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Green Chem., 2025, 27,9357-9413
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02162F, Critical ReviewHongbo Lei, Zigao Wang, Songjun Li, Maiyong Zhu
From the viewpoints of energy efficiency, cost effectiveness, and eco-friendliness, we systematically summarize the recent advances in the chemical recycling and biodegradation of post-consumer polystyrene waste.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01947H, PaperJunqi Zhang, Jianlong Wen, Zhenwei Liu, Fangwei Ling, Zhengtian Xie, Yijing Nie, Jinrong Wu
This work employs phosphatidylcholine to modulate the polarity of lignin, enabling lignin to form a self-assembled ‘cell-like structure’ within HPIP. The resulting composites achieve a remarkable strength of 26 MPa while maintaining excellent recycling capability.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02987B, Critical ReviewJong-Won Choi, Hyun-Woo Shim, Hong-In Kim, Soo-kyung Kim, Duy Tho Tran, Mooki Bae
The rapid adoption of LiFePO4 (LFP) batteries, driven by their safety and cost advantages, necessitates the development of sustainable recycling technologies tailored to their low-value composition. While hydrometallurgical methods enable...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02999F, PaperQian Liu, Yulin Li, Yuxin Qiu, Jin Zhang, Hongye Cheng, Zhen Song, Zhiwen Qi
The recovery of valuable metals in cathode materials from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is crucial for reducing environmental pollution and addressing resource scarcity. In this work, a systematic framework is...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03030G, Critical ReviewYafei Shen
The development of hydrogen energy is a key path to achieving carbon neutrality, providing zero-carbon and efficient clean energy solutions. Moreover, it can enhance energy security, promote the green transformation...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02932E, PaperWenkai Lang, Jin Deng, Xin Liu, Zaiyu Yang, Ruxia Zhang, Honghong Liu, Keyuan Sun, Shenfu Yuan
Coke deposits on catalysts during the reforming of biomass pyrolysis volatiles are usually the primary cause of catalyst deactivation and a major challenge for catalyst design. Unlike simple graphite carbon...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02745D, PaperChengyu Fu, Min Zhang, Long Zhao, Yang Zhao, Li Shi, Yakun Tian, Yixing Luo, Qingsheng Wu, Yong Qing Fu, Ming Wen
Sulfur-laden wastewater can be served as a valuable resource to synthesize transition metal sulfides (TMSs) electrocatalysts to address the sluggish kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in water splitting, which...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02249E, PaperJongil Bae, Jeongbeom Cha, Min Kim, Jeehoon Han
A viable roadmap for achieving high-performance, cost-competitive, and environmentally sustainable perovskite photovoltaics from a laboratory scale to a global scale, combined with the module lifetime of GVL/EA-based perovskite solar technology.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02781K, PaperFatin Rashid, Christopher P. Gordon, Jennette A. Sakoff, Jayne Gilbert, Felipe García, Janice R. Aldrich-Wright
A robust mechanochemical strategy enables rapid and scalable synthesis of platinum(II) anticancer complexes. This greener method reduces solvent use, boosts energy efficiency, cuts costs and promotes sustainable metal complex production.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01993A, PaperMingkun Jiang, Yang Yang, Yujie Wang, Yajie Wang, Marina Ratova, Dan Wu
NiCo2O4 electrocatalyst upcycles PET to formate (96.7% FE) and H2 at 400 mA cm−2, giving $774.56 per ton PET. Ni–Co sites cleave C–C bonds while limiting overoxidation, enabling sustainable plastic valorization.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01399B, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Liwei Ye, Xiaoyang Liu, Giacomo Forti, Linda J. Broadbelt, Yosi Kratish, Tobin J. Marks
Introducing chemodiversity into chemical plastics recycling could provide a catalyst-efficient means of recovering high-value building blocks from synthetic polymers for many recycling applications via simple tuning of catalytic conditions.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02412A, Critical Review Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Xinluona Su, Tingting Xiao, Qihang Gong, Haiyang Cheng, Fengyu Zhao
This review highlights the utilization of bimetallic catalysts in the catalytic hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and summarizes metal–support interactions, including the electronic and steric effects, oxygen vacancies, and acidity.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02911B, PaperRenhua Su, Jiantao Zhang, Yanfu Jiang, Xian Jiang, Peng Zhou, Jingxing Jiang, Weibing Liu
We report a visible-light-driven bisperoxidation of aryl alkenes using TBHP, enabling the regioselective synthesis of α,β-bisperoxides. This represents the first radical reaction using TBHP as source of tert-butylperoxy and hydroperoxy groups.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02994E, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Stefan Eichwald, Hesam Ostovari, Hannah Minten, Janine Meyer-Waßewitz, Dieter Förtsch, Niklas von der Assen
This study investigates under which circumstances the common practice of using mass intensities as proxies for environmental impacts is suitable—and where it fails.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01810B, PaperLucie M. Lindenbeck, Silas Brand, Finn Schatz, Franka Stallmann, Nele Petersen, Björn B. Beele, Jessica Pichler, Marcella Frauscher, Raphaela Süss, Pascal Olschowski, Serhiy Budnyk, Adam Slabon, Bruno V. M. Rodrigues
A biphasic electrocatalytic system using MIBK extracts lignin-derived compounds during the aqueous-phase depolymerization of Kraft lignin, affording a stable, low-molecular-weight bio-oil (>60% yield) with potential as a lubricant base oil. Image partly generated using AI.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03111G, Critical ReviewLisha Sheng, Hailong Ning, Yi Wang, Chengyi Li, Shengtao Huang, Yuquan Zhang, Bo Xu, Zhenqian Chen
Porous liquids are a novel class of porous materials that integrate the permanent porosity of solids with the fluidity of liquids.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02103K, PaperYong Yuan, Chunyan Bai, Yuyan Tao, Ya-Nan Zhang, Xiazhen Bao, Dongsheng Ji, Liwei Wang, Xiaotian Qi, Congde Huo
An interesting electrochemical ring-opening oxidation of aryl thianthrenium salts is accomplished without the need for chemical oxidizing reagents.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02486B, Tutorial ReviewRongqi Lei, Zetong Chen, Quanzhou Xu, Nan Wang, Yanlin Qin, Tiejun Wang, Xuliang Lin, Xueqin Qiu
As a renewable green energy source, the catalytic upgrading of ethanol to higher alcohols (C4+) represents a critical pathway to overcome its inherent fuel limitations.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01733E, PaperHong-Tao Gao, Pei-Lin Ou, Hao Ma, Hao Zhang, Lin-Mei Zhang, Yi-Lei Xu, Yun-Zhou Guo, De-Bo Hao, Chao-Li Chen, Dong-Sheng Li, Shang-Fu Yuan, Tao Wu
This study presents a novel synergistic photocatalytic strategy that integrates single electron transfer and hydrogen atom transfer, enabling efficient and green synthesis of benzyl thioesters from elemental sulfur, benzyl chlorides, and aldehydes.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01790D, PaperHongju Qiu, Zhiyue Tang, Haoran Yang, Cheng Wu, Pengyu Yan, Jie Luo, Liming Ding, Yuanhang Cheng, Feng Hao
This study leverages the unique polarity regulation and weak coordination of anisole to address the rapid crystallization and oxidation issues in tin perovskites, thereby widening the processing window and enhancing process tolerance.
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