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Electronic modulation of Fe sites in hierarchical FeOOH for lowering the oxygen evolution energy barrier
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04776E, PaperXiaoge Li, Shuyi Zang, Jun Zhao, Daidi Li, Dandan Wang, Lei Wang, Qin-Chao Wang, Jie Han
Ni-doping enhances electronic conductivity of FeOOH and strengthens adsorption of reactants onto Fe sites, thereby improving its intrinsic activity toward the OER.
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Rational catalyst design for acetaldehyde upgrading – an in-depth study on the use of a solid base and the development of a second generation supported N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03630E, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Maurice Belleflamme, Stefan Mersmann, Ridvan Ince, Thomas Wiegand, Walter Leitner, Andreas J. VorholtBase and counter-ion act synergistically to build a more stable and long-lived NHC catalyst for acetaldehyde upgrading, illustrated as workers mixing both components to strengthen the catalytic ‘foundation’
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Metal single-atom catalysts for photocatalytic H2O2 synthesis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03174E, Critical ReviewQingkai Guo, Yangyang Wang, Jun Pang, Jin Liu, Xiaoshu Wang, Yang Yang, Bolin Li, Lei Wang
This review summarizes recent advances in single-atom catalysts for photocatalytic H2O2 synthesis, and the primary limitations and research directions are discussed.
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Electrolyte additive engineering for enhanced stability of sodium vanadate cathodes in aqueous zinc-ion batteries
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01896J, PaperJun-Peng Wang, Chenxi Luo, Fu-Da Yu, Lan-Fang Que, Rui-Chi Li, Jun-Sen Jiang, Can-Zhong Lu, Yiming Xie
Na0.33V2O5 (NVO) suffers from dissolution. Ex situ XRD reveals the mechanism. Adding NaClO4 induces Na+/Zn2+ co-intercalation, replenishing Na+, stabilizing the structure, and suppressing dissolution for better performance.
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Integration of color construction and fibrillation reduction of lyocell in an ambient temperature environment
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04565G, PaperWanjin Hu, Xiaofeng Wang, Xuelin Wang, Mengyao Cai, Yunhe Wang, Ke Lin, Chunhua Zhang, Sijie Zhou, Liangjun Xia, Weilin Xu
A static color construction method at normal temperatures and pressures to reduce the microfibers by avoiding continuous friction, high temperature and humidity.
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A general module assembly strategy for the generation of chondroitin sulfate polymers
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03905C, PaperPengfei Li, Mengyuan Wang, Lin Yang, Yi Li, Jingyao Qu, Peixue Ling, Shuang Li, Junqiang Fang
A module assembly strategy was developed using expressed sulfotransferases and PAPS generation to efficiently synthesize CS-A, CS-E, and CS-C with defined sulfation patterns and high conversion rates, facilitating study of sulfation modifications.
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A coordinated framework for enhancing oxygen dynamics to improve the production of sesquiterpene
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04488J, PaperYufei Bao, Yiying Huo, Haoran Bi, Lifeng Shi, Meng Wang, Mohamed Almarei, Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro, Yunming Fang, Tianwei Tan
Combining bioprocess and system engineering optimization enhances the synthesis of oxygen-demanding products.
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A green strategy for spent lithium-ion battery recycling via SO2-driven cobalt reduction
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04255K, PaperMinyu He, Weizao Liu, Wen Cao, Xuewei Lv, Qingcai Liu, Charles Q. Jia
A sustainable ‘waste-for-waste’ strategy using industrial ferrous sulfate enables efficient lithium and cobalt recovery from spent LiCoO2 batteries via an SO2-driven reduction mechanism.
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Mesoporous In2O3 nanoflowers with oxygen vacancies for both alkaline and acidic CO2 electroreduction to formate/formic acid
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03288A, PaperLiang Fu, Zhenping Qu, Mengyuan Qin, Lingling Zhou
A mesoporous In2O3 nanoflower catalyst with abundant oxygen vacancies is constructed via calcining In2S3, which can selectively reduce CO2 to HCOO−/HCOOH in both alkaline and acidic electrolytes at 200 mA cm−2 with a FEformate/formate acid of ∼90%.
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Efficient hydrothermal pretreatment of mixed PHA/PLA and subsequent continuous anaerobic fermentation into VFA
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02732B, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Yong Jin, Ralf Beckmans, Kasper D. de Leeuw, David P. B. T. B. StrikBiobased biodegradable plastic recycling with an overall efficiency of 90% was achieved via an open-culture process enriched with species related to Clostridium tyrobutyricum. Mixing bioplastics enhances hydrolysis and expands VFA product spectrum.
