Electrocatalytic reforming of waste plastics into high value-added chemicals and hydrogen fuel

The upcycling of waste plastic offers an attractive way to protect the environment and turn waste into value-added chemicals and H 2 fuel. Herein, we report a novel electroreforming strategy to upcycle waste polyethylene terephthalate into high value-added chemicals, such as terephthalate and carbon...

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Published inChemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 57; no. 94; pp. 12595 - 12598
Main Authors Shi, Rui, Liu, Ke-Sheng, Liu, Fulai, Yang, Xiao, Hou, Chun-Chao, Chen, Yong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 25.11.2021
Subjects
Environmental protection
Hydrogen fuels
Metal foams
Polyethylene terephthalate
Reforming
Selectivity
Specialty products
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Summary:The upcycling of waste plastic offers an attractive way to protect the environment and turn waste into value-added chemicals and H 2 fuel. Herein, we report a novel electroreforming strategy to upcycle waste polyethylene terephthalate into high value-added chemicals, such as terephthalate and carbonate, over a Pd modified Ni foam catalyst. This system exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activity (400 mA cm −2 at 0.7 V vs. RHE) and high selectivity (95%)/faradaic efficiency (93%) for the product carbonate. Our work demonstrates a technology that can not only transform waste polyethylene terephthalate into value-added chemicals but also generate H 2 fuel via an all-in-one electro-driven process. We report an electroreforming strategy to upcycle waste PET into value-added chemicals and H 2 using Pd as the anode and Ni foam as the cathode.
Bibliography:Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Supplemental experiment section. See DOI
10.1039/d1cc05032j
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ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/d1cc05032j