ArticleChemical science2023
PET recycling under mild conditions
Article in Chemical science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Intramolecularly Synergic Catalysis Enables Efficient Closed-Loop Recycling of Polyesters and Polycarbonates.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Bimetallic Synergistic Catalysis Enabling Efficient Chemical Recycling of Commercial Polyesters.Polymer science & technology (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Reaction Network and Kinetics Model for Neutral Hydrolysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate).Industrial & engineering chemistry research · 2026Article
- Highly Stable Heterometallic Catalysts for Polyester Depolymerization and Polymerization at High Temperatures.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- Rapid Catalytic Recycling of Poly(ethylene terephthalate): Minimal Hydroxide, Minimal Biomass-Derived Recyclable Cosolvent.ChemSusChem · 2025Article
- Breaking the Recycling Bottleneck of Thermosets via Bio-Tailoring Technology.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
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- Pyrolysis study of a waste plastic mixture through different kinetic models using isothermal and nonisothermal mechanism.RSC advances · 2024Article
- Opportunities and challenges for plastic depolymerization by biomimetic catalysis.Chemical science · 2024Review
- Depolymerization within a Circular Plastics System.Chemical reviews · 2024Review
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Abstract
Catalytic depolymerization represents a promising approach for the closed-loop recycling of plastic wastes. Here, we report a knowledge-driven catalyst development for poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) recycling, which not only achieves more than 23-fold enhancement in specific activity but also reduces the alkali concentration by an order of magnitude compared with the conventional hydrolysis. Substituted binuclear zinc catalysts are developed to regulate biomimetic intramolecular PET hydrolysis. Hammett studies and density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that the substituents modify the charge densities of the active centers, and an optimal substituent should slightly increase the electron richness of the zinc sites to facilitate the formation of a six-membered ring intermediate. The understanding of the structure-activity relationship leads to an advanced catalyst with a specific activity of 778 ± 40 g
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