The escalating plastic waste crisis stems from limitations in conventional recycling methods, which are energy intensive and produce lower-quality materials, leaving a substantial portion unrecycled. Here, the authors report an organo-photocatalytic upcycling method employing an easily accessible phenothiazine derivative to selectively deconstruct a wide array of commodity polymers.
- Sijing Zhang
- Jingxiang Wang
- Xiao Xiao