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Green solvents in membrane separation: progress, challenges, and future perspectives for sustainable industrial applications
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03161C, Critical ReviewBoon Kee Voon, Yen Juin Yap, Wai Fen Yong
Green chemistry and engineering play a vital role in sustainable separation and technology developments.
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Recent advances in biodegradable polymer blends and their biocomposites: a comprehensive review
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01294E, Critical Review
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Kehinde Olonisakin, Amar K. Mohanty, Mahendra Thimmanagari, Manjusri MisraIntegrating biodegradable polymer blends, compatibilization strategies, and filler reinforcement to develop biodegradable composites for sustainable applications.
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Review on sequential catalysis for higher alcohols: overcoming barriers in direct CO2 hydrogenation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03160E, Critical ReviewAbdulaziz A. M. Abahussain, Fahd A. Nasr, Ahmed S. Al-Fatesh, Padmanabhan Sambandam, Mohammed Al-zharani, Fekri Abdulraqeb Ahmed Ali, Nadavala Siva Kumar, Sulaiman A. Alsalamah, Ganesan Subbiah, Guganathan Loganathan, Saravanan Palanivelu, Shoba Gunasekaran, Kavitha Chandrasekaran, Tamizhdurai Perumal
Rising CO2 emissions intensify global warming, demanding innovative mitigation. Converting CO2 into higher alcohols offers a renewable path to sustainable fuels and chemicals, addressing greenhouse gases while supporting energy and industrial needs.
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De novo biosynthesis of zeaxanthin and 3-hydroxy-β-ionone by engineered Yarrowia lipolytica
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01415H, PaperXin-Liang Chen, Lei Wang, Ying-Ying Wu, Laijiayun Jin, Xin Feng, Yu-Yue Ma, Hao Liu, Qiang Hua, Ze-Jian Wang, Liu-Jing Wei
Zeaxanthin and its derivatives have an increasing market demand owing to their strong antioxidant, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory properties.
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Natural product driven redox-recovery of lithium cobalt oxide cathodes under mild conditions
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03826J, PaperChang-Lian Xu, Xinlei Ji, Honghao Zhang, Xiaoxun Xu, Lilin Wang, Guiyin Wang, Guochun Lv, Xin Qi, Junzhuo Cai, Shirong Zhang, Zhanbiao Yang, Zhang Cheng, Lin Kong, Yaoyuan Zhang
A sustainable closed-loop process is proposed for efficient and selective metal recovery under mild conditions; utilizing the natural amino acid cysteine as a leaching agent, and using the natural oxalic acid as a selective recovery reagent of Co.
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Direct C(sp3)–H chloromethylation through CH2Cl2 activation using non-thermal plasma
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02405F, PaperFabian Bruel, Gabriel Morand, Stéphanie Ognier, Pierre Dedieu, Alain Favre-Réguillon, Cyril Ollivier, Louis Fensterbank, Michael Tatoulian
Catalyst-free chloromethylation of alkanes is achieved via non-thermal plasma activation of CH2Cl2 under ambient conditions. A 30% yield of chlorinated products from cyclohexane is obtained in 60 s. A radical mechanism has been proposed.
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Assessment of the environmental and human health impact in the synthesis and processing of metal halide perovskite active layers using GVL
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03582A, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Filippo Campana, Daniela Lanari, Filippo De Angelis, Luigi VaccaroMetal halide perovskites (MHPs) offer a potential alternative to crystalline silicon solar cells in terms of efficiency.
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Adding value to terpenoids: from pseudoionone to 1-methyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03364K, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Alexandre Damiani, Lars Faber, Batoul Karim, Christian Bruneau, Wagner A. Carvalho, Dalmo Mandelli, Cédric FischmeisterPseudoionone, obtained from citral, is transformed into 1-methyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene in 31% yield by ring closing metathesis, while 63% yield is achieved using a stereoisomer prepared from neral.
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Heterogeneous Fe single-atom catalysis for C2–H amidation of pyridine/quinoline N-oxides: streamlined synthesis of pharmaceutical scaffolds
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03797B, PaperJinhua Ou, Song Yu, Duoduo Liu, Han Jiang, Can Lyu, Keyi Chen, Jie Li, Zhuobin Yu, Kaijian Liu, Jinxuan Liu
This first heterogeneous catalytic system enables base/additive-free C2–H amidation of N-oxides with 100% atom economy for pharmaceutical synthesis.
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Dipole modulation engineering for the recycling of spent lithium iron phosphate
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03045E, PaperLin Liu, Wenzhi Huang, Haoshen Liang, Zexin Su, Kaixiang Shi, Jie Ren, Lichao Tan, Yonggang Min, Quanbing Liu
The dual eutectic salts (LiI-LiOH) construct an ionic polarization synergistic field, accelerating the self-lithiation process of spent lithium iron phosphate (S-LFP).
