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Bio-inspired Carbon Cathodes with Sub-Nanometer Confinement for High-Performance Zinc-Ion Storage
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04354A, PaperXiaohan Jin, Yaru Li, Nannan Chen, Ying Yang, Kunyu Xu, Jinzhuang Guo, Liming Dong, Jun Li, He Liu, Aijun Guo
The slow desolvation and interfacial transport dynamics of Zn2+ present significant challenges for aqueous zinc-ion capacitors (AZICs), adversely affecting their performance and durability. Drawing inspiration from natural zinc transport proteins,...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04354A, PaperXiaohan Jin, Yaru Li, Nannan Chen, Ying Yang, Kunyu Xu, Jinzhuang Guo, Liming Dong, Jun Li, He Liu, Aijun Guo
The slow desolvation and interfacial transport dynamics of Zn2+ present significant challenges for aqueous zinc-ion capacitors (AZICs), adversely affecting their performance and durability. Drawing inspiration from natural zinc transport proteins,...
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Sustainable Phosphate-Catalyzed Synthesis of Non-Symmetric Pyrazines in Water - Mechanistic Insights, Biocatalytic Applications and Industrial Potential
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04772B, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jorge González-Rodríguez, Valentina Jurkaš, Eva Puchľová, Maren Podewitz, Fabio Parmeggiani, Margit Winkler, Peter Both, Peter Šiška, Florian Rudroff
Pyrazines are pivotal flavor compounds with widespread applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries.Their natural abundance is low, and traditional synthetic methods often involve hazardous conditions unsuitable for the...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04772B, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jorge González-Rodríguez, Valentina Jurkaš, Eva Puchľová, Maren Podewitz, Fabio Parmeggiani, Margit Winkler, Peter Both, Peter Šiška, Florian RudroffPyrazines are pivotal flavor compounds with widespread applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries.Their natural abundance is low, and traditional synthetic methods often involve hazardous conditions unsuitable for the...
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Machine Learning Guidelines for Designing Next-Generation Nanocomposite Membranes for CO₂ Capture
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05552K, Critical ReviewDoaa Sallam, Basamat S Shaheen, Nageh Allam
Since the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels have increased by nearly 40%, emphasizing the urgent need for scalable and energy-efficient carbon capture solutions. Traditional absorption and adsorption technologies,...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05552K, Critical ReviewDoaa Sallam, Basamat S Shaheen, Nageh Allam
Since the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels have increased by nearly 40%, emphasizing the urgent need for scalable and energy-efficient carbon capture solutions. Traditional absorption and adsorption technologies,...
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A porous liquid constructed from single-walled polyoxometalate nanotubes for sustainable extractive–oxidative desulfurization
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05177K, PaperJing He, Weilai Zhang, Haiyan Huang, Ruyu Cai, Yingxue Cui, Yingcheng Wu, Xiantai Zhou, Huaming Li, Wei Jiang
A unique PWNTs-liquid has been developed, comprising POM-based single-walled nanotubes and a bulky bis-imidazolium-based IL. The PWNTs-liquid could extract thiophene sulfur and convert it into sulfone products with high economic added value.
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Differentiated regulation of mineral interface properties using an eco-friendly polysaccharide depressant for enhanced apatite–dolomite sustainable flotation separation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04872A, PaperBin Yang, Jing Li, Jingfeng He, Lingtao Zhu, Shihai Guo, Song Zhang
A biodegradable, environmentally friendly, and highly selectively polysaccharide depressant PG modulates the interfacial properties between apatite and dolomite, thereby enabling the efficient flotation separation of these two minerals.
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Metal free visible light mediated cycloaddition reaction using recyclable graphitic nitride under water
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04611D, PaperBasavarajagouda E. Patil, Rahul Tarkase, Rajdeep Paul, Gopalan Rajaraman, Deepti Kalsi
The development of environmentally benign photocatalytic methodologies for [2 + 2] cycloadditions is of significant interest, given their utility in accessing cyclobutane motifs found in natural products and pharmaceuticals.
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Can mixed plastics be recycled and upcycled without separation?
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03714J, Critical ReviewJaime J. M. Pang, Yan Hui Lee, Haonan Zhao, Albert Ong, Jason Y. C. Lim
In this review, we examine the possibility of using mixed and/or contaminated plastic feedstock for chemical recycling, upcycling and formation of physical polymer blends.
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Highly energy-efficient hydrogenolysis of high-density polyethylene via hydrogen nonthermal plasma reaction engineering
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04228C, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Parsa Pishva, Jinyao Tang, Yanlin Zhu, Jochen Lauterbach, Zhenmeng PengEnergy-efficient hydrogenolysis of pure and waste HDPE via NTP at ambient conditions achieves complete conversion within minutes into C1–C4 hydrocarbons and waxes, reaching a record 8.2 output/input energy ratio and 2.7 ¢kg−1 electricity cost.
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Sustainable electro-organic synthesis of dicarboxylic acids from biogenic shellac
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04392A, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Edward P. Rayner, Tomas Horsten, Siegfried R. WaldvogelShellac, a bioresin secreted by insects, is electrochemically degraded to obtain value-added dicarboxylic acids.
