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A selection of articles on green solvents in Green Chemistry

18 Mar 2026

This selection of articles from Green Chemistry highlights recent advances in green solvents. It showcases how ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents, and poly(ionic liquid) materials enable cleaner, more efficient approaches to extractions, separations, CO₂ capture, catalysis, and materials synthesis.

	Deep eutectic solvents as an emerging green platform for the synthesis of functional materials Yunping Ma, Yu Yang, Tie Li, Shahid Hussain, and Maiyong Zhu. *Green Chem.*, 2024, 26, 3627-3669
	Machine learning models accelerate deep eutectic solvent discovery for the recycling of lithium-ion battery cathodes Fengyi Zhou, Dingyi Shi, Wenbo Mu, Shao Wang, Zeyu Wang, Chenyang Wei, Ruiqi Li, and Tiancheng Mu. *Green Chem.*, 2024, 26, 7857-7868
	Deep eutectic solvents towards green polymeric materials Udyani Aloka Weerasinghe, Tingting Wu, Pei Lin Chee, Pek Yin Michelle Yew, Hiang Kwee Lee, Xian Jun Loh, and Kai Dan *Green Chem.*, 2024, 26, 8497-8527
	Preparation of homogeneous lignin nanoparticles by efficient extraction of lignin and modification of its molecular structure using a functional deep eutectic solvent containing γ-valerolactone Mingzhu Yao, Baojie Liu, Lina Qin, Zicheng Du, Zenglin Wang, Chengrong Qin, Chen Liang, Caoxing Huang, and Shuangquan Yao *Green Chem.*, 2024, 26, 4528-4543
	Ionic liquids for the green synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles: a systematic review Aman Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Prashant Singh, Ram Kumar Tittal, and Kashmiri Lal. *Green Chem.*, 2024, 26, 3565-3594
	Natural deep eutectic solvents (NaDES): green solvents for pharmaceutical applications and beyond Emma Chevé‑Kools, Young Hae Choi, Catherine Roullier, Gwenaël Ruprich‑Robert, Raphaël Grougnet, Florence Chapeland‑Leclerc, and Frank Hollmann. Green Chem., 2025, 27, 8360-8385
	Examining the potential of type V DESs for the solvent extraction of metal ions Nicolas Schaeffer, Inês C. M. Vaz, Maísa Saldanha Pinheiro, Felipe Olea, Takafumi Hanada, Sandrine Dourdain, and João A. P. Coutinho Green Chem., 2025, 27, 4438-4463
	Design and application of a decatungstate-based ionic liquid photocatalyst for sustainable hydrogen atom transfer reactions Miguel Claros, Julian Quévarec, Sara Fernández‑García, and Timothy Noël. Green Chem., 2025, 27, 7660-7666
	Design of halogen-free hyper-crosslinked porous ionic polymers for efficient CO₂ capture and conversion Xiaoqing Yang, Jinshan Zhao, Junfeng Zeng, Bihua Chen, Liang Tang, Jun Zhang, Akif Zeb, Zhiyong Li, Shiguo Zhang, and Yan Zhang. *Green Chem.*, 2025, 27, 1729-1739
	Carboxyl-functionalized ionic liquids enable green preparation of chitosan-based ionic gel membranes for H₂S separation Ping Zhang, Hao Zhu, Zhuoheng Tu, Xingbang Hu, and Youting Wu. *Green Chem.*, 2025, 27, 7691-7703

This selection highlights only a small snapshot of recent Green Chemistry research in green solvents. For more, explore the full journal at https://rsc.li/green-chem.

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Green Chemistry Announcement: Selin Kara, our new Associate Editor

13 Mar 2026

We are delighted to announce that Prof. Selin Kara (Leibniz University Hannover; Aarhus University) has been appointed as a new Associate Editor in Green Chemistry.

Prof. Selin Kara received her Ph.D. in Bioprocess Engineering from Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), where she specialized in technical biocatalysis. Her PhD thesis focused on reaction engineering, online monitoring & modelling, and process optimization of enzymatic C–C bond formations. Following a postdoctoral position at TU Delft (2011–2013), she began her Habilitation in Molecular Biotechnology at TU Dresden. In 2015, she returned to TUHH to lead the Reaction Sequences group, completing her Habilitation in Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering in 2018. Since July 2018, she has been leading the “Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing” Group at Aarhus University. In parallel, she has been the Head of the Institute of Technical Chemistry at Leibniz University Hannover since October 2021.

“My vision is to foster the integration of biocatalysis and process engineering to enable sustainable chemical synthesis guided by green metrics” – Selin Kara

Read some of Selin’s Open Access articles in Green Chemistry

Design of a green chemoenzymatic cascade for scalable synthesis of bio-based styrene alternatives
Philipp Petermeier, Jan Philipp Bittner, Simon Müller, Emil Byström and Selin Kara.

