RSC – Chem. Commun. latest articles- Phenolic resin-derived hard carbon for sodium-ion batteries: insights and prospects November 23, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC05662D, HighlightZeyu Zhu, Jinlin Pan, Binghao Wu, Qiang Li, Weixiang Li, Jingui Duan, Yaxia YinPhenolic resin (PF) has garnered considerable interest as a precursor for anode materials in sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) owing to its high carbonization yield, tunable molecular structure, and well-established synthetic technology....The content of this RSS Feed (c) […]Zeyu Zhu
- Computational design of protein complexes: influence of binding affinity November 22, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC04821D, Feature ArticleFathima Ridha, K. Harini, N. R. Siva, Rahul Nikam, Michael GromihaThe interaction of proteins with diverse molecular partners including other proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates, are essential for performing various functions, from signal transduction and gene regulation to immune recognition...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Fathima Ridha
- Porous carbon nitride photocatalysts prepared by calcination of hydroxyl-substituted melamine derivatives November 21, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC04808G, CommunicationKazuki Miyata, Yasuhiro Shiraishi, Satoshi Ichikawa, Shunsuke Tanaka, Takayuki HiraiThe carbon nitride powders synthesized by calcination of hydroxyl-substituted melamine derivatives such as ammeline and ammelide exhibited higher activity for photocatalytic H2 generation than those synthesized from melamine, owing to...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Kazuki Miyata
- Biligand synergistic MOFs with dual enhancements in stability and charge transfer for efficient CO2 photoreduction November 21, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC05401J, CommunicationJiayin Tao, Yujun Ouyang, Kai Zhang, Keke Wang, Bolin Zhou, Xiahe Chen, Yi Zhang, Junze Zhao, Qin Wang, Yun-Fang Yang, Jiexiang Xia, Huaming Li, Yuanbin SheHerein, biligand synergistic metal-organic frameworks were prepared. The optimized UiO-67-CF3-50 simultaneously exhibits excellent thermal and chemical stability. Benefiting from facilitated charge transfer, UiO-67-CF3-50 achieves […]Jiayin Tao
- One-pot Synthesis of novel triazine/piperazine-based macrocycles and investigation of their porous properties November 21, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC05684E, Communication Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Hau-Nan Lai, Yaochih Lu, Hsiang-Jen Cheng, Hsiu-Fu Hsu, Long-Li LaiFour macrocycles with the penta-triazine and penta-piperazine scaffold were efficiently synthesized via self-cyclization in 15–23% yields; the synthesized macrocycles were assumed to have crown-shaped conformations […]Hau-Nan Lai
- Metal-organic-framework-derivatived Fe/Sn bimetallic electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen reduction reaction in rechargeable zinc-air batteries November 21, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC04402B, CommunicationBenchi Zhang, Yunjiao Yang, Guangyang Lan, Wenchang Wang, Zhidong Chen, Changhai LiuHerein, Fe/Sn-NC was synthesized from the derivative of ZIF-8 via thermal treatment, exhibited a optimal ORR performance and a highly improved power density and cyclical stability in Zinc air battery....The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Benchi Zhang
- b-Axis Engineering of Zeolite Enables Activity-stability Synergy in Propane Dehydroaromatization November 21, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC06063J, CommunicationYue Han, Bing Xu, Peng Zhu, Wenxi Li, jiahao sha, Zixuan zhang, Yanbing Li, Chuang Gu, Tiecheng Shang, liu cun, Noritatsu Tsubaki, Guohui YangWe engineered the b-axis thickness to obtain a Zn-functionalized ZSM-5 catalyst, which exhibited significantly superior performance in the propane dehydroaromatization (PDA) reaction—achieving 1.99 times higher propane […]Yue Han
- Recent Advances in Photochemical Diradical Hydrogen Atom Transfer (DHAT) Reactions of C–H Bonds November 20, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC05891K, Feature ArticleYao Huang, Baoting Wang, Qiqi Yu, Yang XiongIn recent years, with the great resurgence and dramatic evolution of photochemistry, photochemical hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) has emerged as a versatile strategy for C–H bonds functionalization, unlocking reaction pathways...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryYao Huang
- Defect engineering in cellulose for piezocatalytic generation of hydrogen peroxide under ambient conditions November 20, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5CC06280B, CommunicationYanfeng Wang, Yao Wang, Jiaxin Li, Yun Fang, Peipei Ouyang, Peiyun Wei, Baowei Hu, Muqing Qiu, Kun YangOxygen-vacancy modified natural cellulose piezocatalyst enables sustainable H2O2 generation from ambient water/oxygen using mechanical vibration.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of […]Yanfeng Wang
- Preparation of homoporous poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) membrane by a special liquid surface spreading method with organic solvent as base liquid November 20, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC05366H, CommunicationTian-Qi Zhang, xiangwen chen, yunyang wang, tingting ma, Zhiqian Jia, xingdong feng, Shuang Hao, Shan JiangThis paper presents an organic/organic liquid surface spreading methodology by spreading poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) (PMP) cyclohexane solution on dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and homoporous membranes with a narrow pore size distribution (PSD) were...The content of this RSS […]Tian-Qi Zhang
