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Green Chemistry 25th Anniversary Collection: A comparative study of palladium-gold and palladium-tin catalysts in the direct synthesis of H2O2

Over the past 25 years, Green Chemistry has provided a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the development of alternative sustainable technologies, efficient utilisation of resources and the concomitant minimisation of waste. We are delighted to bring together a very special issue containing articles by members of the green chemistry community as well as past and present Green Chemistry Board members, to mark and celebrate our first 25 years.

Among the contributions to this themed collection is a Paper on the promotive effect of Au and Sn incorporation into supported Pd nanoparticles for the direct synthesis of H2O2 from molecular H2 and O2  (DOI: 10.1039/D3GC03706A).

The direct synthesis of H2O2 from the elements represents an atom-efficient alternative to the current indirect industrial process, allowing for localised production of a major commodity chemical used in sectors as varied as chemical synthesis, bleaching and disinfection. However, despite over 100 years of research, few examples of highly selective catalysts (i.e. those that do not degrade H2O2 to H2O), exist. Catalysts based on PdAu and PdSn active sites are an exception to this generality and this work compares and contrasts the efficacy of these two systems towards H2O2 production and demonstrates the excellent performance metrics which can be offered by these two distinct classes of materials.

Read our interview with Dr Richard J. Lewis, one of the authors, here.

How would you set this article in a wider context?

AuPd catalysts have been well studied in recent decades for a range of chemical transformations, including H2O2 synthesis. However, the replacement of Au with Sn, and the resulting improvement in catalytic efficiency that results, is a relatively new discovery, with earlier works in this area focussed on (i) the use of complex catalyst synthesis protocols to form Sn overlayers that encapsulate highly active yet unselective Pd species or (ii) the study of idealised, model PdSn catalysts in order to gain a fundamental understanding of the structure-reactivity relationships that exist in such systems.

Importantly the materials studied within this work are produced via a readily scalable synthesis protocol and compete with state-of-the-art materials reported within the academic literature, including those previously reported by our laboratory. Crucially they can achieve the high selectivity necessary for the direct route to H2O2 synthesis to compete with the current industrial approach to production.


What is the motivation behind this work?

Despite calls for uniformity in testing regimes, it is typical for stark differences in catalyst evaluation protocols and reaction conditions to exist between research groups. This is somewhat understandable given that researchers wish to evaluate catalytic performance under conditions idealised for their particular system, as well as allowing  for benchmarking against earlier works from their own laboratory. However, this often leads to confusion as to the current state-of-the-art, with comparison of catalysts, especially those from different laboratories, under standardised conditions rarely performed. In this work, we set out to address this concern, comparing and contrasting the performance of a series of catalysts based on the well-established AuPd formulation, against the emerging class materials centred around PdSn.

What aspects of this work are you most excited about at the moment and what do you find most challenging about it?

The performance of our 0.25%Pd–2.25%Sn/TiO2 catalyst is particularly exciting, offering near-total selectivity towards H2O2 and product yields superior to the optimised AuPd formulation. Indeed, the performance of this catalyst can be considered among the state-of-the-art.  The mechanism by which this improved reactivity is achieved is also intriguing, with the addition of high quantities of Sn promoting Pd dispersion and the formation of highly active and selective, single atoms of Pd surrounded by Sn/SnOx domains, rather than through the formation of PdSn alloys as may have been expected based on earlier works.

What is the next step? What work is planned?

While these systems are highly promising it is important to note that they represent only the first generation of materials developed in this project. As such our focus has now shifted towards the redesign and further optimisation of these catalyst formulations to ensure the key performance metrics (high reactivity and near-total selectivity towards H2O2) are maintained over industrially relevant lifetimes. We are also actively pursuing the translation of these research-grade catalysts into technical-grade materials to allow for further evaluation under realistic operating conditions, as well as use in alternative chemical transformations centred around the utilisation of in-situ synthesised H2O2.  We are also seeking a greater understanding of the dynamic nature of these systems during catalysis, through the use of operando and in-situ characterisation techniques. This is particularly exciting and allows us the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from fields adjacent to catalysis, including spectroscopists and microscopists.

