Visible light driven reform of wasted plastics to generate green hydrogen over mesoporous ZnIn₂S₄.

ABSTRACT: As the global consumption of plastics keeps increasing, the accumulated plastics in the natural environment have threatened the survival of human beings. Photoreforming, as a simple and low-energy way, could transform wasted plastic into fuel and small organic chemicals at ambient temperature. However, the previously reported photocatalysts have some drawbacks, such as low efficiency, containing precious or toxic metal. Herein, a noble-free, non-toxic, and easy prepared mesoporous ZnIn₂S₄ photocatalyst has been applied in photoreforming of polylactic acid (PLA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyurethane (PU), generating small organic chemicals and H₂ fuel under simulated sunlight. Plastic was degraded into small organic molecules after the pretreatm

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10123493 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature