Trash to Treasure: Photoreforming of Plastic Waste into Commodity Chemicals and Hydrogen over MoS2-Tipped CdS Nanorods

Pt Particle Size Affects Both the Charge Separation and Water Reduction Efficiencies of CdS–Pt Nanorod Photocatalysts for Light Driven H2 Generation

(2022) Yawei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photocatalytic Conversion of Plastic Waste: From Photodegradation to Photosynthesis

(2022) Sheng Chu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Catalytic processing of plastic waste on the rise

(2021) Antonio J. Martín et al.   Chem

Closed-loop recycling of polyethylene-like materials

(2021) Manuel Häußler et al.   NATURE

Conversion of Waste Plastics into Value‐Added Carbonaceous Fuels under Mild Conditions

(2021) Xingchen Jiao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The Chemical Recycling of Polyesters for a Circular Plastics Economy: Challenges and Emerging Opportunities

(2021) Jack Payne et al.   ChemSusChem

Upcycling to Sustainably Reuse Plastics

(2021) Xin Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Toward polymer upcycling—adding value and tackling circularity

(2021) LaShanda T. J. Korley et al.   SCIENCE

Conversion of Polyethylene Waste into Gaseous Hydrocarbons via Integrated Tandem Chemical–Photo/Electrocatalytic Processes

(2021) Christian M. Pichler et al.   ACS Catalysis

Few‐Layered Mo x W 1− x S 2 ‐Modified CdS Photocatalyst: One‐Step Synthesis with Bifunctional Precursors and Improved H 2 ‐Evolution Activity

(2021) Jiangyuan He et al.   Solar RRL

Metal-free tellurene cocatalyst with tunable bandgap for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production

(2021) B. Qiu et al.   Materials Today Energy

Synergistic Modulation of the Separation of Photo‐Generated Carriers via Engineering of Dual Atomic Sites for Promoting Photocatalytic Performance

(2021) Gang Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Catalytic Amination of Polylactic Acid to Alanine

(2021) Shuheng Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Kinetics, Product Evolution, and Mechanism for the Pyrolysis of Typical Plastic Waste

(2021) Yutao Zhang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Multiblock Copolymers for Recycling Polyethylene–Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Mixed Waste

(2020) Keiichiro Nomura et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Photocatalytic Conversion of Waste Plastics into C2 Fuels under Simulated Natural Environment Conditions

(2020) Xingchen Jiao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Beyond Mechanical Recycling: Giving New Life to Plastic Waste

(2020) Ina Vollmer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

(2020) V. Tournier et al.   NATURE

A Ternary Dumbbell Structure with Spatially Separated Catalytic Sites for Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting

(2020) Bocheng Qiu et al.   Advanced Science

Decoupling Strategy for Enhanced Syngas Generation from Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction

(2020) Sheng Chu et al.   iScience

Creating value from plastic waste

(2020) Bert M. Weckhuysen   SCIENCE

Possibilities and limitations of biotechnological plastic degradation and recycling

(2020) Ren Wei et al.   Nature Catalysis

Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism

(2020) Akalanka Tennakoon et al.   Nature Catalysis

Microwave-initiated catalytic deconstruction of plastic waste into hydrogen and high-value carbons

(2020) Xiangyu Jie et al.   Nature Catalysis

Evidencing Interfacial Charge Transfer in 2D CdS/2D MXene Schottky Heterojunctions toward High‐Efficiency Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

(2020) Mingye Ding et al.   Solar RRL

Synthesis of CdS/MoS 2 Nanooctahedrons Heterostructure with a Tight Interface for Enhanced Photocatalytic H 2 Evolution and Biomass Upgrading

(2020) Lili Zhao et al.   Solar RRL

Solar-driven reforming of solid waste for a sustainable future

(2020) Taylor Uekert et al.   Nature Sustainability

Engineering of 2D/2D MoS 2 /Cd x Zn 1− x S Photocatalyst for Solar H 2 Evolution Coupled with Degradation of Plastic in Alkaline Solution

(2020) Yiqun Li et al.   Solar RRL

Photoreforming of Nonrecyclable Plastic Waste over a Carbon Nitride/Nickel Phosphide Catalyst

(2019) Taylor Uekert et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Visible Light–Driven Cascade Carbon–Carbon Bond Scission for Organic Transformations and Plastics Recycling

(2019) Sarifuddin Gazi et al.   Advanced Science

Plastics of the future? The impact of biodegradable polymers on the environment and on society

(2018) Tobias Haider et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Characterization and engineering of a plastic-degrading aromatic polyesterase

(2018) Harry P. Austin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanism of CO2 Reduction at Copper Surfaces: Pathways to C2 Products

(2018) Alejandro J. Garza et al.   ACS Catalysis

Plastic waste as a feedstock for solar-driven H2 generation

(2018) Taylor Uekert et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Visible-Light-Driven Valorization of Biomass Intermediates Integrated with H2 Production Catalyzed by Ultrathin Ni/CdS Nanosheets

(2017) Guanqun Han et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Defect-Induced Epitaxial Growth for Efficient Solar Hydrogen Production

(2017) Kan Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Designed to degrade

(2017) Ann-Christine Albertsson et al.   SCIENCE

Ti3C2 MXene co-catalyst on metal sulfide photo-absorbers for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen production

(2017) Jingrun Ran et al.   Nature Communications

Double 2-dimensional H 2 -evoluting catalyst tipped photocatalyst nanowires: A new avenue for high-efficiency solar to H 2 generation

(2017) Kan Zhang et al.   Nano Energy

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Chemical recycling of waste plastics for new materials production

(2017) AliReza Rahimi et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Ultrafast Exciton Dynamics and Light-Driven H2 Evolution in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanorods and Pt-Tipped Nanorods

(2015) Kaifeng Wu et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Hole Removal Rate Limits Photodriven H2 Generation Efficiency in CdS-Pt and CdSe/CdS-Pt Semiconductor Nanorod–Metal Tip Heterostructures

(2014) Kaifeng Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

100 Years of Bakelite, the Material of a 1000 Uses

(2008) Daniel Crespy et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION