Plastic derived carbon nanotubes for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction: Effects of plastic feedstock and synthesis temperature
By Moo, James Guo Sheng; Veksha, Andrei; Oh, Wen-Da; Giannis, Apostolos; Udayanga, W. D. Chanaka; Lin, Sheng-Xuan; Ge, Liya; Lisak, Grzegorz
Published in Electrochemistry Communications
2019
Abstract
Closing the resource loop by transforming plastic waste into higher value products is an important step for changing from a linear to circular economy. Using a sequential pyrolysis and catalytic chemical vapour deposition process, plastics have been successfully converted into carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Pure low density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP) and mixed plastics (MP) were used as raw materials in the two-stage process. In the first stage, the plastics were pyrolysed at 600