Recovering waste plastics using shape-selective nano-scale reactors as catalysts

Zheng Zhang, Kinga Gora-Marek, Jonathan S. Watson, Jinsen Tian, Matthew R. Ryder, Karolina A. Tarach, Lidia López-Pérez, Joaquin Martínez-Triguero and Ignacio Melián-Cabrera ()
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Zheng Zhang: University of Groningen
Kinga Gora-Marek: Jagiellonian University in Kraków
Jonathan S. Watson: Imperial College London
Jinsen Tian: University of Birmingham
Matthew R. Ryder: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Karolina A. Tarach: Jagiellonian University in Kraków
Lidia López-Pérez: University of Groningen
Joaquin Martínez-Triguero: Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spanish Council for Scientific Research
Ignacio Melián-Cabrera: University of Groningen

Nature Sustainability, 2019, vol. 2, issue 1, 39-42

Abstract: Abstract Waste plastic composed of low-density polyethylene can be converted into a potential new fuel source. This research describes a new nano-scale catalyst with well-defined and uniform surface openings. This material, called Al-SBA-15, is shape-selective, so it uses only one step to generate a gasoline-type product that requires less additional processing compared to that produced by previous catalysts.

Date: 2019
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