Nano Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
24(44), P. 14082 - 14090
Published: Oct. 22, 2024
Plastic
waste
poses
a
profound
threat
to
ecosystems
and
human
health,
necessitating
novel
strategies
for
effective
degradation
in
nature.
Here,
we
present
approach
utilizing
upconversion
phosphors
as
additives
significantly
accelerate
plastic
photodegradation
nature
via
enhancing
ultraviolet
(UV)
radiation.
Pr-doped
Li
ChemPlusChem,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
89(11)
Published: July 11, 2024
Abstract
With
the
escalating
demand
and
utilization
of
plastics,
considerable
attention
has
been
given
to
controlling
plastic
pollution.
Among
these
methodologies,
photocatalytic
upcycling
emerged
as
a
promising
method
for
management
due
its
energy‐saving
eco‐friendly
properties.
In
past
several
years,
great
efforts
have
devoted
conversion
variety
commercial
types.
These
encouraging
endeavors
foreshadow
continued
progression
application
in
this
field.
review,
recent
advancements
plastics
are
reviewed.
The
fundamentals
principles
deconstruction
first
introduced.
Then,
we
summarize
works
on
reforming
different
types
plastic,
including
polyolefins,
polyesters,
other
Finally,
some
challenges
possible
solutions
provided
development
plastics.
Nano Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 18, 2024
Demystifying
the
molecular
mechanism
of
growth
is
vital
for
rational
design,
synthesis,
and
optimization
functional
nanomaterials.
Despite
promising
perspectives
extensive
efforts,
atomically
thin
TiO2(B)
nanosheets
remains
unclear,
hence
it
difficult
to
tune
their
band
surface
structures.
Herein,
we
report
an
oriented
attachment-based
crystallization
from
a
1D
titanium
glycolate
coordination
polymer
through
hydrolysis
condensation.
With
time-tracking
experiments,
this
found
be
intermediate
in
synthesis
by
using
Ti
alkoxides
chlorides
as
precursors,
suggesting
universality
1D-to-2D
mechanism.
Such
side-to-side
attachment
pathway
bridges
classical
nonclassical
interpretations
crystallization,
meanwhile
hints
at
possibility
other
complexes
potential
precursors
2D
materials.
Nano Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
24(44), P. 14082 - 14090
Published: Oct. 22, 2024
Plastic
waste
poses
a
profound
threat
to
ecosystems
and
human
health,
necessitating
novel
strategies
for
effective
degradation
in
nature.
Here,
we
present
approach
utilizing
upconversion
phosphors
as
additives
significantly
accelerate
plastic
photodegradation
nature
via
enhancing
ultraviolet
(UV)
radiation.
Pr-doped
Li