Aims & Scope

Aims:

gChem is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal dedicated to reporting cutting-edge research in green chemistry, novel functional material/device systems, clean energy technologies, and sustainable engineering, covering the full spectrum of innovative achievements from molecular design and materials development to process intensification and industrial applications. The ‘g’ embodies multiple missions:

  • General – promoting interdisciplinary research,
  • Green – advancing sustainability,
  • Great – pursuing excellence in scientific discovery,
  • Global – embracing a worldwide perspective,
  • Giga – leveraging big data-driven approaches,
  • Gateway – linking academia and industry for collaborative innovation,
  • Growing – nurturing researchers and emerging ideas,
  • Genuine – upholding academic integrity and authenticity.

The journal aims to establish a high-caliber platform for global researchers to exchange ideas, driving scientific research towards greater efficiency, cleaner processes and smarter solutions, in response to global ‘carbon neutrality’ targets and the demands of the circular economy. It is published quarterly online by Scilight Press.

Scope:

gChem welcomes high-quality original research papers, reviews, short communications and perspectives, covering but not limited to the following areas:

1. Green Chemistry and Sustainable Synthesis

  • High-efficiency, environmentally friendly chemistry routes, catalyst design, and green synthesis strategies (such as electrosynthesis, photosynthesis, and biocatalysis, etc.)
  • Intelligent chemical process design, AI-driven process optimization and digital twin technologies
  • Circular economy, renewable resource conversion and sustainable resource utilization

2. Novel Functional Materials and Device Systems

  • New materials in coordination chemistry (MOFs, COFs, etc.), low-dimensional nanomaterials and multifunctional nanocomposites
  • The fabrication of nanostructures and functional devices
  • Material structure control, performance optimization and applications in energy, environment, and catalysis, etc.

3. Clean Energy Materials and Energy Conversion/Storage Technologies

  • Photoconversion and catalytic materials and devices (e.g. water splitting, CO₂ reduction, fuel cells, metal-air batteries)
  • Novel secondary batteries (such as lithium/sodium/zinc-ion, lithium-sulfur, etc.), flow and solid-state energy storage systems
  • Flexible/wearable energy devices and system integration technologies

4. Environmentally Friendly Technologies and Sustainable Industrial Engineering Practices

  • Research into industry-academia-research collaboration for green technology innovation and industrialization pathways
  • Green retrofitting of industrial processes, low-carbon processes and demonstration cases
  • Pollution control, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), water treatment and soil remediation