Recycling Aluminium foil waste into catalyst

A group of scientists and engineers at Queen’s University Belfast recently published a paper in Nature Scientific Reports Journal about a novel, eco-friendly synthesis of mesoporous γ-Al2O3 from Al foil with surface and bulk characteristics better than commercial γ-Al2O3 in term of surface structure (morphology, surface area and pore volume) along with the surface acidity
This paper will open doors for the preparation of highly active and well-structured alumina catalysts and supports from waste and demonstrate its application in acid catalysed reactions which are of great interest for the majority of researchers in heterogeneous catalysis.
Further reading
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-03839-x