Sustainable biomanufacturing of fat-soluble vitamins: Rewiring carbon flux and green carbon management
September 2026
Fat-soluble vitamins (vitamins A, D, E, and K) are essential, high-value micronutrients with surging global demand. Traditionally, their industrial production has relied heavily on fossil-derived chemical...
AC/DC dual-mode household appliances for community microgrids
September 2026
Distributed photovoltaics (PVs), residential storage, and low-carbon buildings increasingly expose household appliances to coexisting alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) supplies. Most...
Perovskite-driven artificial photosynthesis: A perspective
September 2026
Recent trends have shown that artificial photosynthesis is moving from proof-of-concept demonstrations to integrated solar-to-chemical systems. This places new demand on photovoltaic absorbers, catalysts,...
Twenty years of green carbon: QIBEBT’s journey at the forefront of green and sustainable science and technology
September 2026
Electron transfer, proton transfer, and molecule transfer in photocatalytic nitrogen fixation
September 2026
Photocatalytic nitrogen fixation (PNF) can utilize water and nitrogen gas to synthesize ammonia via the light-driven conversion, significantly contributing to the carbon neutrality goal and mitigating...
Carbon greening: Constructing a new energy system in harmony with the eco-environment
September 2026
Carbon, with its unique valence state ranging from −4 to +4 and its diverse bonding capabilities, is the fundamental building block of both matter and life. The inherent stability of carbon–carbon bonds...
LATCH: a linear autocatalytic cycle tailored for carbon harvesting
September 2026
Autotrophic carbon assimilation supplies the organic carbon that forms the foundation for sustaining life on Earth. Enhancing the efficiency of the Calvin cycle or developing alternative pathways is...
Biocatalytic recycling of hydrolyzable plastics for a circular bioeconomy
September 2026
Currently, only a low fraction of petrol-based synthetic polymers is recycled with mechanical and chemical methods being dominant. The discovery and tailor-design of highly efficient enzymes now provides...
Boosting Active-Site Utilization in Organic Electrodes for Desalination via Side-Chain Engineering
Available online 21 September 2026
Conventional organic small-molecule electrodes typically exhibit suboptimal utilization of their inherent electrochemically active sites (<100%) during reversible ion insertion/extraction owing to steric...
Base-free aerobic oxidative cleavage of C–C bonds in lignin by dual-active-site regulation of CoOx@MCM-41-Co catalyst
Available online 5 August 2026
Cβ–H and oxygen activation are both critical during oxidative lignin depolymerization. Usually, a base is needed to promote the reaction. In this study, a series of CoOx@MCM-41-Co-n catalysts were developed,...
Toward a defossilized chemical industry – trends in Europe
Available online 3 August 2026
The chemical sector is th e 4th largest manufacturer in Europe in terms of sales. It employs over 1.2 million people directly, and 3.4 million, if the pharmaceutical sector is included. Chemicals are...
A feasible strategy for generating furfural and valuable cellulose-rich residue simultaneously from lignocellulosic biomass
Available online 3 August 2026
To achieve an optimal balance between high furfural and co-product yields from lignocellulosic biomass, this study proposed an integrated process for JUNCAO to produce furfural and high-quality cellulose...
Highly selective and stable ammonia electro-oxidation over zirconium-promoted NiCu oxide nanosheets
Available online 25 July 2026
Realizing efficient ammonia electro-oxidation reactions (AOR) under mild conditions is of broad interest for ammonia reforming to hydrogen and direct ammonia fuel cells; however, the development of...
Insight into the Roles of Basic Sites and Oxygen Vacancies in Stearyl Alcohol Hydrodecarbonylation to Paraffins over Ni/ZnAl2O4 Catalysts
Available online 17 July 2026
The development of highly efficient, sulfur-free catalysts for the production of second-generation biodiesel is crucial to its sustainable production. Ni-based catalysts with good stability were prepared...
The conserved small protein SniP3 is a regulator of primary metabolism in cyanobacteria
Available online 17 July 2026
Cyanobacteria are oxygenic phototrophs that are promising for the CO2-neutral production of a variety of compounds using sunlight. In the environment, they are regularly exposed to fluctuating environmental...
Current and future paradigms in engineering keratinases and microbial chassis for biocatalytic conversion of keratin into high-value peptides
Available online 9 July 2026
The accelerating pace of urbanization, along with the expansion of food processing and textile industries, is driving the generation of a significant amount of keratinaceous waste. Over 8.5 billion...
Direct conversion of CO2 into alcohols using Cu-containing mordenite zeolite catalysts
Available online 1 July 2026
Encapsulating metal nanoparticles inside microporous support materials, such as zeolites, effectively mitigates catalytic deactivation caused by sintering. However, different encapsulation methods may...
Microbiomes for a stable planet: Embedding microbial processes in global climate action
June 2026
Microorganisms regulate key biogeochemical processes and ecosystem feedbacks to climate change, yet they remain underrepresented in global environmental policy and implementation frameworks. The World...
Cross–coupling of alkenes with photocatalytic fluorination
June 2026
The advances in pharmaceutical and material science rely on the development of sustainable techniques for selective C–F bond formation, in which the unique properties of fluorine enhance metabolic stability...
Group recognition as a new design methodology for selective hydrogenation
June 2026
Selective hydrogenation is a core reaction in heterogeneous catalysis and is employed in over one-quarter of industrial chemical processes involving fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and energy conversion....
Designing an intracellular biohybrid system for malate and bioelectricity production in Escherichia coli
June 2026
The production of bioelectricity and chemicals from low-cost raw materials using photosynthetic biohybrid systems is a promising approach for sustainable development. However, the practical application...
Towards a green future: Advances in biological carbon fixation strategies
June 2026
Increased global carbon emissions have heightened the urgency to address climate change, necessitating innovative strategies for carbon sequestration. Biological carbon fixation has emerged as a promising...
Collaborative biodegradation of wheat straw by insect-derived cellulolytic enzymes and lignin-degrading bacteria in the gut of Zophobas morio
June 2026
Superworms (Zophobas morio) are edible insects that hold promise for sustainable bioconversion of agricultural waste. However, its ability to degrade recalcitrant lignocelluloses, such as straw, remains...
Recent advances and applications of soft-ionization mass spectrometry in electrochemical transformations
June 2026
Electrochemical transformations play a vital role in various fields such as chemistry, energy conversion and storage, and environmental protection. These processes are complex and involve multiple reaction...