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Biodegradable alginate derivatives obtained by eco-friendly ultrasound technology for more sustainable leather tanning
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06571A, Paper


Ultrasonication-derived alginate optimizes collagen interaction in chrome-free leather retanning, enhancing biodegradability and reducing waste.
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Co-upcycling of mixed polypropylene and polyesters
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00561B, PaperXiangyue Wei, Qiang Zhang, Chengfeng Shen, Pengbo Ye, Jiaying Xu, Xuehui Liu, Zhishan Su, Shimei Xu, Yu-Zhong Wang
Mixed plastic waste management has long been a major challenge owing to complex compositions of plastic wastes and high sorting costs.
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Mechanochemical approach to polymer-functionalized black phosphorus nanomaterials for precious metal recovery
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00274E, Paper


We developed a solvent-free mechanochemical method to synthesize a BP–PG nanohybrid capable of selectively reducing Au3+ to stabilized gold nanoparticles, achieving a recovery capacity over three times its own weight
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The hydrogen economy fairytale
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00946D, Perspective


Green fairytales. We may not like it, but the reality is that green hydrogen is too expensive and its manufacturing on a large global scale in the 21st century is untenable.
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Tuning charge-carrier transport in isostructural covalent organic frameworks for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02267C, PaperYize Zhang, Haobo Xu, Hangshuai Li, Junrong Jiao, Xin Wen, Qinggang Meng, Xingwang Lan
The synergy between Co and porphyrin–bicarbazole COFs establishes dual-channel charge transport pathways, enhancing charge separation and boosting CO2 photoreduction performance.
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Electrothermal upcycling of plastic waste
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01305D, Tutorial ReviewChunlin Luo, Shuai Liu, Tao Wu, Jianli Hu, Yuxin Wang
This review highlights emerging electrothermal strategies, including Joule, microwave, plasma, induction, and laser heating, for selectively upcycling plastic waste into hydrogen, olefins, aromatics, and carbon materials under renewable energy input.
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Simultaneous phenol oxygenation and quinone hydrogenation with water as both the oxygen and hydrogen source
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01480H, PaperYongtao Wang, Kehan Yu, Wenjing Sun, Jia Yao, Haoran Li
Metal-free acid-catalyzed coupling of phenol oxygenation and 1,4-quinone hydrogenation is demonstrated using water as both the oxygen and hydrogen source, mediated by a bio-inspired geminal diol adduct.
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Photocatalytic oxidation of various C–H bonds by a polyoxometalate nanocluster-dominated compartmentalized metal–organic framework
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00269A, PaperJiachen Jiao, Chuanbao Zhang, Hui Sun, Haina Hu, Ziqing Xu, Junwei Zhao, Qiuxia Han, Pengtao Ma
A polyoxometalate nanocluster-dominated compartmentalized metal–organic framework (NiW12-TPT) was synthesized, which displays excellent performance in the photocatalytic oxidation of various hydrocarbons at room temperature with oxidant H2O and air.
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Direct metal-free homo-/cross-coupling of carbonyls with alcohols or imines under ambient light
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01922B, PaperTongyu Han, Shiqian Zhang, Jinya Li, Quansheng Mou, Jian Gao, Bowen Cao, Chao-Jun Li, Mingxin Liu
The development of a metal-free, ‘greener’ C–C coupling process was highly desired in light of future sustainability as well as social and environmental well-being.
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Electrochemical vicinal amidoselenation of unactivated olefins via a tandem Ritter reaction
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01259G, CommunicationWei Xu, Nana Zhang, Chenyu Li, Haodong Ma, Bin Wang, Ziren Chen, Yu Xia, Shaofeng Wu, Weiwei Jin, Penji Yan, Chenjiang Liu, Yonghong Zhang
An electrochemical amidoselenation of unactivated olefins via a selenylation/Ritter tandem reaction has been developed.
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B(C6F5)3-catalysed cyclic carbonate editing
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01888A, CommunicationYicheng He, Krishnapriya Anattil Unnikrishnan, Wenhao Yin, Rositha Kuniyil, Haifeng Du, Wusheng Guo
