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Looking back at 2019, we would like to highlight some of the great research that has been published in RSC Advances over the year. We are proud to present a selection of the most popular 2019 articles published on solar cells so far.

We hope you enjoy reading these articles – free to read and accessible to everyone.

Happy New Year from the RSC Advances team!

Graphene/Si Schottky solar cells: a review of recent advances and prospects
Xinyi Kong, Linrui Zhang, Beiyun Liu, Hongli Gao, Yongzhe Zhang, Hui Yan and Xuemei Song
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 863-877. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08035f
Review

A methodological review on material growth and synthesis of solar-driven water splitting photoelectrochemical cells
Kwangwook Park, Yeong Jae Kim, Taeho Yoon, Selvaraj David and Young Min Song
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 30112-30124. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05341g
Review

Designing indacenodithiophene based non-fullerene acceptors with a donor–acceptor combined bridge for organic solar cells
Muhammad Ans, Khurshid Ayub, Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti and Javed Iqbal
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 3605-3617. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09292c

Enhanced performance of PTB7-Th:PCBM based active layers in ternary organic solar cells
Govinda Lakhotiya, Namdeo Belsare, Sudhir Arbuj, Bharat Kale and Abhimanyu Rana
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 7457-7463. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08919a

The phase diagram of a mixed halide (Br, I) hybrid perovskite obtained by synchrotron X-ray diffraction
Frederike Lehmann, Alexandra Franz, Daniel M. Többens, Sergej Levcenco, Thomas Unold, Andreas Taubert and Susan Schorr
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 11151-11159. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09398a

Designing triazatruxene-based donor materials with promising photovoltaic parameters for organic solar cells
Muhammad Usman Khan, Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Khalid, Riaz Hussain, Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga, Munawar Hussain and Shabbir Muhammad
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 26402-26418. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03856f

Role of polysilicon in poly-Si/SiOx passivating contacts for high-efficiency silicon solar cells
HyunJung Park, Soohyun Bae, Se Jin Park, Ji Yeon Hyun, Chang Hyun Lee, Dongjin Choi, Dongkyun Kang, Hyebin Han, Yoonmook Kang, Hae-Seok Lee and Donghwan Kim
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 23261-23266. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03560e

High-performance and stable CsPbBr₃ light-emitting diodes based on polymer additive treatment
Wanqing Cai, Ziming Chen, Dongcheng Chen, Shijian Su, Qinghua Xu, Hin-Lap Yip and Yong Cao
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 27684-27691. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05270d

Supramolecular self-assembly and physical-gel formation in disc-like liquid crystals: a scalable predictive model for gelation and an application in photovoltaics
Sehrish Iqbal and Ammar A. Khan
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 6335-6345. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09278h

Enhanced photocatalytic water splitting of a SILAR deposited α-Fe₂O₃ film on TiO₂ nanoparticles
Zahra-Sadat Pourbakhsh, Kyana Mohammadi, Ahmad Moshaii, Maryam Azimzadehirani and Amir Hosseinmardi
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 31860-31866. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05155d

Highly crystalline CsPbI₂Br films for efficient perovskite solar cells via compositional engineering
Fang He, Wenzhan Xu, Meng Zhang, Xuan Zhang, Baofu Ding, Guodan Wei and Feiyu Kang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 30534-30540. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06363c

Alternative electrodes for HTMs and noble-metal-free perovskite solar cells: 2D MXenes electrodes
Junmei Cao, Fanning Meng, Liguo Gao, Shuzhang Yang, Yeling Yan, Ning Wang, Anmin Liu, Yanqiang Li and Tingli Ma
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 34152-34157. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06091j

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Happy New Year from the RSC Advances team!

High and intermediate temperature sodium–sulfur batteries for energy storage: development, challenges and perspectives
Georgios Nikiforidis, M. C. M. van de Sanden and Michail N. Tsampas
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 5649-5673. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08658c
Review

Layered metal–organic framework based on tetracyanonickelate as a cathode material for in situ Li-ion storage
Kaiqiang Zhang, Tae Hyung Lee, Bailey Bubach, Mehdi Ostadhassan, Ho Won Jang, Ji-Won Choi and Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 21363-21370. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03975a

Ti₂PTe₂ monolayer: a promising two-dimensional anode material for sodium-ion batteries
Jie Liu, Man Qiao, Xiaorong Zhu, Yu Jing and Yafei Li
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 15536-15541. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01686d

One-step sulfuration synthesis of hierarchical NiCo₂S₄@NiCo₂S₄ nanotube/nanosheet arrays on carbon cloth as advanced electrodes for high-performance flexible solid-state hybrid supercapacitors
Jinlei Xie, Yefeng Yang, Geng Li, Hanchun Xia, Peijia Wang, Peiheng Sun, Xiaolong Li, Haoran Cai and Jie Xiong
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 3041-3049. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra10435b

