Sustainability-inspired upcycling of waste polyethylene terephthalate plastic into porous carbon for CO2 capture

Xiangzhou Yuan; Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar; Boris Brigljevic﻿́; Shuangjun Li; Shuai Deng; Manhee Byun; Boreum Lee; Carol Sze Ki Lin; Daniel C.W. Tsang; Ki Bong Lee; Shauhrat S. Chopra; Hankwon Lim; Yong Sik Ok

doi:10.1039/d1gc03600a

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Sustainability-inspired upcycling of waste polyethylene terephthalate plastic into porous carbon for CO2 capture

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Industrial-scale upcycling of waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic into porous carbon globally for CO 2 capture was verified as a multifunctional alternative to conventional CO 2 absorption and plastic waste management technologies.

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