oxidation to produce H2, CH4, and CO gases.
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- Cheuk-Fai Chow
- Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +852-29487671
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China; (C.-S.L.); (K.-C.L.)
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China; (C.-S.L.); (K.-C.L.)
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- The Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry of Chongqing Municipality, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
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Choi J, Yang I, Kim SS, Cho SY, Lee S. Upcycling Plastic Waste into High Value-Added Carbonaceous Materials. Macromol Rapid Commun 2021; 43:e2100467. [PMID: 34643991 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Even though plastic improved the human standard of living, handling the plastic waste represents an enormous challenge. It takes more than 100 years to decompose discarded or buried waste plastics. Microplastics are one of the causes of significantly pervasive environmental pollutants. The incineration of plastic waste generates toxic gases, underscoring the need for new approaches, in contrast to conventional strategies that are required for recycling plastic waste. Therefore, several studies have attempted to upcycle plastic waste into high value-added products. Converting plastic waste into carbonaceous materials is an excellent upcycling technique due to their diverse practical applications. This review summarizes various studies dealing with the upcycling of plastic waste into carbonaceous products. Further, this review discusses the applications of carbonaceous products synthesized from plastic waste including carbon fibers, absorbents for water purification, and electrodes for energy storage. Based on the findings, future directions for effective upcycling of plastic waste into carbonaceous materials are suggested.
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- Jiho Choi
- Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, 55324, Republic of Korea
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- Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, 55324, Republic of Korea
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- Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, 55324, Republic of Korea
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- Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, 55324, Republic of Korea
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- Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, 55324, Republic of Korea.,Department of Quantum System Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk, 54896, Republic of Korea
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Roy PS, Garnier G, Allais F, Saito K. Strategic Approach Towards Plastic Waste Valorization: Challenges and Promising Chemical Upcycling Possibilities. ChemSusChem 2021; 14:4007-4027. [PMID: 34132056 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202100904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Plastic waste, which is one of the major sources of pollution in the landfills and oceans, has raised global concern, primarily due to the huge production rate, high durability, and the lack of utilization of the available waste management techniques. Recycling methods are preferable to reduce the impact of plastic pollution to some extent. However, most of the recycling techniques are associated with different drawbacks, high cost and downgrading of product quality being among the notable ones. The sustainable option here is to upcycle the plastic waste to create high-value materials to compensate for the cost of production. Several upcycling techniques are constantly being investigated and explored, which is currently the only economical option to resolve the plastic waste issue. This Review provides a comprehensive insight on the promising chemical routes available for upcycling of the most widely used plastic and mixed plastic wastes. The challenges inherent to these processes, the recent advances, and the significant role of the science and research community in resolving these issues are further emphasized.
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- Pallabi Sinha Roy
- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, VIC, Australia
- BioPRIA, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, VIC, Australia
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- BioPRIA, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, VIC, Australia
- URD Agro-Biotechnologies Industrielles (ABI), CEBB, AgroParisTech, 51110, Pomacle, France
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- BioPRIA, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, VIC, Australia
- URD Agro-Biotechnologies Industrielles (ABI), CEBB, AgroParisTech, 51110, Pomacle, France
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, VIC, Australia
- BioPRIA, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, VIC, Australia
- Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University, Higashi-Ichijo-Kan, Yoshida-nakaadachicho 1, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8306, Japan
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Freitas CMP, Coimbra JSR, Souza VGL, Sousa RCS. Structure and Applications of Pectin in Food, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Industry: A Review. Coatings 2021; 11:922. [DOI: 10.3390/coatings11080922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Pectin is a biocompatible polysaccharide with intrinsic biological activity, which may exhibit different structures depending on its source or extraction method. The extraction of pectin from various industrial by-products presents itself as a green option for the valorization of agro-industrial residues by producing a high commercial value product. Pectin is susceptible to physical, chemical, and/or enzymatic changes. The numerous functional groups present in its structure can stimulate different functionalities, and certain modifications can enable pectin for countless applications in food, agriculture, drugs, and biomedicine. It is currently a trend to use pectin to produce edible coating to protect foodstuff, antimicrobial bio-based films, nanoparticles, healing agents, and cancer treatment. Advances in methodology, use of different sources of extraction, and knowledge about structural modification have significantly expanded the properties, yields, and applications of this polysaccharide. Recently, structurally modified pectin has shown better functional properties and bioactivities than the native one. In addition, pectin can be used in conjunction with a wide variety of biopolymers with differentiated properties and specific functionalities. In this context, this review presents the structural characteristics and properties of pectin and information on the modification of this polysaccharide, its respective applications, perspectives, and future challenges.
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Overuse of polymer products has led to severe environmental problems, which are threatening survival of creatures on earth. It is urgent to tackle enormous polymer wastes with proper cycling methods. Pyrolysis of polymers into high-value chemicals and fuels is displaying great potential to address the white pollution issue. In this study, we focus on chemical recycling of polystyrene, an important polymer in our everyday life, into valuable chemicals through simple pyrolysis strategy under nitrogen protection. It is found that yield of liquid product from polystyrene pyrolysis achieves as high as 76.24%, and there exists single component in the liquid product, which has been identified as styrene through hydrogen nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. Moreover, we propose monomer dissociation mechanism to explain the pyrolysis process of polystyrene based on the structure of polystyrene and experimental results.
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Ye J, Li C, Wang L, Yan Y, Wang Y, Dai J. MOFs derived 3D sea urchin-like carbon frameworks loaded on PVDF membranes as PMS activator for highly efficient bisphenol A degradation. Sep Purif Technol 2021; 258:117669. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Zhu W, Kierzek K, Wang S, Li S, Holze R, Chen X. Improved performance in lithium ion battery of CNT-Fe3O4@graphene induced by three-dimensional structured construction. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.126014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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