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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00988C, Tutorial ReviewNajoua Sbei, Seyfeddine Rahali, Nisar Ahmed
The global shift toward sustainable chemical processes has accelerated interest in organic electrosynthesis as a green, electricity-driven alternative to traditional redox transformations. Among emerging catalytic systems, earth-abundant metals (EAMs) such...
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06199G, PaperIndrajeet Yadav, Akhil Rautela, Agendra Gangwar, Preeti Yadav, Sanjay Kumar
Engineered cyanobacteria use flue gas as a CO2 source to produce isoprene. A techno-economic analysis assesses commercial viability and determines the major cost factors influencing the overall production efficiency and scalability.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01055E, Perspective Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jean-Paul Lange, Romolo Di Sabatino, M. Pilar Ruiz
Producing ethylene glycol from lignocellulose requires effective and affordable removal of contaminants. Which are the troublesome contaminants and how to deal with them?
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00829A, Critical Review Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Andreas Schröder, Ruijie Wu, Patrik Eklund, Henrik Grénman, Chunlin Xu
Lignin condensation reduces lignin reactivity, increases structural heterogeneity, and limits efficient valorization. Condensation inhibition strategies preserve key linkages, promote depolymerization, and enhance downstream utilization of lignin.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01017B, PaperRong Tan, Shuang-Lin Zou, Ying-Chun Xu, Jia-Hui Wang, Peng Zhu, Qiang Wang, Gui-Xia Zhang, Chang-You Shao, Ji Zhao, Lu Zheng, Ling-Ping Xiao, Run-Cang Sun
Mildly controlled depolymerization yields lignin-PVA adhesives with low formaldehyde emission, exceptional UV resistance, solvent stability, and high bonding strength for eco-friendly wood bonding.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00831C, PaperYaxu Liu, Zheng Wang, Ziyi Quan, Fengze Sun, Lixing Zhao, Lei Guo, Yixuan Gao, Bo Wang
A well-defined Pd(BIAN-IPr#)Cl2(OH2) catalyst enables efficient C–N cross-couplings with high chemoselectivity.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00520A, PaperKai Chen, Yongsheng Zhang, Tao Shi, Zhi-Min Zhao, Zhi-Hua Liu, Li Xu, Junbo Gong, Bing-Zhi Li
Hybrid carbon dots exhibit an evolution mechanism wherein a p-phenylenediamine-derived red fluorophore provides high quantum yield, and lignin forms a robust carbon core, enabling superior long-wavelength photoluminescence and photostability.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06447C, PaperRunfeng Zhang, Yan Zhang, Zongmao Lv, Hai Yu, Jie Liu, Xuejing Zheng, Keyong Tang
The development of high-performance conductive hydrogels through green and sustainable strategies remains a pivotal challenge in flexible electronics.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06600J, PaperJia Li, Yan-Hong Tan, Yan-Cheng Hu, Hong-Yan Wang, Jing-Pei Cao
Phenol, which can be sourced from lignin, serves as an effective coupling partner in ring-increasing reactions with terpenes. This approach enables the synthesis of polycyclic fuel candidates with improved energy density.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01199C, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Yunkai Yu, Zexiang Wu, Minghao Zhang, Siyu Zhang, Yanwen Wang, Jing Li, Weixiang Wu, Qingqing Mei
Chemically complementary co-upcycling of polycarbonate plastics and organophosphate ester wastes into high-value bisphenol A alkyl ethers.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00950F, PaperChangmei Liu, Xiaorui Chen, Chengyue Miao, Changtong Zhu, Meiling Liu, Min He, Xinpeng Lu, Wenrui Huang, Yijian Rao, Zhenbo Yuan
A bioinspired one-pot one-step photoenzymatic cascade integrating a metal-free photocatalyst and an engineered bifunctional arylformidase directly convert L-Trp and its esters into L-Kyn under mild conditions with excellent green metrics evaluation.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06740E, Critical ReviewXin Xin, Cheng Tang, Ling-Qiong Gou, Ling He, Guo-Hong Tao
The strong intramolecular hydrogen bond of curcumin is broken by ionization and curcumin anions form a weaker intermolecular hydrogen bond, which is easily disrupted, making it easy to react with iodine and form a new strong halogen bond.
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00125D, PaperYang Meng, Wen Li, Silvia Zamponi, Yongpeng Ma, Weifeng Zhou, Hongxia Chao, Shi Tang, Mario Berrettoni, Hongzhong Zhang
Via a sol-gel route, we synthesized a ternary type-II/Schottky heterojunction g-C3N4/TiO2/MXene (GTM) photothermal catalyst that harnessed residual heat from industrial flue gas together with sunlight to achieve efficient CO2 reduction...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06859B, PaperZipeng Chen, Yifei Sun, Yunjie Zou, Sanli Tang, Jingjing Tian, Chengliang Mao, Zhihui Ai
Chemical conversion offers a promising way to native lignin valorization, which serves as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-derived carbon and hydrogen sources. However, selective transformation of lignin using conventional thermochemical...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00587J, PaperFu-Gen Zhang, Chu-yan Liang, Ming-Shu Zhang, Lei Wu, Can Qin, Zhi-Wei Li, Jun Dai, Wei Huang, Jun-jin Deng, Xiao-Chun Luo
Calcium signaling plays fundamental roles in growth and development in plants and animals, yet its functional significance in prokaryotes remains poorly understood. In this study, calcium carbonate was identified as...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00859C, Critical ReviewQian Wu, Qingping Gao, Chenggong Zhang, Jiayi Wang, Junlong Li, Fan Yang, Shengjun Sun, Mohamed S. Hamdy, Asmaa Farouk, Xuping Sun
Direct seawater electrolysis (DSE) provides a promising technical route for green hydrogen production using renewable energy. However, due to the complex composition of seawater, DSE suffers from some issues such...
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00247A, PaperXinhe Liu, Jialin Li, Wenrui Zhao, Xuesong Gong, Qiuyan Sun, Xudong Feng, Chun Li
C-Glycosides are ubiquitous natural products found in plants and microorganisms and are distinguished by diverse pharmacological activities and high metabolic stability, making them attractive scaffolds for drug discovery and development....
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Green Chem., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00493H, PaperQiuxia Wang, Honglei Fan, Xun Dong, Yu Tian, Shen Diao, Mingjun Zhou, Xiaoyu Song, Chuao Ma, Hongliang Liu, Sidi Li
High-entropy alloys (HEAs), as new catalytic materials, reveal excellent catalytic performance in numerous reactions. However, how to rationally design high-entropy alloy catalysts with high hydrothermal stability for the efficient hydrogenation...
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05909G, Tutorial ReviewZiyi Cheng, Hengbo Jia, Chao Tan, Yuanyuan Yang, Yue Shi, Yaning Zhou, Yongqiang Ji, Dan Zhang, Le Li
This review summarizes advances in aqueous zinc–bromine static batteries, starting with structural design, operation principles, major challenges, and electrode material, electrolyte, separator, and current collector modification strategies.
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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06991B, PaperJianwen Zhang, Chunling Hu, Hailong Li, Qi Li, Qi Zhang, Kangning Xue, Ji Zhou, Long Wang, Junfeng Gao, Juan Hou
A lead-free double perovskite S-scheme heterojunction forms a dense 2D/2D interface via Bi–Br bonds, establishing a direct electron transport pathway that synergistically enhances photocatalytic CO2 reduction with the built-in electric field.
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