{"title":"Electrochemical upvaluing of waste plastic","authors":"Robert S. Weber","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101493","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Examples of electrochemistry directly assisting in the upvaluing of waste materials are known for condensation polymers, which can be solvolyzed into electrochemically active species, and for self-immolative polymers, whose degradation can be triggered by a redox mediator. Polyolefins (e.g. polyethylene, polypropylene) must first be degraded thermochemically into diacid intermediates, which can then be electrochemically reverted into unsaturated monomers. Electrochemical processes may be of most use for detecting and destroying microplastics, but the process economics have yet to be demonstrated.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 101493"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451910324000541","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Examples of electrochemistry directly assisting in the upvaluing of waste materials are known for condensation polymers, which can be solvolyzed into electrochemically active species, and for self-immolative polymers, whose degradation can be triggered by a redox mediator. Polyolefins (e.g. polyethylene, polypropylene) must first be degraded thermochemically into diacid intermediates, which can then be electrochemically reverted into unsaturated monomers. Electrochemical processes may be of most use for detecting and destroying microplastics, but the process economics have yet to be demonstrated.
期刊介绍：
The development of the Current Opinion journals stemmed from the acknowledgment of the growing challenge for specialists to stay abreast of the expanding volume of information within their field. In Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, they help the reader by providing in a systematic manner:
1.The views of experts on current advances in electrochemistry in a clear and readable form.
2.Evaluations of the most interesting papers, annotated by experts, from the great wealth of original publications.
In the realm of electrochemistry, the subject is divided into 12 themed sections, with each section undergoing an annual review cycle:
• Bioelectrochemistry • Electrocatalysis • Electrochemical Materials and Engineering • Energy Storage: Batteries and Supercapacitors • Energy Transformation • Environmental Electrochemistry • Fundamental & Theoretical Electrochemistry • Innovative Methods in Electrochemistry • Organic & Molecular Electrochemistry • Physical & Nano-Electrochemistry • Sensors & Bio-sensors •
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
分享
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
扫码关注我们