Please describe your journey to becoming part of the Green Chemistry community

Engineering a more sustainable world aligns perfectly with the aims of the Green Chemistry and Catalysis communities, as such it is easy to consider the members of these two fields as part of the same family, rather than belonging to two distinct communities whose goals are sometimes shared.  Therefore there has not been a journey towards a Green Chemistry community, rather there is a shared journey with friends and colleagues of one community.

Why did you choose to publish in Green Chemistry?

Green Chemistry is, without doubt, one of the flagship journals in the field of sustainability, built on the foundations laid out by Paul Anastas and Nicolas Eghbali and nurtured by past and present members of the journal Editorial Board. One of the major themes of  Green Chemistry is to find solutions to many of the grand challenges facing the chemical industries through the design, synthesis and evaluation of novel materials and alternative processes. We consider that our manuscript aligned very well with these ambitions and given the broad readership of the journal, we could think of no better home than Green Chemistry.

What do you think the Green Chemistry journal has done well in the past 25 years, and what do you think are the main challenges our community will face in the next 25 years?

For the past 25 years, Green Chemistry has been at the forefront of advances in sustainability and environmental protection, continually promoting the development of new technologies that improve efficiency and minimise the impact of the chemical sector, both to humans and the wider ecosystem. A major challenge facing the chemical sector has and will continue to be the transition towards manufacturing processes that better utilise raw materials and minimise the production of waste by-products. This challenge will only grow with the transition toward alternative, non-fossil-derived feedstocks supplied from a wide variety of sources.  The drive towards Net Zero poses both challenges and opportunities for the field, with the emergence of new feedstocks including sequestered CO2, NH3,  biomass and carbon-free H2 requiring the development of new processes and modifications to existing technology. The associated shift towards electrification will also result in changes in supply/demand dynamics of critical elements that will undoubtedly result in increased utilisation of many earth-abundant metals (e.g. for use in energy storage), while the shift away from fossil fuel-based transit will have unpredictable effects on the supply of many of the precious metals that are utilised in petroleum refining and automotive exhaust treatment and have been the backbone of the chemical synthesis sector.

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Green and Sustainable Chemistry Symposium – a celebration of 25 years of the journal Green Chemistry

On June 24th 2024, the Green and Sustainable Chemistry Symposium – a celebration of 25 years of the journal Green Chemistry, co-sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry, Asynt and the University of York Department of Chemistry, was held.  This conference not only marked the 25th anniversary of the journal Green Chemistry but was a fantastic first major event for York’s Green and Sustainable Chemistry Research Theme.
It covered a deliberately broad programme, with contributions from both academia and industry, and topics ranging from valorisation of biomass, and teaching of green chemistry, to electrochemistry, reactor design and Bismuth chemistry – maybe not something people might first expect at this sort of symposium, but when compared with previous mercury chemistry the sustainability advantages were clear.
Prof Helen Sneddon hosted the event, and there were 11 excellent talks, challenging the audience to think about Green chemistry beyond usual preconceptions.  There was active discussion between speakers and attendees – who included both University of York researchers taking advantage of the event on home turf, and academic and industry researchers who had travelled from around the UK.

The poster session, which contained posters from Postdoctoral Research Assistants, PhD students, and 1 Masters student (indeed one of the 2 poster prize winners) prompted further discussion. Also notable was one poster with a detailed analysis of a Chemistry Department’s road to net zero prompting discussions about the sustainability of laboratory research – a topic of much recent interest.

The supplier, and co-sponsor Asynt showcased a range of laboratory equipment, including an electrochemical reactor designed by, and featuring in, one of the talks by Charlotte Willans.

