New opportunities: High-efficiency PM0.3 filtration using sustainable biomass-based filters
Available online 5 May 2026
Mechanistic Basis and Multiscale Engineering of [FeFe]-Hydrogenases for Aerobic Biocatalysis
Available online 27 April 2026
[FeFe]-hydrogenases are among nature’s most efficient catalysts for hydrogen production, operating at high turnover frequencies under mild conditions. However, their extreme sensitivity to oxygen has...
Escherichia coli joins the exoelectrogen club: a paradigm shift in microbial electrochemistry for bioremediation, bioelectronics, and biomanufacturing
Available online 23 April 2026
In situ charge-induced polarization of lignin nanospheres for enhanced biodegradable all-cellulose-based triboelectric nanogenerator
Available online 18 April 2026
The escalating environmental crisis caused by electronic waste demands the use of environmentally friendly, biodegradable natural materials in distributed energy harvesting triboelectric nanogenerators...
Cs-rich hybrid perovskites as potential light-absorbing materials for multiple junction solar cells
Available online 16 April 2026
Cesium (Cs)-rich hybrid perovskites, which combine inorganic Cs with organic cations such as formamidinium (FA+), dimethylammonium (DMA+), and methylammonium (MA+), show good light stability compared...
All-perovskite tandem solar cells with certified efficiency exceeding 30%
Available online 15 April 2026
Steering selectivity of electrocatalysts towards upgrading cellulosic biomass-derived platform compounds
Available online 15 April 2026
The accelerating global energy crisis and increasing environmental concerns are intensifying the demand for renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. Cellulose-derived platform molecules such as glucose,...
Lignin-derived hierarchical porous carbon prepared using cellulose nanofibrils as templates for high-performance supercapacitors
Available online 12 April 2026
The development of sustainable electrode materials is essential for advancing energy storage technologies. Biomass-derived porous carbons, particularly those from lignin, have garnered significant interest...
Greenase: A Comprehensive Database for Carbon-fixing Enzyme Retrieval
Available online 5 April 2026
Carbon fixation plays a critical role in mitigating climate change and enabling sustainable biomanufacturing. Here, we presented Greenase, an integrated database and analysis platform for carbon-fixing...
Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria drive transformation and release of phosphorus in phosphorus-enriched sludge biochar: Efficacy validation and multifaceted mechanisms
Available online 1 April 2026
Phosphorus (P) is an essential non-renewable nutrient; however, its inefficient recovery from sewage sludge leads to considerable losses. Although phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) can convert insoluble...
Advances and treaty towards greener and safer plastics
March 2026
Plastics play an irreplaceable and indispensable role in modern societies, leading to a rapid increase in plastic waste and its associated adverse impacts on climate change, ecosystems, and human health....
Advancing synthetic biology for sustainable one-carbon biomanufacturing
March 2026
Synthetic biology presents a promising pathway for transforming abundant one-carbon (C1) compounds, such as CO2, CH4, and methanol, into value-added products using engineered microbes, providing a sustainable...
Effect of core on photovoltaic performance of naphthalimide interlayer materials
March 2026
In this study, we designed and synthesized three naphthalimide (NI)-based organic cathode interlayer materials (CIMs) with different electron-donating cores—N2FN, NEDOT, and NDTP. As the size and electron-donating...
Role of microorganisms in electrocatalysts for energy applications: Recent progresses
March 2026
Recently, with the dual challenges of the global energy crisis and environmental pollution, developing efficient and environmentally friendly electrocatalysts is vital to clean energy conversion technologies....
Facile functionalization of ZIF–8 via mechanochemical post-synthetic linker exchange for improved CO2 capture performance
March 2026
Effective CO2 capture is one of the crucial prerequisites for successful carbon management. The development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their subgroup, zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs),...
Coupling gas-assisted stripping and waste heat recovery for energy-efficient carbon capture process
March 2026
A novel CO2 regeneration process was designed by coupling gas-assisted stripping to waste heat recovery (WHR) from the stripped gas, and this process was successfully implemented on a CO2 regeneration...
Electrochemical CO2 reduction to C3+ products: A review
March 2026
A possible pathway to achieve carbon neutrality is the production of high-value-added multicarbon chemicals via electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). This review highlights recent advances...
Stepwise engineering of Clostridium ljungdahlii for efficient ethanol production from single-carbon gases
March 2026
Ethanol, a cornerstone biofuel, has been successfully produced on an industrial scale via fermentation of industrial off-gases (CO/CO2) using gas-fermenting Clostridium strains. To further enhance clostridial...
The secret of high carbon fixation efficiency in Chlamydomonas and its potential to boost yields in land plants
March 2026
Microalgae are renowned for their exceptional carbon fixation efficiency as photosynthetic organisms. Although they constitute only a small fraction of the total biomass of primary producers, microalgae...
Construction of Shewanella oneidensis chassis for unbalanced fermentation with glycerol by adaptive laboratory evolution
March 2026
Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is an electrochemically active bacterium with high potential for use in unbalanced fermentation. However, its efficiency in bioelectricity production using cheap substrates...
Low-Temperature Aqueous-Phase Hydrogenation of Dimethyl Adipate to 1,6-Hexanediol Enabled by Highly Selective RuSn/SiO2 Catalysts
Available online 30 March 2026
1,6-Hexanediol (1,6-HDO) can be synthesized via aqueous-phase hydrogenation of dimethyl adipate (DMA). However, this process requires high temperatures (>200 °C) over Ru catalysts and suffers from low...
Intensifying electron transfer in organosilica capsule wall for enhanced photocatalytic NADH regeneration
Available online 17 March 2026
The organosilica (OS) capsules featuring superior mechanical robustness and tunable functionality could inspire artificial photosynthesis systems utilizing solar energy. However, the inherently low...