Dynamic impact response of lithium-ion batteries, constitutive properties and failure model
Golriz Kermani and Elham Sahraei
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 2464-2473. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08898e

Electrochemical impacts of sheet-like hafnium phosphide and hafnium disulfide catalysts bonded with reduced graphene oxide sheets for bifunctional oxygen reactions in alkaline electrolytes
Mayilvel Dinesh Meganathan, Taizhong Huang, Hengyi Fang, Jianfeng Mao and Guoxin Sun
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 2599-2607. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09598a

Ionic association analysis of LiTDI, LiFSI and LiPF₆ in EC/DMC for better Li-ion battery performances
Christopher L. Berhaut, Daniel Lemordant, Patrice Porion, Laure Timperman, Grégory Schmidt and Mériem Anouti
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 4599-4608. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08430k

Facile synthesis of Camellia oleifera shell-derived hard carbon as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries
Beibei Ma, Yewei Huang, Zhenzhen Nie, Xiaobin Qiu, Dawei Su, Guoxiu Wang, Jianmin Yuan, Xiuqiang Xie and Zhenjun Wu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 20424-20431. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03345a

Natural stibnite ore (Sb₂S₃) embedded in sulfur-doped carbon sheets: enhanced electrochemical properties as anode for sodium ions storage
Mingxiang Deng, Sijie Li, Wanwan Hong, Yunling Jiang, Wei Xu, Honglei Shuai, Hui Li, Wenlei Wang, Hongshuai Hou and Xiaobo Ji
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 15210-15216. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02301a

Reduced graphene oxide/CoS₂ porous nanoparticle hybrid electrode material for supercapacitor application
Lemu Girma Beka, Xin Li, Xiaoli Wang, Chuanyu Han and Weihua Liu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 26637-26645. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05434k

Asymmetric faradaic assembly of Bi₂O₃ and MnO₂ for a high-performance hybrid electrochemical energy storage device
Saurabh Singh, Rakesh K. Sahoo, Nanasaheb M. Shinde, Je Moon Yun, Rajaram S. Mane, Wonsub Chung and Kwang Ho Kim
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 32154-32164. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06331e

A graphite-modified natural stibnite mineral as a high-performance anode material for sodium-ion storage
Hongliang Li, Mingxiang Deng, Hongshuai Hou and Xiaobo Ji
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 28953-28960. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02663k

Two-phase interface hydrothermal synthesis of binder-free SnS₂/graphene flexible paper electrodes for high-performance Li-ion batteries
Hao Wen, Wenbin Kang, Xingang Liu, Wenjuan Li, Liping Zhang and Chuhong Zhang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 23607-23613. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03397a

Impurity removal with highly selective and efficient methods and the recycling of transition metals from spent lithium-ion batteries
Fangwei Peng, Deying Mu, Ruhong Li, Yuanlong Liu, Yuanpeng Ji, Changsong Dai and Fei Ding
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 21922-21930. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02331c

Synthesis and electrochemical performance of NaV₃O₈ nanobelts for Li/Na-ion batteries and aqueous zinc-ion batteries
Fang Hu, Di Xie, Fuhan Cui, Dongxu Zhang and Guihong Song
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 20549-20556. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04339j

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Happy New Year from the RSC Advances team!

Carbon quantum dots and their biomedical and therapeutic applications: a review
Mohammad Jafar Molaei
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 6460-6481. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08088g
Review

Microfluidic assisted synthesis of PLGA drug delivery systems
Sima Rezvantalab and Mostafa Keshavarz Moraveji
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 2055-2072. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08972h
Review

Growing prospects of DNA nanomaterials in novel biomedical applications
Zhiguang Suo, Jingqi Chen, Xialing Hou, Ziheng Hu, Feifei Xing and Lingyan Feng
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 16479-16491. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01261c
Review

Preparation and applications of peptide-based injectable hydrogels
Chang Liu, Qingguo Zhang, Song Zhu, Hong Liu and Jie Chen
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 28299-28311. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05934b
Review

Cholesterol-coated gold nanorods as an efficient nano-carrier for chemotherapeutic delivery and potential treatment of breast cancer: in vitro studies using the MCF-7 cell line
Nouf N. Mahmoud, Dima A. Sabbah, Rana Abu-Dahab, Duaa Abuarqoub, Maha Abdallah, Ameerah (Hasan Ibrahim) and Enam A. Khalil
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 12718-12731. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01041f

A chemotherapeutic approach targeting the acidic tumor microenvironment: combination of a proton pump inhibitor and paclitaxel for statistically optimized nanotherapeutics
Saswati Bhattacharya, Jasmina Khanam, Pradipta Sarkar and Tapan Kumar Pal
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 240-254. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08924h

