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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00480B, PaperJian Liu, Ximing Zhang
A novel Au/CeO2-catalyzed TBHP system achieves 95% FDCA selectivity at full 5-HMF conversion in 30 s (90 °C), driven by stabilized radicals and van der Waals-enhanced spatial proximity for efficient oxidative activation.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04832F, PaperMin Soo Kim, Sarang Sunil Bhagwat, Leoncio Santiago-Martínez, Xiaolei Shi, Kyuhyeok Choi, Jeremy Guest, George W. Huber
This study advances the production of potassium sorbate (KS) from triacetic acid lactone (TAL) utilizing food-grade solvents, ethanol (EtOH) and isopropyl alcohol (IPA). Employing a catalytic approach in food-grade solvents...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01509J, Critical Review Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Soo Lim Kim, Heejin Yang, Seonho Lee, Si-Kyung Cho, Chang-Gu Lee, Seitkhan Azat, Jechan Lee
Mining activities generate significant waste that poses serious environmental challenges, emphasizing the urgent need for effective waste management strategies. Mining waste, such as tailings, pyritic materials, ore residues, and metallurgical...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00999E, PaperZiyi Yang, Feiyue Shen, Weihong Dai, Zhiwen Zeng, Jiayi Xu, Li Zhao, Wei Qi, Jinguang Hu, Dong Tian, Fei Shen
The targeted extraction of native-like lignin while retaining highly accessible carbohydrate substrates in a one-pot biorefinery was fantastic but still encountered technical challenges. In this study, the mild alkaline-oxidation system...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00955C, PaperXueqi Liu, Jingmin Ge, Shiying Li, Huanhuan Yang, Huiwen Tian, Hongpo Liu, Yaxi Li, Xiaoli Zheng, Yapeng Tian, Xinwei Cui, Qun Xu
Identification of the active sites for zinc oxide-derived catalysts and further elucidation of the catalytic mechanism for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) are limited by the dynamic structural evolution at...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00722D, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Qian Chen, Abhinav K Singh, Hissah Alghathami, Xuzhao Liu, Kun Huang, Andrew Thomas, Richard James Curry, Laurie Phillips, Amanda J Hughes
Lead-free inorganic perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 has emerged as a promising alternative to lead-based halide perovskites (LHPs), addressing concerns over toxicity and stability. However, fabricating high-quality Cs2AgBiBr6 films remains significantly more challenging...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06546H, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Lidia Amodio, Jennifer Cueto, Julio López, Héctor Hernando, Patricia Pizarro, David P. Serrano
This study pioneers the catalytic hydropyrolysis of WEEE plastics, achieving effective dehalogenation and sustainable resource recovery using a robust nickel catalyst.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01266J, PaperAJing Song, Xin Jin, Yuan Wei, Chunmao Xiong, Tongna Shi, Yuanyuan Ma, Jianping Yang
Decoupled water electrolysis with the aid of small molecule quinone as a redox mediator, which separates the hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen evolution reaction in both time and space, offers...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05939E, PaperChangsheng Qin, Chenxu Li, Fang Gao, Jingfang Wang, Zhihua Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Xinyue Li, Yi Sun, Meiqian Hu, Shoucai Wang, Fanghua Ji, Guangbin Jiang
DMSO is a prominent and indispensable methylating agent within the realm of organic synthesis. We report an innovative strategy employing in situ generated EDA (Electron-Donor-Acceptor) complexes as an active photocatalyst...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00295H, PaperJingao Xiao, Feng Long, Sheng Yi, Haifang Luo, Changqun Cai, Hang Gong
An efficient electrocatalytic method generates unstable radical anions under mild conditions, avoiding dangerous organolithium reagents. Achieves metal-free alkene homo-/cross-coupling without external oxidants/reductants in good yields.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00100E, PaperYumei Chen, Chunhui Xie, Yang You, Tonghui Xu, Yunqi Li, Jili Yuan, Haibo Xie, Yuanlong Guo
Crosslinking cellulose levulinate and polyethylene imine produced aerogels with excellent adsorption capacities and selectivity for precious metals, providing a promising material for recovery of valuable metals from electronic waste.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01047K, PaperXiaomin Zhang, Mo Zhou, Yujia Zhao, Jifeng Pang, Pengfei Wu, Zhen Guo, Mingyuan Zheng
A binary Cu–Zr/meso SiO2 catalyst with excellent performance for ethanol dehydroamination to acetonitrile.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01535A, PaperYang Zhou, LingLong Huang, Yuan Tao, ChangQing Luo, JianMiao Xu, ZhiQiang Liu, YuGuo Zheng
Foamed metal-carbon electrode electrochemical coenzyme regeneration system.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01583A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Sean Najmi, Dylan Huang, Andrew Duncan, Daniel Slanac, Keith Hutchenson, James Hughes, Raja Poladi, Dionisios G. Vlachos
Polyethylene furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (PEF) is a high-performance, bio-based analog to traditional petroleum-derived polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with improved properties and recyclability.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01102G, CommunicationMin Wang, Yu-Rui Jian, Xin-Yu Fu, Wei Xiang, Xiao Zha, Hong-Yu Zheng, Bao-Dong Cui, Yun Zhang, Xue-Qing Mou, Yong-Zheng Chen
A photoinduced, tunable fluoroalkylation- or sulfonylation/cyclization of β-4′-methindolylstyrene to access 4-sulfonyl-, 4-fluoroalkyl- or 2-fluoroalkyl-tetrahydrobenzo[cd]-indoles via EDA complexes is described.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05572A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Nitin G. Valsange, Niklas Warlin, Smita V. Mankar, Nicola Rehnberg, Baozhong Zhang, Patric Jannasch
Dicarboxylate ester monomers obtainable from lignocellulosic building blocks are polymerized with different diols to produce aromatic polyesters with tunable properties, which include closed-loop chemically recyclability via methanolysis.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00943J, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Zahra Madani, Hossein Baniasadi, Pedro Silva, Maija Vaara, Marike Langhans, Inge Schlapp-Hackl, Lars Evenäs, Michael Hummel, Jaana Vapaavuori
Enhancing thermal comfort in textiles can contribute to improved user well-being, both in wearable technology and everyday clothing. This study introduces thermoregulation properties by embedding a phase change material (PCM)...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00902B, PaperDan Zhao, Hanqing Zhao, Lingwei Kong, Shulian Lei, Boyan Cui, Tingjun Fu, Zhong Li
This study leverages the low-price coal tar pitch (CTP) to enhance its application in hard carbon (HC) anodes for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), offering significant environmental and economic benefits. Traditional CTP...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01214G, CommunicationYangbo Zhong, Haibo Zhu, Hongben Zhang, Xinmei Xie, Yang Liu, Bo Wang, Qiangwen Fan, Zong-Bo Xie, Zhang-Gao Le
The utilization of solar energy, an inexhaustible resource, to drive photocatalytic oxidation reactions is posited as a viable strategy for mitigating issues such as greenhouse gas emissions stemming from fossil...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06386D, Critical Review Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Emma Chevé-Kools, Young Hae Choi, Catherine Roullier, Gwenaël Ruprich-Robert, Raphael Grougnet, Florence Chapeland-Leclerc, Frank Hollmann
Composed of various biosourced metabolites, NaDES offer significant economic, health, and environmental benefits. Their remarkable ability to interact with target compounds through non-covalent bonds enhances their versatility. As solvents, excipients,...
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