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Upcycling waste polyamide into sustainable plastics by catalyst-free and solvent-free melt polycondensation
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03424H, PaperHongjie Zhang, Shihao Niu, Mingyu Gao, Qiuquan Cai, Wenxing Chen, Wangyang Lu
Polyamide 66 (PA66), a nearly non-biodegradable polymer, has caused significant environmental damage, especially through marine debris accumulation, threatening marine ecosystems and biodiversity. Current recycling methodologies universally necessitate the use of...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03424H, PaperHongjie Zhang, Shihao Niu, Mingyu Gao, Qiuquan Cai, Wenxing Chen, Wangyang Lu
Polyamide 66 (PA66), a nearly non-biodegradable polymer, has caused significant environmental damage, especially through marine debris accumulation, threatening marine ecosystems and biodiversity. Current recycling methodologies universally necessitate the use of...
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Utilisation of Analytical Method Greenness Score to drive sustainable chromatographic method development
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01574J, PaperFrancis Power, Paul Ferguson, Abigail Jennifer Herbert-Torquato, Sara Ryan, Matthew Osborne, Louie Trezise
The pharmaceutical industry faces escalating pressure to adopt sustainable practices, driven by regulatory requirements, environmental concerns, and economic incentives. Green and sustainable analytical chemistry is pivotal in minimising the environmental...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01574J, PaperFrancis Power, Paul Ferguson, Abigail Jennifer Herbert-Torquato, Sara Ryan, Matthew Osborne, Louie Trezise
The pharmaceutical industry faces escalating pressure to adopt sustainable practices, driven by regulatory requirements, environmental concerns, and economic incentives. Green and sustainable analytical chemistry is pivotal in minimising the environmental...
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Porous Core-Shell CuAu@Cu₂O Catalyst for Acidic C-N Coupling toward Urea Electrosynthesis from CO₂ and Nitrate
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04150C, PaperXiang Ji, Yaodong Yu, Yujia Guan, Jianping Lai, Lei Wang
Traditional neutral/alkaline systems face limitations due to incompatibility with acidic industrial wastewater and spontaneous carbonate byproduct formation, causing reactant depletion and low efficiency. While acidic conditions enhance industrial applicability, challenges...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04150C, PaperXiang Ji, Yaodong Yu, Yujia Guan, Jianping Lai, Lei Wang
Traditional neutral/alkaline systems face limitations due to incompatibility with acidic industrial wastewater and spontaneous carbonate byproduct formation, causing reactant depletion and low efficiency. While acidic conditions enhance industrial applicability, challenges...
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Skeletal editing of anthranils for chemodivergent synthesis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02493E, CommunicationHaixia Li, Jianming Liu, Yanping Huo, Xianwei Li, Qian Chen, Yang Gao
A skeletal editing strategy has been developed for converting readily available anthranils into divergent nitrogen-containing heterocycles with different amines.
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Chiral chlorophyll-inspired clusters steering electron transfer for enhanced CO2 photoreduction
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03034J, PaperYin-Hua Zhu, Jian-Bo Yang, Jiu Lin Zhou, Yong-Qi Ji, Hua Mei, Yan Xu
The chiral L-Co-BPP catalyst, made from chlorophyll-like ligands, achieves an outstanding CO2 reaction rate of 65 061.6 μmol g−1 and is also active at 10% CO2.
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An activity–selectivity–stability-balanced bifunctional high-entropy phosphide for overall seawater splitting at industrial-level current density
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03723A, PaperChangrui Feng, Yifan Zhou, Shuying Li, Yuxia Jin, Meng Chen, Rui Yang, Wenjia Zhou, Zhengkun Xie, Xiumin Li, Xiangyu Chen, Wenhao Lian, Abuliti Abudula, Guoqing Guan
A high-entropy (NiCoFeMnCu)2P/C catalytic system was constructed to reconcile critical activity–selectivity–stability trade-offs in seawater electrolysis.
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A visible-light-mediated decarboxylative umpolung strategy to access carbamoyl/acyl fluorides in a buffer medium: expedient access to unsymmetrical ureas/amides and lysine-selective bioconjugation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04556H, PaperSubhodeep Das, Supriyo Das, Sk Abdur Rahaman, Sourav Mandal, Ranjan Jana
A visible light mediated green process for the synthesis of carbamoyl/acyl fluorides followed by urea/amide formation for the modification of drugs and lysine-selective bioconjugation are demonstrated in a physiological buffer medium.
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A solvent-free route to fully recyclable, high-performance cellulosic plastics
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03930D, PaperYuchen Cao, Ren'ai Li
An intrinsic plasticization strategy produces fully bio-based cellulosic plastics from an 80 wt% cellulose derivative. This tough, processable material enables closed-loop recycling, offering a paradigm for sustainable materials.
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Comparative reactor, process, techno-economic, and life cycle emissions assessment of ethylene production via electrified and thermal steam cracking
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02960K, PaperAlexandre Cattry, Chaitanya Vuppanapalli, Dharik S. Mallapragada
Decarbonizing thermal steam cracking (TSC) of hydrocarbons - the primary pathway for ethylene production - remains essential for reducing the carbon footprint of the global chemical industry. Proposed decarbonization strategies...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02960K, PaperAlexandre Cattry, Chaitanya Vuppanapalli, Dharik S. Mallapragada
Decarbonizing thermal steam cracking (TSC) of hydrocarbons - the primary pathway for ethylene production - remains essential for reducing the carbon footprint of the global chemical industry. Proposed decarbonization strategies...
