Putting carbon dioxide to work

Beckman, Eric J.

doi:10.1038/531180a

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“…Silicon wafers treated with a self‐assembled layer of n ‐octadecyltrichlorosilane (ODTS) were prepared by spin‐coating a solution of ODTS in trichloroethylene, followed by a vapor treatment in ammonium hydroxide . The PEF powders were prepared by Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan, using the literature‐reported methods . The PEF‐based substrate/film was prepared by casting the hexafluoroisopropanol solutions (10 mg mL −1 of PEF) onto the ODTS‐treated silicon wafer, followed by annealing at 45 °C for 1 h.…”

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“…Besides using 100% bio‐based feedstocks to synthesize PET, an alternative approach is to change the petrochemical building blocks of PET to produce novel 100% bio‐based polyester. For instance, a bio‐based polymer, polyethylene furandicarboxylate (PEF, the chemical structure is shown in Figure ), can be synthesized using monoethylene glycol (MEG) and 2,5‐furandicarboxylic acid (2,5‐FDCA) that serves as a green replacement for terephthalic acid . Moreover, both MEG and FDCA moieties can be produced by the most abundantly available biomass components .…”

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Bio‐Based Transparent Conductive Film Consisting of Polyethylene Furanoate and Silver Nanowires for Flexible Optoelectronic Devices

Lam

Lee

Chueh

et al. 2018

Macromol. Rapid Commun.

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Exploiting biomass has raised great interest as an alternative to the fossil resources for environmental protection. In this respect, polyethylene furanoate (PEF), one of the bio-based polyesters, thus reveals a great potential to replace the commonly used polyethylene terephthalate (PET) on account of its better mechanical, gas barrier, and thermal properties. Herein, a bio-based, flexible, conductive film is successfully developed by coupling a PEF plastic substrate with silver nanowires (Ag NWs). Besides the appealing advantage of renewable biomass, PEF also exhibits a good transparency around 90% in the visible wavelength range, and its constituent polar furan moiety is revealed to enable an intense interaction with Ag NWs to largely enhance the adhesion of Ag NWs grown above, as exemplified by the superior bending and peeling durability than the currently prevailing PET substrate. Finally, the efficiency of conductive PEF/Ag NWs film in fabricating efficient flexible organic thin-film transistor and organic photovoltaic (OPV) is demonstrated. The OPV device achieves a power conversion efficiency of 6.7%, which is superior to the device based on ITO/PEN device, manifesting the promising merit of the bio-based PEF for flexible electronic applications.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bio‐Based Transparent Conductive Film Consisting of Polyethylene Furanoate and Silver Nanowires for Flexible Optoelectronic Devices

Lam

Lee

Chueh

et al. 2018

Macromol. Rapid Commun.

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“…1,2 Besides the necessity for future-oriented global politics, 3,4 both the scientic community and the chemical industry must provide answers to crucial questions regarding sustainable process development, alternative energies as well as recycling of waste and pollutants. [5][6][7][8][9] In this context, more efficient techniques must be developed and applied in research to reduce time, cost and resources. [10][11][12] In catalytic investigations, system optimisation is typically approached by one-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) methods, successively screening along one parameter axis.…”

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Identifying high-performance catalytic conditions for carbon dioxide reduction to dimethoxymethane by multivariate modelling

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“…It is a key building block in polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is widely known for its use in plastic beverage bottles 13,14 . Researchers are currently trying to find a biomass-based diacid to serve as an alternative to terephthalic acid 15,16 . A prime candidate has been the furan-based building block 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, which was named one of the top-12 value-added chemicals for “green” chemistry 17,18 .…”

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Cyclobutane-1,3-Diacid (CBDA): A Semi-Rigid Building Block Prepared by [2+2] Photocyclization for Polymeric Materials

Wang

Miller

Mabin

et al. 2017

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A previously overlooked building block, cyclobutane-1,3-diacid (CBDA), is introduced to materials synthesis due to its great potentials. As an example of CBDA, α-truxillic acid or 2,4-diphenylcyclobutane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid, was readily synthesized from commercially available trans-cinnamic acid. This CBDA showed outstanding stability both in sunlight and upon heating. While its two carboxylic acid groups can be readily utilized in connecting with other molecules to form new materials, the cyclobutane ring was able to tolerate acid and base treatments showing good chemical stability. A series of cyclobutane-containing polymers (CBPs), namely poly-α-truxillates, were obtained by condensation between α-truxillic acid and diols including ethylene glycol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,5-petanediol, and 1,6-hexanediol. The structures of these poly-α-truxillates were analyzed by NMR, FT-IR, and HRMS. Powder X-ray diffraction results of the poly-α-truxillates indicated that they are semi-crystalline materials. Preliminary thermal, chemical, and photochemical tests showed that the poly-α-truxillates exhibited comparable stabilities to PET.

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Putting carbon dioxide to work

Cited by 33 publications

References 7 publications

Bio‐Based Transparent Conductive Film Consisting of Polyethylene Furanoate and Silver Nanowires for Flexible Optoelectronic Devices

Bio‐Based Transparent Conductive Film Consisting of Polyethylene Furanoate and Silver Nanowires for Flexible Optoelectronic Devices

Identifying high-performance catalytic conditions for carbon dioxide reduction to dimethoxymethane by multivariate modelling

Cyclobutane-1,3-Diacid (CBDA): A Semi-Rigid Building Block Prepared by [2+2] Photocyclization for Polymeric Materials

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