Monomer recycling of virgin polycarbonate (PC), end-of-life PC and PC-ABS blends by Ni-catalyzed reductive depolymerization

2025/01/01 by Carlos Márquez, Annelore Aerts, Dambarudhar Parida +7 · 1 voice
Environmental Science · Materials Science · #Polymer crystallization and properties #Recycling and Waste Management Techniques #biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

paper · doi:10.1039/d4gc06438k

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/16

Abstract

The reductive depolymerization of polycarbonate using affordable, heterogeneous and non-noble Ni catalysts was achieved, efficiently breaking down PC back to its monomer, bisphenol-A, in high yields.

Citations

• Chemical recycling to monomer for an ideal, circular polymer economy

Discussions

• ❇️𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 (𝐏𝐂), 𝐞𝐧𝐝-𝐨𝐟-𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐏𝐂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐂-𝐀𝐁𝐒 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢-𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞� [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]

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