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An electrolyte additive enabling dual kinetic regulation for stable zinc anodes in aqueous zinc batteries
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04716A, PaperHuidi Shi, Yiqun Du, Liu Yang, Bingying Sun, Ximing Yu, Anbin Hu, Shuhua Yang, Jinkai Li, Bingqiang Cao
A green electrolyte design weakens the adsorption of the proton intermediate, delays Sand's time, and increases the nucleation rate, enabling dual anode kinetics and improving zinc anode stability.
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Solvent-induced microstructure disruption and catalytic activation synergy toward mild and rapid degradation of epoxy thermosets
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04437E, PaperKe Li, Xu Zhao, Dongchu Liu, Weifeng Jia, Qiang Peng
Co-solvent hydrogen bonding interactions facilitate mild and rapid degradation of epoxy thermosets, with the degradation products capable of being reconstituted into recyclable polymers.
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Chemical recycling of polycarbonate waste into advanced aviation fuel candidates via nickel-oxygen vacancy dual sites
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04561D, PaperYushuang Huang, Jiawei Xie, Yisong Zhou, Qianqian Song, Yuan Lei, Chang-An Zhou, Chao Wang, Kui Ma, Lei Song, Hairong Yue, Ji-Jun Zou
Transforming polycarbonate (PC) waste to C15 dicycloalkane offers a green pathway for plastic recycling and advanced aviation fuel production. Conventional metal-zeolite catalysts rely on noble metals and suffer from diffusion...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04561D, PaperYushuang Huang, Jiawei Xie, Yisong Zhou, Qianqian Song, Yuan Lei, Chang-An Zhou, Chao Wang, Kui Ma, Lei Song, Hairong Yue, Ji-Jun Zou
Transforming polycarbonate (PC) waste to C15 dicycloalkane offers a green pathway for plastic recycling and advanced aviation fuel production. Conventional metal-zeolite catalysts rely on noble metals and suffer from diffusion...
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Avoiding Tomorrow's Chemical Mistakes Today
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05283A, Perspective
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The Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework is gaining momentum within the European Union, with scholars, industry, and policymakers actively testing its application. This Perspective highlights the central challenges...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05283A, Perspective
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jeroen B. Guinée, Martina G VijverThe Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework is gaining momentum within the European Union, with scholars, industry, and policymakers actively testing its application. This Perspective highlights the central challenges...
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Upcycling the Lithium Extraction By-products from Spent Lithium-ion Batteries into High-voltage Polyanionic LiMnxFe1-xPO4
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03642A, PaperFan Xiao, Lehan Zhu, Zhangjun Wu, Haotian Zhu, Juan Xia, Jiannan Zhu, Zeheng Yang, Weixin Zhang
Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4, LFP) and lithium manganese oxide (LiMn2O4, LMO) batteries dominate the energy storage market due to their superior safety, thermal stability, and cost-effectiveness compared to nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM)...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03642A, PaperFan Xiao, Lehan Zhu, Zhangjun Wu, Haotian Zhu, Juan Xia, Jiannan Zhu, Zeheng Yang, Weixin Zhang
Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4, LFP) and lithium manganese oxide (LiMn2O4, LMO) batteries dominate the energy storage market due to their superior safety, thermal stability, and cost-effectiveness compared to nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM)...
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Using green deep eutectic solvents for targeted regeneration to improve the cycle life of spent lithium iron phosphate batteries
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04838A, PaperJin Wu, Lin Chen, Ruichao Zhu, Yixuan Zhou, Chuqing Cao, Liang Zhu, Jun Zhang
The rapid growth of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in electric vehicles and energy storage systems necessitates the development of sustainable and efficient recycling strategies to address impending end-of-life management...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04838A, PaperJin Wu, Lin Chen, Ruichao Zhu, Yixuan Zhou, Chuqing Cao, Liang Zhu, Jun Zhang
The rapid growth of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in electric vehicles and energy storage systems necessitates the development of sustainable and efficient recycling strategies to address impending end-of-life management...
