Waste Material Turned into High-Performance Structure with New Method
Researchers have developed a method to transform waste plastics into valuable carbon nanomaterials, offering a powerful way to give waste plastics a second life as high-performance materials.
This discovery advances both a circular economy and next-generation clean technologies. The simple and scalable method can transform various types of plastics, including PET, PVC, polyethylene, and polypropylene, and their mixtures, into single-atom catalysts (SACs).
"This project highlights how advanced characterization at the Synchrotron enables breakthroughs in sustainability.
- Developed by researchers from Adelaide University
- Universal and scalable method to upcycle common plastics
- Transforms plastics into single-atom catalysts (SACs)
Author's summary: New method transforms waste plastics into high-performance materials.
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