RSC – Green Chem. latest articles- Sustainable conversion of lignocellulose hydrolysates without detoxification treatment to biodegradable poly (3hydroxybutyrate) by a Halomonas venusta DSM4743 cell factory April 16, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6GC00055J, PaperYutian Zhang, Fen Yin, Yingying Zheng, Xiaojun Ma, Jianing Li, Fumeng Yang, Dongna Li, Yachao LiLignocellulosic biomass resources as substrate feedstock have become an effective way to reduce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production costs. In this work, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) was synthesized by Halomonas venusta DSM4743 using rubberwood...The content of this RSS […]Yutian Zhang
- Influence of the Cathodic Binder on CO2 Electroreduction to Formic Acid in a Three-Compartment Electrolyzer April 16, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5GC06974B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Konstantin von von Foerster, Sergio Sanz, Krzysztof Dzieciol, Urbain Nzotcha, Bastian Rutjens, Bernhard Schmid, Hermann Tempel, Rüdiger-A. EichelRestructuring synthetic processes is essential to enable decarbonization in industrial synthesis. The electrochemical reduction reaction of CO2 […]Konstantin von von Foerster
- Defect-engineered Ru-Co/TiO2-x catalysts for highly efficient plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis at ambient conditions April 16, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6GC00524A, PaperBianbian Gao, Yutong Feng, Chunyu Li, Jiantao Zhao, Yitian Fang, Guoqiang CaoPlasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis offers a promising route toward decentralized and sustainable NH3 production under mild conditions. However, its efficiency remains limited by insufficient nitrogen activation and poor utilization of plasmagenerated...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Bianbian Gao
- Self-Powered Aluminium Batteries for Sustainable Water Treatment: Performance, Mechanisms, and Techno-Economic Assessment April 16, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6GC00439C, Critical ReviewYiqi Tang, Zupei Wang, Weiwei Du, Xiangjie Ma, Haochuan Lin, Huanhuan Tang, Hong Yao, Xinyang LiBased on the principles of green chemistry and circular economy, self-powered aluminium battery systems utilize the spontaneous oxidation of aluminium to simultaneously achieve water treatment and electricity generation, offering a...The content of this […]Yiqi Tang
- Electroreduction of aryl diazonium salts: a sustainable strategy for organic synthesis April 16, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6GC01132B, Tutorial ReviewXing Ji, Tao Zhou, Zi-Wei Duan, Hai-Tao Tang, Ying-Ming PanAryl diazonium salts represent a class of highly reactive intermediates that play an indispensable role in organic synthesis. The efficient and environmentally benign transformation of aryl diazonium salts via organic...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society […]Xing Ji
- Upcycling silicon from End-of-Life photovoltaic panels to a heterogeneous catalyst for the Mizoroki–Heck cross-coupling April 16, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6GC00369A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Giulia Brufani, Marco Mearelli, Filippo Campana, Nicola Taurisano, Maria Lucia Protopapa, Luigi VaccaroHerein, we propose a circularly driven waste-to-wealth strategy for the globally growing EoL solar panel waste streams, proposing Si as a heterogeneous […]Giulia Brufani
- In situ phase regulation enables low-carbon electrochemical recycling of spent lead paste April 16, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6GC00990E, PaperYunpeng Wang, Jianhao Su, Bing Yang, Junli Wang, Ruidong Xu, Xuanbing WangThe sustainable recycling of hazardous spent lead paste (SLP) remains a critical challenge, severely bottlenecked by the electrochemical inertness and phase heterogeneity of refractory lead oxides.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form […]Yunpeng Wang
- Efficient and Selective Recovery of Spent NCM Cathode Materials: A Green Deep Eutectic Solvent Process via Synergistic Acidity-Viscosity Regulation April 16, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6GC01210H, PaperGuangke Ye, Guofan Zhang, Yunxia WuFacing the large-scale recycling demand for retired ternary lithium-ion batteries (NCM) from electric vehicles, conventional pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processes are challenged by high energy consumption, significant secondary pollution, or complex...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryGuangke Ye
- Metal-Free, Scalable Synthesis of Degradable Polyester Resins for High-Resolution DLP 3D Printing via Organoboron-Catalyzed ROCOP April 15, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6GC00136J, PaperJiahao Liu, Meichen Liu, Jie Li, Yujiao Li, Chunwang YiThe widespread adoption of digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing is severely constrained by the lack of sustainable photopolymer resins-conventional acrylate-based systems suffer from toxicity, non-degradability, and poor biocompatibility. Polyesters...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Jiahao Liu
- Depolymerized Lignin as an Enabler for Superior Lignin–Acrylonitrile Copolymers for Sustainable Wet-spun Fibers April 14, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6GC01695B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Talita Nascimento, Marta Ramos-Andres, Marta C. Lourenço, Ana C. MarquesThe growing demand for renewable materials and the valorization of biomass by-products have positioned lignin as a promising raw material for bio-based carbon fiber (CF) […]Talita Nascimento
