Green Chemistry Blog

As batteries become increasingly embedded in everyday life, from portable electronics and electric vehicles to renewable energy storage systems, the development of sustainable battery technologies is essential to minimise environmental impacts, reduce reliance on critical raw materials, and support a circular economy. This selection of articles from Green Chemistry highlights advances in greener battery manufacturing, novel battery electrolytes and materials and, recycling of battery materials for a circular economy.

	Advancing sustainable end-of-life strategies for photovoltaic modules with silicon reclamation for lithium-ion battery anodes O. Wang, Z. Chen  and X. Ma Green Chem. (2024) 26 (7): 3688–3697.
	Fluorine-free polysiloxane-based single-ion-conducting polymer electrolyte for lithium–metal batteries L. Gräber, V. Marangon, M. Kumar, M. Weil and D. Bresser Green Chem. (2025) 27 (27): 8226–8236.
	A molecular precursor pre-anchoring strategy for constructing stable solid electrolyte interphase in carbonate-based lithium metal batteries X. Liu, W. Guo, M. Wang, H. Guo, P. Li, L. Cao, J. Zhang, X. Li and Q. Xia Green Chem. (2026) 28 (29): 12321–12333.
	Electrolyte design and interphase chemistry in monovalent and multivalent metal batteries Q. Sun, S. Luo, Q. Liu, X. Yan and S. Yan Green Chem. (2026) 28 (29): 12059–12086.
	A promising corrosion engineering-based strategy for the green synthesis of LiMnxFe1−xPO4 cathodes for lithium-ion batteries X. Sun, T. Wang, E. Xu, H. Wu, W. Cai, Y. Zhang, Z. Liu and K. Wu Green Chem. (2026) 28 (2): 1256–1268.
	Advances and future perspectives of composite strategies in vanadium-/manganese-based cathode materials for aqueous zinc-ion batteries T. Song, W. Fan, Y. Hu, H. Zhang, Y. Bai Green Chem. (2025) 27 (34): 10071–10093.
	A green strategy for selective recovery of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries through a waste graphite-assisted sulfation process M. He, F. Zhou, S. Rohani, C. Q. Jia, D. Wang, W. Yu, L. Teng, F. Meng, Q. Liu, W. Liu Green Chem. (2025) 27 (26): 7991–8006.
	Aqueous solution synthesis of lithium-ion conductive tin-based sulphide electrolytes T. Kimura, H. Tanigaki, A. Sakuda, M. Tatsumisago, A. Hayashi Green Chem. (2024) 26 (16): 9264–9269.
	Direct regeneration of fluorine-doped carbon-coated LiFePO4 cathode materials from spent lithium-ion batteries Y. Han, Y. Fang, M. Yan, H. Qiu, Y. Han, Y. Chen, L. Lin, J. Qian, T. Mei and X. Wang Green Chem. (2024) 26 (18): 9791–9801.
	Facile synthesis of electrocatalytically active Cu/graphite using the negative electrode of spent Li-ion batteries H. Itahara, N. Sakamoto, N. Takahashi, S. Kosaka and Y. Takatani Green Chem. (2024) 26 (4): 2190–2197.

This selection highlights only a small snapshot of recent Green Chemistry research in sustainable battery technology. For more exciting research, explore the full journal at https://rsc.li/green-chem or discover some of our themed collections carefully curated by our Editorial Board:

🔹Measuring Green Chemistry: Methods, Models, and Metrics

🔹Organic Chemistry in Green Chemistry: Key Highlights

🔹Biomass Conversion in Green Chemistry: Key Highlights

🔹Catalysis in Green Chemistry: Key Highlights

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