An unprecedented B(C6F5)3-catalyzed cyclic carbonate editing approach is reported. DFT calculations detailed the reaction pathways and the origin of excellent stereoselectivity.
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Bio-based, high-latent-efficiency cross-linking accelerator with steric hindrance and salt formation effects
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01732G, PaperChanghui Jing, Falin Li, Shuai Du, Xin Wang, Fengyuan Zhang, Songqi Ma
This work facilely synthesized a bio-derived, high-latent-efficiency accelerator via the Michael addition reaction of an abundant bioresource, itaconic acid, and imidazole.
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Deciphering the synergistic role of chemisorbed phosphate on FeOOH for high-efficiency overall water splitting
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01624J, PaperXiaoqian Du, Junjun Zhang, Mengyuan Zhang, Huilong Wei, Xiu Lin, Wen Guo, Pengfei Zhang, Zhenghong Luo
An iron-based catalyst was synthesized via a wet-chemical method using inexpensive raw materials. By modifying the electrolyte composition, the properties of the catalyst were systematically tuned, thereby enhancing the efficiency of water splitting.
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Renewable aromatic production from waste: exploring pathways, source materials, and catalysts
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05683C, Tutorial ReviewRipsa Rani Nayak, Navneet Kumar Gupta
Transforming waste—biomass, plastics, and CO2—into renewable aromatics via pyrolysis and chemocatalysis: advancing sustainable catalysts and technologies for a circular economy and environmental mitigation.
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Electrochemically driven tandem addition–cyclization: synthesis of thiadiazinanes and thiophosphonates
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01831E, PaperHonghao Zhou, Yike Zhang, Liting Ma, Xiangyang Liu, Chun Zhang, Feifei Tong, Dandan Hu, Jun-Qi Zhang, Jianguo Yang
An iodine-catalyzed electrochemical strategy for the sustainable synthesis of 1,2,5-thiadiazinanes and thiophosphonates was developed. This strategy demonstrates excellent functional group tolerance, sustainability, and facile scale-up potential.
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Anaerobic digestion-derived digestate valorization: green chemistry innovations for resource recovery and reutilization
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01053E, Tutorial ReviewSamuel Jacob, Debajyoti Kundu, Anjani Devi Chintagunta, Sampath Kumar N. S, Palas Samanta, Chandan Mahata, Sukhendu Dey, R. G. Shibirathna, Arun Barathi, Sunil Kumar, Zhiwu Wang, Gaurav Goel
Green chemistry approaches to digestate valorization support circular bioeconomy and advance UN sustainable development goals.
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Enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction and biomass oxidation over Ce-doped NiPx via optimization of electronic modulation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01605C, PaperShuhan Liu, Yifei Ye, Lele Gao, Zhen Yan, Haokun Pan, Zhaokun Wang, Guangrui Zhang, Xiubing Huang
Ce species synergistically adjust the electronic states of Ni in Ce-NiPx/NF, and the escape of P provides a large number of reaction sites, resulting in FDCA yield and Faraday efficiency of 98.69% and 98.38%, respectively, at 1.40 VRHE.
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Visible-light-driven photocatalytic depolymerization of post-consumer PET to terephthalic acid via cerium catalysis with batch-to-flow scalability
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01218J, CommunicationYujian Pang, Xiqun Wu, Zhijie Li, Jie Sun, Zhenjiang Li, Jiang-Kai Qiu, Jian Wang, Canliang Ma, Kai Guo
The first report of a cerium trichloride photocatalyst enabling ambient visible-light PET depolymerization in batch and microfluidic systems.
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Selective oxidation of glucose–galactose syrup to gluconic and galactonic acids
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01381J, Communication


Oxidation of Greek yoghurt acid whey derived GGS syrup to gluconic and galactonic acids with solubility driven separation provides a route to high value bioproducts from dairy waste.
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Switching between α-alkenylation and α-alkylation of nitriles by coupling multiple electrochemical methods
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01206F, CommunicationKai Li, Tong Li, Yupu Zhang, Hao Yang, Qi Sun, Zhiyong Wang
Switching between α-alkenylation and α-alkylation of nitriles was achieved by strategically coupling multiple electrochemical redox methods.
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