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Heterogeneous tandem upcycling of polyoxymethylene into methanol and methylene derivatives
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03737A, PaperChen Chen, Zehui Sun, Mugeng Chen, Kaizhi Wang, Wendi Guo, Jiachen Fei, Feifan Gao, Heyong He, Yongmei Liu, Yong Cao
A heterogeneous dual catalytic system converts polyoxymethylene waste to methanol with up to 99% yield under mild hydrogenative conditions.
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Self-cleaning catalysts enable recycling of multilayered plastic films
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02739J, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Dai-Phat Bui, Shuheng Wang, Laura A. Gomez, Tahmid Ul Karim, Thomas S. Salas, Samira Abdolbaghi, Kevin Nelson, Lance L. Lobban, Christos T. Maravelias, Steven P. CrossleySelf-cleaning catalysts convert polyol impurities in multilayered films to polyolefin compatible streams.
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Replace, reduce, and reuse organic solvents in peptide downstream processing: the benefits of dimethyl carbonate over acetonitrile
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01158B, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Chiara De Luca, Chiara Nosengo, Matteo Spedicato, Laura Magagnato, Giacomo Fogli, Marco Carraro, Walter Cabri, Marco Macis, Alberto Cavazzini, Simona Felletti, Antonio Ricci, Martina CataniReplacement of acetonitrile with greener alternatives in reversed phase liquid chromatogrpahy for the purification of therapeutic peptides in industrial downstream processing.
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Synthetic autotrophic yeast enables high itaconic acid production from CO2 via integrated pathway and process design
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03149D, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Özge Ata, Lisa Lutz, Michael Baumschabl, Diethard MattanovichWe show that combining pathway and process engineering enables synthetic autotrophic K. phaffii to produce ∼12 g L−1 itaconic acid from CO2, highlighting the role of interplay between native and heterologous metabolic pathways and process design.
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Green synthesis strategy for Ti3C2 MXene based on SnCl2assisted etching with a small amount of HF
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03932K, PaperPei Zhang, Haixiang Wang, Yiting Guo, Xiaohua Zhang, Jianfeng Zhu
This study developed a green synthesis strategy for Ti3C2 MXene based on SnCl 2 -assisted etching with trace low-concentration HF. The minimal HF solely served to remove surface oxides, facilitating...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03932K, PaperPei Zhang, Haixiang Wang, Yiting Guo, Xiaohua Zhang, Jianfeng Zhu
This study developed a green synthesis strategy for Ti3C2 MXene based on SnCl 2 -assisted etching with trace low-concentration HF. The minimal HF solely served to remove surface oxides, facilitating...
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A green route to nitrate-selective nitrogen fixation: catalyst-free hybrid discharge integrating plasma–liquid energy coupling
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03673A, PaperZi-Kai Zhou, Zhi Zheng, Shu-Qi Li, Yu-Zheng Wang, Jian-Ping Liang, Zhao-Lun Cui, Xiao-Qiong Wen, De-Zheng Yang
Nitrate synthesis pathways were explored using needle-water coupled bubble hybrid discharges, clarifying the synthetic contributions of the two discharge forms and providing insight into optimizing sustainable nitrogen fixation by plasma.
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Enhanced nitrogen fixation using DBD plasma with continuous flowing water and a TiO2 photocatalyst coupled system
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02201K, PaperWen-Dong Wan, Su-Rong Sun, Chao Wang, Yury Gorbanev, Hai-Xing Wang, Annemie Bogaerts
A novel DBD reactor with continuous flowing water as the ground electrode is designed, which achieved a significant improvement in nitrogen fixation rate by optimizing the discharge parameters and integrating with photocatalyst.
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Toward a green hydrogen economy: progress, economic feasibility, and challenges of liquid organic hydrogen carriers
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02275D, Tutorial ReviewZhangping Cai, Chang Zou, Xin Jiang, Liheng Liu, Ying Chen, Weihua Zhuang, Imran Shakir, Haitao Peng, Wenchuang (Walter) Hu, Xuping Sun, Yongchao Yao
Liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology is a promising hydrogen storage method. This review outlines recent progress in catalytic (de)hydrogenation of aromatic and N-heteroarene LOHCs, highlighting feasibility and challenges.
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Photoinduced and proton-activated N-heteroarene-catalyzed dioxygen activation for benzylic and allylic oxidation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03206G, PaperJiaxin He, Yue Shi, Haofeng Shi, Jialiang Wu, Kaiyue Yang, Dan Xiao, Genping Huang, Yunfei Du
We present an organic photosensitizer based on a “proton-activation” mode, which could undergo a key energy-transfer process with molecular dioxygen in air to form singlet oxygen, facilitating diversified benzylic oxidation and allylic oxidation.
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Evaluating lithium recovery using electrochemical membrane separation: cost analysis and design strategies
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03414K, PaperSobhan Neyrizi, Keimpe Nevenzeel, Dirk J. Groenendijk, Ben in ‘t Veen, Jack Ledingham, Paul J. Corbett
Dimensional tuning of cell pair thickness, width/length ratio, and spacer size enables optimization of electrochemical lithium recovery, based on membrane cost and lithium composition.
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Inhibition of cyclic oligomer formation via rare earth coordination and long-chain amine end capping during PA6 synthesis process
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03310A, PaperJunting Gao, Feng Gao, Ke Liu, Wenxing Chen, Wangyang Lu
Long-chain ammonia end capping and rare earth coordination effectively inhibits the formation of cyclic oligomers during the polymerization of PA6, and combines with deep devolatilization to achieve more energy-efficient production of PA6.
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