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Industry-friendly urea coating: by interlocking waste protein and nanoparticles via a glass transition approach
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04420K, PaperMona Nagargade, Prem Kumar, Vishal Tyagi, Sarita Kataria, Navjot Singh, Vijayakumar Shanmugam, Parul Sharma, Bandana Kumari Sahu, Kanchan Swami
Sustainable agriculture seeks efficient fertilizers; hence, a stable urea coating using feather particles with zinc oxide nanoparticles as a reinforcing agent has been developed through a scalable drum rotor method....
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04420K, PaperMona Nagargade, Prem Kumar, Vishal Tyagi, Sarita Kataria, Navjot Singh, Vijayakumar Shanmugam, Parul Sharma, Bandana Kumari Sahu, Kanchan Swami
Sustainable agriculture seeks efficient fertilizers; hence, a stable urea coating using feather particles with zinc oxide nanoparticles as a reinforcing agent has been developed through a scalable drum rotor method....
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How to make furfural and HMF production greener? Lessons from life cycle assessments
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03729H, Critical Review
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ouwen He, Bailey A. Smith, Pascale Champange, Philip G. Jessop, Hongbing YuThe environmental impacts of synthesizing HMF and furfural from biomass can best be reduced by process modifications guided by the results of life cycle assessments.
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Rapid recovery of precious metals via photocatalytic-assisted solvometallurgy using an ethylene glycol-based solvent
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04641F, PaperAnting Ding, Qibin Yan, Chenchen Zhu, Ming Li, Chuanying Liu, Chengliang Xiao
A green and sustainable method using EG-AlCl3·6H2O solvent for recycling of precious metals.
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Graphitic carbon nitride/nickel dual catalysis for decarboxylative synthesis of unsymmetrical ketones from keto acids
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03641K, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Michael T. Findlay, Florian Lukas, Francesca Rizzo, Junsong Liu, Benjamin Martin, Simon Allmendinger, Markus Furegati, Pablo Gabriel, Timothy NoëlSustainable dual-catalysis with graphitic carbon nitride (gCN) and nickel for ketone and amide synthesis from α-keto and oxamic acids.
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Synergistic visible-light/Brønsted-acid promoted deconstructive aminoalkylation of spiro dihydroquinazolinones: modular synthesis of α-functionalized unnatural amino acids
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04059K, CommunicationWen-Peng Yang, Hong-Jie Miao, Jia-Yi Li, Xin-Hua Duan, Li-Na Guo
Synergistic visible-light/Brønsted-acid promoted deconstructive aminoalkylation of spiro-dihydroquinazolinones with aromatic amines and ethyl glyoxylate is presented.
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Mechanism-infused machine learning for scattered metal recovery: SHAP decodes multiscale physicochemical drivers in refractory matrices
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04492H, PaperJiayu Zhang, Ji Zhang, Ping Zhu, Zhenming Xu, Lingen Zhang
This research optimized the recovery process through machine learning and SHAP analysis, utilizing fly ash to replace toxic chlorinating agents, thereby achieving efficient and environmentally sound recovery of multiple scattered metals.
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Perovskite-triggered dual exsolution of oxygen-deficient CeO2 matrix and NiFe nanoalloys for enhanced CO2 electrolysis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04390E, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Biao Ouyang, Ming Yang, Lin-Bo Liu, Shuo Liu, Yan Li, Xian-Zhu Fu, Yifei Sun, Subiao Liu, Jing-Li LuoSr1.95Ce0.05Fe1.3Ni0.2Mo0.5O6−δ with optimal Ce doping allowed in situ co-exsolving CeO2 phase and NiFe nanoalloys on the surface, which achieved a high current density of 1.57 A cm−2 at 1.5 V and 850 °C with a CO faradaic efficiency of over 96%.
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Oxygen vacancy-hydroxyl frustrated Lewis pairs enabling CO2 cycloaddition for halogen-free synthesis of cyclic carbonates
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04831A, PaperChengguang Yue, Jiaxin Li, Mei-Yan Wang, Zhiyi Yang, Tiantian Xiao, Ji Qi, Shouying Huang, Yue Wang, Liang-Nian He, Xinbin Ma
A series of Co3O4 catalysts with unique oxygen vacancy-hydroxyl FLPs were developed. The FLPs breaks the trade-off between CO2 adsorption and dissociation via forming a metastable d-HCO3 species, enabling the efficient synthesis of cyclic carbonates.
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From lab-scale performance to field barriers: electrocatalytic nitrate treatment for sustainable water remediation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04166J, Tutorial ReviewZhenlin Mo, Wei Guo, Laiji Xu, Yiwen Chen, Shaoqi Zhou, Baojun Liu
A green circular economy system for converting industrial wastewater (nitrates) into agricultural resources (ammonia, energy).
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Directional CO spillover promotes C–N coupling for highly selective electrocatalytic urea production
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03681J, PaperSheng Chang, Jing Gao, Yimin Xuan, Kui Wang
The tandem Zn@Cu electrode enables spontaneous CO spillover from Zn to Cu, which boosts the *CO coverage on Cu and facilitates efficient C–N coupling to synthesize urea.
