Green CarbonPub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-10-29DOI: 10.1016/j.greenca.2025.10.002
Ya-Jun Liu, Heqing Jiang, Xuefeng Lu
{"title":"Beyond the MOF Nobel: From seeds of science to sustainable future","authors":"Ya-Jun Liu, Heqing Jiang, Xuefeng Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100595,"journal":{"name":"Green Carbon","volume":"3 4","pages":"Pages 333-334"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145801995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Green CarbonPub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-05-12DOI: 10.1016/j.greenca.2025.03.005
Yibo Song , Anni Li , Haiyang Cui , Bo Zhou , Jie Qiao , Junnan Wei , Xiujuan Li
{"title":"Protein language model empowered the robust ASR-driven PET hydrolase featured with two PET binding motifs","authors":"Yibo Song , Anni Li , Haiyang Cui , Bo Zhou , Jie Qiao , Junnan Wei , Xiujuan Li","doi":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.03.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Various tools specifically designed to accelerate evolutionary processes for biocatalysis and biotransformation have been developed in the field of protein engineering. Among them, protein language modeling (PLM) is extremely efficient for large-scale screening, thus initiating a new era of accelerated prediction. Therefore, this study considered the highly promising ancestral sequence reconstruction 1(ASR1)-polyethylene terephthalate hydrolase (PETase), previously obtained <em>via</em> ancestral sequence reconstruction, as a representative model. The PLM Evolutionary Scale Modeling-1V was used as an amino acid optimizer to efficiently identify four beneficial variants that improved terephthalic acid (TPA) yield by 1.7-fold. The triple variant ASR1-HRT (N81H/W120R/V265T) showed a 6.1-fold increase in TPA yield compared with that of the five-site variant FAST-PETase (N233K/R224Q/S121E/D186H/R280A) through the recombination of a single beneficial variant. Moreover, ASR1-HRT achieved a depolymerization rate of 96.1% for commercial polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics. Molecular dynamics simulations showed that the enhancement of structural stability at high temperatures and changes in catalytic reactions due to solvation contributed to efficient and stable properties. In addition, through exploring the enzyme-PET film interaction landscape at the molecular level, the two motifs of ASR1-PETase were found to play key roles in the catalytic process at the solid-liquid interface. This enhanced the initial adsorption of the enzyme on PET film, thereby enhancing the hydrolysis performance. Overall, the PLM optimization strategy has the potential to be applied to other enzymes, thereby efficiently accelerating protein engineering.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100595,"journal":{"name":"Green Carbon","volume":"3 4","pages":"Pages 419-428"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145802003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Green CarbonPub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-08-30DOI: 10.1016/j.greenca.2025.06.005
Dewei Wang , Xiangyu Kong , Zuoshu Wang , Xinyang Zhang , Jie Zhang , Yuhong Chen
{"title":"Dual-functional Fe3O4-decorated porous carbon nanosheets for kinetics-enhanced aqueous zinc–iodine batteries","authors":"Dewei Wang , Xiangyu Kong , Zuoshu Wang , Xinyang Zhang , Jie Zhang , Yuhong Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Aqueous rechargeable zinc–iodine batteries (ARZIBs) have been highlighted as a favorable solution for energy storage, in view of their sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and safety. Nonetheless, the practical implementation of ARZIBs is challenged by the sluggish iodine-reduction-reaction kinetics as well as the shuttling behavior of the soluble polyiodide substances. Herein, Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles embedded in porous carbon nanosheets (Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> NPs@PCNs) with a large specific surface area (1407.8 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>) are proposed as an iodine host for ARZIBs. This structure not only enhances iodine adsorption but also supports the electrocatalytic reversible conversion of iodine. Both experimental evidence and theoretical analyses highlight that the presence of the Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles can effectively accelerate the iodine-reduction-reaction reversibly, while mitigating the shuttling effect of polyiodide ions. The resultant ARZIBs exhibit a specific capacity of 269.8 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> at 0.5 A g<sup>−1</sup>, with 85% of this capacity being contributed by the discharge platform. Additionally, they demonstrate high rate capabilities, delivering 211.1 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> at 20 A g<sup>−1</sup>, minimal self-discharge, and cycling stability for 15,000 cycles. This performance is attributed to the synergistic effect of the catalytic activity of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles and physical confinement provided by the carbon framework. The findings of this study illuminate the critical effect of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> in transforming a nonpolar carbon material into an efficient iodine host, paving the way for the realization of reversible ARZIBs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100595,"journal":{"name":"Green Carbon","volume":"3 4","pages":"Pages 382-392"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145801999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Komagataella phaffii: A versatile platform for the production of value-added chemicals","authors":"Qiang Zhou , Jiahui Yang , Wenming Zhang , Wankui Jiang , Jianxiang Chen , Lei Chen , Yujia Jiang , Fengxue Xin","doi":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.01.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The development of green biomanufacturing technologies centered around advanced microbial cells has emerged as a hot research field in synthetic biology. As known, <em>Komagataella phaffii</em> is an unconventional yeast with unique biological characteristics, which is generally regarded as safe (GRAS). Owing to its wide substrate spectrum, <em>K. phaffii</em> has been widely genetically modified for valuable chemicals such as organic acids, fatty acids and some nature products. Actually, <em>K. phaffii</em> is very well known for the protein expression, and few reviews have systemically addressed the value-added chemicals by <em>K. phaffii</em>. Accordingly, this review will introduce the most advanced development of genetic editing tools of <em>K. phaffii</em>. Recent progresses and bottlenecks in the production of high-value chemicals using <em>K. phaffii</em> will also be summarized. Finally, future perspectives for the utilization of <em>K. phaffii</em> as a chassis cell used for high-value products synthesis will be discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100595,"journal":{"name":"Green Carbon","volume":"3 4","pages":"Pages 407-418"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145802002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Green CarbonPub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.greenca.2025.02.006
