Microplastic materials in the environment: Problem and strategical solutions

W Tian, P Song, H Zhang, X Duan, Y Wei… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics are widely used in our daily life; however, poor management and disposal result in
their ubiquity throughout the biosphere. Increased accumulation of microplastic (MP) or even …

Advances in photothermal regulation strategies: from efficient solar heating to daytime passive cooling

L Zhu, L Tian, S Jiang, L Han, Y Liang, Q Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal regulation concerning solar harvesting and repelling has recently attracted
significant interest due to the fast-growing research focus in the areas of solar heating for …

Rational design of chemical catalysis for plastic recycling

M Chu, Y Liu, X Lou, Q Zhang, J Chen - Acs Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Plastics are indispensable, but their pollution is triggering a global environmental crisis.
Although many end-of-life catalytic options have involved converting plastics into valuable …

Waste-treating-waste: Upcycling discarded polyester into metal–organic framework nanorod for synergistic interfacial solar evaporation and sulfate-based advanced …

H Bai, P He, L Hao, Z Fan, R Niu, T Tang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Catalytic conversion of waste plastics into semiconductive metal–organic framework (MOF)
kills two birds with one stone, since it not merely offers promising possibility to realize …

Mo2TiC2 MXene-Supported Ru Clusters for Efficient Photothermal Reverse Water–Gas Shift

Z Wu, J Shen, C Li, C Zhang, K Feng, Z Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Driving metal-cluster-catalyzed high-temperature chemical reactions by sunlight holds
promise for the development of negative-carbon-footprint industrial catalysis, which has yet …

Plastic waste valorization by leveraging multidisciplinary catalytic technologies

H Zhou, Y Wang, Y Ren, Z Li, X Kong, M Shao… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Plastic waste triggers a series of concerns because of its disruptive impact on the
environment and ecosystem. From the point of view of catalysis, however, end-of-life plastics …

Upcycling waste poly (ethylene terephthalate) into a porous carbon cuboid through a MOF-Derived carbonization strategy for interfacial solar-driven water …

B Chen, J Ren, Y Song, P He, H Bai, Z Fan… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Converting plastics into functional carbonaceous materials for solar energy conversion and
storage has emerged as a prospective solution to concurrently advanced waste plastics …

From plastic waste to treasure: selective upcycling through catalytic technologies

S Yue, P Wang, B Yu, T Zhang, Z Zhao… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The huge amount of plastic wastes has become a pressing global environmental problem,
leading to severe environmental pollution and resource depletion through conventional …

Sustainable chemical upcycling of waste polyolefins by heterogeneous catalysis

M Chu, W Tu, S Yang, C Zhang, Q Li, Q Zhang… - SusMat, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The mass production of disposable polyolefin products has led to serious plastic pollution
and an imbalance between manufacturing and recycling. Given these challenges, the …

Photothermal catalytic polyester upcycling over cobalt single‐site catalyst

Y Liu, X Wang, Q Li, T Yan, X Lou… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photothermal catalytic conversion of waste plastics into fuels and/or feedstocks using
renewable solar energy can achieve solar‐to‐chemical conversion, resource sustainability …