Tingting Wang , Ziyue Chen , Aocheng Wei , Chao Xie , Si Hong , Chaofeng Zhang , Xiaojun Shen
{"title":"A novel recyclable alkaline deep eutectic solvent for enhanced biomass fractionation and enzymatic hydrolysis","authors":"Tingting Wang , Ziyue Chen , Aocheng Wei , Chao Xie , Si Hong , Chaofeng Zhang , Xiaojun Shen","doi":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100131","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100131","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Effective lignin removal while preserving carbohydrates is a critical challenge in the production of bioethanol. Herein, a novel alkaline deep eutectic solvent (DES) composed of ammonium chloride (NH₄Cl) and monoethanolamine (MEA), was designed for efficient lignin removal and carbohydrate retention in corn stalks pretreatment. Under optimal conditions (MEA/NH₄Cl with a molar ratio 6:1, 140 °C, 6 h), the DES achieved 95.7 % lignin removal, with glucose and xylose yields after enzymatic hydrolysis of the residue reaching 98 %. Remarkably, glucose and xylose yields were up to 96 % within only 24 h, cutting the reaction time by two-thirds compared to the conventional 72 h industrial process and significantly enhancing efficiency. The DES also maintained high efficiency after five reuse cycles, demonstrating excellent recyclability and economic potential. Structural analysis revealed increased crystallinity and porosity, providing mechanistic insights into enhanced enzymatic accessibility. This work establishes a sustainable and innovative strategy for lignocellulose pretreatment, paving the way for cellulosic bioethanol production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101081,"journal":{"name":"Resources Chemicals and Materials","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146039940","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":"Bioactive nanofluids for enhancing carbon dioxide capture","authors":"Merna Farag, Sulaiman Al-Zuhair","doi":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100132","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The pressing need to reduce industrial CO₂ emissions has spurred the development of efficient and sustainable alternatives to conventional amine-based solvents. In this study, a series of novel nanobiocatalysts were engineered by immobilizing carbonic anhydrase (CA) onto four types of CO₂-affinitive nanoparticles: zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8), Fe₂O₃, graphene, and graphene oxide (GO). The resulting nanobiocatalysts exhibited enhanced CO₂ adsorption capacities, with GO achieving the highest at 22.4 mg/g, followed by ZIF-8 at 8.6 mg/g at 25 °C. When used as nanofluids, all systems significantly outperformed pure water in CO₂ absorption, with GO reaching a maximum CO₂ flux of 225 mol/m²·min at 1 bar and 25 °C. The presence of immobilized CA contributed to substantial flux enhancements: 41.6 % for GO, 36.9 % for graphene, 32.0 % for ZIF-8, and 21.0 % for Fe₂O₃, demonstrating a clear synergistic effect between enzymatic catalysis and nanoparticle-assisted absorption. The GO<img>CA nanobiocatalyst also exhibited excellent operational stability, retaining over 95 % of its initial performance after three reuse cycles. Post-reaction analysis revealed a decrease in GO’s surface area from 1562 m²/g to 338 m²/g, confirming stable enzyme immobilization. These results underscore the potential of GO<img>CA nanobiocatalysts as a high-performance, reusable, and scalable solution for industrial CO₂ capture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101081,"journal":{"name":"Resources Chemicals and Materials","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146039941","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}
Zoe V. Quiñones-Jurado , María Ibarra-Palomares , Rogelio Flores-Ramírez , C.J. Cabello-Alvarado , C.A. Ávila-Orta , María Azucena González-Lozano , Gerardo Terán-Escobar , Mauricio Ruiz
{"title":"Interaction of containment membranes with biofumigant: implications for their potential reuse based on structural analysis","authors":"Zoe V. Quiñones-Jurado , María Ibarra-Palomares , Rogelio Flores-Ramírez , C.J. Cabello-Alvarado , C.A. Ávila-Orta , María Azucena González-Lozano , Gerardo Terán-Escobar , Mauricio Ruiz","doi":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100129","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100129","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Intensive agriculture, which is necessary for rapid food production, has changed the microbiota and soil stability. Therefore, maintaining efficient production requires disinfecting fumigants to control pests and vermin that infest soil. Garlic-based agrochemicals, such as dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) have a high pest control capacity. However, it is vital to control the high volatility of the fumigant during its application, making the use of plastic membranes for gas containment necessary. Despite the advantages offered by these membranes in the agricultural sector, their plastic composition has a