rPET Afterglow Polyester

5 s afterglow, 18% QY

Upcycled from waste PET bottles into persistent luminescent elements with virgin-PET-like properties, combining oxygen-barrier phosphorescence retention and processability.

Yang, Yunlong · Jun, Tan · Longming, Jin · Sha, Liu · Zhuoyang, He · Wu, Ziliang · Zheng, Qiang · Liu, Yuejun

Advanced Functional Materials 2026

Specifications

余辉量子产率
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Advantages

At 0.05 wt% doping, combined thermal responsiveness, visible-light excitability, high transparency, and mechanical properties

Films and fibers scalably fabricated via hot-press, melt-spun, and melt-blown techniques