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Correction: NAD(H) self-recycling whole-cell biocatalysis for the production of furoic acid and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from furfural via CO2 fixation
Green Chem., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90217G, Correction
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mingzhe Ma, Yajie Wang
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC90217G, Correction
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mingzhe Ma, Yajie WangTo cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.
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Following forest cues for the harvest optimization of tomorrow's biofeedstocks
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04279H, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Robyn C. O'Halloran, Alison J. Shapiro, Yagya Gupta, Anna Long, Sara G. Haney, Yuichiro Otsuka, Sunitha Sadula, Dionisios G. Vlachos, Delphis F. Levia, Thomas H. EppsHarvest optimization offers an effective strategy for maximizing lignin valorization yields and overall biorefinery production of fuels, chemicals, and materials.
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Continuous-flow synthesis of organic urea derivatives from CO2-absorbed alkanolamines over a CeO2 catalyst
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05210F, PaperShogen Mihara, Natsuki Mizutani, Hikari Terada, Mizuho Yabushita, Takaaki Endo, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Akira Nakayama, Keiichi Tomishige
Continuous conversion of CO2-absorbed alkanolamines in the corresponding amine solvent was demonstrated with a fixed-bed flow reactor and a CeO2 catalyst. Both the reaction rate and pathway were governed by the alkyl chain length of alkanolamines.
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Towards sustainable plastics: a sustainable chemistry assessment
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03504J, PaperJiazhe Chen, Zhichun Zhang, Qiaonan Jing, Shaoxuan Zhang, Rongjing Lu, Jianguo Liu
A transition from conventional linear plastic lifecycle to clean circular economy: minimize chemical footprint, accelerate plastic circularity, and promote low-carbon process.
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Fully liquid electrorefining: a highly efficient and selective approach for pure lithium metal recovery from low-grade alloys
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02624E, PaperYuntao Lei, Wenjuan Zhang, Fenglong Sun, Zhongwei Zhao
High-purity lithium metal is extracted from alloy feedstocks with high selectivity and efficiency via a fully liquid electrorefining system.
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Mechanism-controlled switchable regioselective O- and N-cyclization alkenylation of alkenylbenzamides via dual photoredox and cobalt catalysis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04510J, PaperFeiyang Rao, Kui Hu, Yuanxiang He, Ziyi Zuo, Shiming Lv, Shu Geng, Li Pan, Hongmei Wang, Feng Huang
By regulating the redox potential matching between the substrate active sites and photocatalytic systems to control the reaction pathway, this approach achieves switchable regioselective O- and N-cyclization alkenylation of alkenylbenzamides.
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Electronic modulation of Fe sites in hierarchical FeOOH for lowering the oxygen evolution energy barrier
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04776E, PaperXiaoge Li, Shuyi Zang, Jun Zhao, Daidi Li, Dandan Wang, Lei Wang, Qin-Chao Wang, Jie Han
Ni-doping enhances electronic conductivity of FeOOH and strengthens adsorption of reactants onto Fe sites, thereby improving its intrinsic activity toward the OER.
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Rational catalyst design for acetaldehyde upgrading – an in-depth study on the use of a solid base and the development of a second generation supported N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03630E, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Maurice Belleflamme, Stefan Mersmann, Ridvan Ince, Thomas Wiegand, Walter Leitner, Andreas J. VorholtBase and counter-ion act synergistically to build a more stable and long-lived NHC catalyst for acetaldehyde upgrading, illustrated as workers mixing both components to strengthen the catalytic ‘foundation’
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Conversion of waste plastic into low-carbon olefins: directly producing C2–C4 light olefins from low-density polyethylene waste using a Cu/ZSM-5 catalyst
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04106F, PaperHimanshu Raghav, Laxmi Sah, Bhanu Joshi, Rahul Tiwari, Prem Lama, Bipul Sarkar, Rajaram Bal
This study uses a Cu/ZSM-5 catalyst in a two-stage semi-batch process to convert LDPE into 80% gaseous product, with 60% being light olefins (C2–C4). Image generated with Microsoft Copilot.
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Metal single-atom catalysts for photocatalytic H2O2 synthesis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03174E, Critical ReviewQingkai Guo, Yangyang Wang, Jun Pang, Jin Liu, Xiaoshu Wang, Yang Yang, Bolin Li, Lei Wang
This review summarizes recent advances in single-atom catalysts for photocatalytic H2O2 synthesis, and the primary limitations and research directions are discussed.