negative effect on the environment if it is not used with an optimized method. The life extension of fumigant containment membranes is limited to a single use per application. Therefore, in this study, the possible reuse of three membrane types for DMDS fumigation was investigated to promote waste reduction. The barrier to the gas permeability of the membranes was measured as described in ASTM <span><span>E2945–14</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>. The stability of the plastic film in the presence of the DMDS fumigant was assessed by monitoring changes in the surface by atomic force microscopy and in the plastic microstructure by ASTM <span><span>D638</span><svg><path></path></svg></span> and oxidative induction time analysis (ASTM <span><span>D3895–19</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>) using a differential scanning calorimeter.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101081,"journal":{"name":"Resources Chemicals and Materials","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146081286","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":"Outside Back Cover","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S2772-4433(26)00016-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2772-4433(26)00016-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101081,"journal":{"name":"Resources Chemicals and Materials","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147599797","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":"Toward carbon neutrality: A comprehensive review of CO2 hydrogenation to olefins and aromatics","authors":"Jianxiang Han , Xiwen Cui , Jian Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100147","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100147","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) into high‐value chemicals offers a sustainable approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on fossil resources. Among the products, olefins and aromatics are vital industrial building blocks, and their synthesis from CO<sub>2</sub> provides notable environmental and energy benefits. Yet the conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> into such unsaturated hydrocarbons remains intrinsically difficult, as it requires overcoming the high stability of the C–O bond, steering C–C coupling toward the desired products, and delicately balancing hydrogenation to suppress over-hydrogenation. This review summarizes recent advances in CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation to olefins and aromatics, with particular attention to the main mechanistic pathways involving CO and methanol intermediates. We provide a detailed analysis of catalyst design strategies and mechanistic studies that have deepened understanding of CO<sub>2</sub> activation, reaction intermediates, and product formation. Finally, the persisting challenges are discussed, and perspectives are offered on how future developments may enable efficient and scalable CO<sub>2</sub> utilization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101081,"journal":{"name":"Resources Chemicals and Materials","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146081285","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}
Guozi Liu , Dachao Ma , Yaqi Zheng , Mengxue Ling , Wenfeng Ya , Liusen Wang , Hongchang Hu , Jinye Wei , Qisong Zhong , Zheng Liu , Dongbo Wang , Qingge Feng
{"title":"Ethanol extraction pretreatment to improve the performance of banana pseudostem-derived porous carbon as supercapacitor electrodes","authors":"Guozi Liu , Dachao Ma , Yaqi Zheng , Mengxue Ling , Wenfeng Ya , Liusen Wang , Hongchang Hu , Jinye Wei , Qisong Zhong , Zheng Liu , Dongbo Wang , Qingge Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100145","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100145","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bananas are among the most produced and popular fruits globally, and their harvest generates significant amounts of banana pseudostem (BP). This study proposes a process that involves first extracting tannic acid from BP with ethanol and then converting the extraction residue RBP (recycled banana pseudostem) into biochar for electrode material for supercapacitors (SCs), thereby maximizing the resource utilization of BP. BP and RBP biochars were prepared by pyrolysis at temperatures ranging from 600 °C to 800 °C. Comparison of pretreated and un-pretreated samples showed that the micropore specific surface area of RBP700 (2066.35 m<sup>2</sup>·g<sup>−1</sup>) nearly doubled that of BP700 (1057.10 m<sup>2</sup>·g<sup>−1</sup>), and the micropore volume increased from 0.49 cm<sup>3</sup>·g<sup>−1</sup> to 0.84 cm<sup>3</sup>·g<sup>−1</sup>. RBP700 electrode exhibited a specific capacitance of 298.2 F·g<sup>−1</sup> at a current density of 0.5 A·g<sup>−1</sup>, with a capacitance retention rate of 78.4 % at 20 A·g<sup>−1</sup>, and retained 92.6 % of its initial capacitance after 10,000 cycles, demonstrating excellent electrochemical performance and high electrochemical stability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101081,"journal":{"name":"Resources Chemicals and Materials","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100145"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146081283","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}
