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Update and Challenges in Carbon Dioxide‐Based Polycarbonate Synthesis

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: The utilization of carbon dioxide as a comonomer to produce polycarbonates has attracted a great deal of attention from both industrial and academic communities because it promises to replace petroleum-derived plastics and supports a sustainable environment. Significant progress in the copolymerization of cyclic ethers (e.g., epoxide, oxetane) and carbon dioxide has been made in recent decades, owing to the rapid development of catalysts. In this Review, the focus is to summarize and discuss recent advances in the development of homogeneous catalysts, including metal- and organo-based complexes, as well as the preparation of carbon dioxide-based block copolymer and functional polycarbonates.

Source: ChemSusChem

DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201902719

Authors: Jin Huang, Joshua C. Worch, Andrew P. Dove, Olivier Coulembier

Institutions: University of Mons, University of Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis

Subfield: Process Chemistry and Technology

Field: Chemical Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Climate action

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2989629708

FWCI: 6.51

Cites: 205

Cited by: 201

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