期刊
POLYMERS
卷 13, 期 16, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13162730
关键词
plastic degradation; oxidation; free radicals; C-C bond cleavage
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31961133017, 52073022, 21978017]
- NSFC
- EU
- European Union [870294]
This study used quantum mechanical calculations to investigate the oxidative scission of the carbon-carbon backbone in PE, finding that the presence of carbocations affects the strength of the C-C bond, increases the total energy of the molecule, and makes the oxidation reaction more difficult.
Recalcitrant plastic waste has caused serious global ecological problems. There is an urgent need to develop environmentally friendly and efficient methods for degrading the highly stable carbon skeleton structure of plastics. To that end, we used a quantum mechanical calculation to thoroughly investigate the oxidative scission of the carbon-carbon (C-C) backbone in polyethylene (PE). Here, we studied the reaction path of C-C bond oxidation via hydroxyl radical in PE. The flexible force constants and fuzzy bond orders of the C-C bonds were calculated in the presence of one or more carbocations in the same PE carbon chain. By comparison, the strength of the C-C bond decreased when carbocation density increased. However, the higher the density of carbocations, the higher the total energy of the molecule and the more difficult it was to be generated. The results revealed that PE oxidized to alcohol and other products, such as carboxylic acid, aldehyde and ketone, etc. Moreover, the presence of carbocations was seen to promote the cleavage of C-C backbones in the absence of oxygen.
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