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Co-upcycling of polyvinyl chloride/cotton mixed waste into 5-isopropoxymethylfurfural
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03404C, PaperDawang Chu, Jiali Weng, Xu Liu, Hongkun Wang, Yanran Cui, Lei Nie, Zhenglong Li
The co-recycling of waste plastics, biomass waste and waste textiles represents a sustainable strategy for the efficient utilization of waste resources.
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Catalytic coproduction of renewable lubricant base oils and diesel fuels from bio-lipids and aromatics via alkylation and hydrodeoxygenation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03991F, PaperBinbin Zhou, Nan Wang, Yixin Fan, Yuanyang Lin, Sibao Liu, Guozhu Liu
Renewable alkane-based lubricants and diesel fuels can be co-produced from bio-lipids and aromatics through alkylation and hydrodeoxygenation processes over heterogeneous HY and Ni-ReOx/SiO2 catalysts.
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Sulfur-doped bimetallic phosphides with regulated intermediate adsorption for efficient polyethylene terephthalate upgrading
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03484A, PaperXiaofen Huang, Zhiyong Ye, Kaige Yu, Xingchen Zhou, Xianglong Hu, Yixuan Jin, Xueliang Jiang, Huan Yang
Upgrading ethylene glycol (EG) derived from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste into valuable formic acid (FA) and H2 offers a promising solution for plastic pollution.
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Catalyst- and solvent-free depolymerization of poly(bisphenol A carbonate): aminolysis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03046C, PaperHyo Won Lee, Ji Yeong Lee, Lars Borchardt, Jeung Gon Kim
This study presents a sustainable strategy for the chemical recycling of bisphenol A polycarbonate (BPA-PC) via amine-induced depolymerization under solvent- and catalyst-free conditions.
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Strategic design principles for greener biorefineries: a substrate–process matrix emphasizing complete lignocellulose utilization from various biomass feedstocks
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02627J, Critical ReviewJianyu Guan, Aamir Khan, Yi Zhang, Yixing Zhou, Molly Meng-Jung Li, Raffel Dharma Patria, Shao-Yuan Leu
Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) are promising feedstocks for sustainable biofuel and bioproduct production.
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Non-ionic micelle-inspired electrochemical functionalization of diverse NH-heterocycles for the synthesis of β-aminoketones
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01942G, PaperSanjay M. Madurkar, Kuldeep Singh Bhati, Girdhar Pal Singh, Renu Rathore, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Siddharth Sharma
Alternatives to toxic organic solvents, transition metals, additives, and bases are desirable to reduce environmental impact and are now being reevaluated through sustainable, electrolyte-free electro-organic synthesis.
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Modulating the Cu (111) facet for selective CO2 electroreduction via tuning the oxidation state of polyaniline
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02285A, PaperYeqing Xu, Chong-Yong Lee, Yong Zhao, Yu Yang, Xin Wang, Zhiqi Chen, Klaudia Wagner, Wei Kong Pang, Gordon G. Wallace, Caiyun Wang
The tuning of the oxidation degree of PANI facilitates Cu2+ adsorption on quinoid –N sites, which promotes Cu (111) facet formation, leading to enhanced CH4 selectivity in CO2 electroreduction.
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Technical and carbon footprint assessment of mortars derived from CO2 and magnesia recovered from bischofite
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03502C, PaperYufeng Song, Jiaze Wang, Xinpeng Wang, Jiahao Zhou, Cise Unluer, Tao Shi, Aoyun Zhang, Chenggong Chang, Shaoqin Ruan
Valorizing waste bischofite into reactive magnesia cement for CO2-sequestering mortars.
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Polyurethane depolymerization by dialkyl carbonates: toward sustainable chemical recycling
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02533H, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ege Hosgor, Ricardo P. Martinho, Jip S. Hoogland, Yuqi Jia, Anahi Morales Gomez, Willem Verboom, Jean-Paul Lange, Jurriaan HuskensHarmless chemical recycling of polyurethane foams: depolymerization with diethyl carbonate allows deep recovery of both constituting monomers, i.e. polyols and diisocyanates, without requiring phosgene as toxic and wasteful reagent.
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Tracking the hydrogen spillover of heterogeneous catalysts in hydrogenation: from formation, migration, and regulation to fate
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02983J, Tutorial ReviewGuangxun Sun, Peng Xue, Lei Wang, Xin Zhang, Guangzheng Sun, Zhidong Wang, Qian Zhang, Peng Zhang, Yunqi Liu, Yuan Pan
The review “Tracking the hydrogen spillover of heterogeneous catalysts in hydrogenation: from formation and fate to regulation” discusses the challenges in structure optimization and offers strategies to enhance hydrogen spillover efficiency.
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