Closed-Loop Recycling: Upcycling PET into MOFs for Catalytic Hydrogenolysis and High-Purity Monomer Recovery

Key Points

• The central aim is to develop a method for recycling PET into functional materials while retrieving valuable monomers.
• Utilization of closed-loop recycling techniques.
• Synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) from PET.
• Exploration of catalytic hydrogenolysis for high-purity monomer extraction.
• Successful development of MOFs, enhancing the efficiency of catalytic processes.
• High-purity monomers recovered from the hydrogenolysis of PET.
• Demonstrated potential for increasing sustainability in plastic waste management.