Home  Guidelines for Reviewers About the Journal News Editorial Board Aims & Scope Subscription Contact us Announcement Peer Review Policy Content
 
Early Edition  //  Current Issue  //  Archives  //  Most Read

General Chemistry ›› 2017, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (3): 155-158.DOI: 10.21127/yaoyigc20170010

• Minireviews • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Converting Waste Plastics into High Yield and Quality Carbon-Based Materials

Qinghong Konga,Ling Yangb,Junhao Zhangcd*,Yibing Caid*   

  1. a School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
    b State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
    c School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212003, China
    d Key Laboratory of Eco-textiles, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
  • Received:2017-08-16 Accepted:2017-09-01 Online:2017-09-24 Published:2017-09-24
  • Contact: Junhao Zhang,Yibing Cai

Abstract:

Recycling waste plastics including polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polystyrene, etc, is a very important scientific, social and economic topic. Despite significant advances in recent years, approximately 400 million tons of waste plastics are still disposed by landfill. This is obviously not an effective solution due to plastic’s non-biodegradable character. Aside from mechanical recycling, which turns waste plastics into new products, and thermal recycling, which releases the thermal energy through combustion of waste plastics, chemical recycling converts waste plastics into feedstock for chemicals/materials/fuels production. This article reviews previous work on the pyrolysis and catalytic decomposition route that converted plastics into carbon-based materials, which exhibited extraordinary physical and chemical properties. However, their production processes are both resource and energy-intensive. Therefore, recycling technologies for waste plastics are still at an early stage and more innovation in waste plastic recycling is needed.

 

Key words: waste plastics, converting, catalytic decomposition, carbon based materials

沪ICP备15041762号-2
Copyright © General Chemistry, All Rights Reserved.
Address: 425 East 76th Street, Apt 9E, New York, NY, 10021, United States