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Solvent-promoted catalyst-free aminolytic upcycling of waste polyethylene terephthalate under low-temperature conditions

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Upcycling of PET waste: from one polymer to another polymer

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A cradle-to-cradle approach for successive upcycling of polyethylene to polymer electrolytes to organic acids

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“Functional upcycling” of polymer waste towards the design of new materials

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Enhancing the photocatalytic upcycling of polystyrene to benzoic acid: a combined computational-experimental approach for acridinium catalyst design

Albert Ong, Zi Cheng Wong, Kang Le Osmund Chin, Wei Wei Loh, Ming Hui Chua, Shi Jun Ang and Jason Y. C. Lim

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 1061
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Sustainable polymers for battery applications

Zhuoyu Yin and Yoonseob Kim

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Recent advances in nanotechnology-based modifications of micro/nano PET plastics for green energy applications

J.R. Anusha, T. Citarasu, G. Uma, S. Vimal, Chinnaperumal Kamaraj, Vinay Kumar, Khursheed Muzammil and M. Mani Sankar

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All-Biomass-Derived Cellulose Phosphate-Based Heat-Sealable Films and Thermally Stable Antifizzing Cups with Improved Recyclability

Rahul Ranjan, Vedang P. Mone, Rohit Rai, Chandra Kant and Prodyut Dhar

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2025, 13, 6074
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Preparation of Silica Composite Vitrimers via One‐Shot Transformation from Simple Polyesters

Takahiro Kimura and Mikihiro Hayashi

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2023, 224
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Sustainable electrode material from waste plastic for modern energy storage devices

Kriti Shrivastava and Ankur Jain

WIREs Energy & Environment, 2024, 13
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Catalytic Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Aromatic C–H Hydroxylation for Upcycling to Specialty Chemicals and Multivariate Metal–Organic Frameworks

Jason Y. C. Lim, Tristan T. Y. Tan, Jerald Y. Q. Teo, Wei Wei Loh and Hazel Lau

Chem. Mater., 2025, 37, 4719
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Revitalizing plastic wastes employing bio-circular-green economy principles for carbon neutrality

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Advances in Cellulose-Based Composites for Energy Applications

Choon Peng Teng, Ming Yan Tan, Jessica Pei Wen Toh, Qi Feng Lim, Xiaobai Wang, Daniel Ponsford, Esther Marie JieRong Lin, Warintorn Thitsartarn and Si Yin Tee

Materials, 2023, 16, 3856
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Closed‐Loop Recyclable Polyhexahydrotriazine Aerogels Derived From PET Waste

Christos Pantazidis, Chang‐lin Wang, Keita Saito, Yi‐Ru Chen and Željko Tomović

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Degradation of a Wholly Aromatic Main-Chain Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Mediated by Superbases

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JACS Au, 2024, 4, 2944
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Upcycling of Postconsumer PET Using Serinol: Green Preparation of a New Multifunctional Initiator for PLA

Ada Truscello, Chiara Sartiano, Maurizio Stefano Galimberti, Cristian Gambarotti, Stefano Gazzotti and Marco Aldo Ortenzi

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Toward Sustainable Polymer Materials for Rechargeable Batteries: Utilizing Natural Feedstocks and Recycling/Upcycling of Polymer Waste

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ChemSusChem, 2024, 17
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Recycling Polyester and Polycarbonate Plastics with Carbocation Lewis Acidic Organocatalysts

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Upcycling waste PET into benzoxazines with simultaneously low curing temperatures and high thermal stability

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Recycling waste masks as a low-cost but excellent hard carbon source for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

Tiantian Wei, Mengru Bian, Yincai Yang, Youwen Chen, Yulin Wang, Shuang-Feng Yin and Renhua Qiu

Journal of Power Sources, 2026, 670, 239524
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Production of Highly Efficient Activated Carbons for Wastewater Treatment from Post‐Consumer PET Plastic Bottle Waste

Olajumoke Alabi‐Babalola, Elizabeth Aransiola, Edidiong Asuquo, Arthur Garforth and Carmine D'Agostino

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N-methylpiperidine catalyzes efficient closed-loop recycling of polyesters and polycarbonates

Jason Y.C. Lim

Chem Catalysis, 2024, 4, 101096
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Chemical recycling of post-consumer polyester wastes using a tertiary amine organocatalyst

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Emerging green approaches for valorization of plastics with saturated carbon backbones

Bao-Nguyen T. Nguyen and Jason Y.C. Lim

Trends in Chemistry, 2024, 6, 100
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MIL-53(Al) assisted in upcycling plastic bottle waste into nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbon for high-performance supercapacitors

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Sustainable Polymeric Biomaterials from Alternative Feedstocks

Qianyu Lin, Pei Lin Chee, Jaime J. M. Pang, Xian Jun Loh, Dan Kai and Jason Y. C. Lim

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2024, 10, 6751
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From Polyester Plastics to Diverse Monomers via Low‐Energy Upcycling

Lei Ji, Jiaolong Meng, Chengliang Li, Ming Wang and Xuefeng Jiang

Advanced Science, 2024, 11
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Envisioning a BHET Economy: Adding Value to PET Waste

Clarissa C. Westover and Timothy E. Long

Sustainable Chemistry, 2023, 4, 363
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Organocatalytic Aerobic Oxidative Degradation of Polystyrene to Aromatic Acids

Albert Ong, Jerald Y. Q. Teo, Zixuan Feng, Tristan T. Y. Tan and Jason Y. C. Lim

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 12514
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Developing sustainable and recyclable high-efficiency electromagnetic interference shielding nanocomposite foams from the upcycling of recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Chia-Wei Lee, Chia-Hsing Lin, Lyu-Ying Wang and Yi-Huan Lee

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 468, 143447
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Functional nanocarbons from waste plastics for energy storage applications

Chetna Tewari, Kundan Singh Rawat, Youngnam Kim, Tanuja Arya, Sunil Dhali, Sravendra Rana, Daria V. Andreeva, Barbaros Özyilmaz, Remi Mahfouz, Nada Qari, Yong Chae Jung, Nanda Gopal Sahoo and Kostya S. Novoselov

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