Chemical Recycling of Poly(ethylene furanoate) into Value-added Poly(ethylene-<italic style="font-style: italic">co</italic>-isosorbide furanoate)

Jing Li; Sheng Wang; Huan-Jun Lu; Ying-Jia Lan; Xiao-Hong Li; Ying-Feng Tu

doi:10.1007/s10118-023-2996-1

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Chemical Recycling of Poly(ethylene furanoate) into Value-added Poly(ethylene-co-isosorbide furanoate)

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2023-09-21

- Chemical Recycling of Poly(ethylene furanoate) into Value-added Poly(ethylene-co-isosorbide furanoate)
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 41, Issue 10, Pages: 1533-1542(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
  b.Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Micro and Nano Heat Fluid Flow Technology and Energy Application, School of Physical Science and Technology, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
- Author bio：
  
  wangsheng@suda.edu.cn (S.W.)
  tuyingfeng@suda.edu.cn (Y.F.T.)
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-023-2996-1
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- Received：31 March 2023，
  
  Revised：2023-4-26，
  
  Accepted：28 April 2023，
  
  Online First：12 June 2023，
  
  Published：01 October 2023
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Li, J.; Wang, S.; Lu, H. J.; Lan, Y. J.; Li, X. H.; Tu, Y. F. Chemical recycling of poly(ethylene furanoate) into value-added poly(ethylene-co-isosorbide furanoate). Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2023, 41, 1533–1542

Jing Li, Sheng Wang, Huan-Jun Lu, et al. Chemical Recycling of Poly(ethylene furanoate) into Value-added Poly(ethylene-co-isosorbide furanoate)[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2023, 41(10): 1533-1542. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-023-2996-1.
Li, J.; Wang, S.; Lu, H. J.; Lan, Y. J.; Li, X. H.; Tu, Y. F. Chemical recycling of poly(ethylene furanoate) into value-added poly(ethylene-co-isosorbide furanoate). Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2023, 41, 1533–1542 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-023-2996-1.

Jing Li, Sheng Wang, Huan-Jun Lu, et al. Chemical Recycling of Poly(ethylene furanoate) into Value-added Poly(ethylene-co-isosorbide furanoate)[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2023, 41(10): 1533-1542. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-023-2996-1. DOI：

摘要

We provide here a novel value-added method for the chemical recycling of bio-based poly(ethylene furanoate) (PEF) to high-performance poly(ethylene-co-isosorbide furanoate) (PEIF) copolyesters by the combination of cyclodepolymerization method with cascade polycondensation-coupling ring-opening polymerization (PROP). The prepared sustainable PEIF fibers show excellent thermal and mechanical properties with bio-degradability.

Abstract

We present here a novel strategy for the chemical recycling of bio-based poly(ethylene furanoate)s (PEF) to value-added high-performance bio-based poly(ethylene-

-isosorbide furanoate) (PEIF) copolyesters by the combination of cyclodepolymerization method with rapid cascade polycondensation-coupling ring-opening polymerization (PROP). The solution cyclodepolymerization of commercially available PEF affords cyclic oligo(ethylene 2

5-furandicarboxylate)s (COEFs)

and the effects of reaction conditions on the yield of COEFs were studied. PEIF copolyesters with different isosorbide (IS) contents were synthesized

via

the cascade PROP of COEFs with IS

which show significant enhanced glass transition temperature. By melt spinning

PEIF fibers with different orientation factors were prepared

with excellent thermal stability and mechanical performance. The obtained PEIF fibers can lift a weight ~25000 times higher than its weight. The PEIF fibers are stable under ambient conditions but are biodegradable following the “surface erosion” mechanism. These sustainable value-added biodegradable PEIF fibers offer a solution to the environmentally friendly fibers.

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Chemical Recycling of Poly(ethylene furanoate) into Value-added Poly(ethylene-co-isosorbide furanoate)

DOI：10.1007/s10118-023-2996-1

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