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Processing of flexible plastic packaging waste into pyrolysis oil and multi-walled carbon nanotubes for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

Veksha Andrei, Yin Ke, Moo James Guo Sheng, Oh Wen-Da, Ahamed Ashiq, Chen Wen Qian, Weerachanchai Piyarat, Giannis Apostolos, Lisak Grzegorz

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URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/E36969B7-E78F-4F08-8A3F-512356783EA0
Year 2020
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
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Bibliographic Citation A. Veksha, K. Yin, J. G. S. Moo, W.-D. Oh, A. Ahamed, W. Q. Chen, P. Weerachanchai, A. Giannis, and G. Lisak, “Processing of flexible plastic packaging waste into pyrolysis oil and multi-walled carbon nanotubes for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction,” J. Hazard. Mater., vol. 387, Apr. 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121256 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121256
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Flexible plastic packaging waste causes serious environmental issues due to challenges in recycling. This study investigated the conversion of flexible plastic packaging waste with 11.8 and 27.5 wt.% polyethylene terephthalate (PET) (denoted as PET-12 and PET-28, respectively) into oil and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The mixtures were initially pyrolyzed and the produced volatiles were processed over 9.0 wt.% Fe2O3 supported on ZSM-5 (400 °C) to remove oxygenated hydrocarbons (catalytic cracking of terephthalic and benzoic acids) that deteriorate oil quality. The contents of oxygenated hydrocarbons were decreased in oil from 4.6 and 9.4 wt.% per mass of PET-12 and PET-28, respectively, to undetectable levels. After catalytic cracking, the oil samples had similar contents of gasoline, diesel and heavy oil/wax fractions. The non-condensable gas was converted into MWCNTs over 0.9 wt.% Ni supported on CaCO3 (700 °C). The type of plastic packaging influenced the yields (2.4 and 1.5 wt.% per mass of PET-12 and PET-28, respectively) and the properties of MWCNTs due to the differences in gas composition. Regarding the electrocatalytic application, both MWCNTs from PET-12 and PET-28 outperformed commercial MWCNTs and Pt-based electrodes during oxygen evolution reaction, suggesting that MWCNTs from flexible plastic packaging can potentially replace conventional electrode materials.

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