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Lignin refinery based on efficient thermo-photo-catalysis of Ru-RuO2/TiO2-Deep Eutectic Solvents
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02098K, PaperHekun Ding, Yue Pan, Ao Zhan, Jie Lv, Yang Yang, Zhiyuan Yang, James H. Clark, Qiang Yu
A Lignin refinery with high-yields and high-selectivities towards aromatic monomers under mild conditions is challenging. A thermo-photo-catalysis system based on deep eutectic solvents (DESs) and Ru-RuO2/TiO2 is described here and...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02098K, PaperHekun Ding, Yue Pan, Ao Zhan, Jie Lv, Yang Yang, Zhiyuan Yang, James H. Clark, Qiang Yu
A Lignin refinery with high-yields and high-selectivities towards aromatic monomers under mild conditions is challenging. A thermo-photo-catalysis system based on deep eutectic solvents (DESs) and Ru-RuO2/TiO2 is described here and...
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Plasmon-Driven Enhancement in CO2 Photoreduction: Mechanistic Elucidation and Materials Design Strategies
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03066H, Tutorial ReviewHouxu Zhou, Suwei Wang, Pin Song, Yi Zhang, Wei Jiang, Jun Di
Under the background of global carbon neutrality, photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) technology has become a research hotspot due to its sustainability and energy conversion potential. However, traditional photocatalysts...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03066H, Tutorial ReviewHouxu Zhou, Suwei Wang, Pin Song, Yi Zhang, Wei Jiang, Jun Di
Under the background of global carbon neutrality, photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) technology has become a research hotspot due to its sustainability and energy conversion potential. However, traditional photocatalysts...
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Heterostructure of Hollow MoSe2@CoSe for Stable Sodium Storage
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03294F, PaperKai Yang, Wenrui Zhang, Qinghua Deng, Zhiqian Li, Jiancheng Zhang, Quanli Liu, Hao Mo, Nan Zhu
Transition metal selenides (TMSs) with excellent redox reversibility and high capacity have been considered as potential anodes for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). However, low intrinsic conductivity and volume expansion of TMSs...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03294F, PaperKai Yang, Wenrui Zhang, Qinghua Deng, Zhiqian Li, Jiancheng Zhang, Quanli Liu, Hao Mo, Nan Zhu
Transition metal selenides (TMSs) with excellent redox reversibility and high capacity have been considered as potential anodes for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). However, low intrinsic conductivity and volume expansion of TMSs...
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Kinetic-controlled difunctionalization of olefins to α-hydroxycarbonyls under catalyst-free conditions†
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02308D, Communication
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Hong-Yu Hou, Yuan-Yuan Cheng, Xin-Yu Zhang, Ke Zhang, Hui-Zhen Ren, Kaiyi Su, Zhiyuan Huang, Bin Chen, Chen-Ho Tung, Li-Zhu Wu
Difunctionalization of olefins is effective to construct diverse valuable molecules. However, such reaction always relies on catalysts to control activity and selectivity. Herein, a catalyst-free difunctionalization of olefins with sulfonyl,...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02308D, Communication
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Hong-Yu Hou, Yuan-Yuan Cheng, Xin-Yu Zhang, Ke Zhang, Hui-Zhen Ren, Kaiyi Su, Zhiyuan Huang, Bin Chen, Chen-Ho Tung, Li-Zhu WuDifunctionalization of olefins is effective to construct diverse valuable molecules. However, such reaction always relies on catalysts to control activity and selectivity. Herein, a catalyst-free difunctionalization of olefins with sulfonyl,...
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Electroenzymatic cascade synthesis of 2,3-diaminophenazine on HRP-ZnGa2O4 nano-biohybrids
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03726C, PaperYuxuan Cheng, Zhe Wang, Si-Qi Li, Meixuan Li, Xue Xiao, Yucheng Jiang, Yu Chen
In this work, a novel nano-biohybrid is developed for the efficient synthesis of 2,3-diaminophenazine (DAP), a biologically significant heterocyclic compound, via an electroenzymatic cascade catalysis. The horseradish peroxidase (HRP) is...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03726C, PaperYuxuan Cheng, Zhe Wang, Si-Qi Li, Meixuan Li, Xue Xiao, Yucheng Jiang, Yu Chen
In this work, a novel nano-biohybrid is developed for the efficient synthesis of 2,3-diaminophenazine (DAP), a biologically significant heterocyclic compound, via an electroenzymatic cascade catalysis. The horseradish peroxidase (HRP) is...
