Photocatalytic Valorization of Plastic Waste over Zinc Oxide Encapsulated in a Metal–Organic Framework (Adv. Funct. Mater. 28/2023)

Unleashing the Power of Photocatalysts for Plastic Upcycling In article 2214839, Wenjing Zhang, Yibo Dou, and co-workers develop a partial calcination strategy to encapsulate ZnO within the porous UiO66-NH2 and create an ZnO/UiO66-NH2 heterojunction. This novel approach significantly enhances the selectivity in photocatalytic valorization of waste plastics into acetic acid, while concurrently generating hydrogen.