Enzymatic synthesis of selenium-containing amphiphilic aliphatic polycarbonate as an oxidation-responsive drug delivery vehicle
Xian-Ling Yang, Xiu Xing, Jun Li, Yan-Hong Liu, Na Wang and Xiao-Qi Yu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 6003-6010. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra10282a

Non-thermal plasma assisted surface nano-textured carboxymethyl guar gum/chitosan hydrogels for biomedical applications
Ganeswar Dalei, Subhraseema Das and Smruti Prava Das
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 1705-1716. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09161g

Thermoresponsive 2-hydroxy-3-isopropoxypropyl hydroxyethyl cellulose with tunable LCST for drug delivery
Ye Tian, Ying Liu, Benzhi Ju, Xiaozhong Ren and Mingyun Dai
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 2268-2276. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09075k

A green approach to obtain stable and hydrophilic cellulose-based electrospun nanofibrous substrates for sustained release of therapeutic molecules
Manja Kurečič, Tamilselvan Mohan, Natalija Virant, Uroš Maver, Janja Stergar, Lidija Gradišnik, Karin Stana Kleinschek and Silvo Hribernik
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 21288-21301. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03399h

Tetracycline hydrochloride loaded citric acid functionalized chitosan hydrogel for wound healing
Hao Chen, Biyun Li, Bei Feng, Hao Wang, Huihua Yuan and Zhiwei Xu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 19523-19530. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02628b

Peptide-functionalized NaGdF₄ nanoparticles for tumor-targeted magnetic resonance imaging and effective therapy
Yixin Chen, Yu Fu, Xiaodong Li, Hongda Chen, Zhenxin Wang and Huimao Zhang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 17093-17100. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02135c

Converse transitions between the micelles and the vesicles of pyrrolidone-based AIE amphiphilic copolymers in polar and apolar solvents
Xiaolong He, Beibei Wang, Xuefeng Li and Jinfeng Dong
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 28102-28111. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05997k

An erythrocyte membrane coated mimetic nano-platform for chemo-phototherapy and multimodal imaging
Feng Xiao, Jialong Fan, Chunyi Tong, Chang Xiao, Zhou Wang, Bin Liu, Muhammad Daniyal and Wei Wang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 27911-27926. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05867b

MMP-responsive in situ forming hydrogel loaded with doxorubicin-encapsulated biodegradable micelles for local chemotherapy of oral squamous cell carcinoma
Wei Li, Cheng Tao, Jiexin Wang, Yuan Le and Jianjun Zhang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 31264-31273. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04343h

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Looking back at 2019, we would like to highlight some of the great research that has been published in RSC Advances over the year. We are proud to present a selection of the most popular 2019 articles published on green chemistry so far.

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Happy New Year from the RSC Advances team!

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles: biomolecule-nanoparticle organizations targeting antimicrobial activity
Anupam Roy, Onur Bulut, Sudip Some, Amit Kumar Mandal and M. Deniz Yilmaz
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 2673-2702. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08982e
Review

Nitroketene N,S-acetals: synergistic building blocks for the synthesis of heterocycles
Saigal, Sarfaraz Khan, Habibur Rahman, Shafiullah and Md. Musawwer Khan
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 14477-14502. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00630c
Review

Metal nanoparticles fabricated by green chemistry using natural extracts: biosynthesis, mechanisms, and applications
Hesham R. El-Seedi, Rehan M. El-Shabasy, Shaden A. M. Khalifa, Aamer Saeed, Afzal Shah, Raza Shah, Faiza Jan Iftikhar, Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim, Abdelfatteh Omri, Nahid H. Hajrahand, Jamal S. M. Sabir, Xiaobo Zou, Mohammed F. Halabi, Wessam Sarhan and Weisheng Guo
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 24539-24559. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02225b
Review

Cycloaddition of atmospheric CO₂ to epoxides under solvent-free conditions: a straightforward route to carbonates by green chemistry metrics
Aazam Monfared, Robab Mohammadi, Akram Hosseinian, Shahriar Sarhandi and Parvaneh Delir Kheirollahi Nezhad
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 3884-3899. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra10233c
Review

Graphene oxide decorated with zinc oxide nanoflower, silver and titanium dioxide nanoparticles: fabrication, characterization, DNA interaction, and antibacterial activity
Nagi El-Shafai, Mohamed E. El-Khouly, Maged El-Kemary, Mohamed Ramadan, Ibrahim Eldesoukey and Mamdouh Masoud
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 3704-3714. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09788g

Miscanthus grass-derived carbon dots to selectively detect Fe³⁺ ions
Maisyn Picard, Suman Thakur, Manjusri Misra and Amar K. Mohanty
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 8628-8637. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra10051a

