• Nano-Micro Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 1, 210 (2023)
Zhijie Chen1, Renji Zheng2、*, Teng Bao3, Tianyi Ma4, Wei Wei1, Yansong Shen5, and Bing-Jie Ni1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
  • 2School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People’s Republic of China
  • 3School of Biology, Food and Environment Engineering, Hefei University, Hefei 230601, People’s Republic of China
  • 4School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
  • 5School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01181-8 Cite this Article
    Zhijie Chen, Renji Zheng, Teng Bao, Tianyi Ma, Wei Wei, Yansong Shen, Bing-Jie Ni. Dual-Doped Nickel Sulfide for Electro-Upgrading Polyethylene Terephthalate into Valuable Chemicals and Hydrogen Fuel[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2023, 15(1): 210 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Electro-upcycling of plastic waste into value-added chemicals/fuels is an attractive and sustainable way for plastic waste management. Recently, electrocatalytically converting polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into formate and hydrogen has aroused great interest, while developing low-cost catalysts with high efficiency and selectivity for the central ethylene glycol (PET monomer) oxidation reaction (EGOR) remains a challenge. Herein, a high-performance nickel sulfide catalyst for plastic waste electro-upcycling is designed by a cobalt and chloride co-doping strategy. Benefiting from the interconnected ultrathin nanosheet architecture, dual dopants induced up-shifting d band centre and facilitated in situ structural reconstruction, the Co and Cl co-doped Ni3S2 (Co, Cl-NiS) outperforms the single-doped and undoped analogues for EGOR. The self-evolved sulfide@oxyhydroxide heterostructure catalyzes EG-to-formate conversion with high Faradic efficiency (> 92%) and selectivity (> 91%) at high current densities (> 400 mA cm-2). Besides producing formate, the bifunctional Co, Cl-NiS-assisted PET hydrolysate electrolyzer can achieve a high hydrogen production rate of 50.26 mmol h-1 in 2 M KOH, at 1.7 V. This study not only demonstrates a dual-doping strategy to engineer cost-effective bifunctional catalysts for electrochemical conversion processes, but also provides a green and sustainable way for plastic waste upcycling and simultaneous energy-saving hydrogen production.
    Zhijie Chen, Renji Zheng, Teng Bao, Tianyi Ma, Wei Wei, Yansong Shen, Bing-Jie Ni. Dual-Doped Nickel Sulfide for Electro-Upgrading Polyethylene Terephthalate into Valuable Chemicals and Hydrogen Fuel[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2023, 15(1): 210
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