ArticleNature chemistry2026
Lithium metal-mediated electrochemical reduction of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances.
Article in Nature chemistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Electrocatalytic polyvinylidene fluoride defluorination with water mediation at room temperature.Science advances · 2026Article
- Recent advances in the degradation of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) at low temperature (≤100 °C).Chemical science · 2026Review
- Liquid alloy-driven ambient upcycling of fluoropolymer waste.National science review · 2026Article
- Understanding the Defluorination Mechanism of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Wastewater: From Microscopic Process to Practical Application.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Review
- Mitigating Interfacial Degradation by Tuning the Diluent-Anion Affinity for Long-Cycling Lithium Metal Batteries.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Heterogeneous PFAS Defluorination and Fluoride Upcycling into Medicinal Agents in Aqueous Electrolytes.ACS electrochemistry · 2026Article
- Electrochemical Synthesis of Isolated Fluoride Reagents from PFAS.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026Article
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Abstract
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have substantial environmental and health hazards. Unfortunately, current degradation routes require high temperatures or corrosive conditions and/or lead to incomplete defluorination and the generation of shorter alkyl chains. Inspired by the lithium-metal battery literature, here we develop an electrochemical degradation process that leverages reactive metals and highly reducing environments. We show that electrodeposited lithium metal can enable 95% degradation and 94% defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid to LiF without forming any shorter C
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