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International Symposium on Green Chemistry – ISGC 2025

Green Chemistry is delighted to support the International Symposium on Green Chemistry – ISGC 2025 which will be held in La Rochelle, France from May 12-16, 2025. There will be plenary conference and keynotes, 320 oral communications, start up pitch sessions and poster sessions.

About this conference

The conference aims to gather the most eminent scientists involved in the field of green chemistry to debate on the future challenges of chemistry, keeping in mind the problems of access to a sustainable energy, the management of resources (carbon, water, metals, minerals), human development, global warming, impact on the environment and competitiveness of industry.

Among the speakers are Green Chemistry’s Editorial Board Member Serenella Salla (European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Italy), and Green Chemistry’s Advisory Board Member Douglas MacFarlane (Monash University, Australia). A complete list of the Plenary lectures and Keynotes can be found here

Call for abstracts

  • The call for abstracts (oral communication) will be open from September 30, 2024 to December 15, 2024.
  • The poster submission deadline is April 15, 2025

Create your account and submit your abstract online here.

Themed collection

As art of our partnership, Green Chemistry and RSC Sustainability will be publishing a selection of papers based on presentations at this event in a Themed Collection Guest Edited by François Jérôme (University of Poitiers, France).

The collection comprising articles based on presentations from the International Symposium on Green Chemistry 2022 meeting held in La Rochelle, France between 16th-20th May 2022 can be found here

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Green Chemistry 25th Anniversary Collection: The need for hotspot-driven research

Over the past 25 years, Green Chemistry has provided a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the development of alternative sustainable technologies, efficient utilisation of resources and the concomitant minimisation of waste. We are delighted to bring together as very special issue containing articles by members of the green chemistry community as well as past and present Green Chemistry Board members, to mark and celebrate our first 25 years.

Among the contributions to this themed collection is a perspective article on the need for hotspot-driven research (DOI: 10.1039/D3GC03601D) co-authored by Philip Jessop (Green Chemistry’s former Chair) and Alex R. MacDonald. The authors define a hotspot as a chemical, process step, or life stage that causes more harm than the others (whether considering global warming, ecotoxicity, or resource consumption). For example, during the life cycle of beer, more global warming is caused by the manufacturing of the glass bottle than the agriculture, beer production, transport, and waste management steps combined.  Thus, making the bottle is the global warming hotspot.

In this perspective the authors explain the need for greater utilization of life cycle assessments (LCA) of existing processes to identify the hotspots and for that identification to be the driver for the selection of new research projects and directions.

Greening a step in a process, without checking whether it is a hotspot, may still lead to environmental harm reduction but the benefit of green chemistry research will be greater if we direct our efforts towards hotspots”.

However, the most challenging aspect of this strategy for green chemistry is identifying the most harmful step in a process, the hotspot. LCA is the best way to identify the hotspot, but few chemists are trained to do LCA and it’s far from trivial to learn. The most exciting aspect is the growing availability of LCA data. As LCA studies become more common, it will become easier for green chemists to identify hotspots and choose to fix them. Hotspot-driven research will maximize the environmental benefit of green chemistry research

Read our interview with Philip Jessop Below.

Could you briefly explain the focus of your article to the non-specialist?

Green chemistry researchers want to use their time and skills to make products greener, but don’t have the time to solve everything. Researchers must therefore focus their work on the most harmful parts of a process or product. That means researchers must first identify which parts are the most harmful before deciding what to work on.

How would you set this article in a wider context?

Everybody wants to have greener products. Society expects scientists and engineers to improve the way products are made in order to reduce environmental harm. However, research itself takes time and money, and contributes to harm. Therefore, researchers must be careful to choose projects that have the maximum likely benefit.

 

 

What is the motivation behind this work?

