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Green Chem., 2026, 28,1935-1950
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03955J, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Robert A. Dagle, Nickolas Riedel, Zhibin Yang, Johnny Saavedra Lopez, Alia Cooper, Michael Thorson, Louis Edwards Caceres-Martinez, Wan Tang Jeff Zhang, Hilkka I. Kenttämaa, Gozdem Kilaz, Joshua Heyne, Ralph Gillespie
The aromatization of ethanol-derived olefinic intermediates provides a route forward to high energy density synthetic aviation fuel (SAF) with favorable O-ring seal swell properties.
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Green Chem., 2026, 28,1924-1934
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05423K, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Jie Wu, Nathan Huang, Daniel Barker-Rothschild, Zhangmin Wan, Minke Yang, Xin Shu, Yi Hu, Joshua Booth, Oliver Evenden, Orlando J. Rojas, Kwang Ho Kim
Palmitoylation of lignin imparts strong hydrophobicity and flexibility, enabling waterborne spray coatings with durable water repellency and enhanced wet strength, offering a sustainable route for paper protection and packaging.
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Green Chem., 2026, 28,1912-1923
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04923G, PaperZi-Hang He, Wei-Lin Wang, Bin Li, Chang Liu
MoS2-assisted iron-driven peroxydisulfate activation for water purification process.
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04534G, PaperElaheh Sadeh, Abdolreza Farhadian, Zherui Chen, Abolfazl Mohammadi, Fei Wang, Nastaran Sayyari, Rustam R Davletshin
The escalating global demand for natural gas necessitates the development of efficient and environmentally benign storage and transportation technologies. In this study, six anionic renewable surfactants with different counterions -lithium...
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04816H, Tutorial ReviewJing Liao, Xingyue Zhao, Jiamin Zhang
This review presents the advances in the fabrication, properties, and applications of regenerated native chitin films (R-NCFs), and guides researchers to continuously develop “green” regenerated chitin materials and expand their applications.
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06240C, PaperSijia Pei, Yuanyuan Yue, Wenjun Du, Liwei Niu, Zhuo Li, Dawei Liu, Yunteng Qu, Long Xu, Xiaoxun Ma
Catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) represents a green and atom-economical strategy for organic transformations. However, the development of practical, high-performance catalysts—particularly for micron-scale systems suitable for industrial practice—remains a significant challenge....
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05709D, Critical ReviewShenxu Bao, Zhanhao Wang, Wei Ding, Caipeng Liu, Yimin Zhang, Hongwei Zhang, Bo Chen, Chunfu Xin, Kaihua Xu
The rapid expansion of the electric vehicle industry has driven an unprecedented surge in the demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), leading to the continuous accumulation of spent LIBs.Efficient recycling of...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05057J, PaperWenjun Wu, Jingwen He, Fei Song, Weiwei Zhang
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are attractive scaffolds for single-atom catalysts (SACs), yet conventional synthesis often relies on toxic solvents and yields limited control over atomic configurations. Here we introduce a ligand...
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05640C, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Julius Ponhöfer, Moritz Lukas Krebs, Ferdi Schüth
Acetalization of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural shifts selectivity during alkaline electrooxidation toward 5-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid. This protective strategy prevents humin formation and enables high yields and efficiency under harsh conditions.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04579G, PaperZijuan Zhao, Xiujuan Zhang, Yinghao Li, Shuxian Qin, Xiaoqiang Liu
CuCo2O4 spinel oxide nanosheets grown on carbon cloth are covered by a dense layer of CoFe-LDH honeycomb. The prepared heterojunction showed high catalytic activity and efficiency to electrochemically convert nitrate pollutants to useful NH3.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05289K, Perspective Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Bruce H. Lipshutz, Sachin Handa
This Perspective looks at the original 12 Principles: where they are after over a quarter of a century relative to the original vision by Anastas & Warner, and what changes are needed given the events that have taken place in the world since 1998.
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05761B, Critical Review Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Enoch A Aidoo, Pedram Fatehi
With the finite nature of fossil resources, rising energy demands, and the environmental impact of conventional battery materials, the shift toward bio-based materials in energy storage systems has become crucial....
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC90015A, Correction Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Alexandre Damiani, Lars Faber, Batoul Karim, Christian Bruneau, Wagner A. Carvalho, Dalmo Mandelli, Cédric Fischmeister
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05595D, Critical ReviewAbdelghani Ghanam, Mehdi Mennani, Meriem Kasbaji, Anass Ait Benhamou, Mounir El Achaby, Zineb Kassab, Fouad Ghamouss
The advancement of sustainable carbon materials necessitates the implementation of scalable and environmentally benign processing methodologies that circumvent energy-intensive graphitization and the utilization of fossil-derived precursors.
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05536A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Conall McNamara, Ailís O'Shea, Tiarnán Watson-Murphy, Leandro Ayarde-Henríquez, Thiago M. Lima, Stephen Dooley
This study reports the production of n-butyl levulinate (BL) as an advanced biofuel and biomass-derived ester via homogenous acid-catalysed butanolysis of four lignocellulosic feedstocks of increasing structural complexity: glucose, cellulose,...
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05156H, PaperTian-Cai Yue, Xin-Fang Wang, Jian-Bo Huang, Lu-Lu Wang, Duo-Zhi Wang
Two new 2D FeII-MOFs were successfully synthesized and could be used as efficient heterogeneous catalyst for achieving three diverse CO2 conversions.
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05601B, PaperQi Li, Yucai He, Junhua Di, Zhengyu Tang, Qing Li, Zhiyi Lu, Die Hu, Yu-Cai He, Cuiluan Ma
The sustainable synthesis of bio-based amines from renewable resources remains a major challenge due to the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass and the limited stability and substrate scope of existing biocatalysts....
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05194K, PaperFei Chao, Fulin Hu, Jiaming Lai, Rui Lang, Yanxiong Fang, Shaoqu Xie
Here, we propose lignosulfonate-based salts (NaLS and CaLS) as renewable, eco-friendly salting-out agents to achieve energy-efficient ABE purification.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06065F, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Abhijit Sen, Aya Ohno, Andrew Chapman, Yina Xu, Jingxuan Zhang, Nobutaka Maeda, Jordan T. Carlson, Yoichi M. A. Yamada
Waste polyoxymethylene (POM) plastic was upcycled using m-phenolsulfonic acid-formaldehyde resin, a polymeric catalyst, to afford value-added chemicals, including insecticides and herbicides, using biomass-derived alcohols, amines or water.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06466J, CommunicationWen-Yu Zhang, Xin-Yao Liu, Yang Li, Jin-Heng Li
A novel electrochemical strain-release cascade cyclization of N-aryl bicyclobutyl amides with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds to access functionalized spirocyclobutyl oxindoles is described.
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