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Recycling and Reutilizing Polymer Waste via Electrospun Micro/Nanofibers: A Review

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Li, Xiuhong, Peng, Yujie, Deng, Yichen, Ye, Fangping, Zhang, Chupeng, Hu, Xinyu, Liu, Yong, Zhang, Daode·2022·Nanomaterials

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The accumulation of plastic waste resulting from the increasing demand for non-degradable plastics has led to a global environmental crisis. The severe environmental and economic drawbacks of inefficient, expensive, and impractical traditional waste disposal methods, such as landfills, incineration, plastic recycling, and energy production, limit the expansion of their applications to solving the plastic waste problem. Finding novel ways to manage the large amount of disposed plastic waste is urgent. Until now, one of the most valuable strategies for the handling of plastic waste has been to reutilize the waste as raw material for the preparation of functional and high-value products. Electrospun micro/nanofibers have drawn much attention in recent years due to their advantages of small diameter, large specific area, and excellent physicochemical features. Thus, electrospinning recycled plastic waste into micro/nanofibers creates diverse opportunities to deal with the environmental issue caused by the growing accumulation of plastic waste. This paper presents a review of recycling and reutilizing polymer waste via electrospinning. Firstly, the advantages of the electrospinning approach to recycling plastic waste are summarized. Then, the studies of electrospun recycled plastic waste are concluded. Finally, the challenges and future perspectives of electrospun recycled plastic waste are provided. In conclusion, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of electrospun recycled plastic waste for researchers to develop further studies.

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  • The majority of polymeric waste, consisting of synthetic polymers such as PS, PA, PLA, and ABS, can be readily transformed into micro/nanofibers using the electrospinning technique.

    “Fortunately, the majority of polymeric waste, consisting of synthetic polymers such as polystyrene (PS), polyamides (PA), poly(lactic acid) (PLA), and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), can be readily transformed into micro/nanofibers using the electrospinning technique [60,61].”

    From Transforming Plastic Waste into Value: A Review of Management Strategies and Innovative Applications in Sustainable Construction (2025) · cites this paper as [60]

    Section 2.1 says most polymeric waste consists of synthetic polymers that can be easily electrospun into micro/nanofibers under appropriate processing conditions, and Sections 3.2–3.4 discuss recycled PS, PA, and ABS. Section 3.4 discusses lactic acid (LA), not poly(lactic acid) (PLA), so the source does not support that example. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  1. [44]Liu Y. Li K. Mohideen M.M. Ramakrishna S. Melt Electrospinning: A Green Method to Produce Superfine Fibers Elsevier Inc. Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2019 978-0-12-816220-0

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Authors
Li, X., Peng, Y., Deng, Y., Ye, F., Zhang, C., Hu, X., Liu, Y., & Zhang, D.
Affiliations
  • Hubei University of Technology (CN)
  • Beijing University of Chemical Technology (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Zhang, Chupeng
  • Hu, Xinyu
  • Liu, Yong
Venue
Nanomaterials
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-05-13
Volume
12
Issue
10
Pages
1663
ISSN
2079-4991 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4280622073
Cited by
53
References
130
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 4
FWCI
0.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nanomaterials (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (52003078, 2020BIB012, BSQD2020002, KFJJ-2020005)
  • Department of Science and Technology of Hubei Province (52003078, 2020BIB012, BSQD2020002, KFJJ-2020005)
  • Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Hubei University of Technology (52003078, 2020BIB012, BSQD2020002, KFJJ-2020005)
  • Hubei Key Laboratory of Modern Manufacturing Quality Engineering Foundation (52003078, 2020BIB012, BSQD2020002, KFJJ-2020005)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
Keywords
polymer recycling, plastic waste, electrospinning, plastic waste management, functional nanofibers

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