Plastics are inescapable in our daily lives. The vast amounts of plastic garbage heaped in landfills and in the environment, however, are as problematic as the plastics are useful. A research team has ...
Iron-based electrocatalysis decomposes polystyrene while generating eco-friendly hydrogen. Plastics have become an integral part of our daily lives, yet the enormous accumulation of plastic waste in ...
A series of reaction steps and intermediate products eventually result in splitting of the carbon-carbon bonds in the polymer backbone. The main products are benzoic acid and benzaldehyde. Benzoic ...