Themed collection Celebrating International Women’s day 2026: Women in green chemistry

SWOT analysis of MOFs through the lens of safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) framework, highlighting their potential, challenges, and future directions (Prepared using Biorender Software).

The based ex-ante techno-environmental-economic assessment based on process simulation can predict the performance based on the exiting laboratory- or pilot-scale experiment results and provide multidimensional quantified guidance.

This review highlights advances and remaining challenges in aluminum–graphite dual-ion batteries (AGDIBs), covering progress in electrodes, electrolytes, and system design and offering insights to guide development of greener battery technologies.

Plastic waste to battery carbons via green chemistry: Closing the loop for sustainable energy storage.

Green chemistry and engineering play a vital role in sustainable separation and technology developments.

Integrating biodegradable polymer blends, compatibilization strategies, and filler reinforcement to develop biodegradable composites for sustainable applications.

First electrochemical generation of NHC-boryl radicals for B–N bond formation. This sustainable method uses electrons as clean reagents, requires no radical initiators or photocatalysts, and enables scalable continuous-flow electrosynthesis.

A biomimetic synthetic approach converts a lignin monomer into a functional diphenoquinone that electrochemically captures and releases CO₂, offering a fully green route to renewable redox-active carbon-capture materials.

Strategically tailored CQDs serve as efficient photocatalysts for mediating the Newman Kwart rearrangement under ambient conditions, providing access to diverse S-aryl carbamothioates.

We systematically study the key process parameters of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) microplastic photoreforming. We uncover that not only hydrogen (H₂) but also methane (CH₄) is generated and provide valuable mechanistic insights into the process.

Concerted biomass fractionation and lignin depolymerization process integrated with microbial funneling to PDC, ethanol, and electricity results in a 29% reduction in the minimum selling costs for PDC and reduced environmental impact.

A single-step ionic-liquid pulping isolated chitin nanowhiskers from diverse biomass sources, showing that feedstock-specific structures influence yield, purity, crystallinity, morphology, and thermal stability, guiding sustainable chitin selection.

We propose aliphatic aldehydes as a new class of sustainable CO photosurrogates via decarbonylative photocatalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT).

A biobased monomer has been used to partially replace terephthalic acid in soil-release polymers. The resulting copolymers enabled enhanced cleaning of polyester and polyspandex fabrics, presenting high-performance detergent additives with an improved sustainability profile.

Partially deacetylated chitin nanofiber separator for high-rate potassium-ion batteries

This article presents a comprehensive life cycle analysis of a photoelectrochemical water splitting system coupled with hydrogenation of feedstock into valorization chemicals.

A high-entropy (NiCoFeMnCu)₂P/C catalytic system was constructed to reconcile critical activity–selectivity–stability trade-offs in seawater electrolysis.

Photocatalytic depolymerization of sodium lignosulfonate in seawater using anthraquinone-2-sulfonate as a catalyst. The presence of salts in seawater stabilizes the catalyst, maintaining its catalytic activity over extended periods.

Highly efficient and sustainable continuous production of FDCA was achieved using a cost-effective manganese-based catalyst, air as the oxidant, and heterogeneous tube-in-tube flow technology.

Harmless chemical recycling of polyurethane foams: depolymerization with diethyl carbonate allows deep recovery of both constituting monomers, i.e. polyols and diisocyanates, without requiring phosgene as toxic and wasteful reagent.

A new critical raw material-free malate catalyst originating from spent lithium-ion batteries was prepared. It shows high catalytic performance for CO₂ conversion.

NiCo₂O₄ electrocatalyst upcycles PET to formate (96.7% FE) and H₂ at 400 mA cm⁻², giving $774.56 per ton PET. Ni–Co sites cleave C–C bonds while limiting overoxidation, enabling sustainable plastic valorization.

Hexafluoroisopropanol mediated di-π-functionalization of allenamides with 4-hydroxycoumarin was developed. This strategy features a general cascade C–C and C–O bond formation process for accessing novel pyranocoumarins.

Green, scalable synthesis of maltodextrin hydrogels via DABCO/DMSO-catalyzed transesterification with dimethyl carbonate (∼80% yield). The hydrogels absorb 549% water, supporting sustainable materials.

Based on TEP solvent for separating electrode materials, efficient dissociation of NCM from binders and conductive agents is achieved, providing a green separation pathway for the targeted recycling of precious metals and Li resources in spent LIBs.

A green and simple method for processing high-quality lead-free perovskite Cs₂AgBiBr₆ films under ambient conditions for future optoelectronic applications.

Nitrogen-containing substrates underwent the Piancatelli rearrangement to produce nitrogenous cyclopentenones. The precursors of this rearrangement were readily prepared from CMF, a biosourced renewable material.

Green sustainable synthesis minimizes environmental impact by reducing waste, energy use, and hazardous materials, thus promoting safer and efficient methods aligned with ecological principles.

A closed-loop zero-liquid discharge process has been devised to extract all metals individually solely through a precipitation method from a mixed variety of used LIBs with high yield and purity.

The factors contributing to the enantioselective ring opening copolymerization of CO₂ and meso-epoxide have been unveiled by DFT calculations combined with activation strain model and noncovalent interaction analysis.

A green, water-tolerant biocatalyst derived from a fermentation by-product enables base-free 5-HMF oxidation without organic solvents or expensive metals.

In this study, we present a waste-minimized strategy for synthesising diarylamines and triarylamines via Buchwald–Hartwig coupling.

A selective, recyclable, precipitation process for copper recovery from e-waste leachate streams using phenolic oxime and pyrazole ligands adapted from solvent extraction offers route to lower carbon emissions.

C-lignin, a homo-biopolymer, has great potential as a feedstock for biorefineries that convert it into high value-added products, for example, catechol as a precursor of pharmaceuticals.

We present a process for the continuous production of composite hydrogen storage materials, enabling environmentally friendly and mild process control while demonstrating promising hydrogen storage performance.

Multiple resource recovery from food-waste digestate by deploying hydrothermal carbonisation and microbial fuel cells. A green route for environmental sustainability and economic gains.