“…Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), ethylene glycol (EG, 99%), sodium hydroxide (NaOH, 98%), sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 , 98%), chromium(III) nitrate nonahydrate (Cr(NO 3 ) 3 .9H 2 O, 99%), hydrofluoric acid (HF, 48%), ethanol (C 2 H 5 OH, 99%), dimethylformamide (DMF, 98%), copper(I) iodide, sodium dodecyl sulfate (C 12 H 25 O 4 S), thioacetamide (CH 3 CSNH 2 , 98%), indium(III) chloride (InCl 3 , 98%), hydrochloric acid (HCl, 37%), 1,4-benzoquinon (BQ, 99%), tert-butyl alcohol (TBA, 99%). TPA was recovered from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) according to our previous study [24,25]. Chemicals in the work were purchased by Sigma-Aldrich and used without further purification.…”