Tandem CO 2 valorisation to polycarbonate vitrimer and ethylene carbonate

2025/11/17 by Seiyoung Yoon, Liangyu Wu, Sophia Aracri +6 · 1 voice
Materials Science · #Polymer composites and self-healing #Polymer Foaming and Composites #Advanced Cellulose Research Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d5lp00314h

openalex publication_date 2025/11/17 · openalex created_date 2025/11/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/18

Abstract

A CO 2 -derived PCHC vitrimer cured with zinc stearate enables rapid reprocessing, efficient glycolysis, and >97% conversion to ethylene carbonate. When applied to CFRPs, it allows complete resin valorisation and recovery of pristine fibres.

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