Upcycling of PET waste: from one polymer to another polymer
This review outlines chemical recycling of PET to virgin PET or novel materials via depolymerization-repolymerization and direct conversion. Advanced catalysts and novel recycling processes offer environmental and economic advantages.
Authors
- Xuan Pang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3293-832X)
- Xuesi Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3542-9256)
- Zhiyuan Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6081-2033)
- Tianlei Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5124-9269)
- Chenyang Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8475-6168)
- Yulu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5551-3597)
- Zhenjie Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9261-0090)
- Zhiqiang Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3960-7139)
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Polymer Chemistry
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5py00861a
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Polymer crystallization and properties
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.61
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- People's Government of Jilin Province