Frustration. The effort being put into green chemistry by the global research community is wonderful to see, but a lot of research, including some of my own, has been aimed at solving very minor problems. For example, if the manufacture of a product takes 12 steps from mining to retail, and 99% of the environmental harm comes from step #4, then any effort to make step #6 greener is unlikely to lead to environmental benefit. Just as bad is any attempt to make a step greener without checking to see if it’s the most harmful step.

What is the next step? What work is planned? 

The idea of hotspot-directed research will, at least at my university and hopefully at others, become part of green chemistry education. Also, I’m writing a book to help the public understand how they, as consumers, can choose the greenest options in their shopping and how they can identify the hotspots in their own lifestyles.

Please describe your journey to becoming part of the Green Chemistry community 

I’ve been publishing green chemistry research since 1994 but my first paper published in the journal Green Chemistry was in 2003. That was the first of 40. I joined the editorial board in 2014 and chaired the editorial board 2017-2022.

Why did you choose to publish in Green Chemistry?

Even today, with the millions of competing journals, Green Chemistry is the flagship journal for the field. When I have a paper that I believe would be valuable for the green chemistry community, this journal is my first choice of venue to reach that audience.

What do you think the Green Chemistry journal has done well in the past 25 years, and what do you think are the main challenges our community will face in the next 25 years? 

The field of green chemistry is growing up, but during its childhood it was constantly changing. The journal has changed as well in order to best serve the community’s changing needs. At the beginning, discussion was needed so that the community could come together, and the journal delivered that. As the field matured, informal discussion was dropped in favour of refereed perspectives papers. In the past few years, the emphasis has shifted again, to favouring, and in fact requiring, papers with better discussion of the environmental advantages and disadvantages of new chemistries. In the future, the journal will have to continue to change with the times because of new trends that are shaping the field and therefore shaping how research is done and reported. New trends include computer-aided design, AI, LCA use at all stages of research, social LCA, and hotspot-driven research.

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Measuring Green Chemistry: Methods, Models, and Metrics

 

Green Chemistry, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, Energy & Environmental ScienceChem Soc Rev and Analytical Methods are delighted to present their most recent post publication Themed Collection ➡Measuring Green Chemistry: Methods, Models, and Metrics

This cross-journal-themed collection showcases selected examples aiming to quantify the benefits and trade-offs of green chemistry by providing assessment methods, models, indicators, and metrics. The collection is intended as a guide and accessible resource for the whole chemical community while helping authors to measure, compare, and describe the advantages and disadvantages of introducing green chemistry principles and approaches in their work.

All papers included were personally selected by Green Chemistry’s Board Members André Bardow (ETH Zürich) and Serenella Sala (European Commission – Joint Research Centre), Green Chemistry’s Associate Editor Luigi Vaccaro (Università degli Studi di Perugia) and Green Chemistry’s Chair Javier Pérez-Ramírez (ETH Zürich)

The collection includes, but is not limited to, examples of application of green chemistry principles as well as methods for measuring their efficacy in improving chemicals or in selecting a preferred alternative, such as E factor, green analytical procedure Index (GAPI) processes, process mass intensity, eco-scale, techno-economic analysis, life-cycle assessment, carbon balance analysis. The collection entails example of application of individual metrics and indicators as well as multicriteria assessment and addresses as well green chemistry education.

Read the full collection: https://rsc.li/measuringgchem

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Green Chemistry 25th anniversary celebration symposium: Biorefinery for a low-carbon society

On April 21,2024 the Green Chemistry 25th anniversary celebration symposium: Biorefinery for a low-carbon society, co-sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, was held at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics. This conference was held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Green Chemistry. It aimed to discuss the latest progress in converting biomass into renewable energy, chemicals and materials, and to contribute to the construction of a low-carbon society.