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Exploring the Environmental and Economic Performance of Fluorinated Intermediates in Pesticide Manufacturing: Life Cycle Assessment Perspective
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04729C, PaperYunzhi Zhao, Tianzuo Zhang, Jinglan Hong, Ruiqi Jin, Xiaotian Ma
Fluorinated intermediates have become critical components in modern pesticide manufacturing, with fluorinated varieties accounting for more than half of recent pesticide approvals amid 70% global consumption growth. However, systematic quantification...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04729C, PaperYunzhi Zhao, Tianzuo Zhang, Jinglan Hong, Ruiqi Jin, Xiaotian Ma
Fluorinated intermediates have become critical components in modern pesticide manufacturing, with fluorinated varieties accounting for more than half of recent pesticide approvals amid 70% global consumption growth. However, systematic quantification...
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Chitin Nanowhiskers from Diverse Biomasses: The Role of Feedstock in Material Properties
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05513J, PaperReshma Panackal Shibu, Sophia L Sagala, Bo Zhao, Isaac Eason, Paula Berton, Julia L. Shamshina
Chitin nanowhiskers (ChNWs) are increasingly recognized for their potential in bio-based nanomaterials, yet a comprehensive understanding of how biomass source affects nanowhisker properties remains limited. In this study, a single-step...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05513J, PaperReshma Panackal Shibu, Sophia L Sagala, Bo Zhao, Isaac Eason, Paula Berton, Julia L. Shamshina
Chitin nanowhiskers (ChNWs) are increasingly recognized for their potential in bio-based nanomaterials, yet a comprehensive understanding of how biomass source affects nanowhisker properties remains limited. In this study, a single-step...
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Ion-Pair as a Superacidic Precatalyst for the Synthesis of Indole Alkaloids: A Novel Entry into the Fischer Indole Synthesis
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04707B, PaperPooja Sivaganesan, Chibisree Elanchezhian, Diksha Bansal, Mrinal Kanti Das, Saikat Chaudhuri
We report the first application of Ion-pair catalysis to the Fischer indole synthesis, enabling efficient construction of structurally diverse indole frameworks under mild conditions. Using the [Ph₃C]⁺[B(C₆F₅)₄]⁻ ion pair as...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04707B, PaperPooja Sivaganesan, Chibisree Elanchezhian, Diksha Bansal, Mrinal Kanti Das, Saikat Chaudhuri
We report the first application of Ion-pair catalysis to the Fischer indole synthesis, enabling efficient construction of structurally diverse indole frameworks under mild conditions. Using the [Ph₃C]⁺[B(C₆F₅)₄]⁻ ion pair as...
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Chemically Recyclable, Fully Biobased Polyolefins with Performance Parity to Low-Density Polyethylene
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05344G, PaperWei Sun, Yuzhe Pang, Yucheng He, Zhenyang Luo, Puyou Jia, Yonghong Zhou, Ye Sha
Plastics underpin modern society yet impose unsustainable burdens: petroleum consumption and environmental persistence. Developing chemically recyclable, biobased plastics with performance parity to conventional polymers represents a critical advance toward circular...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05344G, PaperWei Sun, Yuzhe Pang, Yucheng He, Zhenyang Luo, Puyou Jia, Yonghong Zhou, Ye Sha
Plastics underpin modern society yet impose unsustainable burdens: petroleum consumption and environmental persistence. Developing chemically recyclable, biobased plastics with performance parity to conventional polymers represents a critical advance toward circular...
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Assessments of life cycle and biodegradation properties uncovered distinct profiles of pharmaceutical excipients guiding selection for drug formulations
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02518D, PaperMila Bading, Evan Griffing, Oliver Olsson, Jake Harris, Jochen Scher, Atsushi Sakurai, Michael Overcash, Klaus Kümmerer
Urgent sustainability efforts are needed, particularly in resource-intensive industries such as the pharmaceutical sector.
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Selective hydrodeoxygenation of lignin phenolics to cyclohexanols over low-Ru catalysts
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04644K, PaperRumin Ma, Xueying Gao, Xiancheng Li, Shuizhong Wang, Guoyong Song
The selective conversion of lignin-derived phenolics into cyclohexanols through demethoxylation and ring hydrogenation, while preserving hydroxyl groups, remains a significant catalytic challenge but offers a green alternative to fossil resources....