Green Chem., 2022, 24, 6889-6899
DOI: 10.1039/D2GC01629J

Impact of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) and individual DES components on alcohol dehydrogenase catalysis: connecting experimental data and molecular dynamics simulations
Jan Philipp Bittner, Ningning Zhang, Lei Huang, Pablo Domínguez de María, Sven Jakobtorweihen and Selin Kara.

Green Chem., 2022, 24, 1120-1131
DOI: 10.1039/D1GC04059F

Read more of Selin’s Royal Society of Chemistry publications here

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A selection of articles on catalysis in Green Chemistry

11 Mar 2026

Catalysis continues to drive innovation in sustainable chemical manufacturing, enabling cleaner, more efficient processes that minimise waste and environmental impact. In this selection of articles from Green Chemistry, explore cutting‑edge catalytic systems, mechanistic insights, practical methodologies and forward‑looking perspectives that advance the design of greener chemical transformations across academic and industrial settings.

	*Recent advances in the selective oxidation of glycerol to value-added chemicals via* photocatalysis/photoelectrocatalysis By Yang Liu, Bing Zhang, Dongpeng Yan and Xu Xiang. Green Chem.**, 2024, 26, 2505-2524
	Photo-enzyme-coupled catalysis for selective oxidation of 2,5-diformylfuran into 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid By Chenxi Zhang, Hongqing Zhao, Peng Zhan, Houchao Shan, Yanou Qi, Wenqiang Ren, Xiangshi Liu, Peiyong Qin, Di Cai and Tianwei Tan. *Green Chem.*, 2025, 27, 1206-1213
	Recent catalytic innovations in furfural transformation By Kangyu Zhao, Bin Wen, Qing Tang, Feng Wang, Xianxiang Liu, Qiong Xu and Dulin Yin. Green Chem., 2024, 26, 9957-9992
	Design of a cage–core–chain structure catalyst for deep catalytic oxidative desulfurization with enhanced substrate enrichment By Ran Liu, Chang Wang, Xiangxiang Gao, Chen Liu, Jianmin Lv, Yusheng Zhang, Xinying Liu, Ndzondelelo Bingwa, Yali Yao and Fa‑tang Li. Green Chem., 2025,27, 5340-5358
	Continuous production of 1,2-pentanediol from furfuryl alcohol over highly stable bimetallic Ni–Sn alloy catalysts By Ajaysing S. Nimbalkar, Kyung‑Ryul Oh, Do‑Young Hong, Byung Gyu Park, Maeum Lee, Dong Won Hwang, Ali Awad, Pravin P. Upare, Seung Ju Han and Young Kyu Hwang. Green Chem., 2024, 26, 11164-11176
	Catalyst screening for dehydration of primary alcohols from renewable feedstocks under formation of alkenes at energy-saving mild reaction conditions By Adil Allahverdiyev, Jianing Yang and Harald Gröger. Green Chem., 2024, 26, 7869-7878
	Upcycling hazardous waste into high-performance Ni/η-Al₂O₃ catalysts for CO₂ methanation By Qaisar Maqbool, Hamilton Uchenna Aharanwa, Michael Stöger‑Pollach and Günther Rupprechter. Green Chem., 2025, 27, 2706-2722
	Non-noble metal heterogeneous catalysts for hydrogen-driven deoxydehydration of vicinal diol compounds By Jianxing Gan, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Mizuho Yabushita and Keiichi Tomishige. Green Chem., 2024, 26, 8267-8281
	Green innovations in C–H bond fun ctionalisation: exploring homogeneous recyclable catalytic systems By Dewal S. Deshmukh, Sanjay Singh, Kirtikumar C. Badgujar, Vivek T. Humne, Gajanan V. Korpe and Bhalchandra M. Bhanage. Green Chem., 2025, 27, 5667-5708
	Sonochemistry and sonocatalysis: current progress, existing limitations, and future opportunities in green and sustainable chemistry By Quang Thang Trinh, Nicholas Golio, Yuran Cheng, Haotian Cha, Kin Un Tai, Lingxi Ouyang, Jun Zhao, Tuan Sang Tran, Tuan‑Khoa Nguyen, Jun Zhang, Hongjie An, Zuojun Wei, Francois Jerome, Prince Nana Amaniampong and Nam‑Trung Nguyen. Green Chem., 2025, 27, 4926-4958

This selection highlights only a small snapshot of recent Green Chemistry research in catalysis. For much more on sustainable catalytic methods, mechanisms and applications, explore the full journal at https://rsc.li/green-chem.

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