UK researchers scale up sunlight reactor that turns plastic waste into clean hydrogen

This type of technology could help cities and companies manage plastic waste while producing a useful fuel at the same time.

UK team turns plastic waste into hydrogen using sunlight, and it works outside the lab

Unlike many early-stage energy devices, this solar-powered reactor has already been tested outside the lab. In those trials, ...

A Cambridge solar reactor can turn plastic waste into hydrogen fuel at scale, and the chemistry behind it is stranger than expected

Cambridge scientists built a solar reactor that turns plastic waste into clean hydrogen using an unexpectedly simple process.
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Scientists turn plastic bottles into clean hydrogen using only sunlight

Plastic waste is one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. Millions of tons of plastic end up in landfills, rivers, ...
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Integrated solar reactor paves way to make 'clean' chemicals, plastics and food using solar energy

Natural and engineered photosynthesis. Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2026). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c03677 A new study led by Dr. Lin Su of Queen Mary University of London, published ...