Catalytic Upcycling of Polyolefins

J Sun, J Dong, L Gao, YQ Zhao, H Moon… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The large production volumes of commodity polyolefins (specifically, polyethylene,
polypropylene, polystyrene, and poly (vinyl chloride)), in conjunction with their low unit …

Electrochemically Driven Hydrogen Atom Transfer Catalysis: A Tool for C(sp3)/Si–H Functionalization and Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenes

S Zhang, M Findlater - ACS catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrochemically driven hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) catalysis provides a complementary
approach for the transformation of redox-inactive substrates that would be inaccessible to …

Chemical upcycling of commercial polystyrene via catalyst-controlled photooxidation

S Oh, EE Stache - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chemical upcycling of polystyrene into targeted small molecules is desirable to reduce
plastic pollution. Herein, we report the upcycling of polystyrene to benzoyl products …

Mechanistic insights enable divergent product selectivity in catalyst-controlled photooxidative degradation of polystyrene

S Oh, EE Stache - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polystyrene upcycling to valuable commodity feedstocks is essential for reducing plastic
waste. Photooxidative degradation has emerged as a method for converting polystyrene to …

Recent progress in energy-saving hydrogen production by coupling with value-added anodic reactions

J Li, H Duan - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Replacement of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) by energetically more favorable
electrooxidation reactions opens up an innovative pathway for energy-saving hydrogen (H …

Electrocatalytic upcycling of plastic waste

J Cho, B Kim, T Kwon, K Lee, SI Choi - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Plastics, which are versatile and widely used materials, are being improperly disposed of in
landfills or water bodies, leading to significant environmental damage. Traditional methods …

Precise activation of C–C bonds for recycling and upcycling of plastics

H Ran, S Zhang, W Ni, Y **g - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The rapid accumulation of plastic waste has led to a severe environmental crisis and a
noticeable imbalance between manufacturing and recycling. Fortunately, chemical …

A horseradish peroxidase–mediator system for benzylic C–H activation

MA Cribari, MJ Unger, JD Martell - ACS catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Enzyme–mediator systems generate radical intermediates that abstract hydrogen atoms
under mild conditions. These systems have been employed extensively for alcohol …

Catalytic materials based on metals (ions) used in the upcycling of plastics and polymers into fuels and valuable chemicals as part of sustainable development

K Pobłocki, M Pawlak, J Drzeżdżon… - Materials Science and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Synthetic plastics have become an essential functional material in almost every aspect of the
world around us. Their large-scale production is about 368 million tons per year and is …

Anodic Commodity Polymer Recycling: The Merger of Iron‐Electrocatalysis with Scalable Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

M Hourtoule, S Trienes… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plastics are omnipresent in our everyday life, and accumulation of post‐consumer plastic
waste in our environment represents a major societal challenge. Hence, methods for plastic …