Nature Reviews Clean Technology

Scaling carbon removal without delaying emission reductions Nature Reviews Clean Technology - Depending on policy design, carbon dioxide removal could either perpetuate fossil fuel consumption and slow emission reductions or, if paired with rapid emission...

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Solar driven electrolysis can be used to create high-value chemicals with lower energy inputs

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District heating in clean energy systems - Nature Reviews Clean Technology District heating can reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by building heating and hot water consumption. This Review outlines trends and developments in technology for designing and operating district heating and cooling in clean energy systems.

District heating reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by building heating and hot water consumption. A Review in Nature Reviews Clean Technology outlines trends and developments in technology for designing and operating district heating and cooling in clean energy systems. go.nature.com/4eYJpYr🧪

Effects of the low-carbon energy transition on air pollution and health - Nature Reviews Clean Technology The transition to a low-carbon energy system is expected to have both pollution and health impacts, across multiple scales. This Perspective provides an overview of the factors that determine the scal...

Transitioning to a low-carbon energy system can simultaneously mitigate carbon emissions, reduce air pollution and protect human health.

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A thermal perspective on battery safety - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Excessive heat generation in batteries can result in thermal runaway and fires incidents. This Perspective examines thermal runaway characteristics and propagation and proposes thermal management stra...

2️⃣ "A thermal perspective on battery safety"

This perspective article explores how heat management is a key area for safely increasing battery efficiency and operational lifetimes

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1️⃣ "Pumped storage hydropower operation for supporting clean energy systems"

This Review looks at how can power systems balance supply and demand using pumped hydro storage facilities:

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Can district heating and cooling help drive the clean energy transition? This Review explores research into methods to use waste heat and integrate renewable energy sources into networks.

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"Applications for zinc whiskers in green hydrogen photocatalysis" coming soon

Bio-inspired multiscale design for perovskite solar cells - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Perovskite solar cells have stability issues that prevent their widespread adoption as a photovoltaic technology. This Review explores how natural biomaterial structures have evolved to solve similar ...

New Review published today: What can perovskite PV designers learn from naturally occurring materials and processes exhibited by animals and plants? ☀️🐸🐞🌱💡

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Ayush Agarwal describes how liquid quench sampling can be used for monitoring biogas sampling to improve the quality of the gas.

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Thrilled to share my new commentary in Nature Reviews Clean Technology, co-authored with @soxenaar.bsky.social of @regassistproj.bsky.social

We argue for electrifying industrial heat in Europe—a game-changer for efficiency, resilience, and competitiveness.

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Evaluating the present and future of organic batteries - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Organic batteries, incorporating more abundant materials, are possible alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. This Review examines the fundamentals, practical metrics and applications of organic batte...

Using organic materials to make batteries could help mitigate some of the impact of battery material manufacture. This Review explores the current state of the art, and future research in the field 🔋💡

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Psychological and contextual determinants of clean energy technology adoption - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Consumer adoption of clean technologies is needed to reduce emissions and meet climate targets, but psychological and contextual barriers slow and even prevent uptake. This Review examines these barri...

From the June issue: a Review exploring the psychological barriers that can prevent consumer uptake of clean technology led by a team at ‪@unibas.ch‬

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Technologies and gaps in deep decarbonization of hard-to-abate industrial sectors - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Carbon emissions from the iron and steel, cement and primary chemical sectors are hard to abate. This Perspective discusses approaches that are being developed and deployed to reduce emissions and fac...

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Featuring reviews/perspectives on:
💧 Water electrolysis
🪟 Inorganic smart windows
⚡ H2O2 electrosynthesis
🏙️ Energy transition effects on air pollution and health

Plus data centers, evidence-based approaches for net-zero, and more

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Psychological and contextual determinants of clean energy technology adoption - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Consumer adoption of clean technologies is needed to reduce emissions and meet climate targets, but psychological and contextual barriers slow and even prevent uptake. This Review examines these barriers and discusses the effectiveness of interventions in overcoming them.

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Technologies and prospects for decoupled and membraneless water electrolysis - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Separating the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions in water electrolysis in time and/or space can make hydrogen production safer. This Review discusses the benefits and drawbacks of different redo...

Separating the hydrogen and oxygen production in water electrolysis can enhance safety. In this Review, Avner Rothschild and colleagues discuss the advantages and challenges of decoupled and membraneless water electrolysis.

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The ideal recyclable solar cell - Nature Reviews Chemistry Introducing recyclability into photovoltaic design adds complexity. Recyclability depends on parameters governing material cohesion and separability, often conflicting with traditional criteria such a...

Interesting new comment on recyclable solar cells by our friends at @natrevchem.nature.com

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Wavelength-selective transparent solar cells - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Transparent solar cells are desirable for installation in buildings and on agricultural land, and designing them to be wavelength-selective can enhance their suitability for power generation in these locations. This Review surveys the mechanisms and performance of key wavelength-selective technologies and summarizes application-specific metrics for the comparison of these technologies.

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A thermal perspective on battery safety - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Excessive heat generation in batteries can result in thermal runaway and fires incidents. This Perspective examines thermal runaway characteristics and propagation and proposes thermal management strategies and fire protection measures for effective and safe battery operation.

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Pumped storage hydropower operation for supporting clean energy systems - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Pumped storage hydropower stores energy and provides services for the electrical grid. This Review discusses the types, applications and broader effects of this form of grid-scale energy storage.

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Often ignored when talking about green hydrogen that for every ton of H2 you get 8 tons of O2, if you can produce something more valuable like hydrogen peroxide instead of the O2 then it can massively increase the electricity cost at which you can operate profitably.

Membrane electrode assembly for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis - Nature Reviews Clean Technology The electrosynthesis of H2O2 is a potential alternative to the traditional, energy-intensive anthraquinone process. This Review describes the electrochemical production of H2O2 using membrane electrode assembly (MEA) cells and examines core components, different MEA configurations, alternative anode oxidation reactions and cascade catalytic systems.

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Inorganic electrochromic smart windows for advancing building energy efficiency - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Electrochromic smart windows can be low-power routes to control building temperatures. This Review describes the working modes, assembly protocols and implementation of these windows.

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Effects of the low-carbon energy transition on air pollution and health - Nature Reviews Clean Technology The transition to a low-carbon energy system is expected to have both pollution and health impacts, across multiple scales. This Perspective provides an overview of the factors that determine the scale and distribution of these impacts and outlines potential approaches to including health benefits in decision-making about energy transitions.

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In our May issue, we published articles on SAFs, plastic co-recycling, building integrated PV and the hydrogen economy.

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Designing and regulating clean energy data centres - Nature Reviews Clean Technology The increasing demand for data centres risks greatly increasing greenhouse gas emissions. To prevent this problem from happening, data centres need to transition from being consumers to being prosumers.

To prevent the rapid growth of AI and data services resulting in increased carbon emissions, data centres need design and regulation to transition from being consumers to active prosumers