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04644K, PaperRumin Ma, Xueying Gao, Xiancheng Li, Shuizhong Wang, Guoyong Song
The selective conversion of lignin-derived phenolics into cyclohexanols through demethoxylation and ring hydrogenation, while preserving hydroxyl groups, remains a significant catalytic challenge but offers a green alternative to fossil resources....
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La-based Perovskite Structures as Efficient Heterogeneous Catalysts for Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of Alcohols and Amidines toward Pyrimidines
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04945H, Paper Open Access 
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The synthesis of fine chemicals using biomass-derived reagents has already emerged as one of the most urgent challenges, for which, many alternative green approaches to the well-known organic transformations need...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04945H, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Sándor Balázs Nagy, Anna Adél Ádám, Bence Kutus, Gergely F Samu, Akos Kukovecz, Zoltan Konya, Gábor VargaThe synthesis of fine chemicals using biomass-derived reagents has already emerged as one of the most urgent challenges, for which, many alternative green approaches to the well-known organic transformations need...
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Correction: Biocatalytic conversion of lignin model oligomer using a laccase-mediator system
Green Chem., 2025, 27,14732-14732
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90198G, Correction Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Christopher W. J. Murnaghan, William G. Forsythe, Jack H. Lafferty, Alison Woodward, Gary N. Sheldrake
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90198G, Correction
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Redox-mediated electrified synthesis of benzaldehyde
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04073F, PaperJingkai Yan, Manohar Salla, Yuxi Song, Hang Zhang, Linbo Wang, Dao Gen Lek, Mengxiao Li, Junzhe Pei, Qinghua Xu, Qing Wang
A vanadium redox flow cell enables the electrified oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde with nearly 100% selectivity, preventing overoxidation and concurrently producing hydrogen, offering a scalable and energy-efficient synthesis strategy.
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Unmodified technical lignins as sustainable binders in structural biocomposites
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04157K, PaperLuisa Scolari, Oliver Musl, Nadine Kohlhuber, Irina Sulaeva, Stefan Grasböck, Josef Füssl, Michael Harasek, Antje Potthast, Markus Lukacevic
Fully biobased lignocellulosic biocomposites were fabricated by impregnating holocellulose fiber sheets with the ethanol-soluble fraction of technical lignins, followed by hot-pressing.
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Green polymerisation of a renewable lignin-derived vinyl ketone monomer to form UV-degradable polymers
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04711K, PaperThomas J. Neal, Arturo J. Ledezma Fierro, Fanny Coumes, Giovanni Poli, Alexandre Pradal, Jutta Rieger
Sustainable synthesis of novel lignin-derived, UV-degradable polymers that offer degradable bio-sourced alternatives to commodity plastics, such as polystyrene, has been reported.
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Enhanced production of dimethyl carbonate from the alternating polarity electrolysis of methanol and carbon dioxide
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02358K, Communication
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Momoko Ishii, Maria M. Paulsen, Remi A. Mellinghoff, Heather O. LeClerc, Ho Yin Tse, Hanno C. Erythropel, Julie B. Zimmerman, Paul T. Anastas, Darren S. LeeAlternating polarity enhanced redox-neutral electrochemical formation of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from CO2 and methanol. Alternating the polarity was found to be necessary for efficient reoxidation of Pd0 → Pd2+ thus enabling higher yields of DMC.
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Intrinsic dual active sites synchronously regulate the solvation structure and interface to boost a highly stable Zn anode
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02878G, PaperHui Peng, Kaifa Dong, Xin Wang, Yaping Jing, Pengyun Xie, Xuan Xie, Zhe Zhang, Guofu Ma
Green CPL co-solvents work by restructuring the Zn2+ solvation structure and the electrode/electrolyte interface Helmholtz layer, building a dynamic SEI, and favoring Zn(002)-oriented nucleation, which enables efficient Zn2+ energy storage systems.
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Aligning platinum recycling with hydrogen economy growth: a comparative LCA of hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical methods
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02447A, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jessica Lord, Robert White, Richard Murphy, Jhuma SadhukhanCombination of LCA and MFA to project critical implementation timing for sustainable platinum recycling from proton exchange membrane fuel cells.
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