Converting Waste Polyethylene into ZnCCo3 and ZnCNi3 by a One-Step Thermal Reduction Process

Liangbiao Wang; Weicheng Dai; Qinglin Cheng; Kailong Zhang; Tinghai Yang; Tao Mei; Zhiwei Xu; Fuyu Chen; Longwei Zhu; Yitai Qian

doi:10.1021/acsomega.9b02406

Converting Waste Polyethylene into ZnCCo₃ and ZnCNi₃ by a One-Step Thermal Reduction Process

ACS Omega. 2019 Sep 12;4(13):15729-15733. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b02406. eCollection 2019 Sep 24.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemistry and Environment Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, P. R. China.
² Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, P. R. China.
³ Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.

Abstract

Plastic products have brought us great convenience in our daily life and work. But in the meantime, waste plastics have become solid pollutants in the environment due to its poor degradability. The resource utilization of waste plastic can decrease environmental pollution. Here, a thermal reduction method for the conversion of waste polyethylene to ZnCCo₃ and ZnCNi₃ in a stainless-steel autoclave under mild conditions has been reported. X-ray powder diffraction patterns indicate that the obtained samples are anti-perovskite-structured ternary carbides (ZnCCo₃ and ZnCNi₃) with good crystallinity. Moreover, the formation mechanism of ternary carbides has been briefly discussed. This method can be developed into an effective method for disposal of other waste plastics.