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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenhui Ding, Chao Liu, Chuiyong Zheng, Feng Li
Summary: The digital economy has a significant impact on China's high-quality economic development, although the overall level of digital economy and high-quality development is not high and shows spatial disparities. Furthermore, technological innovation plays a crucial role in the relationship between the digital economy and high-quality economic development.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zhexuan Liu, Liping Qin, Bingan Lu, Xianwen Wu, Shuquan Liang, Jiang Zhou
Summary: This Perspective provides an overview of the working mechanisms, insufficiency, optimization, and future development of aqueous Mn2+/MnO2-based batteries. The existing issues and deficiency have been analyzed, and optimization strategies have been summarized and discussed. Testing methods and performance assessment proposals are presented.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Wei Fang, Zhen Liu, Ahmad Romadhoni Surya Putra
Summary: The study examines the impact of R&D and industrialization on green economic growth and highlights the potential of green financing for sustainable development. The findings demonstrate that upgrading industries and R&D can reduce carbon emissions and achieve green economic recovery.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rongrong Li, Xiaowei Wang, Qiang Wang
Summary: This study explores the impact of renewable/non-renewable energy consumption on ecological quality and economic growth, and proposes a new research perspective and model. The results show that global renewable energy contributes to economic growth and environmental improvement. The relationship between urbanization and renewable energy and economy is nonlinear. The impact of renewable energy varies among different income groups. In addition, the study provides policy recommendations based on the findings.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhonghe Ren, Fengzhou Fang, Ning Yan, You Wu
Summary: Machine vision plays a significant role in improving the efficiency and quality of defect detection, including optical illumination, image acquisition, image processing, and image analysis technologies. The future development of visual inspection technology will mainly focus on the application of deep learning.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRECISION ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING-GREEN TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Arshian Sharif, Najia Saqib, Kangyin Dong, Syed Abdul Rehman Khan
Summary: This study examines the importance of green technology innovation and green financing in achieving sustainable environmental development. The findings demonstrate that green technology innovation and green financing have a significant negative impact on CO2 emissions. Additionally, social globalization moderates the relationship between CO2 emissions and GDP positively, while negatively influencing the relationship between green financing, green technology innovation, and CO2 emissions.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Yunpeng Sun, Asif Razzaq
Summary: Improving environmental quality and fiscal management is important for sustainable development. However, little is known about the impact of fiscal decentralisation on environmental quality. This study analyzed data from 32 OECD countries and found that fiscal decentralisation significantly reduces carbon emissions at medium to higher emission levels, while green innovation reduces emissions from lower to medium levels. Institutional reforms promote environmental sustainability across all emission levels.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhu Weimin, Muhammad Zubair Chishti, Abdul Rehman, Manzoor Ahmad
Summary: This study examines the impact of innovation on CO2 emissions in developing countries and finds that positive innovation shocks can mitigate environmental degradation, while negative innovation shocks exacerbate pollution issues; globalization and renewable energy consumption have positive effects on improving ecological quality, while foreign direct investment and fossil fuels consumption are directly related to CO2 emissions.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Muntasir Murshed, Behnaz Saboori, Mara Madaleno, Hong Wang, Buhari Dogan
Summary: This study examines the environmental effects of nuclear and renewable energy consumption, economic complexity, and economic growth in the G7 countries. The results show that nuclear energy consumption is effective in reducing carbon dioxide emissions and carbon footprints in the long run, while renewable energy consumption degrades the environment. Higher economic growth levels are also found to be detrimental to the environment. The study recommends G7 countries to increase their nuclear and renewable energy consumption and integrate environmental welfare policies into their economic growth strategies.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yi Xue, Jia Liu, Xin Liang, Songhe Wang, Zongyuan Ma
Summary: Thermal enhanced methane recovery causes significant harm to groundwater and ecosystems, and quantitative analysis of its effects on groundwater loss and ecological risks is necessary.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mahmoud Sayed, Bicheng Zhu, Panyong Kuang, Xiangyu Liu, Bei Cheng, Ahmed Abdullah Al Ghamdi, Swelm Wageh, Liuyang Zhang, Jiaguo Yu
Summary: The study fabricated a robust S-scheme heterojunction that enhances the efficiency of CO2 photocatalytic conversion. This heterojunction is composed of 3D ZnO hollow spheres wrapped by 2D g-C3N4 layers. The photocatalyst showed a significantly higher CH4 production rate compared to pure ZnO and g-C3N4.
ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Baoquan Cheng, Kun Lu, Jianchang Li, Huihua Chen, Xiaowei Luo, Muhammad Shafique
Summary: This study proposes an approach that integrates BIM and LCA to comprehensively evaluate the life cycle environmental impacts of buildings. By calculating environmental impact factors and linking them to building-related environmental issues, a comprehensive assessment is conducted. The results show that the material production stage is crucial for improving a building's environmental performance.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ashar Awan, Kashif Raza Abbasi, Soumen Rej, Arunava Bandyopadhyay, Kangjuan Lv
Summary: This study analyzes the relationship among economic growth, environmental degradation, and various factors such as foreign direct investment, urbanization, renewable energy, and information communication technology. The findings reveal an inverted U-shape relationship between economic growth and environmental degradation, supporting the validity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve. Foreign direct investment has a positive impact on economic growth at lower quantiles but becomes insignificant at higher quantiles. Urbanization promotes environmental degradation, while renewable energy mitigates carbon dioxide emissions. Information communication technology, represented by internet usage, significantly reduces environmental degradation.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Junfei Guo, Zhan Liu, Bo Yang, Xiaohu Yang, Jinyue Yan
Summary: The study introduced a novel design of angled fins to improve thermal transport for phase change materials in a shell-and-tube thermal storage unit. Experimental observations and numerical modeling verified the effectiveness of the design in enhancing heat transfer efficiency.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kee Wah Leong, Yifei Wang, Meng Ni, Wending Pan, Shijing Luo, Dennis Y. C. Leung
Summary: Rechargeable zinc-air batteries have great potential for energy storage and electronics industry, but are hindered by challenges like parasitic reactions and slow oxygen redox kinetics. Through material redesign and new technologies, researchers have made progress in improving the performance and lifespan of these batteries.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xinting Chen, Ming Zhou, Yue Zhao, Weihua Gu, Yue Wu, Shaolong Tang, Guangbin Ji
Summary: In the face of increasing electromagnetic wave (EMW) pollution, biomass-based carbon materials are attracting attention due to their green, renewable, and environmentally-friendly characteristics. However, there is limited research on the microstructure control of these materials. In this study, two types of chitosan-derived carbon aerogels were prepared with different chitosan amounts and freezing methods, resulting in bamboo tube structure (BTS) and isolated island structure (IIS) morphologies. The obtained aerogels exhibited low density, high load-bearing capacity, and excellent thermal and electromagnetic wave absorption properties. The IIS aerogel showed superior performance in terms of infrared emissivity, effective absorption bandwidth, and radar cross-section reduction.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Pranjal Maheshwari, Mohd Belal Haider, Mohammad Yusuf, Jirf Jaromfr Klemes, Awais Bokhari, Mukarram Beg, Amani Al-Othman, Rakesh Kumar, Amit K. Jaiswal
Summary: The rising world population and its energy demands have put a significant burden on natural energy sources. The excessive use of fossil fuels threatens sustainable development and efforts to control global warming. Biodiesel has gained importance as an alternative fuel due to its environmental benefits. It can be produced from various feedstocks using different catalysts, offering flexibility, lower production costs, and a renewable nature compared to conventional diesel. The selection of the right feedstock and catalyst is crucial for economic biodiesel production. Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES) have emerged as green solvents that can address production issues and contribute to recyclability, recovery, and reusability. This review explores the trends and prospects in feedstock selection, synthesis routes, and catalysts for biodiesel production.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qiang Wang, Lili Wang, Rongrong Li
Summary: This study investigates the decoupling impact of trade on carbon emissions and explores the circumstances under which trade can contribute to decoupling carbon emissions. A combination of the Tapio decoupling model and structural threshold model is used to analyze and quantify the impact. The empirical study utilizes panel data from 124 countries worldwide from 2000 to 2018. The results indicate that the relationship between trade openness, economic growth, and carbon emissions primarily exhibits weak decoupling. Additionally, there are two breakpoints in the impact of trade openness on carbon emissions; once these structural breakpoints are exceeded, trade openness inhibits carbon emissions and contributes to global carbon neutrality, contradicting the claims of trade protectionists. At the sub-regional level, trade openness favors carbon neutrality in affluent countries but not in impoverished countries. Therefore, achieving carbon neutrality necessitates free trade, and fairer free trade should benefit countries of different income groups.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2023)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
M. Aghaei, A. Fairbrother, A. Gok, S. Ahmad, S. Kazim, K. Lobato, G. Oreski, A. Reinders, J. Schmitz, M. Theelen, P. Yilmaz, J. Kettle
Summary: This article reviews the latest knowledge on the reliability of PV modules, including reliability metrics, stress factors, degradation, and failure modes. By analyzing the degradation and failure phenomena, strategies can be developed to improve the operational lifetime of PV systems and reduce the cost of electricity.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Business, Finance
Isaac Akomea-Frimpong, David Adeabah, Deborah Ofosu, Emmanuel Junior Tenakwah
Summary: This study reviews existing research on green finance in the banking sector, identifying key products such as green securities and green investments. Determinants influencing green finance policies include environmental policies, interest rates, and risks.
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE FINANCE & INVESTMENT
(2022)