- CO2 utilization for enhanced C2 hydrocarbon production in Chemical Looping Oxidative Coupling of Methane April 14, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5GC06373F, PaperTingting Gu, Nobusuke Kobayashi, Karisa Robert MASUMBUKO, Akira Suami, BAIQIANG ZHANGChemical Looping Oxidative Coupling of Methane (CLOCM) offers a sustainable route to C2 production, yet its efficiency is limited by intrinsic lattice oxygen capacity and mobility of oxygen carriers. In...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society […]Tingting Gu
- Sustainable water purification: life cycle trade-offs in carbon-based catalyst design April 13, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5GC06949A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.A. Sofia G. G. Santos, Victor F. Ferreira, Carla A. Orge, M. Fernando R. Pereira, O. Salomé G. P. SoaresThe first integrated LCA of macrostructured catalysts for water treatment, comparing synthesis routes within a […]A. Sofia G. G. Santos
- AuLCA: Augmented Life Cycle Assessment for Chemical Data Gaps April 13, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5GC06892D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Maximilian G. Hoepfner, Dion Jakobs, Lucas F. Santos, Gonzalo Guillén-GosálbezLife cycle assessment (LCA) has become the prevalent tool to quantify the impact of chemical processes, yet data gaps remain a major obstacle towards its […]Maximilian G. Hoepfner
- Optimized green extraction of multifunctional aliphatic and aromatic compounds from suberin-rich agro-industrial potato peel waste April 13, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6GC00954A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Pedro Florido-Moreno, Diego Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Jose Jesus Benitez, JORGE RENCORET, Ekram Wassel, Ruth Stark, Susana Guzman-Puyol, Jose Alejandro Heredia Guerrero, José C. C. del RíoSuberin-rich potato peel waste from the food industry was explored as […]Pedro Florido-Moreno
- Electroreductive deconstruction and oxygenation of cyclic amines April 13, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6GC01030J, PaperShiv Dutt, Neelam Duhan, Vikas Kale, Prabal BanerjeeHere, we introduce a greener, atom-economical, and sustainable electroreductive deconstructive functionalization approach (E-Factor = 0.9) for transforming cyclic amines into δ-substituted amides via C-N bond cleavage, and further extended towards...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryShiv Dutt
- Harnessing solvent–3O2 charge transfer complex for photochemical conversion of phosphines to phosphine oxides: the synergy of light and ambient air April 12, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6GC00878J, CommunicationRahul Mondal, Reetu Rani Mondal, K. GeetharaniWe report a catalyst-free photo-oxidation of phosphines via direct excitation of a solvent-O2 charge-transfer complex. Using ambient air, a green solvent and a near-UV LED, this offers broad scope, high atom economy, and gram-scale efficiency.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, […]Rahul Mondal
- Domino Photoreduction of CO2 to CH4/C2H6 by Steering Catalyst Amounts April 12, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5GC04570C, PaperMinzhi Ma, Mengge Jia, Shichu Zhao, Zhiqiang Jiang, Kangle Lv, Tongqing Li, Helei Chai, Yan Lei, Jingjing Si, Zhi Zheng, Wenjun FaThe global imperative for carbon-neutral fuels starkly contrasts with the persistent failure to achieve solar-driven CH4/C2H6 synthesis from CO2/H2O with both high selectivity and yield, as the thermodynamic […]Minzhi Ma
- Highly selective production of gasoline-range hydrocarbons via hydroconversion of polyolefins over Ru/CeO2 and BEA hybrid catalysts April 12, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6GC00351F, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Junho Suh, Hyeongdong Jung, Joonkeol Yoon, Jae-Soon Choi, Jungup Bang, Do Heui KimThe Ru/CeO2 and BEA hybrid catalyst converted nearly all polyethylene into gasoline-range hydrocarbons with 95.4% selectivity, minimizing the production of methane under […]Junho Suh
- Ionic atmosphere and temperature field–promoted dissociation and phase reconstruction of bastnaesite April 11, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5GC05704C, PaperQionghua Xie, Yifan Hao, Guocheng Yao, Cong Wang, Liangshi WangThe SO42− ionic atmosphere and thermal-field phase reconstruction enable the green and efficient recovery of both rare earth and fluorine resources.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS […]Qionghua Xie
- Synchronous recognition of P–intermediates and nucleophiles empowers diversified trivalent phosphorus synthesis April 10, 2026Green Chem., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6GC00555A, PaperXue Liu, Jingcheng Hu, Chengbiao Zhu, Dake Wang, Jia Yan, Jinyu Wang, Zhenwei Wei, Yong Yuan, Hong Yi, Aiwen LeiTrivalent phosphines bearing P–X bonds are valuable intermediates, antioxidants, ligands, and functional agents, yet their sustainable and selective synthesis remains challenging. Here we present a synchronous identification strategy for P-intermediates...The […]Xue Liu
- Sustainable conversion of lignocellulose hydrolysates without detoxification treatment to biodegradable poly (3hydroxybutyrate) by a Halomonas venusta DSM4743 cell factory April 16, 2026