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Electrosynthesis of H2O2 aqueous solution beyond 30 wt% using sunlight, water and air
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03867G, PaperYuefeng Qiu, Peng Jiang, Wenkai Ye, Jiahao Hu, Wenjie She, Bin Zhang, Tuo Ji, Liwen Mu, Xin Feng, Xiaohua Lu, Jiahua Zhu
In this study, sunlight, water and air were used to directly produce >30 wt% high-purity hydrogen peroxide. Compared to the conventional anthraquinone process, this method reduced energy consumption by 14.02% and costs by 32.88%.
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Plastic-derived carbons for high-performance battery electrodes: upcycling, design strategies, and perspectives
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03761A, Critical ReviewYujie Wang, Mingkun Jiang, Dan Wu, Chunyan Xiong
Plastic waste to battery carbons via green chemistry: Closing the loop for sustainable energy storage.
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Electrolyte additive engineering for enhanced stability of sodium vanadate cathodes in aqueous zinc-ion batteries
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01896J, PaperJun-Peng Wang, Chenxi Luo, Fu-Da Yu, Lan-Fang Que, Rui-Chi Li, Jun-Sen Jiang, Can-Zhong Lu, Yiming Xie
Na0.33V2O5 (NVO) suffers from dissolution. Ex situ XRD reveals the mechanism. Adding NaClO4 induces Na+/Zn2+ co-intercalation, replenishing Na+, stabilizing the structure, and suppressing dissolution for better performance.
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Integration of color construction and fibrillation reduction of lyocell in an ambient temperature environment
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04565G, PaperWanjin Hu, Xiaofeng Wang, Xuelin Wang, Mengyao Cai, Yunhe Wang, Ke Lin, Chunhua Zhang, Sijie Zhou, Liangjun Xia, Weilin Xu
A static color construction method at normal temperatures and pressures to reduce the microfibers by avoiding continuous friction, high temperature and humidity.
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A general module assembly strategy for the generation of chondroitin sulfate polymers
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03905C, PaperPengfei Li, Mengyuan Wang, Lin Yang, Yi Li, Jingyao Qu, Peixue Ling, Shuang Li, Junqiang Fang
A module assembly strategy was developed using expressed sulfotransferases and PAPS generation to efficiently synthesize CS-A, CS-E, and CS-C with defined sulfation patterns and high conversion rates, facilitating study of sulfation modifications.
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A coordinated framework for enhancing oxygen dynamics to improve the production of sesquiterpene
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04488J, PaperYufei Bao, Yiying Huo, Haoran Bi, Lifeng Shi, Meng Wang, Mohamed Almarei, Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro, Yunming Fang, Tianwei Tan
Combining bioprocess and system engineering optimization enhances the synthesis of oxygen-demanding products.
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A green strategy for spent lithium-ion battery recycling via SO2-driven cobalt reduction
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04255K, PaperMinyu He, Weizao Liu, Wen Cao, Xuewei Lv, Qingcai Liu, Charles Q. Jia
A sustainable ‘waste-for-waste’ strategy using industrial ferrous sulfate enables efficient lithium and cobalt recovery from spent LiCoO2 batteries via an SO2-driven reduction mechanism.
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Mesoporous In2O3 nanoflowers with oxygen vacancies for both alkaline and acidic CO2 electroreduction to formate/formic acid
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03288A, PaperLiang Fu, Zhenping Qu, Mengyuan Qin, Lingling Zhou
A mesoporous In2O3 nanoflower catalyst with abundant oxygen vacancies is constructed via calcining In2S3, which can selectively reduce CO2 to HCOO−/HCOOH in both alkaline and acidic electrolytes at 200 mA cm−2 with a FEformate/formate acid of ∼90%.
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Efficient hydrothermal pretreatment of mixed PHA/PLA and subsequent continuous anaerobic fermentation into VFA
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02732B, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Yong Jin, Ralf Beckmans, Kasper D. de Leeuw, David P. B. T. B. StrikBiobased biodegradable plastic recycling with an overall efficiency of 90% was achieved via an open-culture process enriched with species related to Clostridium tyrobutyricum. Mixing bioplastics enhances hydrolysis and expands VFA product spectrum.
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Graphitization-engineered biochar for solar-driven nutrient recovery and sustainable biogas slurry valorization
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04612B, PaperZhengming Yang, Zhongfeng An, Zhuochao Wang, Khantaphong Charoenkal, Yang Xu, Taiwen Li, Han Ding, Tianyu Xu, Xuecheng Sun, Shan Lin, Qiang Li, Hongliang Cao
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation using low-cost biochar evaporators presents a sustainable and highly promising strategy for valorizing nutrient-rich biogas slurry.
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