Solvent-controlled synthesis of multicolor photoluminescent carbon dots for bioimaging
Yang Yan, Longyu Xia and Lan Ma
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 24057-24065. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04241e

Green synthesis of a AgCl@AgI nanocomposite using Laminaria japonica extract and its application as a visible-light-driven photocatalyst
Zhongyu Ruan, Guihong Liu, Jinxia Shu, Chunguang Ren and Zhonghua Wang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 5858-5864. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09263j

Green synthesis and in situ immobilization of gold nanoparticles and their application for the reduction of p-nitrophenol in continuous-flow mode
Rózsa Szűcs, Diána Balogh-Weiser, Evelin Sánta-Bell, Eszter Tóth-Szeles, Tamás Varga, Zoltán Kónya, László Poppe and István Lagzi
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 9193-9197. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra10373a

A simple and green synthesis of carbon quantum dots from coke for white light-emitting devices
Xiaoting Feng and Yi Zhang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 33789-33793. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06946a

Catalyst-free hydrophosphination of alkenes in presence of 2-methyltetrahydrofuran: a green and easy access to a wide range of tertiary phosphines
Damien Bissessar, Julien Egly, Thierry Achard, Pascal Steffanut and Stéphane Bellemin-Laponnaz
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 27250-27256. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04896k

Synthesis of novel benzopyran-connected pyrimidine and pyrazole derivatives via a green method using Cu(II)-tyrosinase enzyme catalyst as potential larvicidal, antifeedant activities
Ashraf Abdel-Fattah Mostafa, Chidambaram SathishKumar, Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Al-Askar, Shaban R. M. Sayed, Radhakrishnan SurendraKumar and Akbar Idhayadhulla
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 25533-25543. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04496e

A greener approach towards the development of graphene-Ag loaded ZnO nanocomposites for acetone sensing applications
Digambar Y. Nadargi, Ramesh B. Dateer, Mohaseen S. Tamboli, Imtiaz S. Mulla and Sharad S. Suryavanshi
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 33602-33606. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06482f

Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using endophytic bacteria and their role in inhibition of rice pathogenic bacteria and plant growth promotion
Ezzeldin Ibrahim, Hatem Fouad, Muchen Zhang, Yang Zhang, Wen Qiu, Chengqi Yan, Bin Li, Jianchu Mo and Jianping Chen
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 29293-29299. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04246f

Synthesis and catalytic performance of a small crystal NaY zeolite with high SiO₂/Al₂O₃ ratio
Liang Mu, WeiWei Feng, Haobin Zhang, Xiubin Hu and Qingyan Cui
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 20528-20535. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03324f

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A review on graphene-based nanocomposites for electrochemical and fluorescent biosensors
Siva Kumar Krishnan, Eric Singh, Pragya Singh, Meyya Meyyappan and Hari Singh Nalwa
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 8778-8881. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09577a
Review

Growing prospects of DNA nanomaterials in novel biomedical applications
Zhiguang Suo, Jingqi Chen, Xialing Hou, Ziheng Hu, Feifei Xing and Lingyan Feng
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 16479-16491. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01261c
Review

P and N type copper phthalocyanines as effective semiconductors in organic thin-film transistor based DNA biosensors at elevated temperatures
Nicholas T. Boileau, Owen A. Melville, Brendan Mirka, Rosemary Cranston and Benoît H. Lessard
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 2133-2142. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08829b

Enzyme immobilisation on poly-L-lysine-containing calcium phosphate particles for highly sensitive glucose detection
Suzuka Kojima, Fukue Nagata, Masahiko Inagaki, Shinichi Kugimiya and Katsuya Kato
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 10832-10841. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01764j

A novel, fast, high sensitivity biosensor for supporting therapeutic decisions and onset actions for chest pain cases
Sheta M. Sheta, Said M. El-Sheikh, Mokhles M. Abd-Elzaher, Mosaad L. Ghanem and Salem R. Salem
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 20463-20471. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03030a

Smartphone-based kanamycin sensing with ratiometric FRET
Saurabh Umrao, Anusha S, Vasundhara Jain, Banani Chakraborty and Rahul Roy
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 6143-6151. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra10035g

Highly sensitive AlGaN/GaN HEMT biosensors using an ethanolamine modification strategy for bioassay applications
Zhiqi Gu, Jin Wang, Bin Miao, Lei Zhao, Xinsheng Liu, Dongmin Wu and Jiadong Li
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 15341-15349. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02055a

Sensitive detection of methylated DNA and methyltransferase activity based on the lighting up of FAM-labeled DNA quenched fluorescence by gold nanoparticles
Mohammad Ali Karimi, Mehdi Dadmehr, Morteza Hosseini, Behnaz Korouzhdehi and Fatemeh Oroojalian
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 12063-12069. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01564g