The opening ceremony was hosted by Prof. Tao Zhang (Director of the State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Fundamentals of the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and Green Chemistry’s Editorial Board Member), Prof.  Zhongmin Liu (Director of the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics), and Dr Guanqun Song (Regional Publisher at the Royal Society of Chemistry). Dr. Michael Rowan (Green Chemistry’s Executive Editor) also extended his welcoming to this event via video, and thanked the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics for its support and contribution to this symposium. After the opening ceremony, Prof. Tao Zhang awarded the Green Chemistry Excellence certificate to the speakers.

This symposium focused on the field of biorefinery and invited more than 50 experts in related fields to participate. A total of 19 talks and 1 free discussion were held. The talks covered key topics in the conversion of biomass into renewable energy, chemicals and materials, exploring the application and innovation of chemical catalysis, biocatalysis and other emerging strategies in biorefineries. Each talk demonstrated the in-depth thinking and innovative results of the researchers, highlighted the active exploration and efforts of the speakers in promoting green chemistry and sustainable development, and also attracted active questions from the participating experts. The event provided a platform for communication and cooperation, promoting in-depth dialogue and scientific discussion between the attendees.

This seminar marks a milestone celebrating Green Chemistry’s 25th Anniversary. It not only explored the latest progress in converting biomass into renewable energy, chemicals and materials, but also deepened its understanding of its mission to build a low-carbon society.

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Call for Papers: Exploring the Frontiers: Unveiling New Horizons in Carbon Efficient Biomass Utilization

Green Chemistry is delighted to announce a call for papers for its latest themed collection on Exploring the Frontiers: Unveiling New Horizons in Carbon Efficient Biomass Utilization themed collection of Green Chemistry, Guest Edited by Zhi-Hua Liu (Tianjin University), Bing-Zhi Li (Tianjin University), Joshua Yuan (Washington University in St. Louis), James Clark (University of York), Vânia Zuin Zeidler (Leuphana Universitat Luneburg), Lieve Laurens (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Arthur Ragauskas (The University of Tennessee Knoxville), Joao Coutinho (CICECO-Universidade de Aveiro) and Buxing Han (Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences).  Open for submissions until October 31, 2024.

Lignocellulosic biomass, which is the most plentiful source of renewable energy, serves as a vital storehouse of energy within chemical bonds formed during photosynthetic CO2 reduction. The utilization of this abundant natural resource has a transformative role in the advancement of sustainable development and human civilization. Biomass conversion employs environmentally friendly techniques to convert renewable bioresources into valuable products such as biofuels, chemicals, and materials. Biomass utilization contributes significantly to the transition towards bio-economy, green chemistry, and carbon neutrality.

About this Themed Collection

This themed collection intends to showcase cutting-edge research, advancements, and innovations in carbon efficient biomass utilization, with a particular focus on uncovering new possibilities and opportunities in this field. It also aims to showcase innovative biotechnical solutions that can effectively transform biomass for a wide range of applications, while also addressing the current challenges and prospects in the field of carbon efficient biomass utilization. We believe that this themed collection will be of great interest to researchers in various fields such as green chemistry, synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, enzyme engineering, lignin valorization, biorefineries, sustainability, and environmental studies, among others.

Preferred topics include but are not limited to:

  • Biomass fractionation technologies: Exploration of emerging deconstruction and fractionation approaches to enhance the accessibility and convertibility of the biomass.
  • Enzymatic and microbial conversion: Prospecting novel enzymes and microorganisms for efficient bioconversion of carbohydrates and lignin into value-added biofuels, biochemicals, and biomaterials.
  • Synthetic biology approaches: Highlighting the application of synthetic biology principles to design microbial cell factory for improved biomass conversion; designing biosensors to regulate metabolic networks and enhance microbial cell factory performance.
  • Biocatalysis and enzyme engineering: Showcasing advancements in biocatalysis and enzyme engineering to enhance their efficiency, specificity, and stability in carbohydrates and lignin conversion.
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) technology: Exploiting cutting-edge AI and machine learning techniques for screening, mining, engineering, and de novo design of vital ligninolytic enzymes and other important enzymes in biomass and lignin valorization.
  • Design and evaluation of sustainable and carbon efficient biomass utilization: Exploring innovative approaches and routes to enhance the sustainability and carbon efficiency of biomass and lignin valorization; developing a synthesis solution for producing biodegradable and sustainable materials from biomass utilization; promoting a circular carbon economy and striving towards carbon neutrality in biomass utilization.
  • Other innovative technical strategies for carbon efficient biomass utilization.

