Tailoring Hydrocarbon Polymers and All-Hydrocarbon Composites for Circular Economy
| Autor: | Timo Hees, Fan Zhong, Rolf Mülhaupt, Markus Stürzel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Polymers and Plastics business.industry Polymers Circular economy Organic Chemistry Fossil fuel Liquefaction 02 engineering and technology Biodegradation Reuse 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Hydrocarbons 0104 chemical sciences Renewable energy Hydrocarbon chemistry Hazardous waste Materials Chemistry Environmental science Composite material 0210 nano-technology business |
| Zdroj: | Macromolecular rapid communications. 40(1) |
| ISSN: | 1521-3927 |
| Popis: | The world population will rapidly grow from 7 to 9 billion by 2050 and this will parallel a surging annual plastics consumption from today's 350 million tons to well beyond 1 billion tons. The switch from a linear economy with its throwaway culture to a circular economy with efficient reuse of waste plastics is therefore mandatory. Hydrocarbon polymers, accounting for more than half the world's plastics production, enable closed-loop recycling and effective product-stewardship systems. High-molar-mass hydrocarbons serve as highly versatile, cost-, resource-, eco- and energy-efficient, durable lightweight materials produced by solvent-free, environmentally benign catalytic olefin polymerization. Nanophase separation and alignment of unentangled hydrocarbon polymers afford 100% recyclable self-reinforcing all-hydrocarbon composites without requiring the addition of either alien fibers or hazardous nanoparticles. Recycling of durable hydrocarbons is far superior to biodegradation. The facile thermal degradation enables liquefaction and quantitative recovery of low molar mass hydrocarbon oil and gas. Teamed up with biomass-to-liquid and carbon dioxide-to-fuel conversions, powered by renewable energy, waste hydrocarbons serve as renewable hydrocarbon feedstocks for the synthesis of high molar mass hydrocarbon materials. Herein, an overview is given on how innovations in catalyst and process technology enable tailoring of advanced recyclable hydrocarbon materials meeting the needs of sustainable development and a circular economy. |
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