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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02150B, PaperBin Sun, Qian Zhang, Jianjie Wang, Yan Xu, Jiayin Wang, Chun Lv, Xiaohui Zhuang, Caiyun Yu, Can Jin
Aziridines derived from biologically active compounds often exhibit distinct pharmacological properties, rendering them highly valuable in the field of pharmacology. The conversion of readily available alkenes into aziridines represents a...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90116B, EditorialJavier Pérez-Ramírez, Michael A. Rowan
Outlining how the journal is evolving to support a growing, global community and how Green Chemistry will continue to move from aspiration to action.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01405K, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Sreenath Raghunath, Mahfuzul Hoque, Akash Madhav Gondaliya, Adel Jalaee, Behzad Zakani, Fernanda Brito dos Santos, Qingshi Tu, Johan Foster
Wood derived biochar as a low – carbon supplementary cementitious material (SCM) for fiber cement (FC) – curbing CO2 emissions whilst enhancing rheo-mechanical properties. To address United Nations sustainable development...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02071A, PaperBeibei Tan, Ming Lv, Xiaotian Qi, Zhiliang Huang
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a ubiquitous and versatile thermoplastic polymer that has a wide range of applications in daily life. However, like other synthetic plastics, the massive production and accumulation...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02487K, Tutorial ReviewHongru Li, Chao-Yang Jing , Shan-Shan Chen, Alexander Olegovich Terent'ev, Liang-Nian He
Electrolytic olefin epoxidation is regarded as a sustainable method for epoxy compounds synthesis with only oxygen or water as the oxygen atom source under mild conditions. After decades of slow...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01754H, PaperLihua Li, Xin Yao, Weizhi Ou, Jing Chai, Ru Ma, Chenglong Ran, Anzhi Ma, Xiaojun Shi, Pifeng Wei, Hong Dong, Hongpeng Zhou, Wenbing Yang, Hai-Chao Hu, Jian-Feng Wu, Hui Peng, Guofu Ma
A D–A COF (TPB–TPT-COF) with triazine groups enabled photocatalytic H2O2 production at 6740 μmol g−1 h−1 without sacrificial agents. DFT and experiments show its D–A structure boosts carrier separation and transport for enhanced performance.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00220F, Critical ReviewLing Lei, Haohao Liu, Yunxiang Bai, Chunfang Zhang, Ming-Jie Yin, Wentao Wang, Liangliang Dong
Membrane separation technology, which is characterized by its green, environmentally friendly, efficient, and continuous operation, has become indispensable in modern separation processes. They have widespread applications in pharmaceuticals, mineral extraction,...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01937K, PaperTingting Tang, Yanfang Teng, Kuoteng Sun, Yanhan Liu, Zhendong Gao, Tayirjan Taylor Isimjan, Jingya Guo, Jianniao Tian, Xiulin Yang
A high-performance OER catalyst of MnP–Co3(PO4)2/NF was designed via controlled annealing/phosphating, achieving low-to-high crystalline phase transformation. The optimized catalyst shows 306 mV overpotential at 100 mA cm−2 and 230 h stability.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01918D, PaperSong Han, Yun Zhao, Mina Liang, Xiangxiong Zhai, Qi Zhang, Na Sun, Rong Ma, Guoling Li, Zhubing Xiao, Zhonghai Ni
The progress of photocatalytic biomass depolymerization under mild conditions for the production of high-value chemicals has great potential.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02104A, PaperHao Zhang, Qisong Yi, Huawei Geng, Zhifeng Liu, Wenhao Luo, Zichun Wang, Yuanshuai Liu
Selective catalytic cleavage of C-O bonds during the hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of lignin-derived phenolics is essential for producing renewable aromatics from biomass. The HDO process typically involves the use of high-pressure...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02373D, PaperChen Huang, Qian Zhang, Xiaoyang Yue, Aidang Lu, Guanhua Liu, Ying He, Li Ma, Liya Zhou, Yunting Liu, Yanjun Jiang
Two heterogeneous dual-functionalized mesoporous organosilicon nanoflower based chemo- and biocatalysts have been fabricated individually for the chemoenzymatic synthesis of chiral alcohols from alkynes.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02299A, Critical Review Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mirko Maturi, Erica Locatelli, Alberto Sanz de Leon, Mauro Comes Franchini, Sergio I Molina
Vat photopolymerization (VP) is reshaping advanced manufacturing, yet its dependence on petrochemical-derived resins poses significant sustainability challenges. This review critically evaluates conventional photocurable formulations, highlighting the limitations of standard metrics...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02058A, PaperRuo-Zi Fang, Xin-Yi Wan, Junsheng Chen, Youmin Hou, Bin Hua
Developing acid-stable, active, and cost-effective oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts is essential for efficient hydrogen production via proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis. However, balancing activity and stability remains a...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01687H, Tutorial ReviewLiyun Wei, Jiao Dai, Shutong Qin, Mingjie Wang, Ziyuan Zhu, Weilin Xu, Kaisi Liu, Jun Wan
Seawater electrolysis is a promising strategy for sustainable hydrogen production using abundant water resources while reducing freshwater depletion. However achieving stable and efficient operation at industrially relevant current densities remains...
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02078F, Critical ReviewNing Li, Zhixun Li, Yangli Cui, Lan Liang, Wenchao Peng, Zhanjun Cheng, Beibei Yan, Guanyi Chen
Biodegradable plastics (BPs) have emerged as a promising, sustainable, and alternative to traditional ones. It is essential to concentrate on BPs waste recycling and upgrading. Chemical upcycling approach not only...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01890K, PaperAyon Das, Megan E. Fieser
Earth-abundant Ni-catalyzed poly(vinyl chloride) hydrodechlorination leads to a polyethylene like product with in-chain incorporation of carbonyl groups using sodium formate as a source of both H and CO, yielding NaCl as a benign co-product.
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01431J, PaperKevin Brian, Mahmoud Elbeh, Mohammed Abdelhameed, Batoul Khlaifat, Fatma Alrebh, Liaqat Ali, Batool Abedrabbo, Brijith Thomas, Khalil B. Ramadi
Upcycling of PET-based plastic waste into value-added nanomaterials via hydrothermal treatment. The process yields hydrophilic and hydrophobic carbon quantum dots as well as terephthalic acid.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02174J, PaperFangfang He, Yifan Wang, Xianshuai Huang, Shuanglin Qu, Jie Liu
Selective and efficient cleavage of diaryl ether C−O bonds is significant and challenging for biomass conversion and organic synthesis. Reported herein is a mild and effective electrochemical method for nucleophilic...
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Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02156A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Mohamed M. H. Desoky, Gjylije Hoti, Arshak Tsaturyan, Claudio Cecone, Fabrizo Caldera, Francesco Trotta
Green, scalable synthesis of maltodextrin hydrogels via DABCO/DMSO-catalyzed transesterification with dimethyl carbonate (∼80% yield). The hydrogels absorb 549% water, supporting sustainable materials.
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Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02933C, PaperYa Liu, Ruixia Gao, Jinghai Yan, Yi Hao, Xuemeng Tian, Yue Wang, Xueyi Liu
Substrate-selective catalysis is essential for sustainable synthesis but has long been constrained by the inherent trade-off between precision and versatility in competitive environments. To address this challenge, we developed an...
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