Repurposing of F-gases: challenges and opportunities in fluorine chemistry

Autor: Daniel Sheldon, Mark Crimmin
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Chemical Society Reviews. 51:4977-4995
ISSN: 1460-4744
0306-0012
DOI: 10.1039/d1cs01072g
Popis: Fluorinated gases (F-gases) are routinely employed as refrigerants, blowing agents, and electrical insulators. These volatile compounds are potent greenhouse gases and consequently their release to the environment creates a significant contribution to global warming. This review article seeks to summarise: (i) the current applications of F-gases, (ii) the environmental issues caused by F-gases, (iii) current methods of destruction of F-gases and (iv) recent work in the field towards the chemical repurposing of F-gases. There is a great opportunity to tackle the environmental and sustainability issues created by F-gases by developing reactions that repurpose these molecules.
Databáze: OpenAIRE