Ni-catalyzed carbon-carbon bonds cleavage of mixed polyolefin plastics waste

doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2023.07.012

Abstract

Abstract: The inert carbon-carbon (C-C) bonds cleavage is a main bottleneck in the chemical upcycling of recalcitrant polyolefin plastics waste. Here we develop an efficient strategy to catalyze the complete cleavage of C-C bonds in mixed polyolefin plastics over non-noble metal catalysts under mild conditions. The nickel-based catalyst involving Ni₂Al₃phase enables the direct transformation of mixed polyolefin plastics into natural gas, and the gas carbon yield reaches up to 89.6%. Reaction pathway investigation reveals that natural gas comes from the stepwise catalytic cleavage of C-C bonds in polypropylene, and the catalyst prefers catalytic cleavage of terminal C-C bond in the side-chain with the low energy barrier. Additionally, our developed approach is evaluated by the technical economic analysis for an economically competitive production process.

Key words: Ni-based catalyst, Mixed polyolefin plastics, C-C bonds cleavage

Xiaoqin Si, Jiali Chen, Zhengwei Wang, Yue Hu, Zhiwen Ren, Rui Lu, Lu Liu, Jing Zhang, Liwei Pan, Rui Cai, Fang Lu. Ni-catalyzed carbon-carbon bonds cleavage of mixed polyolefin plastics waste[J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023, 85(10): 562-569.

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