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Rearrangement-driven divergent synthesis: a metal-free tandem annulation for CF3-functionalized 1-(aminomethyl)naphthalen-2-ols and 1-(2-naphthyl)azetidines
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05046D, CommunicationBin Wang, Zekun Li, Hua Cao
A novel metal- and base-free controllable tandem cyclization/rearrangement strategy for divergent synthesis of CF3-containing 1-(aminomethyl)naphthalen-2-ols and 1-(2-naphthyl)azetidines is established.
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An electrochemical azidation of least hindered tertiary and benzylic C(sp3)–H bonds
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05418D, CommunicationJianyou Zhao, Jiaoyang Liu, Zhe Zhang, Chengling Deng, Shengkang Qian, Zhehuai Liu, Fan Wang, Shuai Liu, Zhong-Quan Liu
We herein report a Cu-electrocatalyzed strategy for selective azidation of tertiary and benzylic C(sp3)–H bonds, affording the corresponding azides in consistently high yields.
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Photo-promoted carbonylative carboxylation of alkenes to synthesize β-alkyl ketocarboxylic acid derivatives with CO and CO2 as two mixed C1 gaseous molecules
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04231C, Communication
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hefei Yang, Le-Cheng Wang, Yuanrui Wang, Xiao-Feng WuHerein, we report a photocatalytic carbonylative carboxylation strategy for alkenes, achieving the cooperative utilization of both CO and CO2 as C1 building blocks within a single reaction system.
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Hydrogen-driven, ATP-dependent biocatalytic reduction of carboxylic acids under non-explosive conditions
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03751D, Communication
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Marianna Karava, Qian Liang, Elske van der Pol, Margit Winkler, Robert KouristThe reduction of carboxylic acids to alcohols in a hydrogen-driven whole-cell biocatalyst employing carboxylic acid reductases ensures high atom and mass efficiency, enabling a potentially more sustainable route for the synthesis of alcohols.
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Overcoming thermodynamic incompatibilities with photons: multi-carbon hydrocarbons from methane and carbon dioxide via a hybrid photocatalytic dry reforming/Fischer–Tropsch process
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04326C, CommunicationHiroaki Kaneko, Shusaku Shoji, Yohei Cho, Tomotaka Sugimura, Ayako Hashimoto, Hideki Abe, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Miyauchi
Combining methane dry reforming (DRM) and Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) enables the conversion of greenhouse gases into valuable hydrocarbons via syngas.
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Electron-withdrawing group in covalent organic frameworks induced separated redox centers toward enhanced overall H2O2 photosynthesis in pure water
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04352B, PaperLijun Liao, Wenjiao Wang, Wei Qin, Hongqi Chu, Xuepeng Wang, Liping Guo, Zhenzi Li, Fuquan Bai, Wei Zhou
Introducing a sulfone group into COF structure induces electron accumulation and separated redox centers for efficient water oxidation and oxygen reduction reaction, thus accelerating the overall photocatalytic H2O2 synthesis in pure water.
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In situ reduction engineering of NiFe–NiFe2O4 heterojunctions for interfacial coupling toward efficient bifunctional zinc–air batteries
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04845A, PaperYi Hu, Ning Han, Yiting Wu, Cong Han, Lizi He
Tuning the electronic interface in heterostructures yields a high-performance bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst (ΔE = 0.68 V). The assembled Zn–air batteries show excellent performance, enabling a new path for green electrocatalysts.
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Trace-LiCl-assisted synthesis of high-loading ordered Pt3Co intermetallic catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05077D, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yutao Ni, Jiahui Song, Huiying Lan, Xue Jing, Wenwen Shi, Ruimin Ding, Xi YinUnderstanding the synthesis mechanism of Pt3Co guided the development of high-loading Pt3Co catalysts assisted by trace LiCl, which demonstrated high efficiency in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.
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Green polymerisation of a renewable lignin-derived vinyl ketone monomer to form UV-degradable polymers
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04711K, PaperThomas J. Neal, Arturo J. Ledezma Fierro, Fanny Coumes, Giovanni Poli, Alexandre Pradal, Jutta Rieger
Sustainable synthesis of novel lignin-derived, UV-degradable polymers that offer degradable bio-sourced alternatives to commodity plastics, such as polystyrene, has been reported.
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Glucose-based melanoidin-supported palladium single-atoms/clusters cocatalyst for site-selective cross-dehydrogenative coupling of two simple arenes
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03792A, PaperYuanyuan Yan, Wunengerile Zhang, Tegshi Muschin, Agula Bao, Chaolumen Bai, Dan Liu, Yong-Sheng Bao
The site-selective cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) of aromatic aldehydes and arenes enabled by heterogeneous glucose-based melanoidin-supported Pd single-atoms/clusters cocatalysts was reported.
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A micellar palladium catalyst stabilized by PEG-PVEG as a vinyl-functionalized amphiphilic polymer for Suzuki–Miyaura coupling in water
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04825G, PaperQiong Chai, Babar Hussain Shah, Fengming Zhang, Meiqi Li, Yong Jian Zhang
An easily made vinyl-functionalized amphiphilic polymer, PEG-PVEG designed on the basis of metal–olefin interactions, has been developed and applied to aqueous Suzuki–Miyaura coupling via a micellar palladium catalyst in extremely high efficiency.
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