Xiao Kang , Jianxiao Wang , Xin Jing , Zhengkun Du , Hongxiang Li , Fuzhen Bi , Mingliang Sun , Xichang Bao , Junhao Chu
{"title":"Benzodifuran-based polymer donors for binary all-polymer solar cells with nearly 18% efficiency","authors":"Xiao Kang , Jianxiao Wang , Xin Jing , Zhengkun Du , Hongxiang Li , Fuzhen Bi , Mingliang Sun , Xichang Bao , Junhao Chu","doi":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.02.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.02.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Owing to the strong intermolecular interactions and high energy levels of benzodifuran (BDF)-based copolymers, their photovoltaic performance has progressed slowly. Herein, a \"strong donor–weak acceptor\" design strategy is proposed that can effectively optimize the strong intermolecular interactions of BDF-based polymers by using the steric effect of long alkyl side chains to weaken the dithiophene quinoxaline-based acceptor unit. Two new high-performance polymer donors, PQR16-BFCl and PQR16-BFF, were prepared <em>via</em> copolymerization with BDF unit. The binary all-polymer solar cells fabricated by combining PQR16-BFCl and PQR16-BFF with PY-IT achieved power conversion efficiencies of 17.91% and 17.26%, respectively, along with high fill factors exceeding 75%. Notably, PQR16-BFCl:PY-IT set a new record efficiency for BDF-based all-polymer solar cell binary devices. This study showed that the strong interaction advantage of BDF can be utilized in a weak acceptor unit system, showing prominent advantages in stabilizing the orientation of polymer molecules, alleviating steric hindrance, and reducing aggregation. This study demonstrates the application of BDF-based donor units and will undoubtedly accelerate the development of BDF-based polymer solar cells.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100595,"journal":{"name":"Green Carbon","volume":"3 4","pages":"Pages 363-371"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145801997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Green CarbonPub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-05-29DOI: 10.1016/j.greenca.2025.04.001
Lirong Wang , Jialin Zhang , Guanhua Liu , Hao Zhao , Mimi Chen , Liya Zhou , Ying He , Li Ma , Yunting Liu , Yanjun Jiang
{"title":"Electroenzymatic CO2 reduction using dual enzymes encapsulated in Zn-MOF-74","authors":"Lirong Wang , Jialin Zhang , Guanhua Liu , Hao Zhao , Mimi Chen , Liya Zhou , Ying He , Li Ma , Yunting Liu , Yanjun Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The capture and conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> to valuable products has garnered significant attention. The electroenzymatic reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> is of particular interest owing to its high selectivity and yield. However, this process is hindered by various challenges, such as the low CO<sub>2</sub> solubility in water and the requirement for efficient cofactor regeneration. In this work, we developed a green, water-based, room-temperature synthesis of Zn-MOF-74 for enzyme immobilization. Formate dehydrogenase (FDH) and carbonic anhydrase (CA) are co-encapsulated within the Zn-MOF-74 framework to create a dual enzyme cascade system. This strategy effectively enhances enzyme proximity, stability, and reusability to subsequently promote the enzyme cascade reaction efficiency. Additionally, the adsorption of CO<sub>2</sub> by CA improves the solubility of CO<sub>2</sub> in water. NADH regeneration is achieved using an electron mediator, 2-hydroxy-1-naphthoquinone (HNQ). The optimized electroenzymatic system achieved a formate yield of 3.01 mM within 3 h, which was 4.98 times higher than that of the pristine free enzyme system and 2.27 times higher than the free enzyme system with NADH regeneration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100595,"journal":{"name":"Green Carbon","volume":"3 4","pages":"Pages 372-381"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145801998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Green CarbonPub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-03-21DOI: 10.1016/j.greenca.2025.02.004
Rui Li , Yufeng Jiang , Kai Luo , Boyang Chen , Haotian Wang , Xiaolei Fan , Junting Pan , Yuri V. Litti , Shanfei Fu , Rongbo Guo
{"title":"Hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria: A promising contributor to environmental sustainability and resource recycling","authors":"Rui Li , Yufeng Jiang , Kai Luo , Boyang Chen , Haotian Wang , Xiaolei Fan , Junting Pan , Yuri V. Litti , Shanfei Fu , Rongbo Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.02.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.greenca.2025.02.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Single-cell proteins (SCPs) derived from hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria (HOB) are a promising strategy to address global food challenges. As versatile microorganisms with rich carbon metabolism, they also have the potential to address environmental emission issues. HOB efficiently utilize carbon through the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle under autotrophic conditions, introducing an innovative approach to industrial exhaust treatment. In heterotrophic environments, HOB rapidly degrade organic pollutants, including organic carbon, to meet emission standards. Their nitrogen-fixing capacity further supports the production of sustainable nitrogen fertilizers and enables greener agricultural practices. This study systematically reviews the key metabolic pathways of HOB and summarizes their applications in waste gas treatment, organic pollutant purification, and ammonia production. The potential of HOB as drivers of sustainable carbon and nitrogen cycling has been confirmed, offering broader solutions to various environmental and food issues.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100595,"journal":{"name":"Green Carbon","volume":"3 4","pages":"Pages 398-406"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145802001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}