Catalytic oxidation of polystyrene to aromatic oxygenates over a graphitic carbon nitride catalyst

There is a real need to create materials capable of plastic recycling and upcycling. Here, the authors report a heterogeneous carbon nitride photocatalyst which efficiently converts polystyrene plastics into aromatic oxygenates, such as benzoic acid.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ruochen Cao, Mei-Qi Zhang, Chaoquan Hu, Dequan Xiao, Meng Wang, Ding Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32510-x
Description
Summary:There is a real need to create materials capable of plastic recycling and upcycling. Here, the authors report a heterogeneous carbon nitride photocatalyst which efficiently converts polystyrene plastics into aromatic oxygenates, such as benzoic acid.
ISSN:2041-1723