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An unexpected transition-metal free regioselective cyclization of alkynyl-tethered indoles to prepare indole-fused azepino[2,1-b]quinazolinones and spiroindole-pyrrolo[2,1-b]quinazolinones
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04267D, PaperPei-Sen Zou, Yi-Fan Geng, Xiao-Qing Liu, Jun-Cheng Su, Cheng-Xue Pan, Dong-Liang Mo, Gui-Fa Su
A base-promoted atom economical and unexpectedly selective cyclization strategy was developed for the synthesis of indole-fused azepino[2,1-b]quinazolinones and spiroindole-pyrrolo[2,1-b]quinazolinones.
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An innovative microreactor approach for sustainable biodiesel production: process design, continuous purification and comparative LCA
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06538G, PaperCheng-You Yang, Cheng-Yu Wang, Ni Ni Myint, Yi-Chun Chen, Penjit Srinophakun, Ya-Yu Chiang
A continuous flow microreactor system with a helix wire-based biphasic separator achieves high-purity FAME with reduced waste and energy consumption, as confirmed by LCA, marking a significant advancement in sustainable biofuel processing.
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Correction: Evaluating the possibilities and limitations of the pyrometallurgical recycling of waste Li-ion batteries using simulation and life cycle assessment
Green Chem., 2025, 27,13513-13513
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90193F, Correction Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Marja Rinne, Heikki Lappalainen, Mari Lundström
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90193F, Correction
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Constructing a Bi–O–Mo electronic bridge bond and active sites over Bi/Bi2MoO6/Bi24O31Br10 to boost the stepwise transfer of electrons for efficient CO2 photoreduction
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02374B, PaperHuihui Ding, Huanhuan Wu, Jun Ma, Xiang Li, Shuangshuang Huai, Shijian Zhang, Wenbin Ruan, Xiuxiu Huang, Xiufang Wang, Wenjie Xie
A Bi–O–Mo bridge bond was introduced between BMO and BOB interfaces and surface metal active sites were modified. The catalyst accelerates multi-electron photocatalytic reduction processes and reduces the reaction energy barrier for CO2 reduction.
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Sustainable high-efficiency photocatalytic lithium recovery from spent LiFePO4 batteries: green process design and performance validation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01122A, PaperYinzhuang Fang, Yurong Han, Menglong Yan, Changwen Li, Xiaolong Yan, Jinwei Li, Haowen Wei, Xianbao Wang, Tao Mei
Recycling spent lithium iron phosphate batteries is of great significance for both economic and environmental protection.
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Uniformly crosslinked algal bioplastic with triggerable decomposition in salt water
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02866C, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Andrew E. Ashmar, Eric J. Beckman, Susan K. Fullerton-ShireyDeveloping more degradable plastics is key to reducing marine pollution and microplastic-related ecological harm.
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Artificial intelligence-driven dynamic regulation for high-efficiency gentamicin C1a production
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02507A, PaperFeng Xu, Yuan Wang, Hao Gao, Kaihao Hu, Rong Ben, Ali Mohsin, Yuanxin Guo, Xu Li, Hui Wu, Haifeng Hang, Ju Chu, Xiwei Tian
The industrial biosynthesis of complex antibiotics such as gentamicin C1a requires precise, dynamic control of microbial metabolism.
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Green and sustainable itaconic acid-based vitrimers with rapid stress relaxation, superior fire safety, and recyclability via synergistic roles of multiple dynamic bonds
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04554A, PaperYuzhao Qi, Yinliang Zhang, Shiyu Ou, Guangwu Zhuo, Hongju Zeng, Yufei Lao, Junfeng Wang, Qingwen Wang, Chuigen Guo
Complementary functions and synergy between multiple dynamic covalent bonds to construct the itaconic acid-based epoxy vitrimers with functional customisation.
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Chalcogenide electrocatalysts for electrolytic seawater oxidation: design strategies for enhanced activity and selectivity
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03454J, Tutorial ReviewQing Li, Chenxi Liu, Zefeng Teng, Rui Zhang, Xu Liu, Jia Liu, Zhenyu Xiao, Jingqi Chi, Jianping Lai, Lei Wang
This review systematically summarizes recent advances in chalcogenide-based catalysts for OER in seawater, focusing on strategies for enhancing their activity and chloride inhibition capabilities.
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Metal-free electrohalogenation of olefins with aqueous NaX mediators
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04102C, CommunicationZhe Zhang, Quanjin Rong, Shengkang Qian, Jianyou Zhao, Chengling Deng, Jiaoyang Liu, Fan Wang, Shuai Liu, Zhong-Quan Liu
We have developed a practical and diverse chlorination of alkenes via metal-free electrochemistry. By simply tuning the substitution pattern of the alkene, selective access to vicinal dichlorides, monochlorides, or allylic chlorides can be achieved.
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