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SUBMITTER: Pichler CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8353629 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pichler Christian M CM Bhattacharjee Subhajit S Rahaman Motiar M Uekert Taylor T Reisner Erwin E
ACS catalysis 20210709 15
The chemical inertness of polyethylene makes chemical recycling challenging and motivates the development of new catalytic innovations to mitigate polymer waste. Current chemical recycling methods yield a complex mixture of liquid products, which is challenging to utilize in subsequent processes. Here, we present an oxidative depolymerization step utilizing diluted nitric acid to convert polyethylene into organic acids (40% organic acid yield), which can be coupled to a photo- or electrocatalyti ...[more]