Devoting Attention to China’s Burgeoning Industrial N₂O Emissions

Strong Electronic Orbit Coupling between Cobalt and Single-Atom Praseodymium for Boosted Nitrous Oxide Decomposition on Co3O4 Catalyst

“…Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is one of the six greenhouse gases specified in the Kyoto Protocol , contributing to quite a global warming effect, following CO 2 and CH 4 , but it has a much greater global warming effect per unit concentration than CO 2 and CH 4 . With the continuous advancement of industrialization, the concentration of N 2 O in the atmosphere has reached an unprecedented level. − The majority of N 2 O from stationary sources comes from industrial processes such as biomass burning, nitric acid, and adipic acid production, while mobile sources (including private cars, cruise ships, etc.) also have a large amount of N 2 O emissions. − The feasible methods to effectively reduce N 2 O emission are converting N 2 O into N 2 by direct catalytic decomposition, selective catalytic reduction, or utilizing N 2 O as an oxidant to participate in the selective catalytic oxidation of organics .…”

Urgent abatement of industrial sources of nitrous oxide

“…Emissions remained nearly constant until 2010, and then increased sharply (Figure 1). Several plants constructed in China after 2010 are missing abatement equipment and some of the older ones that abated N2O in the past are no longer doing so [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] . Of the two plants in the U.S., one abates over 95% of its emissions, and the other has had a variable history of abatement, with large increases in emissions since 2010 9,10,12 .…”

Elongating the role of renewable energy and sustainable foreign direct investment on environmental degradation

“…The toxic greenhouse gas emissions generally cause global warming, and consequently, the stratosphere ozone depletion damages the ozone layers by preventing harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. The harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays directly affect living organisms and the earth's surface [ [1] , [2] , [3] ]. The industrial revolution of the 1760s has uplifted the graph of economic growth globally, but the higher pace of economic growth was achieved at the cost of environmental quality compromise [ 2 ].…”