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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04066C, Critical ReviewPeter K. Karoki, Christian O. Kemefa, Xianzhi Meng, Yunqiao Pu, Mairui Zhang, Soyeon Jeong, Chang Geun Yoo, Arthur J. Ragauskas
This review highlights recent advances in lignin valorization for the sustainable synthesis of non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs), emphasizing on green routes, structural modifications, and emerging applications in bio-based materials.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04752H, PaperNicolas Schaeffer, André F.M. Nogueira, Filipe H.B. Sosa, João A.P. Coutinho, Ana C. Dias
Technological innovation has led to the widespread adoption of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for portable energy storage. Correspondingly, sustainable solutions to end-of-life battery disposal are crucial to manage their growing volume....
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03667D, PaperJiaqi Liao, Wenwen Zhu, Shitao Shi, Zewei Ye, Chencong Liu, Haomeng Yu, Qingfeng Sun, Julia L. Shamshina, Xiaoping Shen
A recyclable-solvent IL method enables dense MOF growth on wood, creating durable composites for stable, high-performance triboelectric energy harvesting.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05259A, PaperXiaoqian Chang, Yunpeng Xu, Chun-Liang Hou, Ruihan Wang, Xiaoyang Chang
Upgrading plastic waste into high-value chemicals and achieving recycling is of great significance for sustainable development. Herein, we report a green, mild, solvent- and metal-free catalytic approach that uses hydroxyl-functionalized...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04815J, Paperheyu Li, lingjiao Li, Haiyu Wang, Zhiliang Jin
Defect regulation represents a crucial strategy for enhancing the separation efficiency of photogenerated carriers. In this study, a V-CoMoMOF (V-CMM) catalyst with Co and Mo dual-metal defects was synthesized via...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04561D, PaperYushuang Huang, Jiawei Xie, Yisong Zhou, Qianqian Song, Yuan Lei, Chang-An Zhou, Chao Wang, Kui Ma, Lei Song, Hairong Yue, Ji-Jun Zou
Transforming polycarbonate (PC) waste to C15 dicycloalkane offers a green pathway for plastic recycling and advanced aviation fuel production. Conventional metal-zeolite catalysts rely on noble metals and suffer from diffusion...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05283A, Perspective Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jeroen B. Guinée, Martina G Vijver
The Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework is gaining momentum within the European Union, with scholars, industry, and policymakers actively testing its application. This Perspective highlights the central challenges...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03642A, PaperFan Xiao, Lehan Zhu, Zhangjun Wu, Haotian Zhu, Juan Xia, Jiannan Zhu, Zeheng Yang, Weixin Zhang
Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4, LFP) and lithium manganese oxide (LiMn2O4, LMO) batteries dominate the energy storage market due to their superior safety, thermal stability, and cost-effectiveness compared to nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM)...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04838A, PaperJin Wu, Lin Chen, Ruichao Zhu, Yixuan Zhou, Chuqing Cao, Liang Zhu, Jun Zhang
The rapid growth of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in electric vehicles and energy storage systems necessitates the development of sustainable and efficient recycling strategies to address impending end-of-life management...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03705K, PaperSimão V. Pandeirada, Paula S. S. Lacerda, Michael A. R. Meier, Andreia F. Sousa
A water-based, mild process enables efficient recycling of polyester/cotton textile blends under ambient conditions, achieving over 94% fibre recovery and preserving fibre integrity for circular textile applications.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05522A, PaperJuan Torres-Rodríguez, Antxon Martínez de Ilarduya, Haritz Sardon, Ricardo A. Pérez-Camargo, Alejandro J. Müller
A green bulk polymerization enables access to a polysuccinate series (2–12 CH2) and reveals an even–odd effect that diminishes but never completely disappears, consistently influencing crystallization behavior and molecular packing.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04446D, PaperYihang Dai, Chenyi Zhang, Xinjia Yu, Chuang Du, Fengxi Li, Lei Wang
Herein, we report an electroenzymatic cascade synthesis strategy for alkenes, achieving the efficient conversion of alkenes into chiral α-substituted aromatic halohydrins with excellent yields and enantioselectivities within a single reaction system.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04193G, Tutorial ReviewZhi-Long Lei, Hai-Tao Tang, Ying-Ming Pan
This review summarizes strategies, mechanisms, and applications of using sulfur dioxide as a sulfur source to construct C–S bonds via electrochemistry for synthesizing sulfonate esters and other high-value products.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04716A, PaperHuidi Shi, Yiqun Du, Liu Yang, Bingying Sun, Ximing Yu, Anbin Hu, Shuhua Yang, Jinkai Li, Bingqiang Cao
A green electrolyte design weakens the adsorption of the proton intermediate, delays Sand's time, and increases the nucleation rate, enabling dual anode kinetics and improving zinc anode stability.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04437E, PaperKe Li, Xu Zhao, Dongchu Liu, Weifeng Jia, Qiang Peng
Co-solvent hydrogen bonding interactions facilitate mild and rapid degradation of epoxy thermosets, with the degradation products capable of being reconstituted into recyclable polymers.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04729C, PaperYunzhi Zhao, Tianzuo Zhang, Jinglan Hong, Ruiqi Jin, Xiaotian Ma
Fluorinated intermediates have become critical components in modern pesticide manufacturing, with fluorinated varieties accounting for more than half of recent pesticide approvals amid 70% global consumption growth. However, systematic quantification...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05513J, PaperReshma Panackal Shibu, Sophia L Sagala, Bo Zhao, Isaac Eason, Paula Berton, Julia L. Shamshina
Chitin nanowhiskers (ChNWs) are increasingly recognized for their potential in bio-based nanomaterials, yet a comprehensive understanding of how biomass source affects nanowhisker properties remains limited. In this study, a single-step...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04707B, PaperPooja Sivaganesan, Chibisree Elanchezhian, Diksha Bansal, Mrinal Kanti Das, Saikat Chaudhuri
We report the first application of Ion-pair catalysis to the Fischer indole synthesis, enabling efficient construction of structurally diverse indole frameworks under mild conditions. Using the [Ph₃C]⁺[B(C₆F₅)₄]⁻ ion pair as...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05344G, PaperWei Sun, Yuzhe Pang, Yucheng He, Zhenyang Luo, Puyou Jia, Yonghong Zhou, Ye Sha
Plastics underpin modern society yet impose unsustainable burdens: petroleum consumption and environmental persistence. Developing chemically recyclable, biobased plastics with performance parity to conventional polymers represents a critical advance toward circular...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02518D, PaperMila Bading, Evan Griffing, Oliver Olsson, Jake Harris, Jochen Scher, Atsushi Sakurai, Michael Overcash, Klaus Kümmerer
Urgent sustainability efforts are needed, particularly in resource-intensive industries such as the pharmaceutical sector.
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