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Advancing lignocellulosic conversion though biosensor-enabled metabolic engineering
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03618F, Tutorial Review
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Qi Gan, Jianli Zhang, Xinyu Gong, Yusong Zou, Yajun YanBiosensor-aided metabolic engineering is advancing the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass by enabling regulation and optimization of microbial production pathways.
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Improved rare earth elements recycling using a sustainable diglycolamide-based hydrophobic eutectic solvent
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01707F, Paper Open Access 
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Baptiste Bernicot, Guilhem Arrachart, Sandrine Dourdain, Nicolas Schaeffer, Ana Dias, Stéphane Pellet-Rostaing
The sustainable recycling of rare earth elements (REEs) is crucial for the environment due to their role in enabling green technologies. Hydrometallurgical techniques, such as liquid-liquid extraction, are commonly used...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01707F, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Baptiste Bernicot, Guilhem Arrachart, Sandrine Dourdain, Nicolas Schaeffer, Ana Dias, Stéphane Pellet-RostaingThe sustainable recycling of rare earth elements (REEs) is crucial for the environment due to their role in enabling green technologies. Hydrometallurgical techniques, such as liquid-liquid extraction, are commonly used...
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Fe3S4/Ni3S2 heterostructure realizing highly-efficient electrocatalysis of ethylene glycol and alkaline electrolyte to produce high value-added chemicals and hydrogen
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02244D, PaperHongwei Ren, Jun-Ming Zhang, Tianjun Hu, Yongfeng Li, Haocheng Zhao, Ergui Luo, He Xiao, Man Zhao, Jingxiao Tang, Jianfeng Jia
Electrocatalytic water splitting is considered as a green and promising strategy for hydrogen production. Replacing the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with thermodynamically favorable ethylene glycol oxidation reaction (EGOR) enables...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02244D, PaperHongwei Ren, Jun-Ming Zhang, Tianjun Hu, Yongfeng Li, Haocheng Zhao, Ergui Luo, He Xiao, Man Zhao, Jingxiao Tang, Jianfeng Jia
Electrocatalytic water splitting is considered as a green and promising strategy for hydrogen production. Replacing the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with thermodynamically favorable ethylene glycol oxidation reaction (EGOR) enables...
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Photoinduced Carbonylative Multicomponent Reaction of Anilines and Arylaldehydes
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02973B, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mao-Lin Yang, Xiao-Feng Wu
While the carbonyl alkylation amination of alkyl aldehydes has been established as a powerful strategy for accessing tertiary amines, analogous transformations involving aryl aldehydes remain underexplored. Herein, we introduce a...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02973B, Communication
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mao-Lin Yang, Xiao-Feng WuWhile the carbonyl alkylation amination of alkyl aldehydes has been established as a powerful strategy for accessing tertiary amines, analogous transformations involving aryl aldehydes remain underexplored. Herein, we introduce a...
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Phosphatidylcholine-driven cell-like assembly of lignin for reinforcing and toughening rubber materials
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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Toward closed-loop hydrometallurgy: A critical review of wastewater reuse strategies for end-of-life LiFePO4 battery recycling
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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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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Deep eutectic solvents for high-efficiency recovery of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries: Rational design and mechanistic insights
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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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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Microwave-assisted Pyrolysis of Biomass and Plastic Wastes for Hydrogen Production
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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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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Unveiling the Five-Membered Ring Structures in “Soft” Coke Deposits on Fe-Ni Catalysts: Formation Mechanisms and Implications for Biomass Catalytic Reforming
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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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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Controlling edge active-sites by vulcanizing bimetallic hydroxide for boosting oxygen evolution reaction
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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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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Advancing perovskite solar cells with biomass-derived solvents: a pathway to sustainability
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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A “wave-riding” biocatalysis: an all-enzyme system for genuinely green and flexible manufacture of machine-washable dyed wool fabrics
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01614B, PaperXinrui Zhang, Jun Wang, Man Zhou, Yuanyuan Yu, Ping Wang, Qiang Wang
An all-enzyme strategy based on a “wave-riding” enzymatic mechanism was developed to achieve genuinely green manufacture of machine-washable dyed wool fabrics.
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Electrochemical ring-opening oxidation of aryl thianthrenium salts
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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Effective and scalable mechanochemical synthesis of platinum(II) heteroleptic anticancer complexes
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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Utilisation of reactive ionic liquids for energy storage and regulation of the power grid
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02519B, Perspective
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Merlin Kleoff, Franziska Klaucke, Patrick Voßnacker, Rainer Weber, Karsten Neuhoff, Sebastian RiedelChlorine is an essential feedstock for polymers and pharmaceuticals, with annual production exceeding 100 Mt.
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