Innovative strategies in chloroplast engineering for sustainable CO2 and CH4 mitigation

Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 8(1)

Published: Jan. 17, 2025

The escalating greenhouse gas emissions drive climate change, posing significant threats to global ecosystems and human societies. This article presents the molecular mechanisms functions of chloroplasts, emphasizing their pivotal role in mitigating enhancing photosynthetic efficiency. A comprehensive examination biochemical processes occurring within pigment function, regulation challenging environmental conditions is provided. In particular, research explores potential carboxysomes with minimal genetic footprints for C3 chloroplast transformation, highlighting promise improving efficiency plants. Various strategies regulating CO2 CH4 are explored. It was found that innovative biological fixation capture methodologies have reduce atmospheric levels significantly. encompasses afforestation/reforestation (AR) as well methane conversion natural engineered systems. involves optimization absorption through physiological restructuring chloroplast, showcasing enhancements crop yields. Additionally, study design implementation artificial focusing on efficacy light reactions water splitting electron transfer processes. Overall, this review contributes expanding knowledge photosynthesis optimization. By integrating insights from biology, synthetic science, approaches tackling challenges proposed, implications sustainable energy production, agricultural productivity, stewardship.

Language: Английский

An Approach to CO2 Emission Reduction in the Iron and Steel Industry: Research Status and Development Trends of Integrated Absorption-Mineralization Technologies

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 702 - 702

Published: Jan. 17, 2025

With the acceleration of global industrialization, issue carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has become increasingly severe, highlighting urgent need to develop effective CO2 capture and utilization technologies. absorption-mineralization technology, as an emerging method, can convert into solid minerals, achieving both long-term storage emission reduction goals. This paper systematically reviews latest research progress in with a particular focus on its application potential sustainability steel industry. Additionally, it summarizes status optimization strategies various monoamine mixed amine absorbents explores main process technologies, reaction mechanisms, key parameters industrial mineralization. Through multiscale modeling analysis, study delves mechanisms influencing factors mineralization process, providing theoretical support for technology. The indicates that technology not only effectively reduces greenhouse gas but also offers raw materials industries such construction, thus promoting sustainable resource development. Although this shows good prospects, still faces challenges economic viability technical feasibility during practical implementation. aims clarify current hotspots challenges, future large-scale application.

Language: Английский

An Overview of Light-Assisted CO₂ Cycloaddition for Cyclic Carbonate: Paths of Photo-Induced Thermal-Catalysis, Photocatalysis and Photo-Thermal Synergistic Catalysis

Science for energy and environment., Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 1

Published: Jan. 6, 2025

Review An Overview of Light-Assisted CO2 Cycloaddition for Cyclic Carbonate: Paths Photo-Induced Thermal-Catalysis, Photocatalysis and Photo-Thermal Synergistic Catalysis Bin Zhu 1, Qichao Cao Xin Ding 1,*, Xiaolong Yang 1,2,* 1 School Chemistry Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, 308 NingXia Road, 266071, China 2 State Key Laboratory Bio-Fibers Eco-Textiles, Collaborative Innovation Center Shandong Marine Bio-Based Fibers Ecological Textiles, * Correspondence: [email protected] (X.D.); [email protected] (X.Y.) Received: 4 November 2024; Revised: 6 January Accepted: 22 2025; Published: February 2026 Abstract: The increase concentration significantly results in severe greenhouse effect. Reducing emission chemically utilizing are effective means to solve this problem. cycloaddition reaction with epoxide is atomically economical environmentally friendly. However, current catalytic systems still have a long way go high efficiency under mild conditions. Solar energy has demonstrated excellent characteristics direct photothermal utilization, photocatalytic reactions, photoelectrochemical reactions recently. Therefore, herein review summarizes the research work on solar mediated past decade. Firstly, heat generated by effects confined local space can be more effectively absorbed molecules efficient greatly reducing consumption traditional thermal reactions. carbon-based materials, polyoxometalates (POM), metal organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent (COFs), ionic liquids (ILs) as catalysts reviewed analyzed; Secondly, semiconductor exhibit activity due activation reactants photogenerated charges holes. Single atom catalysts, composites, atomic clusters, MOFs, COFs, Porous polymers (POPs), others used such Finally, light synergistic catalysis system external heating synergy introduced analyzed. Last but not least, some issues development analyzed discussed, future prospects proposed basis.

Language: Английский