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Aqueous-phase synthesis of benzyl ester over partially thiolated Au25 nanocluster catalysts: improving selectivity with a hydrophobic carbon support
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01292A, PaperKosuke Sakamoto, Koki Chida, Shinya Masuda, Takeharu Yoshii, Hirotomo Nishihara, Tatsuya Tsukuda
This research has revealed the role of the carbon support in increasing the ester yield in the alcohol oxidation reaction catalyzed by Au25 nanoclusters in water.
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Transition metal/photocatalyst-free synthesis of geminal diamines via a sandwich-like photoactive donor–acceptor–donor complex
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00426H, PaperZiyi Xu, Ziyang Chen, Shuyang Liu, Jian Gao, Jinglan Lei, Min Li, Yongqiang Zhang, Ziyu Gan, Limei Yu, Shu-Xin Liu, Yunhe Jin
A transition metal/photocatalyst-free access to geminal diamines is realized conveniently through an unusual sandwich-like ternary donor–acceptor–donor complex resulting from π–π stacking and base action.
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Synchronously reconfiguring closed pore and interlayer spacing of wood-derived hard carbon via hot-pressing for advanced sodium-ion batteries
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00409H, PaperYangyang Chen, Yu Liao, Yiding Ding, Ying Wu, Lei Li, Sha Luo, Yan Qing, Zhihan Li, Zhen Zhang, Yiqiang Wu
The hot-press densification strategy refines the microstructure of carbonized wood fibers, boosting sodium-ion battery performance by promoting cellulose recrystallization, and closed-pore formation for high capacity and superior rate performance.
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Engineering low-carbon fiber cement with biochar: Understanding its physicochemical properties and their impact on the composite performance and carbon footprint
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01405K, Paper
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  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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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01405K, Paper
Open Access   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 FosterWood 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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Hydrogenation-Induced Selective Degradation of PET Wastes
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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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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Triazine-cored donor–acceptor covalent organic framework promotes highly efficient photocatalytic synthesis of H2O2
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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Dried urine spot as a stable, green, and practical microsampling tool in clinical practice for quantification of neopterin and creatinine
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00956A, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Chaweewan Suwanvecho, Lea Vyleťalová, Nikola Přívratská, Pakanan Laolertworakul, Dorota Turoňová, Milan Vošmik, Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Frantisek SvecDried urine spot (DUS) is demonstrated to be a useful microsampling technique for neopterin and creatinine analysis.
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Crystal phase engineering and surface reconstruction in Co–Mn phosphides: unraveling the mechanisms of high-performance water oxidation catalysis
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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A mesoporous TiO2/carbon dot heterojunction photocatalyst efficiently cleaves entire types of C–O bonds in lignin under visible light
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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Dual functionalization of mesoporous organosilicon nanoflowers enhances heterogeneous chemoenzymatic conversion of alkynes toward enantiopure alcohols
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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Semi-overexpressed OsMYB86L2 specifically enhances cellulose biosynthesis to maximize bioethanol productivity by cascading lignocellulose depolymerization via integrated rapid-physical and recyclable-chemical processes
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00658A, PaperHailang Wang, Sufang Li, Leiming Wu, Weihua Zou, Mingliang Zhang, Youmei Wang, Zhengyi Lv, Peng Chen, Peng Liu, Yujing Yang, Liangcai Peng, Yanting Wang
Genetic engineering of plant cell walls has been implemented in bioenergy crops, but the tradeoff between biomass production and lignocellulose recalcitrance remains to be resolved.
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Influence of hemicellulose and lignin on the effect of drying of cellulose and the subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02029H, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Tian-Jie Ao, Jie Wu, Richard Chandra, Huai-Yu Zhang, Yu-Feng Yuan, Yi-Ping Luo, Dong Li, Chen-Guang Liu, Scott Renneckar, Jack SaddlerRetention of hemicellulose and lignin mitigates drying-induced pore collapse, but lignin hinders enzymatic hydrolysis. Balancing their protective effects during drying with their impact on cellulose accessibility is essential.
