Climate and energy challenges for materials science

Gielen, Dolf; Boshell, Francisco; Saygin, Deǧer

doi:10.1038/nmat4545

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“…Growing concerns over carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission have been raised not only because of its role to enhance greenhouse effect,8 but also its harmful effect on chemical industries, human health, and the protection of historic relics, which has prompted researchers to develop effective materials that can be used for CO 2 capture and sensing simultaneously 9. Despite a significant progress in the development of various CO 2 sorbents based on porous materials, it is still a formidable challenge to develop new porous materials that can detect and capture CO 2 simultaneously.…”

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Networked Cages for Enhanced CO₂ Capture and Sensing

Wang

Zhai

et al. 2018

Advanced Science

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It remains a great challenge to design and synthesize a porous material for CO2 capture and sensing simultaneously. Herein, strategy of “cage to frameworks” is demonstrated to synthesize fluorescent porous organic polymer (pTOC) by using tetraphenylethylene‐based oxacalixarene cage (TOC) as the monomer. The networked cages (pTOC) have improved porous properties, including Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area and CO2 capture compared with its monomer TOC, because the polymerization overcomes the window‐to‐arene packing modes of cages and turns on their pores. Moreover, pTOC displays prominent reversible fluorescence enhancement in the presence of CO2 in different dispersion systems and fluorescence recovery for CO2 release in the presence of NH3·H2O, and is thus very effective to detect and quantify the fractions of CO2 in a gaseous mixtures.

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Advanced Science

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“…Energy efficiency improvements, such as efficient boilers and motors in the industrial sector, efficient lighting and air conditioning for buildings, and efficient transportation, are among the most cost-effective ways of reducing carbon emissions from energy use [29,30]. China's energy intensity has improved significantly since the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010), driven by a series of highly ambitious command-and-control programs and institutional reforms [21,31].…”

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Asian Energy Challenges in the Asian Century

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In this first article in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Asian Energy Studies (JAES), the scene is set for further discussions and debates on the energy challenges in Asia. Energy is fundamental to economic development. Thus far, Asia has been largely meeting its skyrocketing energy demand through conventional technologies based on fossil fuels. However, challenges relating to energy security, local pollution, and global climate change mean that such a path is no longer feasible and Asian countries must meet their growing energy demands in a more sustainable manner. Addressing these challenges is not only critical to the realization of the Asian century, but also to global sustainable development. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary energy studies have much to offer in addressing these pressing issues. The mission of JAES is to provide a free and international forum for scholars and professionals working in this exciting and important field of study.

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“…In many cases, the available technologies have shown great potential at small scale and require pilot-scale plants for real-world data. If we want to mitigate climate risk timely, the pace of adoption of waste-to-energy technologies at commercial scale should be accelerated (Gielen et al 2016). Thus, these technologies have huge potential to serve the goals of sustainability.…”

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Exploring untapped energy potential of urban solid waste

Vaish

Srivastava

Singh

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Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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There is continuous increase in quantum and variety of waste being generated by anthropogenic activities. Burgeoning amount of waste being generated has potential to harm the environment and human health. Aggravating the problem, ever-increasing energy demand is putting strain on the non-renewable sources of energy and there is huge gap between the demand and supply of energy. This has led the scientific communities to adopt innovative methods to reduce, reuse and recycle them. Therefore, there is an urgent need to minimize the quantity of waste and meet the current demand profile of energy is required; technologies to recover energy from waste can play a vital role in substantial energy recovery and reduction in waste for final disposal; in addition to meet the rising energy requirement. Generating power from waste has greatly reduced the environmental impact and dependency on fossil fuels for electricity generation. Economically also it is an optimal solution for recovery of heat and power from waste. This paper gives an overview of energy potential stored in waste, major available waste-to-energy technologies and also strategic action plan for implementation of these technologies.

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Climate and energy challenges for materials science

Cited by 257 publications

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Networked Cages for Enhanced CO₂ Capture and Sensing

Networked Cages for Enhanced CO₂ Capture and Sensing

Asian Energy Challenges in the Asian Century

Exploring untapped energy potential of urban solid waste

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Climate and energy challenges for materials science

Cited by 257 publications

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