Artículo
Charting a Path to Catalytic Upcycling of Plastic Micro/nano Fiber Pollution from Textiles to Produce Carbon Nanomaterials and Turquoise Hydrogen
Autor/es | Parrilla Lahoz, Silvia
Zambrano, Marielis C. Stolojan, Vlad Bance Soualhi, Rachida Pawlak, Joel J. Venditti, Richard A. Ramírez Reina, Tomás |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Química Inorgánica |
Fecha de publicación | 2023 |
Fecha de depósito | 2024-04-26 |
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Resumen | Washing synthetic textile fibers releases micro/nano plastics, endangering the environment. As new filters and associated regulations are developed to prevent fiber release from washing machines, there emerges a need to ... Washing synthetic textile fibers releases micro/nano plastics, endangering the environment. As new filters and associated regulations are developed to prevent fiber release from washing machines, there emerges a need to manage the collected waste, for which the only current options are combustion or landfill. Herein we show for the first time the application of a catalytic pyrolysis approach to upcycle textile derived fibrous micro/nano plastics waste, with the aim of keeping carbon in the solid phase and preventing its release as a greenhouse gas. Herein, we demonstrate the co-production of hydrogen and carbon nanomaterials from the two most prevalent global textile microfiber wastes: cotton and polyester. Our results pave a way forward to a realistic process design for upcycling mixed micro/nano fiber waste collected from laundering, drying, vacuuming, and environmental cleanup. |
Cita | Parrilla Lahoz, S., Zambrano, M.C., Stolojan, V., Bance Soualhi, R., Pawlak, J.J., Venditti, R.A. y Ramírez Reina, T. (2023). Charting a Path to Catalytic Upcycling of Plastic Micro/nano Fiber Pollution from Textiles to Produce Carbon Nanomaterials and Turquoise Hydrogen. RSC Sustainability, 1 (5), 1177-1183. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3su00095h. |
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