A label-free RTP sensor based on aptamer/quantum dot nanocomposites for cytochrome c detection
Dongxia Li, Junping Guo, Liang Zhao, Guoxian Zhang and Guiqin Yan
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 31953-31959. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05761g

Ultrathin nickel-metal-organic framework nanobelt based electrochemical sensor for the determination of urea in human body fluids
Cancan Bao, Qiangqiang Niu, Zi-Ang Chen, Xiaowei Cao, Hui Wang and Wenbo Lu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 29474-29481. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05716a

A photoelectrochemical glucose sensor based on gold nanoparticles as a mimic enzyme of glucose oxidase
Ling Cao, Panpan Wang, Li Chen, Ying Wu and Junwei Di
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 15307-15313. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02088h

Electrochemical performance of myoglobin based on TiO₂-doped carbon nanofiber decorated electrode and its applications in biosensing
Yanyan Niu, Hui Xie, Guiling Luo, Wenju Weng, Chengxiang Ruan, Guangjiu Li and Wei Sun
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 4480-4487. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra07910b

Three-dimensional paper-based microfluidic electrochemical integrated devices (3D-PMED) for wearable electrochemical glucose detection
Qingpeng Cao, Bo Liang, Tingting Tu, Jinwei Wei, Lu Fang and Xuesong Ye
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 5674-5681. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09157a

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Looking back at 2019, we would like to highlight some of the great research that has been published in RSC Advances over the year. We are proud to present a selection of the most popular 2019 articles published on ionic liquids so far.

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Cycloaddition of atmospheric CO₂ to epoxides under solvent-free conditions: a straightforward route to carbonates by green chemistry metrics
Aazam Monfared, Robab Mohammadi, Akram Hosseinian, Shahriar Sarhandi and Parvaneh Delir Kheirollahi Nezhad
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 3884-3899. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra10233c
Review

Photostability and photocatalytic degradation of ionic liquids in water under solar light
Jorge Bedia, Juan José Rodriguez, Daniel Moreno, José Palomar and Carolina Belver
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 2026-2033. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra07867j

Glyme-Li salt equimolar molten solvates with iodide/triiodide redox anions
Keisuke Shigenobu, Azusa Nakanishi, Kazuhide Ueno, Kaoru Dokko and Masayoshi Watanabe
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 22668-22675. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03580j

Correlation between lipophilicity of newly synthesized ionic liquids and selected Fusarium genus growth rate
Milan Vraneš, Aleksandar Tot, Jasenka Ćosić, Snežana Papović, Jovana Panić, Slobodan Gadžurić, Nenad Janković and Karolina Vrandečić
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 19189-19196. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02521a

Solubility model of metal complex in ionic liquids from first principle calculations
Anwesa Karmakar, Rangachary Mukundan, Ping Yang and Enrique R. Batista
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 18506-18526. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04042k

Catalytic synthesis of chloroacetates with thermoregulated ionic liquids based on vanadium-substituted polyoxometalate
Jingsen Yan, Zeqing Wang, Yongsheng E, Fengwei He, Danfeng Zhang and Qingyin Wu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 8404-8410. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra10659b

Absorption and thermodynamic properties of CO₂ by amido-containing anion-functionalized ionic liquids
Yanjie Huang, Guokai Cui, Huiyong Wang, Zhiyong Li and Jianji Wang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 1882-1888. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra07832g

Heterogeneous photocatalytic performances of CO₂ reduction based on the [Emim]BF₄ + TEOA + H₂O system
Jinliang Lin, Youfeng Li and Bo Xie
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 35841-35846. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06235a

Thermo-responsive draw solute for forward osmosis process; poly(ionic liquid) having lower critical solution temperature characteristics
Changha Ju, Chanhyuk Park, Taehyung Kim, Shinwoo Kang and Hyo Kang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 29493-29501. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04020j

Synthesis of novel functional ionic liquids and their application in biomass
Hui-Ying Han, Xin Geng, Bi-Xian Zhang, Jing Meng, Xin Liu, Xin-Miao He, Zi-Guang Liu, Yun-Fei Gao, Di Liu and Xiao-Mei Hu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 29652-29658. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06243b

Physicochemical compatibility of highly-concentrated solvate ionic liquids and a low-viscosity solvent
Keitaro Takahashi, Yuki Ishino, Wataru Murata, Yasuhiro Umebayashi, Seiji Tsuzuki, Masayoshi Watanabe, Hiromitsu Takaba and Shiro Seki
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 24922-24927. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04797b

Extraction of DNA from complex biological sample matrices using guanidinium ionic liquid modified magnetic nanocomposites
Mei Liu, Xueqin Ding, Xuelian Wang, Jianzhong Li, Huansheng Yang and Yulong Yin
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 23119-23128. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01505a

