Themed collection 2024 Green Chemistry Reviews

There has been an explosive growth in environmentally driven startups in recent years.

This perspective explores seawater electrolysis and electrodeionization, focusing on challenges and opportunities in production of green X.

Exploring the potential of renewable glycerol and its derivatives for the preparation of active pharmaceutical ingredients in light of regulatory constraints.

Biodiesel, known as a renewable fuel, is an environmentally friendly energy source derived from animal and vegetable oils, as well as recycled oil.

The Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) was founded in 2013 to host a community of practice around green chemistry in higher education. 10 years later, the GCC empowers a worldwide community to use chemistry tools to create a sustainable planet.

This perspective provides the design, stability and unique properties regarding ionic liquid-stabilized metal oxoclusters and their application in catalysis, and also illustrates the future development of ionic liquid-stabilized metal oxoclusters.

This perspective showcases recent advances in amino acid synthesis from biomass through the chemocatalytic method.

To meet EU CO₂ emission targets, we need to replace most fossil-derived plastics with renewable alternatives. To stop endless pollution by accumulating non degradable plastics we need future plastics to be closed-loop recyclable and/or biodegradable.

Upcycling silicon from waste solar panels into Li-ion batteries as anodes is a potential solution to handle the ever-growing solar waste.

This manuscript provides basic knowledge regarding nitrogen-doped carbon materials and its application in the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), and discusses the future development of nitrogen-doped carbon materials.

This perspective highlights recent advances and provides an outlook on future developments in the first-row transition metal catalysed enantioconvergent radical Suzuki–Miyaura C(sp³)−C coupling of racemic alkyl halides.

Some of the latest technological developments involving chemistry in water are discussed.

This review summarizes the applications and distinctive functions of polyelectrolyte materials (PEMs) in photothermal interfacial evaporation for clean water production.

This review provides an overview of catalytic approaches in asymmetric electrosynthesis, including transition metal, organic small molecule, and chiral electrode catalysis, highlighting their advantages and future development prospects.

This review explores the current research progress on aluminum-ion batteries, focusing on cathode materials according to their mechanisms, as well as anodes and electrolytes, while discussing current challenges and modification strategies.

The review delves into six modulation strategies of carbon-based single-atom catalysts, emphasizing the relationship between electronic structure and performance to aid in the development of bifunctional electrocatalysts for zinc–air batteries.

The distinctive structures and characteristics of cellulose render it a promising material for rational modulation in zinc-ion storage applications.

CMF is often referred to as the “new HMF” and is a superior intermediate between biomass and valuable chemicals because of the notable distinctions between it and HMF. The Cl group unlocks the potential of CMF in nucleophilic substitution reactions.

Recent advancements in IL-based functional polymers, with particular focus on their applications in separation, energy storage, fire resistance, recycling, and biomedicine are highlighted.

In this tutorial review, the most important and actual issues of oleochemistry, including the preparation of oleates and related compounds and their transformation with and without breaking of the CC bond, are addressed and discussed.

Hydrophobic catalysts or hydrophobic microenvironments can apparently enhance catalytic performance in C1 transformations by water removal or enhanced gas permeation.

A Pickering emulsion, stabilized by amphiphilic solid particles, is a highly functional and stable system that has attracted significant research interest.

Catalytic chemical depolymerisation is an emerging technology to recycle synthetic textiles and ultimately to enable a circular textile economy. Homogeneous and heterogeneous systems are reviewed.

This work aims to review the latest developments in carbon-based electrocatalysts applied in electrocatalytic nitrate reduction, including pure carbon materials, heteroatom doping or metal-bonding catalysts, and carbon substrate-supported composites.

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic materials designed to mimic the natural “lock and key” mechanism observed in biomolecular systems, such as the interactions between antibodies and antigens.

Photoenzymatic catalysis faces challenges like low stability and recyclability. Reticular framework materials offer solutions by enabling enzyme protection and reuse. This review highlights recent advances, design strategies, and future directions.

We review the fundamental knowledge and research advancements in chemically recycling different types of plastic, and highlight the current challenges and future opportunities in implementing these technologies to meet climate-neutral targets.

The homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst systems applied in N-formylation reaction of amines and CO₂ reaction from both homogeneous and heterogeneous systems are summarized.

This review aims to provide an overview on the recent visible light-mediated strain-release transformations of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes. Prospects for future development of (aza)bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes in this fascinating field are outlined.

Biomass-derived organic acid for green and sustainable future.

The research potential and challenges of using lignocellulose and its derivatives as binder materials in advanced battery systems are summarized and forecast.

Strategies for efficient extraction and separation of vanadium and chromium from high-chromium vanadium slag with green chemistry principles are summarized.

This review highlights recent advancements in the selective conversion of biomass-derived furfural to high-value platform chemicals over various heterogeneous catalytic systems.

