The overview,innovation and benefits of the five awards and winners of 2023 US Green Chemistry Challenge Awards are reviewed.Greener Synthetic Pathways award is given to Solugen for developing a chemical manufacturing platform that converts plant-derived substances into a range of materials.Greener Reaction Conditions award is obtained by Captis Aire LLC for the patent pending CAIRE Technology that captures more than 90%of terpenes,a waste product from the wood manufacturing process.The Clorox Company receives the Design of Greener Chemicals award by designing Clorox EcoClean1M Disinfecting Cleaner.Small Business award is won by Modern Meadow for developing a more efficient textile dyeing process.Academic Category is awarded to University of Michigan for developing new ways to refine common agricultural wastes.Specific Environmental Benefit—Climate Change award is received by Air Company for developing a technology that mimics photosynthesis to transform the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into other organic chemicals,producing oxygen as the only byproduct.
关键词
绿色化学挑战奖/美国/创新、效益与价值
Key words
Green Chemistry Challenge Awards/USA/innovation,benefits and value