- Microenvironment Regulation of Active Sites for Efficient Photocatalytic Reduction of Nitrobenzene November 20, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC04423E, CommunicationJiang Liu, Sha-Sha Xu, Jia-Zheng Liang, Su-Juan Yao, Ning Li, Jing-Wen Shi, Yaqian LanTwo manganese-based catalysts, Mn4L8 and Mn4L6, were synthesized to explore the influence of different metal coordination modes on photocatalytic activity. Crucially, the stronger Mn-O bonds in Mn4L6 hinder the generation...The content of this RSS Feed (c) […]Jiang Liu
- Structural Isomerism in Ce-MOFs Directs Ni/CeO2 Catalyst Design for Selective Fatty Acid Deoxygenation to Linear α-Olefins November 20, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC05953D, CommunicationJian Tian, Jiasen Li, Mingke Zhang, Youting Wang, Gen Li, Bin Chen, Guowu ZhanWe report a structural isomerism engineering in Ce-MOF precursors to tailor Ni/CeO2 catalysts, featuring abundant oxygen vacancies and highly dispersed Ni0 sites, which achieves complete conversion of stearic acid with...The content of this RSS Feed (c) […]Jian Tian
- Biochar supported Cu catalyst for low temperature base-free oxidative N-formylation of amines with paraformaldehyde in green solvent November 20, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC06007A, CommunicationHaihua Yin, Zhenjie Wang, Hangkong Yuan, Xingchao DaiA novel cellulose-biochar-supported copper catalyst enables base-free oxidative N-formylation of amines with paraformaldehyde in green H2O solvent at 50 °C. This green protocol efficiently converts diverse amines into formamides, including...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryHaihua Yin
- Recent Progress in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis in Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries November 20, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC05565B, HighlightGreesh Kumar, Manisha Das, Ramendra Sundar DeyZinc-air batteries (ZABs) are regarded as one of the most promising next-generation energy storage technologies owing to their high theoretical energy density, intrinsic safety, and costeffectiveness. However, their practical deployment...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryGreesh Kumar
- Stability of Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells: A Device Engineering Perspective November 19, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC05868F, Feature ArticleJiarui Cai, Cenqi Yan, Xintai Li, Junming Wang, Jiayu Wang, Pei ChengOrganic solar cells (OSCs) have recently achieved remarkable power conversion efficiencies of over 20% in single-junction configurations. Despite this rapid progress, their practical deployment remains constrained by insufficient operational stability....The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Jiarui Cai
- Coupled manganese oxidative crystallization and thallium immobilization under light irradiation November 19, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC05797C, CommunicationJielong Cao, Qingze Chen, Xun Liu, Yixuan Yang, Hongbo Li, Juan Liu, Runliang ZhuThis study investigated the mutual influence of Mn(II) oxidative crystallization and thallium (Tl) immobilization in nitrate solution under light irradiation. MnOx formed by photochemical oxidation of Mn(II) effectively removed Tl(I)...The content of this RSS Feed (c) […]Jielong Cao
- Nitrogen and phosphorus co-doped hierarchical porous carbon for efficient uranium adsorption November 19, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC05817A, CommunicationPeiyan Bi, Yuhao Chen, Chenzhang Li, Yuanping Jiang, Wei HongA facile fabrication strategy without additional activation is reported for preparing N and P co-doped porous carbon, which achieved via direct pyrolysis of melamine/phytic acid/chitosan (MA/PA/CS) supramolecular aggregates. The constructed...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Peiyan Bi
- Rational construction of donor-acceptor covalent heptazine polymers for efficient photocatalytic N2 reduction to NH3 November 19, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC06103B, CommunicationHao Wang, Shiyuan Wei, Meng Li, Fa Zhou, Jiawei Li, Jianhan HuangThree novel donor-acceptor covalent heptazine polymers were rationally constructed by regulating the donor and the electronic structure of the acceptor. The results show that the photocatalytic N2 reduction to NH3...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Hao Wang
- Ethane-selective metal-organic frameworks for one-step purification of ethylene November 19, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC05697G, HighlightChun-Pu Duan, Rundao Chen, Jiaqi Li, Fang Zheng, Zhiguo Zhang, Qiwei Yang, Qilong Ren, Zongbi BaoEthylene/ethane separations remain among the most energy-intensive operations in the petrochemical value chain, owing to their close molecular sizes, polarizabilities, and volatilities. While cryogenic distillation is industrially entrenched, adsorption-based processes...The content of this RSS […]Chun-Pu Duan
- Intracellular Biosensors by Functional Nanomaterial-integrated CRISPR Technologies for Real-Time Molecular Sensing November 19, 2025Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5CC05016B, Feature ArticleMin Yu Choi, Chen-zhong Li, Jin-Ha Choi, Jeong-Woo ChoiCRISPR technology, originally developed as a genome-editing tool, has recently emerged as a powerful platform for intracellular biosensing. By harnessing the programmability and target specificity of CRISPR-associated proteins, such as...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Min Yu Choi
- Phenolic resin-derived hard carbon for sodium-ion batteries: insights and prospects November 23, 2025
