Microalgae cultivation in photobioreactors: sustainable solutions for a greener future
December 2024
Microalgae cultivation in photobioreactors (PBRs) has emerged as a promising and sustainable approach to address various environmental and energy challenges, offering a multitude of benefits across...
The stability of MOFs in aqueous solutions—research progress and prospects
June 2024
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are favored in the fields of adsorption, separation, catalysis, electrochemistry, and magnetism due to their advantages of large specific surface area, high porosity,...
CO2 capture and conversion using graphene-based materials: a review on recent progresses and future outlooks
September 2025
Rapidly increasing global atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration poses a serious threat to life on Earth. Conventional CO2 capture methodologies which rely on using sorbents to capture CO2 from...
Sublimation crystallization: From mechanism to applications
Available online 21 February 2025
Sublimation crystallization, a solvent-free purification technique, has emerged as a sustainable strategy in materials science for producing high-purity substances and advanced functional materials....
Advanced data-driven techniques in AI for predicting lithium-ion battery remaining useful life: a comprehensive review
June 2025
As artificial intelligence (AI) technology evolves, data-driven approaches are gaining attention in predicting lithium-ion battery's remaining useful life (RUL). Indeed, accurate RUL prediction is challenging,...
FTIR investigation of the interfacial properties and mechanisms of CO2 sorption in porous ionic liquids
December 2021
Porous liquids, which are liquids with permanent porosity, have received significant attention as a new class of materials with the potential for far-reaching impacts in a variety of applications including...
Thermochemical co-conversion of biomass-plastic waste to biochar: a review
March 2024
Biomass and plastics are two of the most common municipal solid wastes globally that have continuously placed a burden on the environment. It is therefore important that they are properly recycled....
Deep eutectic solvents eutectogels: progress and challenges
December 2021
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have received widespread attention for their advantages of good electrical conductivity, stability, environmental friendliness, and easy preparation with a wide range of...
Unlocking deep eutectic solvent knowledge through a large language model-driven framework and an interactive AI agent
December 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an important role in advancing green chemical engineering, while the lack of data remains a primary challenge in many fields. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are...
Synthesis of cyclic carbonates by CO2 cycloaddition with epoxides: recent advances, challenges and perspectives
Available online 30 May 2025
The catalytic conversion of CO2 into functionalized chemical products has evolved into a pivotal scientific frontier, garnering substantial research investment from multidisciplinary domains. Among...
Recent advances in the biosynthesis of coumarin and its derivatives
June 2024
Coumarin and its derivatives, presenting in many organisms (plants, fungi, and bacteria), are critical metabolites composed of fused benzene and α-pyrone rings. With unique biological and chemical properties,...
Green production of sugar by membrane technology: How far is it from industrialization?
March 2021
Application of membrane filtration in sugar production is attractive because it can reduce the usage of chemicals, produce high-quality clarified juice, and obtain various high value-added products....
Unique compounds functionalized with three-membered cyclic structures
December 2025
Three-membered cyclic compounds are a fascinating class of compounds: they have the maximum torsional and angular strain (sp3 hybridization but bond angles deviate from 109°28’), and possess unique...
Exploring the chemical space of ionic liquids for CO2 dissolution through generative machine learning models
September 2025
For discovering uncharted chemical space of ionic liquids (ILs) for CO2 dissolution, a reliable generative framework combining re-balanced variational autoencoder (VAE), artificial neural network (ANN),...
Advancements in adsorption and photodegradation technologies for Rhodamine B dye wastewater treatment: fundamentals, applications, and future directions
December 2024
Organic dye pollutants present in wastewater pose a significant global challenge. Among pollutants, the synthetic dye Rhodamine B (RB) stands out due to its non-biodegradable nature and associated neurotoxic,...
Machine learning modeling for hydrolysis recycling of PET waste
Available online 2 July 2025
The hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into terephthalic acid (TPA) can efficiently recycle waste PET, but achieving high conversion efficiency through smart reaction design remains challenging....
Bioethanol conversion to ethyl acetate via one-step catalysis
Available online 16 July 2025
As the sole renewable organic carbon source in nature, biomass holds irreplaceable strategic significance in sustainable energy systems. The catalytic conversion of biomass-derived ethanol into high-value...
Machine learning-assisted prediction and optimization of solid oxide electrolysis cell for green hydrogen production
June 2025
The solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) holds great promise to efficiently convert renewable energy into hydrogen. However, traditional modeling methods are limited to a specific or reported SOEC system....
A comprehensive study of affordable “water-in-salt” electrolytes and their properties
March 2025
The search for alternative electrolytes has been extremely topical in recent years with the “water-in-salt” electrolyte, especially, lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide (LiTFSI) coming to the...
Sustainable hybrid photo/electro-enzyme systems for CO2 conversion
December 2025
Carbon dioxide (CO2), as an abundant and renewable carbon feedstock, holds immense potential for sustainable biomanufacturing. However, natural carbon fixation pathways, such as the Calvin-Benson-Bassham...
Bifunctionalized hybrid silica aerogels for stable low-concentration CO2 capture and thermal insulation under humid and high-temperature conditions
Available online 22 May 2025
To produce a multifunctional silica aerogel with excellent stability under humid and high-temperature conditions, bifunctionalized hybrid silica aerogels (BHSAs) were created by a simple and eco-friendly...
Rigorous modelling and multi-objective optimization for hybrid absorption-adsorption separation process of CH4/C2H6 using ZIF-8/iso-hexadecane slurry
Available online 4 July 2025
Efficient separation of CH4 and C2H6 remains a critical challenge in the recovery of light hydrocarbons from natural gas. So we developed a zeolite imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8)/iso-hexadecane slurry...
A multiscale investigation combining thermodynamic modeling and molecular dynamics study on CO2 capture with [N1111][Triz]-H2O solvent
December 2025
The urgent need to mitigate anthropogenic CO2 emissions has driven the development of energy-efficient carbon capture systems. This study investigated a [N1111][Triz]-H2O hybrid solvent for CO2 capture...
A perspective on transforming fats, oil, and grease (FOG) into hydrogen: insights on steam reforming catalysts and the case study of Hong Kong using techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment
December 2025
The increasing demand for sustainable energy has intensified interest in hydrogen production from renewable sources. Although catalytic steam reforming of methane and other feedstocks has been extensively...
Aqueous polyamine-based deep eutectic solvent: balancing stability, CO2 absorption/desorption performance, and post-absorption viscosity
December 2025
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have gained significant attention as potential absorbents for CO2 capture due to their tunable physicochemical properties and environmental sustainability. However, achieving...
