Water as the reaction medium in organic chemistry: from our worst enemy to our best friend

M Cortes-Clerget, J Yu, JRA Kincaid, P Walde… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Water as the reaction medium in organic chemistry: from our worst enemy to our best friend -
Chemical Science (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D0SC06000C Royal Society of Chemistry …

A critical review of recent advances in the production of furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from lignocellulosic biomass through homogeneous catalytic hydrothermal …

Y Zhao, K Lu, H Xu, L Zhu, S Wang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Furan energy platform compounds including furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), can
be produced by hydrothermal conversion of biomass. After hydrodeoxygenation, these …

Green synthesis of nanomaterials

M Huston, M DeBella, M DiBella, A Gupta - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology is considered one of the paramount forefronts in science over the last
decade. Its versatile implementations and fast-growing demand have paved the way for …

Green synthesis of metal–organic frameworks: A state-of-the-art review of potential environmental and medical applications

S Kumar, S Jain, M Nehra, N Dilbaghi… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainable methods of synthesizing metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are of paramount
importance to energy conservation efforts and environmental remediation. It can be a …

Green and sustainable solvents in chemical processes

CJ Clarke, WC Tu, O Levers, A Brohl… - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Sustainable solvents are a topic of growing interest in both the research community and the
chemical industry due to a growing awareness of the impact of solvents on pollution, energy …

Emerging green techniques for the extraction of antioxidants from agri-food by-products as promising ingredients for the food industry

S Carpentieri, F Soltanipour, G Ferrari, G Pataro… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, the food industry is heavily involved in searching for green sources of valuable
compounds, to be employed as potential food ingredients, to cater to the evolving …

Metal-organic framework composites as green/sustainable catalysts

KG Liu, Z Sharifzadeh, F Rouhani… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Porous metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have always been of interest to scientists in all
fields of chemistry since their introduction. Due to their brilliant characteristic features, MOFs …

A sustainable process for selective recovery of lithium as lithium phosphate from spent LiFePO4 batteries

H Mahandra, A Ghahreman - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
This work demonstrates a novel, systematic and sustainable route for the treatment of
cathode powder of spent LiFePO 4 batteries. First time, lithium was selectively leached using …

Extraction with environmentally friendly solvents

J Płotka-Wasylka, M Rutkowska, K Owczarek… - TrAC Trends in …, 2017 - Elsevier
The ever-increasing demand for determining compounds at low concentration levels in
complex matrices requires a preliminary step of analytes isolation/enrichment in order to …

Direct selective leaching of lithium from industrial-grade black mass of waste lithium-ion batteries containing LiFePO4 cathodes

T Zhao, R Marthi, H Mahandra, S Chae, M Traversy… - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is projected to maintain unprecedented acceleration
for decades, towards satisfying international climate and source objectives. LIB wastes pose …