Techno-Economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of the Production of Biodegradable Polyaliphatic–Polyaromatic Polyesters
Bo-Xun Wang,
Yoel Cortes-Peña,
Brian P. Grady
et al.
Abstract:Poly(butylene-adipate terephthalate) (PBAT) is a polyaliphatic–polyaromatic
polyester that is biodegradable and has found application in several
markets, making it a widely produced biodegradable polymer worldwide.
However, the production of PBAT is carbon-intensive, as it relies
on the use of petroleum-based monomers. There is, thus, significant
interest in identifying polyesters that are biodegradable and less
carbon-intensive (e.g., use of biomass-derived monomers). In this
work, we develop a detailed proce… Show more
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