Yanliang Yang , Mengping Fan , Weilong Ji , Xiang Jia , Xiaoqin Si , Xin Liu , Zhiyong Chen , Tianliang Lu , Ling-Ping Xiao
{"title":"Enhanced selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol in the organic-solvent-free system over Co/NC via hydrogen spillover and acid-base modification","authors":"Yanliang Yang , Mengping Fan , Weilong Ji , Xiang Jia , Xiaoqin Si , Xin Liu , Zhiyong Chen , Tianliang Lu , Ling-Ping Xiao","doi":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100128","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100128","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aqueous-phase hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol using non-noble metal catalysts is constrained by the low activity of catalysts, necessitating high temperatures and high hydrogen pressures, and posing challenges in controlling furfuryl alcohol selectivity. Herein, a Co nanoparticle catalyst supported on nitrogen-doped carbon derived from MOFs is reported, which adopts a synergistic strategy to enhance catalytic performance. The nitrogen doping simultaneously promotes hydrogen spillover on the catalyst surface and reduces surface acidity, thereby suppressing acid-catalyzed side reactions. This dual function enables the selective hydrogenation of -<em>C</em> = <em>O</em> groups to -<em>CH</em><sub><em>2</em></sub><em>OH</em> groups in water under mild conditions. Furfural reached 98% conversion with 95% selectivity of furfuryl alcohol at 135 °C and under hydrogen pressure close to atmospheric (0.4 MPa) in 2 h. This study allows a low energy-consuming method for producing furfuryl alcohol from hemicellulose-derived furfural, and provides a promising strategy for the conversion of renewable biomass-derived compounds into high value-added chemicals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101081,"journal":{"name":"Resources Chemicals and Materials","volume":"4 4","pages":"Article 100128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145465989","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":"Outside Back Cover","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S2772-4433(25)00071-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2772-4433(25)00071-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101081,"journal":{"name":"Resources Chemicals and Materials","volume":"4 4","pages":"Article 100162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145789996","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}
Jacob Rubel , Joren De Brabander , Dharmjeet Madhav , Yukun Ji , Veerle Vandeginste
{"title":"Magnesium leaching from dunite slurry and CO2 mineralization to form hydrated MgCO3 with different morphologies","authors":"Jacob Rubel , Joren De Brabander , Dharmjeet Madhav , Yukun Ji , Veerle Vandeginste","doi":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100125","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.recm.2025.100125","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the leaching and purification processes for dunite slurry, a common mining waste material, and the carbonation processes for the mineralization of CO<sub>2</sub> with <figure><img></figure> . Results indicate that HCl is a promising leaching agent, and pH and temperature are major factors in controlling the efficiency of the leaching process, with leaching efficiencies of 82% achieved after 4 h using 2 M HCl solution at 75 °C. The removal of other ions like <figure><img></figure> , <figure><img></figure> , and <figure><img></figure> through the purification of the leachate using ammonium hydroxide was also proven to be effective, completely removing iron and aluminum from the leachate from starting concentrations of 3.10 and 0.40 g/L, respectively. The carbonation of magnesium at room temperature was investigated with both purified leachate and pure MgCl<sub>2</sub> aqueous solution. Nesquehonite crystals began to form after 1.5 h with a conversion of <figure><img></figure> to nesquehonite of approximately 5%. The produced crystals possess a needle-like shape, which could be modified using the biopolymers pectin and xanthan. Pectin had a limited influence on the length of the crystals, reducing the needle length with increasing pectin concentration. Xanthan, on the other hand, shortened and widened the needle-like structure into a column shape as more xanthan was added. This study demonstrates the potential for this process to utilize mining wastes and sequester CO<sub>2</sub>, producing useful mineral products in the process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101081,"journal":{"name":"Resources Chemicals and Materials","volume":"4 4","pages":"Article 100125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144841374","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}