The acetate anion promotes hydrolysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate) in ionic liquid–water mixtures
A solvent screening shows that ionic liquid water mixtures enable effective hydrolysis of PET to yield terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol when the anion is acetate.
Authors
- Panagiotis Bexis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0002-6628)
- Jason P. Hallett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3431-2371)
- Paul S. Fennell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6001-5285)
- Agi Brandt-Talbot
- Maariyah Y. Suleman
- Harriet Louise Judah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5289-8153)
Institutions
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Green Chemistry
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5gc02409a
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.50