Jun-Jian Xie

Ion-pair cooperativity in common neutral salts promotes methanolysis of ester-containing plastics

Methanolysis is a promising strategy for chemical recycling of ester-containing plastics, but current approaches rely on homogeneous acids/bases or heterogeneous catalysts, which suffer from corrosion and deactivation. Here we report that common neutral salts can promote plastic methanolysis via an ion-pair cooperative...