There are two really cool #PFAS / #foreverchemicals degradation papers out in Nature today
In one, the authors show that powdered Teflon can be transformed into charcoal+fluoride with light+a catalyst+reducing reagent & some very important help from mainly KOH and Cs formate
This is bonkers cool:
In one, the authors show that powdered Teflon can be transformed into charcoal+fluoride with light+a catalyst+reducing reagent & some very important help from mainly KOH and Cs formate
This is bonkers cool:
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I don't know much about 1 e- chem though, interested to hear any qualms about that
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08327-7
I & others have drawn that on paper many times, but never figured out a way it might be possible
Also interested to hear what people think about the mechanism for that one