Global transition of operational carbon in residential buildings since the millennium

X **ang, N Zhou, M Ma, W Feng, R Yan - Advances in Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The residential sector is the third-largest energy consumer and emitter globally and as such
is at the forefront of the energy transition and net-zero emissions pathway. To accelerate the …

Potential and risks of hydrogen-based e-fuels in climate change mitigation

F Ueckerdt, C Bauer, A Dirnaichner, J Everall… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
E-fuels promise to replace fossil fuels with renewable electricity without the demand-side
transformations required for a direct electrification. However, e-fuels' versatility is …

[PDF][PDF] The state of carbon dioxide removal

S Smith, O Geden, M Gidden, W Lamb, G Nemet… - 2024 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The views, opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this report
are strictly those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the views of funders or …

Energy transition minerals and their intersection with land-connected peoples

JR Owen, D Kemp, AM Lechner, J Harris, R Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Rapidly transitioning the global energy system to renewables is considered necessary to
combat climate change. Current estimates suggest that at least 30 energy transition minerals …

Diverse carbon dioxide removal approaches could reduce impacts on the energy–water–land system

J Fuhrman, C Bergero, M Weber, S Monteith… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a critical tool in all plans to limit warming to below 1.5° C,
but only a few CDR pathways have been incorporated into integrated assessment models …

Energy requirements and carbon emissions for a low-carbon energy transition

A Slameršak, G Kallis, DW O'Neill - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Achieving the Paris Agreement will require massive deployment of low-carbon
energy. However, constructing, operating, and maintaining a low-carbon energy system will …

Construction of carbonized polymer dots/potassium doped carbon nitride nanosheets Van der Waals heterojunction by ball milling method for facilitating photocatalytic …

J Dong, J Zhao, X Yan, L Li, G Liu, M Ji, B Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
When the advancement of conventional heterojunctions is restricted by lattice matching of
materials, Van der Waals heterojunctions formed by interlayer Van der Waals force present …

Impact of declining renewable energy costs on electrification in low-emission scenarios

G Luderer, S Madeddu, L Merfort, F Ueckerdt, M Pehl… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Cost degression in photovoltaics, wind-power and battery storage has been faster than
previously anticipated. In the future, climate policy to limit global warming to 1.5–2° C will …

Unextractable fossil fuels in a 1.5 C world

D Welsby, J Price, S Pye, P Ekins - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement pledged to limit global warming to well below
2° C and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5° C relative to pre-industrial …

Descriptors for the evaluation of electrocatalytic reactions: d‐band theory and beyond

S Jiao, X Fu, H Huang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Closing the carbon‐, hydrogen‐, and nitrogen cycle with renewable electricity holds
promises for the mitigation of the facing environment and energy crisis, along with the …