Cross-linked poly(ionic liquid) as precursors for nitrogen-doped porous carbons
Shifu Cheng, Bihua Chen, Li Qin, Yongya Zhang, Guohua Gao and Mingyuan He
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 8137-8145. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra10022e

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Recent developments in decarboxylative cross-coupling reactions between carboxylic acids and N-H compounds
Sattar Arshadi, Saeideh Ebrahimiasl, Akram Hosseinian, Aazam Monfared and Esmail Vessally
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 8964-8976. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00929a
Review

Nitroketene N,S-acetals: synergistic building blocks for the synthesis of heterocycles
Saigal, Sarfaraz Khan, Habibur Rahman, Shafiullah and Md. Musawwer Khan
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 14477-14502. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00630c
Review

Pyrazolo-fused 4-azafluorenones as key reagents for the synthesis of fluorescent dicyanovinylidene-substituted derivatives
Jessica Orrego-Hernández, Carolina Lizarazo, Justo Cobo and Jaime Portilla
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 27318-27323. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04682h

Impact of an aryl bulky group on a one-pot reaction of aldehyde with malononitrile and N-substituted 2-cyanoacetamide
Ruturajsinh M. Vala, Divyang M. Patel, Mayank G. Sharma and Hitendra M. Patel
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 28886-28893. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05975j

Continuous-flow synthesis of 3,5-disubstituted pyrazoles via sequential alkyne homocoupling and Cope-type hydroamination
Sándor B. Ötvös, Ádám Georgiádes, Dániel Ozsvár and Ferenc Fülöp
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 8197-8203. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01590f

Synthesis and biological activities of petrosiols B and D
Jialin Geng, Qidong Ren, Caizhu Chang, Xinni Xie, Jun Liu and Yuguo Du
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 10253-10263. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01166h

Synthesis of d-glyco-alkynone derivatives via carbonylative Sonogashira reaction
Mariana P. Darbem, C. Henrique A. Esteves, Isadora M. de Oliveira, Joel S. Reis, Daniel C. Pimenta and Hélio A. Stefani
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 9468-9474. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00523d

A facile approach to 2-alkoxyindolin-3-one and its application to the synthesis of N-benzyl matemone
Makoto Shimizu, Hayao Imazato, Isao Mizota and Yusong Zhu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 17341-17346. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02204j

Merging catalyst-free synthesis and iodine catalysis: one-pot synthesis of dihydrofuropyrimidines and spirodihydrofuropyrimidine pyrazolones
Ya-Yun Zheng, Kai-Xiang Feng, Ai-Bao Xia, Jie Liu, Cheng-Ke Tang, Zhan-Yu Zhou and Dan-Qian Xu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 9770-9776. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01665a

Enantioselective synthesis of anti-3-alkenyl-2-amido-3-hydroxy esters: application to the total synthesis of (+)-alexine
Lu Yu and Peter Somfai
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 2799-2802. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00173e

1-Alkyl-3-alkylindolin-2-imine hydrochlorides as useful building blocks in the copper-catalyzed synthesis of polycyclic indoline scaffolds
Can Liu, Haijun Yang, Changjin Zhu and Hua Fu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 8369-8372. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00995g

Microwave-assisted organic synthesis of nucleoside ProTide analogues
Cinzia Bordoni, Cecilia Maria Cima, Elisa Azzali, Gabriele Costantino and Andrea Brancale
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 20113-20117. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01754b

Cap control: cyclic versus linear oligomerisation in covalent template-directed synthesis
Diego Núñez-Villanueva, Maria Ciaccia and Christopher A. Hunter
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 29566-29569. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra07233k

Copper-catalysed enantioselective intramolecular etherification of propargylic esters: synthetic approach to chiral isochromans
Shiyao Liu, Kazunari Nakajima and Yoshiaki Nishibayashi
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 18918-18922. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03880a

Catalyst-free four-component domino synthetic approach toward versatile multicyclic spirooxindole pyran scaffolds
Aref Mohammadi, Mohammad Bayat and Shima Nasri
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 16525-16533. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03214b

Aggregation-induced chiroptical generation and photoinduced switching of achiral azobenzene-alt-fluorene copolymer endowed with left- and right-handed helical polysilanes
Hailing Chen, Lu Yin, Meng Liu, Laibing Wang, Michiya Fujiki, Wei Zhang and Xiulin Zhu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 4849-4856. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09345h

Palladium-catalyzed oxidative cross-coupling for the synthesis of α-amino ketones
Xiao-Hong Wei, Zhen-Hua Li, Lian-Biao Zhao, Ping Zhang, Han-Cheng Zhou and Yan-Bin Wang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 32081-32084. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06108h