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Two-step hybrid photo-thermochemical looping process, using metallic clusters on metal oxide carriers, for very efficient green hydrogen production
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01425E, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Anh Dung Nguyen, David Buceta, Qingqing Wu, Moteb Alotaibi, Julian T. Müller, Iria R. Arias, Albert Gili, Maged F. Bekheet, Martin Dieste, Nerea Davila-Ferreira, Fatimah Alhawiti, Colin Lambert, M. Arturo López-Quintela, Reinhard SchomäckerLooping process to generate with thermal energy & sun light VO in CeO2 (or Ce0.5Zr0.5O4), and O2 in vacuum/inert gas or H2O from H2 or CO from CH4 in the first step, and 100% pure H2 in the second step from water.
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Integrating in-vial thin film microextraction using polysiloxane-based adhesive tapes with low-temperature plasma ionization mass spectrometry: A solvent-free approach for determining cocaine and methamphetamine in saliva samples
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02488A, PaperCarlos Calero-Cañuelo, Rafael Lucena, Soledad Cárdenas
A novel in-vial microextraction technique based on thermal resistant adhesive tapes is presented and its direct coupling to SICRIT-MS is evaluated.
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MOF-derived Bi@NC electrocatalysts with heteroatomic engineering for high-efficiency CO2-to-formate conversion
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01683E, PaperJingxuan Song, Yuexian Du, Lu Liu, Kunfan Dong, Ziyu Deng, Yanghe Fu, Yijing Gao, Fumin Zhang, Fa Yang, Weidong Zhu, Maohong Fan
A cost-effective N-doped C-supported Bi nanoparticle (Bi@NC) catalyst, derived from controlled pyrolysis of a Bi-MOF with tunable dicyandiamide incorporation, exhibits exceptional CO2-to-HCOOH conversion with 96% faradaic efficiency.
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Selective and efficient cleavage of Cα–Cβ bonds in lignin models and native lignin using an S-scheme CeO2/g-C3N4 heterojunction photocatalyst
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02601F, PaperYin Ai, Yuzhen Zhao, Xiaoqin Huang, Xutang Liu, Siqi Kuang, Haichang Ding, Yuling Zeng, Hongliang Liu, Gang Liu
The selective photocatalytic breaking of Cα–Cβ bonds holds significant promise in converting lignin biomass into value-added aromatic chemicals.
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Exploring 5-hydroxymethylfurfural hydrogenation pathways using NHC-stabilized water-soluble nanoparticles of various metals and alloys
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01961C, PaperOscar Suárez-Riaño, Jaime Mazarío, Gabriel Mencia, Víctor Varela-Izquierdo, Nicolas Ratel-Ramond, Antonio Martín-Pinillos, Edwin A. Baquero, Luis M. Martínez-Prieto, Simon Tricard, Bruno Chaudret
Colloidal NHC-stabilized nanoparticles unlock selective hydrogenation of 5-HMF to diverse products in water under mild conditions.
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In situ capture and value-added utilization of CO2 from flue gas using an ionic liquid polymer supported Zn catalyst
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02324F, PaperHongyan Ni, Kang Zhao, Shujuan Liu, Xingchao Dai, Ce Liu, Xionghou Gao, Junyi Zhang, Honghai Liu, Kuo-Wei Huang, Xinjiang Cui, Feng Shi
We rationally designed and synthesized a hierarchical porous organic polymer Zn@PIP-1 (Zn@2P2Br&p-3vPPh3) and applied it for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates directly from CO2 in flue gases under mild conditions without any additives.
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Ambient mechanosynthesis of flexible two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01728A, PaperYogendra Nailwal, Bryson Baker, Ziad Alsudairy, Mustapha El Hariri El Nokab, Qingsong Zhang, Tuo Wang, Songliang Cai, Yi Liu, Xinle Li
We present the first ambient mechanosynthesis of 16 flexible covalent organic frameworks (COFs) within an hour. Notably, one representative COF exhibited a high iodine uptake capacity of ∼4.3 g g−1 from aqueous solutions and 5.97 g g−1 from vapor.
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Photo-induced FeCl3-catalysed direct desulfurative chlorination of thiol-containing aromatics at room temperature
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01859E, CommunicationMingjing Deng, Zhaolun Ma, Ke Liu, Bingji Li, Jing Wu, Longyang Dian
We report herein an FeCl3-catalyzed desulfurative chlorination of thiol-containing aromatics at room temperature with irradiation at 395–400 nm, resulting in the corresponding aryl chlorides in moderate to good yields.
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