Solar fuels: research and development strategies to accelerate photocatalytic CO 2 conversion into hydrocarbon fuels

E Gong, S Ali, CB Hiragond, HS Kim… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic production of solar fuels from CO2 is a promising strategy for addressing
global environmental problems and securing future energy supplies. Although extensive …

Perovskites for protonic ceramic fuel cells: a review

J Cao, Y Ji, Z Shao - Energy & Environmental Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs), capable of harmonious and efficient conversion of
chemical energy into electric power at reduced temperature enabled by fast proton …

Plastic futures and their CO2 emissions

P Stegmann, V Daioglou, M Londo, DP van Vuuren… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Plastics show the strongest production growth of all bulk materials and are already
responsible for 4.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions,. If no new policies are …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Empirically grounded technology forecasts and the energy transition

R Way, MC Ives, P Mealy, JD Farmer - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Rapidly decarbonizing the global energy system is critical for addressing climate change,
but concerns about costs have been a barrier to implementation. Most energy-economy …

On the history and future of 100% renewable energy systems research

C Breyer, S Khalili, D Bogdanov, M Ram… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Research on 100% renewable energy systems is a relatively recent phenomenon. It was
initiated in the mid-1970s, catalyzed by skyrocketing oil prices. Since the mid-2000s, it has …

Determinants of CO2 emissions in the BRICS economies: The role of partnerships investment in energy and economic complexity

AE Caglar, MW Zafar, FV Bekun, M Mert - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2022 - Elsevier
The anthropogenic implications of energy consumption, real income level, and natural
resources abundance have been well documented in the environmental economics …

High-resolution (1 km) Köppen-Geiger maps for 1901–2099 based on constrained CMIP6 projections

HE Beck, TR McVicar, N Vergopolan, A Berg… - Scientific data, 2023 - nature.com
We introduce Version 2 of our widely used 1-km Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps
for historical and future climate conditions. The historical maps (encompassing 1901–1930 …