| Title |
Oxidization and Chain-Branching Reaction for Recycling HDPE and Mixed HDPE/PP with In-situ Compatibilization by Ozone-Induced Reactive Extrusion |
| ID_Doc |
10908 |
| Authors |
Wei, SY; Wang, CY; Guo, C; Zhu, YN; Cao, XW; Kuang, QL; He, GJ |
| Title |
Oxidization and Chain-Branching Reaction for Recycling HDPE and Mixed HDPE/PP with In-situ Compatibilization by Ozone-Induced Reactive Extrusion |
| Year |
2024 |
| Published |
Chemsuschem, 17, 3 |
| DOI |
10.1002/cssc.202301035 |
| Abstract |
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) and isotactic polypropylene (iPP) are widely used in industrial and residential applications due to their low cost and chemical stability, thus their recycling process can contribute to a circular economy. However, both polymers are non-polar materials, and the incompatibility with most other materials leads to substantially inferior properties of blends. In this work, we propose a flexible compatibilization strategy to improve the compatibility of HDPE/iPP blends. Ozone is adopted to induce reactive extrusion for rapid oxidation of HDPE and chain-branching reactions for both HDPE and HDPE/iPP blends. During extrusion process, ozone oxidizes HDPE effectively in a short time and introduces oxygen-containing groups such as carbonyl and ester groups, which improves the hydrophilicity. The addition of trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA) could promote branching reaction and facilitate the formation of HDPE-g-iPP copolymers, which improved the compatibility for HDPE/iPP. As a result, the impact strength of ozone-modified HDPE and HDPE/iPP blends increased by 22 % and 82 %, respectively, and the tensile strength also increased. This strategy would have potential applications in the field of sorting-free and solvent-free recycling of waste polyolefin plastics. Gel-free LCB-HDPE and PE/PP alloys with improved compatibility were prepared by ozone-induced reactive extrusion, realizing the continuous recycling of polyolefin plastics.image |
| Author Keywords |
chain-branching; oxidization; polyethylene; reactive extrusion |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:001100705100001 |
| WoS Category |
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology |
| Research Area |
Chemistry; Science & Technology - Other Topics |
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