This call for papers is open for the following article types:

  • Communications
  • Full papers
  • Reviews

How to Submit

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly through the journal’s online submission service at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gc before the deadline (October 31, 2024). Please answer the themed collection question in the submission form when uploading your files to say that this is a contribution to the themed collection and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call.

About the Journal

Green Chemistry provides a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the development of alternative green and sustainable technologies. The journal publishes original and significant cutting-edge research that is likely to be of wide general appeal. Recently we have produced a YouTube video explaining the green advance requirement for Green Chemistry, which can be found here (alternative link here). A more detailed video summarising some of the benchmarking metrics to satisfy this requirement can be found here (alternative link here). We hope these are helpful to you during the writing process. For more information on the journal, please visit the journal homepage and see this editorial.

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Green Chemistry Emerging Investigators Series – Jun Xiang

Green Chemistry is proud to present the Green Chemistry Emerging Investigators Series, showcasing work being conducted by Emerging Investigators. This collection aims to highlight the excellent research being carried out by researchers in the early stages of their independent career from across the breadth of green chemistry.  For more information about this series, click here

The most recent contribution to this series, a communication article entitled A facile, general, and modular synthetic approach to biomass-based diols (DOI: 10.1039/D3GC03296E), introduces a novel method for synthesizing structurally diverse biomass-based diols (BDOs) in a facile and general manner. By providing access to BDOs without the need for catalysts and using mild reaction conditions, this method aims to advance the development of sustainable materials and promote the transition from petroleum-based to biomass-based chemicals.

The motivation behind this work was to develop a more efficient and sustainable method for biomass-based diols. The ultimate goal is to foster the advancement of sustainable materials, thus promoting a more eco-friendly and sustainable future.

Read our interview with the corresponding author below.

What aspects of this work are you most excited about at the moment and what do you find most challenging about it?

I’m excited about the establishment of a powerful approach towards the production of diols derived from biomass. This approach enables us to synthesize diols with analogous structures, thereby expediting our discovery of key performance-affecting factors and facilitating the fabrication of high-performance biomass-based materials.

The challenging aspect lies in pushing this technology from the lab side into the market and achieving the goal of replacing petroleum-based materials on a large scale.

What is the next step? What work is planned?

Our research group is deeply concerned with the efficiency and safety of material preparation, as well as the recyclability of as-prepared materials. In our future research efforts, we plan to design and synthesize biomass-based diols possessing unique functionalities, endowing their derived materials with exceptional durability and recyclability, and thus reducing the adverse impact on the environment.

Please describe your journey to becoming an independent researcher.

My scholarly journey commenced as a postgraduate student at the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering at Sichuan University (SCU), Sichuan Province, China. It was during my doctoral studies at the University of Sherbrooke (UdeS) in Quebec, Canada, under the supervision of Prof. Yue Zhao, that I honed my expertise and skills. At UdeS, I engaged in pioneering work involving the design, synthesis, and biomedical applications of advanced functional materials derived from photo-responsive polymers. Seeking to further strengthen my training as a chemist and broaden my interdisciplinary research experiences, I embarked on a research endeavour within the laboratory of Prof. Haojun Fan at SCU, where I was acquainted with the realm of biomass-based polymeric materials and their environmentally sustainable manufacturing processes. These educational and collaborative experiences taught me how research labs work, how projects are conducted and how the lab is managed, and ultimately trained me to work as an independent researcher specializing in “biomass-based energy and materials”.

