The intermittent nature of renewable wind and solar energy arising from fluctuations in weather conditions requires the development of efficient and cost-effective large-scale energy-storage systems to create a steady supply of electrical energy for most applications.
Photovoltaic Devices with Tailored Structures
Supramolecules based on the flat-on P3HT chains and grafted rGO nanosheets in the P3HT:PCBM active layers have shown improved performance as photovoltaic devices.
Climate Policies and Nationally Determined Contributions: Reconciling the Needed Ambition with the Political Economy
What it will take to stabilize global temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels? A new review article by Adrien Vogt-Schilb and Stephane Hallegatte discusses two potential solutions.
EUROMAT2017 Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece
This years’ EUROMAT2017 conference took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, 17-22 September.
Battery Power: Electricity and Chemicals from CO2
Of interest to the field of CO2 utilization is the adaptation of the above described energy storage system into one capable of fixing CO2 into a useful product, in this particular case carbon.
A Case for CO2-Sourced Sustainable Synthetic Fuels
Is the electrification of the global fleet of automobiles and trucks truly a panacea for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, stabilizing global warming and ameliorating climate change or, rather, is it merely a way of shifting the problem from conventional internal combustion to electric vehicles?
Vision of a Sustainable Future
To address climate change, we need to reduce net anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to zero as soon as possible; that is, hopefully by 2050 or so.
Engineering Digest – Featuring Additive Manufacturing, Electrochemical Devices and More
This month’s Advanced Engineering Materials covers and top papers.
Ultrathin δ-MnO2 Nanosheets with Outstanding Electrocatalytic Performance for Overall Water Splitting
A novel synthetic strategy for introducing anion vacancies into semiconductors.
Human Well-Being and Climate Change Mitigation
What is human well-being – and why does it matter for climate change mitigation?