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Layered metal-organic framework based on tetracyanonickelate as a cathode material for in situ Li-ion storage
Kaiqiang Zhang, Tae Hyung Lee, Bailey Bubach, Mehdi Ostadhassan, Ho Won Jang, Ji-Won Choi and Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 21363-21370. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03975a

Facile synthesis of polyoxometalates tethered to post Fe-BTC frameworks for esterification of free fatty acids to biodiesel
Qiuyun Zhang, Xiaofang Liu, Tingting Yang, Caiyan Yue, Quanlin Pu and Yutao Zhang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 8113-8120. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra10574j

Enhanced luminescence and tunable magnetic properties of lanthanide coordination polymers based on fluorine substitution and phenanthroline ligand
Xun Feng, Yapei Shang, Heng Zhang, Rongfang Li, Weizhou Wang, Daoming Zhang, Liya Wang and Zhongjun Li
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 16328-16338. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01574d

Heterogeneous ZIF-L membranes with improved hydrophilicity and anti-bacterial adhesion for potential application in water treatment
Qilin Gu, Tze Chiang Albert Ng, Qiaomei Sun, Abdelnaby Mohamed Kotb Elshahawy, Zhiyang Lyu, Zeming He, Lei Zhang, How Yong Ng, Kaiyang Zeng and John Wang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 1591-1601. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08758j

A water-stable luminescent metal-organic framework for effective detection of aflatoxin B1 in walnut and almond beverages
Zhishang Li, Xiahong Xu, Yingchun Fu, Yuna Guo, Qi Zhang, Qiaoyan Zhang, Hua Yang and Yanbin Li
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 620-625. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra07804a

MOF-5 derived carbon as material for CO₂ absorption
Wojciech Kukulka, Krzysztof Cendrowski, Beata Michalkiewicz and Ewa Mijowska
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 18527-18537. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01786k

Temperature-induced structural diversity of metal-organic frameworks and their applications in selective sensing of nitrobenzene and electrocatalyzing the oxygen evolution reaction
Defang Han, Kun Huang, Xianglin Li, Mengni Peng, Linhai Jing, Baoyi Yu, Zeqin Chen and Dabin Qin
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 33890-33897. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra07031a

TiO₂ nanocrystals with the {001} and {101} facets co-exposed with MIL-100(Fe): an egg-like composite nanomaterial for efficient visible light-driven photocatalysis
Wan Wu, Jie Zhu, Yue Hong Deng, Ye Xiang, Ya Wen Tan, Hai Qin Tang, Hao Zou, Yi Feng Xu and Yi Zhou
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 31728-31734. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06359e

Rod-like anhydrous V₂O₅ assembled by tiny nanosheets as a high-performance cathode material for aqueous zinc-ion batteries
Weijun Zhou, Jizhang Chen, Minfeng Chen, Xinwu Xu, Qinghua Tian, Junling Xu and Ching-Ping Wong
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 30556-30564. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06143f

Ultrathin nickel-metal-organic framework nanobelt based electrochemical sensor for the determination of urea in human body fluids
Cancan Bao, Qiangqiang Niu, Zi-Ang Chen, Xiaowei Cao, Hui Wang and Wenbo Lu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 29474-29481. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05716a

A restricted access molecularly imprinted polymer coating on metal-organic frameworks for solid-phase extraction of ofloxacin and enrofloxacin from bovine serum
Zhian Sun, Huachun Liu, Yanqiang Zhou, Shanwen Zhao, Jianmin Li, Xiaoxiao Wang and Bolin Gong
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 27953-27960. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04143e

Nanoporous MIL-101(Cr) as a sensing layer coated on a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) nanosensor to detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
Elahe Haghighi and Sedigheh Zeinali
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 24460-24470. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04152d

Introducing hydrophilic ultra-thin ZIF-L into mixed matrix membranes for CO₂/CH₄ separation
Weifang Zhu, Xueqin Li, Yanyong Sun, Ruili Guo and Siyuan Ding
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 23390-23399. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04147h

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A review on the biosynthesis of metal and metal salt nanoparticles by microbes
Geeta Gahlawat and Anirban Roy Choudhury
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 12944-12967. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra10483b
Review

Metal nanoparticles fabricated by green chemistry using natural extracts: biosynthesis, mechanisms, and applications
Hesham R. El-Seedi, Rehan M. El-Shabasy, Shaden A. M. Khalifa, Aamer Saeed, Afzal Shah, Raza Shah, Faiza Jan Iftikhar, Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim, Abdelfatteh Omri, Nahid H. Hajrahand, Jamal S. M. Sabir, Xiaobo Zou, Mohammed F. Halabi, Wessam Sarhan and Weisheng Guo
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 24539-24559. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02225b
Review