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Graphitization-engineered biochar for solar-driven nutrient recovery and sustainable biogas slurry valorization
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04612B, PaperZhengming Yang, Zhongfeng An, Zhuochao Wang, Khantaphong Charoenkal, Yang Xu, Taiwen Li, Han Ding, Tianyu Xu, Xuecheng Sun, Shan Lin, Qiang Li, Hongliang Cao
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation using low-cost biochar evaporators presents a sustainable and highly promising strategy for valorizing nutrient-rich biogas slurry.
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Organo-photocatalyzed deoxygenative alkylcarboxylation of olefins with alcohols and CO2
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04497A, CommunicationZeyou Wang, Yilin Ding, Yuye Lou, Kun Jin, Jihong Liu, Xiujuan Feng, Ming Bao, Xuan Zhang
A general photocatalytic strategy for the deoxygenative alkylcarboxylation of alkenes with CO2 and alcohols mediated by xanthate salts is described.
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Enhanced methane combustion over monoclinic single-site Mn-containing nanosized MFI zeolite catalyst
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04039F, PaperMarco Giuseppe Geloso, Sajjad Ghojavand, Chunzheng Wang, Edwin B. Clatworthy, Oleg I. Lebedev, Diogenes Honorato Piva, Francesco Dalena, Glorija Medak, Aymeric Magisson, Hristiyan A. Aleksandrov, Georgi N. Vayssilov, Svetlana Mintova
Our study addresses a critical challenge in the development of thermally stable, selective, and efficient catalysts for lean methane (CH4) combustion.
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Efficient catalytic depolymerization of high-molecular-weight PMMA under low-temperature and high-concentration conditions
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04143K, PaperYang Ma, Xi-Man Yang, Hao-Nan Shi, Junfang Li, Xiao-Yan Wang, Yong Tang
To help alleviate resource waste and environmental pollution from discarded poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), we demonstrate facile synthesis and efficient catalytic depolymerization of high-molecular-weight PMMA.
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Polyesters incorporating biobased monomers for soil-release treatment of synthetic textile surfaces
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04056F, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Emanuella F. Fiandra, Matthieu Starck, Elliot K. Findlay, Josephine Binks, Gang Si, Ruth Chilton, Mark R. Sivik, Richard L. Thompson, Mark R. Wilson, Clare S. MahonA 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.
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Surfactant-enabled strategy for molecular solar thermal energy storage systems in water
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04357C, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Lorette Fernandez, Helen Hölzel, Pedro Ferreira, Nicolò Baggi, Kévin Moreno, Zhihang Wang, Kasper Moth-PoulsenA surfactant-water-based approach is applied as a safer and more environmentally friendly alternative to toluene for molecular solar thermal energy storage using norbornadiene-quadricyclane derivatives.
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Efficient oxidative cleavage of β-O-4 linkage in lignin model compounds enabled by a simple Anderson-type polyoxometalate
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03832D, PaperDianyong Yang, Shuo Xie, Danqi Wu, Ji Ding, Enting Shi, Pengfei An, Sheng Dai, Li Guo, Zhenshan Hou
In this work, a simple Anderson-type polyoxometalate (POM), (NH4)4[CuMo6O24H6] (CuMo6), was utilized for the cleavage of β-O-4 linkages in lignin and its model compounds.
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Efficient synthesis of covalent organic frameworks in supercritical carbon dioxide and their application in iodine capture
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05101K, PaperHai Jiang, Shenglin Wang, Bin Zheng, Xiaofang Su, Muhammad Naveed Javed, Hui Hu, Huanjun Xu, Yanan Gao
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) synthesized in supercritical CO2 show crystallinity and porosity similar to or better than those of solvothermal products, with much less solvent waste, shorter reaction time, and good iodine adsorption performance.
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Enhanced catalytic aminolysis of polyethylene terephthalate plastic wastes via zeolite acid–base site regulation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04043D, PaperXiaoqin Si, Meng Wu, Yifan Niu, Kanglin Hou, Mengping Fan, Xin Liu, Chen Sun, Tianliang Lu
An Na-ZSM-5-70 zeolite with regulated acid–base sites was fabricated through the incorporation of metal ions, and it showed high catalytic activity for PET aminolysis to BHETA.
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Two-step chemolytic delamination and depolymerization of multilayer laminated packaging films into valuable chemicals
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02780B, PaperKalsoom Jan, Taofeng Lu, Christian Ayafor, Yuanqiao Rao, Junho Jeon, Junsi Gu, Maria C. Folgueras, Hsi-Wu Wong, Wan-Ting Chen
Two-step chemolysis enables the delamination and catalytic depolymerization of multilayer packaging films waste into high-value chemicals.
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