This paper reports on the dry and wet torrefaction pretreatment for upgrading low-rank biomass sources to enhance the gasification process with the benefits of H₂-rich syngas production and tar reduction.

This paper reviews progress in the photochemical/electrochemical construction of heterocyclic compounds using CO₂, differentiating between various reaction types and elucidating their underlying mechanisms as well as potential applications.

This review focuses on advances in covalent organic framework (COF) photocatalysts for cross-coupling reactions, which provide a greener catalytic route for organic transformations.

A comprehensive overview of the use of HEM as a catalyst for HER, OER, and water splitting was provided.

An overview and perspectives on the development of lignin as a raw material for optical materials are provided with the objective of opening up a new avenue for lignin valorization.

Towards the sustainable production of biomass-derived materials with smart functionality.

Digital chemistry methods accelerated discoveries of sustainable processes but require assessing and minimizing their carbon footprint caused by the required computing power.

An overview on the catalyst-free conversion of biomass resources into value-added products is provided. Significantly, the opportunities and challenges in the development of catalyst-free biomass conversion are proposed preliminarily.

Recent developments in the photochemical upcycling and recycling of plastics.

This article systematically reviews the research progress on the natural structure and components of cork, as well as its derived functional polymers and structural components.

Methanesulfonic acid (MSA) bridges organic and inorganic green chemistry since it is a strong non-oxidizing organic acid with a very low vapor pressure and forming highly soluble metal salts.

Within a circular approach, cost-effective, tailored and robust biomass-derived catalysts to convert biomass play a key role in biorefinery developments.

The recent advances in nonenzymatic ethanol production from petroleum, coal, natural gas, CO₂, and biomass in sustainable ways are systemically reviewed.

This tutorial review highlights the advancement of the emerging electrocatalysts featuring unique symmetry-breaking structures for nitrate reduction to ammonia.

The strategic installation of the “magic methyl” group has become highly desirable for drug discovery. This review summarized the recent photochemical and electrochemical strategies in installing the methyl group.

This review introduces the structure and failure mechanism of lithium-ion batteries, followed by a systematic summary of recycling techniques, including direct, hydrometallurgical, and pyrometallurgical recovery.

In this review paper, recent developments of iron oxide nanoparticles are highlighted and discussed in the field of organic catalysis and environmental remediation.

Distinct functions, multiple application forms and representative applications of green polyphenols in photothermal interfacial evaporation systems are comprehensively and systematically summarized.

Bio-inspired materials and design serve as a source of inspiration for the design of electrodes, electrolytes, interfaces and devices, inducing flexibility, selective ionic transport, self-healing properties or biodegradability.

This article reviews the supply of nickel metal for lithium-ion batteries with regard to its resources, reserves, extraction and recycling, and application.

BDSCCs, known as efficient solid acid catalysts with easy preparation and a green source, are anticipated to play a role in advancing circular and economic development in various sectors.

We explored effective solutions for enhancing the operational stability of ZIBs by designing hydrogel electrolytes that protect zinc anodes, cathodes, and electrolytes.

Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), as a mild oxidant and promising liquid fuel, has widespread application potential in energy and environment fields.

Electrode modification of VRFB with “3Es”.

The conversion of lignocellulose biomass to furfural can be performed using one-step and two-step strategies. A techno-economic analysis plays a crucial role in evaluating the overall economic feasibility of industrial-scale furfural production.

This article reviews different types of covalent porous catalysts for eCO2RR, including their design principles, the latest progress and their structure–activity relationships reported in recent literature.

Seaweed biomass is gaining industrial and economic momentum as a renewable feedstock for high-value products, including nutraceuticals, value-added chemicals and bioplastics.

This article highlighted the recent demand for sustainable and resource efficient drug synthesis using electrochemical strategies.

Vital aspects to consider when implementing green analytical chemistry in mass spectrometry.

This article reviews recent advancements in AOR catalysts, emphasizing mechanistic studies through in situ characterization and DFT calculations to unravel the structure-performance correlation.

This review presents the research progress in the stabilization of Zn anodes using various solvents, including alcohols, amines, acetonitrile, lipids, ethers, and dimethyl sulfoxide.

In this review, many strategies, such as improving metal dispersion, strengthening metal–support interaction, increasing CO₂ adsorption and activation, promoting oxygen release/storage capacity, were proposed to improve catalytic performance of DRM.

This tutorial review provides a comprehensive and authoritative summary on the exciting research activities in the fields of poly(ionic liquid)s (PILs), covering their synthesis and their applications in a number of areas.

Different strategies of mass transfer enhancement in a Pt-based cathode catalyst layer for PEM fuel cells.

The formation of strain, the effect of strain on CO₂ reduction reactions, and the recent advances in strain engineering for CO₂ reduction reactions have been systemically reviewed.