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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Ping Zhang, Hao Zhu, Zhuoheng Tu, Xingbang Hu, and Youting Wu. Green Chem., 2025, 27, 7691-7703 |
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