{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"submitter":["Cao J"],"pubmed_abstract":["Alcoholysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) waste to produce monomers, including methanolysis to yield dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) and glycolysis to generate bis-2-hydroxyethyl terephthalate (BHET), is a promising strategy in PET waste management. Here, we introduce an efficient PET-alcoholysis approach utilizing an oxygen-vacancy (V<sub>o</sub>)-rich catalyst under air, achieving space time yield (STY) of 505.2 g<sub>DMT</sub>·g<sub>cat</sub><sup>-1</sup>·h<sup>-1</sup> and 957.1 g<sub>BHET</sub>·g<sub>cat</sub><sup>-1</sup>·h<sup>-1</sup>, these results represent 51-fold and 28-fold performance enhancements compared to reactions conducted under N<sub>2</sub>. In situ spectroscopy, in combination with density functional theory calculations, elucidates the reaction pathways of PET d"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pagination":["6266"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11269573"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Depolymerization mechanisms and closed-loop assessment in polyester waste recycling."],"pmcid":["PMC11269573"],"pubmed_authors":["Li X","Yang J","Zhu Z","Liang H","Elimelech M","Lu X","Cao J","Deng J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Depolymerization mechanisms and closed-loop assessment in polyester waste recycling.","description":"Alcoholysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) waste to produce monomers, including methanolysis to yield dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) and glycolysis to generate bis-2-hydroxyethyl terephthalate (BHET), is a promising strategy in PET waste management. Here, we introduce an efficient PET-alcoholysis approach utilizing an oxygen-vacancy (V<sub>o</sub>)-rich catalyst under air, achieving space time yield (STY) of 505.2 g<sub>DMT</sub>·g<sub>cat</sub><sup>-1</sup>·h<sup>-1</sup> and 957.1 g<sub>BHET</sub>·g<sub>cat</sub><sup>-1</sup>·h<sup>-1</sup>, these results represent 51-fold and 28-fold performance enhancements compared to reactions conducted under N<sub>2</sub>. In situ spectroscopy, in combination with density functional theory calculations, elucidates the reaction pathways of PET d","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jul","modification":"2026-05-04T06:38:22.628Z","creation":"2025-04-06T19:29:26.73Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11269573","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39048542"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-024-50702-5"]}}