Themed collection 2024 Green Chemistry Reviews

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.

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.

This article provides a comprehensive overview of the current scientific status of monomer and polymer synthesis, as well as the areas of application for (meth)acrylates based on monoterpenes, using the industrially available IBOMA as an example.

This work provides a review of green approaches for producing drug delivery systems (DDSs) to identify the challenges in effectively retaining and further releasing low molecular weight molecules from all-aqueous matrices.

Strategies for avoiding scaling relations of ammonia synthesis on the transition metal catalysts are reviewed. The green plasma ammonia processes on N₂ and H₂/H₂O are emphasized.

The application of photocatalyzed Minisci-type reactions in LSF accelerates the discovery of drug candidates in a green way.

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) enable many processes to be environmentally friendly. This Tutorial Review aims to showcase the roles of DESs in the synthesis of functional materials from a green chemistry perspective.

This review concludes the recent advance of nature-inspired hair dyes including categories and preparation, emphasizing the interaction between pigment and hair. The pigmentation mechanisms and color-tuning strategies are also elaborated.

Fully hydrated! – Iron photocatalysis tests the waters.

Ionic liquids as additives in nanoparticles influence their morphology and enhance their bioactivity, highlighting their key role in sustainable chemistry, a major environmental advance.

This review comprehensively describes the recent advancements in the design and preparation of Pickering emulsions and systematically highlights their green catalysis applications using as-fabricated nano/microreactors.

This work summarizes a review on the selective oxidation of glycerol via photocatalysis/photoelectrocatalysis. We elucidate the unique reaction pathways induced by photo-generated reactive species from a green chemistry point of view.

Hypercrosslinked polymers and the resultant carbon materials are promising platforms for CO₂ capture and conversion, because of their high specific surface areas, and modifiable and accessible surface functionalities.

Recent advances in electroreductive upgradation of biomass to high-value chemicals and energy-intensive biofuels via various transformation routes are showcased.

Organocatalytic enantioselective cross-dehydrogenative coupling reaction provides a great opportunity for the synthesis of highly enantioenriched molecules. In this review, recent progress in this field is summarized.