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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 57, Issue 94, Pages 12595-12598Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05032j
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- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB17000000]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21773275, 21971250]
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The study introduces a novel electroreforming strategy to upcycle waste polyethylene terephthalate into high-value chemicals with excellent electrocatalytic activity and high selectivity, achieving a high faradaic efficiency for the product carbonate.
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.
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