Can you share one piece of career-related advice or wisdom with other early career scientists?

“Choosing an important problem.”

Why did you choose to publish in Green Chemistry?

Green Chemistry is a top-tier, highly respected journal in Chemistry with a broad readership and followers all over the world. This journal encourages the design and synthesis of safer chemicals, the use of renewable resources, and the minimization of waste and pollution. Our current article aligns perfectly with the scope of this journal; hence it has inspired me to publish our work in this prestigious journal.

Meet the author

Jun Xiang is an Associate Professor in the College of Biomass Science and Engineering at Sichuan University. He currently works on developing more efficient and eco-friendly methods to accelerate the substitution of petroleum-based chemicals with biomass feedstocks. Dr Xiang earned his MSE from Sichuan University in 2013 and later completed a PhD in chemistry at the University of Sherbrooke in 2018, supported by the merit scholarship program provided by FRQNT. His professional journey commenced in December 2018. Starting in 2022, he became a committee member at ACS South western China Chapter and leads the subject of biomass-based energy and materials.

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Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Green Chemistry! Read our newly published issue 1, 2024.

It’s Green Chemistry 25th anniversary!

Over the past 25 years, Green Chemistry has provided a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the development of alternative sustainable technologies. The journal publishes original and significant cutting-edge research that is likely to be of wide general appeal. For more information on the journal, please visit the journal homepage.

The journal retains an expert Editorial Board led by our Chair Javier Pérez-Ramírez and manuscripts submitted are professionally handled by our Publishing Editors or by our dedicated Associate Editors Aiwen Lei, Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli, Magdalena Titirici and Keiichi Tomishige. We also have an exceptional Advisory Board to support our journal.

What is happening?

What’s next for Green Chemistry?

In celebration of our 25th anniversary, Green Chemistry is committed to remaining at the frontiers of this ever-evolving interdisciplinary field, bringing together collaborative, insightful, and impactful research working to advance the field of green and sustainable chemistry. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Stay tuned for more news!

We invite you to keep an eye out for the upcoming exciting news and celebrations for our 25th anniversary!

Follow the latest news on the Green Chemistry blog, on Twitter/X @green_rsc and our new LinkedIn Sustainable Chemistry Showcase.

From all of the Green Chemistry team, we thank you for your continued interest in and support of the journal!

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Open for Nominations: Green Chemistry Emerging Investigator themed collection

Green Chemistry is delighted to announce a call for papers for its latest Emerging Investigators Series. This themed collection aims to highlight the excellent research being carried out by researchers in the early stages of their independent career from across the breadth of green chemistry. This themed collection is an invitation-only initiative, with nominations curated by our Editorial Office. We will however consider additional applications and nominations on their own merit, and we encourage the green chemistry community to send in their nominees. Self-nominations are welcome!

The Green Chemistry Editorial Office will contact nominated Emerging Investigators throughout the year.

Regarding eligibility, contributors must:

  • Publish research within the scope of the journal.
  • Have completed their PhD.
  • Be actively pursuing an independent research career.
  • Be at an early stage of their independent career (typically this will be within 15 years of completing their PhD, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break or followed a different career path).

To best meet the needs of our contributing authors, there will be no fixed submission deadlines. Accepted articles will be published online in a citeable form, included in the web collection and collated in an online issue as soon as they are ready. We aim to promote all the papers and authors periodically.

By contributing as a corresponding author, the researchers will be internationally recognised as outstanding emerging scientists in the field. This collection provides an excellent opportunity to raise their profile and visibility in the community, and a short profile of each researcher will also be featured in the journal.

How to nominate

Nominations must be made via email to green-rsc@rsc.org including the following information of the nominee:

  • Full name
  • Current affiliation
  • Current email address
  • Researcher/group website (optional)

If you have any questions or queries about the lectureship, please contact us at green-rsc@rsc.org

We look forward to receiving your nomination!

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