Status and perspectives of crystalline silicon photovoltaics in research and industry

C Ballif, FJ Haug, M Boccard, PJ Verlinden… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaics has long been considered energy intensive and
costly. Over the past decades, spectacular improvements along the manufacturing chain …

Recent progress in MXene‐based materials: potential high‐performance electrocatalysts

A Liu, X Liang, X Ren, W Guan, M Gao… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The family of transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides (collectively called
MXenes) has been a thriving field since the first invention of Ti3C2Tx (MXene) in 2011 …

Techno-economic assessment of low-temperature carbon dioxide electrolysis

H Shin, KU Hansen, F Jiao - Nature Sustainability, 2021 - nature.com
Low-temperature CO2 electrolysis represents a potential enabling process in the production
of renewable chemicals and fuels, notably carbon monoxide, formic acid, ethylene and …

Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being

F Creutzig, L Niamir, X Bai, M Callaghan… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Mitigation solutions are often evaluated in terms of costs and greenhouse gas reduction
potentials, missing out on the consideration of direct effects on human well-being. Here, we …

Manufacturing energy and greenhouse gas emissions associated with plastics consumption

SR Nicholson, NA Rorrer, AC Carpenter, GT Beckham - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Reducing the carbon intensity of plastics production by sourcing sustainable feedstocks
while simultaneously enabling effective polymer recycling represents a potential …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven predictive control for unlocking building energy flexibility: A review

A Kathirgamanathan, M De Rosa, E Mangina… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Managing supply and demand in the electricity grid is becoming more challenging due to
the increasing penetration of variable renewable energy sources. As significant end-use …

Climate and air-quality benefits of a realistic phase-out of fossil fuels

D Shindell, CJ Smith - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The combustion of fossil fuels produces emissions of the long-lived greenhouse gas carbon
dioxide and of short-lived pollutants, including sulfur dioxide, that contribute to the formation …

Emerging electrochemical processes to decarbonize the chemical industry

R Xia, S Overa, F Jiao - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrification is a potential approach to decarbonizing the chemical industry.
Electrochemical processes, when they are powered by renewable electricity, have lower …

General Techno-Economic Analysis of CO2 Electrolysis Systems

M Jouny, W Luc, F Jiao - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) has received significant attention in
academic research, although the techno-economic prospects of the technology for the large …

[HTML][HTML] Radical transformation pathway towards sustainable electricity via evolutionary steps

D Bogdanov, J Farfan, K Sadovskaia… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
A transition towards long-term sustainability in global energy systems based on renewable
energy resources can mitigate several growing threats to human society simultaneously …