Cholesterol-coated gold nanorods as an efficient nano-carrier for chemotherapeutic delivery and potential treatment of breast cancer: in vitro studies using the MCF-7 cell line
Nouf N. Mahmoud, Dima A. Sabbah, Rana Abu-Dahab, Duaa Abuarqoub, Maha Abdallah, Ameerah (Hasan Ibrahim) and Enam A. Khalil
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 12718-12731. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01041f

Superficial fabrication of gold nanoparticles modified CuO nanowires electrode for non-enzymatic glucose detection
Ashwini Kumar Mishra, Bratindranath Mukherjee, Amit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Jarwal, Smrity Ratan, Chandan Kumar and Satyabrata Jit
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 1772-1781. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra07516f

Synthesis of graphene quantum dot-stabilized gold nanoparticles and their application
Weifeng Chen, Jialu Shen, Shaona Chen, Jiaying Yan, Nuonuo Zhang, Kaibo Zheng and Xiang Liu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 21215-21219. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02758k

Gold nanoparticle coatings as efficient adenovirus carriers to non-infectable stem cells
Yulan Hernandez, Rebeca González-Pastor, Carolina Belmar-Lopez, Gracia Mendoza, Jesus M. de la Fuente and Pilar Martin-Duque
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 1327-1334. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09088b

One-pot synthesis of hollow hydrangea Au nanoparticles as a dual catalyst with SERS activity for in situ monitoring of a reduction reaction
Yazhou Qin, Yuxiang Lu, Wufan Pan, Dongdong Yu and Jianguang Zhou
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 10314-10319. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00733d

Mussel-inspired immobilization of Au on bare and graphene-wrapped Ni nanoparticles toward highly efficient and easily recyclable catalysts
Fatima Mahnaz, Mohammad Mostafa-Al-Momin, Md. Rubel, Md. Ferdous and Md. Shafiul Azam
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 30358-30369. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05736f

Self-assembled microrings of Au nanoparticle and Au nanorod clusters formed at the equators of Janus particles
Yutaro Hirai and Hiroshi Yabu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 17183-17186. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02767j

Enhanced control of plasmonic properties of silver-gold hollow nanoparticles via a reduction-assisted galvanic replacement approach
Josée R. Daniel, Lauren A. McCarthy, Emilie Ringe and Denis Boudreau
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 389-396. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09364d

Sensitive detection of methylated DNA and methyltransferase activity based on the lighting up of FAM-labeled DNA quenched fluorescence by gold nanoparticles
Mohammad Ali Karimi, Mehdi Dadmehr, Morteza Hosseini, Behnaz Korouzhdehi and Fatemeh Oroojalian
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 12063-12069. 10.1039/c9ra01564g

Tuning the surface plasmon resonance in gold nanocrystals with single layer carbon nitride
O. Stroyuk, A. Raevskaya, G. Grodzyuk, N. Andriushina, M. Skoryk, V. Yefanov, S. Schulze and D. R. T. Zahn
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 444-449. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09454c

Green synthesis and in situ immobilization of gold nanoparticles and their application for the reduction of p-nitrophenol in continuous-flow mode
Rózsa Szűcs, Diána Balogh-Weiser, Evelin Sánta-Bell, Eszter Tóth-Szeles, Tamás Varga, Zoltán Kónya, László Poppe and István Lagzi
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 9193-9197. DOI: 10.1039/c8ra10373a

Ultrathin 2D metal-organic framework nanosheets prepared via sonication exfoliation of membranes from interfacial growth and exhibition of enhanced catalytic activity by their gold nanocomposites
Songting Wu, Lu Qin, Ke Zhang, Zhong Xin and Shicheng Zhao
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 9386-9391. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00662a

Au-based bimetallic catalysts: how the synergy between two metals affects their catalytic activity
Jin Sha, Sébastien Paul, Franck Dumeignil and Robert Wojcieszak
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 29888-29901. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06001d

Understanding metal-enhanced fluorescence and structural properties in Au@Ag core-shell nanocubes
Dae-Woong Jung, Jun Min Kim, Hyung Joong Yun, Gi-Ra Yi, Jung Young Cho, Haeun Jung, Gaehang Lee, Weon-Sik Chae and Ki Min Nam
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 29232-29237. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05103a

Ultrasound assisted one-step synthesis of Au@Pt dendritic nanoparticles with enhanced NIR absorption for photothermal cancer therapy
Yue Yang, Mei Chen, Yajiao Wu, Peng Wang, Yan Zhao, Wenxiang Zhu, Zhiling Song and Xiao-Bing Zhang
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 28541-28547. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04286e

A simple one-step procedure to synthesise gold nanostars in concentrated aqueous surfactant solutions
Ferenc Liebig, Ricky Henning, Radwan M. Sarhan, Claudia Prietzel, Clemens N. Z. Schmitt, Matias Bargheer and Joachim Koetz
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 23633-23641. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02384d

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