Challenges and opportunities in sustainable management of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment

B Sarkar, PD Dissanayake, NS Bolan, JY Dar… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The accumulation of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) in terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems has raised concerns because of their adverse effects on ecosystem functions …

Carbonization: A feasible route for reutilization of plastic wastes

S Chen, Z Liu, S Jiang, H Hou - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Plastics not only bring convenience and color to human life, but also bring endless troubles
and disaster to our environment. Reutilization of plastic wastes is in favor of energy …

Conversion of waste plastics into value-added carbon materials

Y Luo, X Lin, E Lichtfouse, H Jiang, C Wang - Environmental Chemistry …, 2023 - Springer
Plastic pollution is a major environmental issue worldwide, calling for advanced methods to
recycle waste plastics in the context of the circular economy. Here we review methods and …

Structure-oriented conversions of plastics to carbon nanomaterials

S Ren, X Xu, K Hu, W Tian, X Duan, J Yi, S Wang - Carbon Research, 2022 - Springer
The accumulation of waste plastics has caused serious environmental issues due to their
unbiodegradable nature and hazardous additives. Converting waste plastics to different …

Upcycling plastic waste into high value‐added carbonaceous materials

J Choi, I Yang, SS Kim, SY Cho… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Sustainable valorization of waste plastic into nanostructured materials for environmental, energy, catalytic and biomedical applications: A review

A Kapoor, M Raghunathan, B Lal, P Kumar… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The extensive production and utilization of plastic products are inevitable in the current
scenario. However, the non-degradable nature of waste plastic generated after use poses a …

Waste plastic to energy storage materials: a state-of-the-art review

G Tang, W Qiao, Z Wang, F Liu, L He, M Liu… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recycling plastic waste efficiently and cleanly is one of the key ways to reduce
environmental pollution and carbon emissions. At present, the disposal methods for waste …

Electrode materials derived from plastic wastes and other industrial wastes for supercapacitors

W Utetiwabo, L Yang, MK Tufail, L Zhou, R Chen… - Chinese Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present review not only devotes on the environmental consequences of plastic bag
wastes and other industrial wastes observable in the landfills, in the oceans or elsewhere …

Biomass-derived three-dimensional hierarchical porous carbon network for symmetric supercapacitors with ultra-high energy density in ionic liquid electrolyte

Y Wu, JP Cao, QQ Zhuang, XY Zhao, Z Zhou, YL Wei… - Electrochimica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the interconnected network and high porosity, melamine foam has been selected as
the template to obtain hierarchical porous carbon. In this paper, porous carbon with …

Investigation on pore structure regulation of activated carbon derived from sargassum and its application in supercapacitor

S Li, X Tan, H Li, Y Gao, Q Wang, G Li, M Guo - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In order to realize the effective regulation of the pore structure of activated carbon and
optimize its pore structure properties as electrode material, the effects of activation …