A DFT Insight on the physical, optoelectronic and thermoelectric characteristics of half-Heusler NaZn(N/P) compounds for power generation applications DOI

Abrar Nazir,

Ejaz Ahmad Khera, Mumtaz Manzoor

et al.

Solid State Communications, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 115896 - 115896

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

Artificial intelligence for waste management in smart cities: a review DOI Creative Commons

Bingbing Fang,

Jiacheng Yu,

Zhonghao Chen

et al.

Environmental Chemistry Letters, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 21(4), P. 1959 - 1989

Published: May 9, 2023

Abstract The rising amount of waste generated worldwide is inducing issues pollution, management, and recycling, calling for new strategies to improve the ecosystem, such as use artificial intelligence. Here, we review application intelligence in waste-to-energy, smart bins, waste-sorting robots, generation models, monitoring tracking, plastic pyrolysis, distinguishing fossil modern materials, logistics, disposal, illegal dumping, resource recovery, cities, process efficiency, cost savings, improving public health. Using logistics can reduce transportation distance by up 36.8%, savings 13.35%, time 28.22%. Artificial allows identifying sorting with an accuracy ranging from 72.8 99.95%. combined chemical analysis improves carbon emission estimation, energy conversion. We also explain how efficiency be increased costs reduced management systems cities.

Language: Английский

Citations

221

Artificial intelligence-based solutions for climate change: a review DOI Creative Commons
Lin Chen, Zhonghao Chen, Yubing Zhang

et al.

Environmental Chemistry Letters, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 21(5), P. 2525 - 2557

Published: June 13, 2023

Abstract Climate change is a major threat already causing system damage to urban and natural systems, inducing global economic losses of over $500 billion. These issues may be partly solved by artificial intelligence because integrates internet resources make prompt suggestions based on accurate climate predictions. Here we review recent research applications in mitigating the adverse effects change, with focus energy efficiency, carbon sequestration storage, weather renewable forecasting, grid management, building design, transportation, precision agriculture, industrial processes, reducing deforestation, resilient cities. We found that enhancing efficiency can significantly contribute impact change. Smart manufacturing reduce consumption, waste, emissions 30–50% and, particular, consumption buildings 30–50%. About 70% gas industry utilizes technologies enhance accuracy reliability forecasts. Combining smart grids optimize power thereby electricity bills 10–20%. Intelligent transportation systems dioxide approximately 60%. Moreover, management design cities through application further promote sustainability.

Language: Английский

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164

Recent developments on natural fiber concrete: A review of properties, sustainability, applications, barriers, and opportunities DOI Creative Commons
Lin Chen, Zhonghao Chen,

Zhuolin Xie

et al.

Developments in the Built Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 16, P. 100255 - 100255

Published: Oct. 18, 2023

To reduce the carbon footprint of traditional concrete materials, natural fiber is vital. This study systematically analyzed 196 peer-reviewed papers using literature review method to understand fresh properties, mechanical durability, thermal conductivity, sound absorption sustainability, applications, barriers, and opportunities for concrete. The findings indicate that reduces cracking rate, increasing tensile strength. Although fibers enhance stress distribution within concrete, its stability, they compressive Additionally, 85.7% concretes exhibit considerable environmental benefits; however, 28.6% 43% reviewed studies effective economic social respectively. Moreover, this demonstrates following potential utilization: 60% in road pavements 30% residential buildings. However, still predominantly utilized laboratory stage. perspective noteworthy: summarizes barriers impede application develops relevant recommendations.

Language: Английский

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80

Biomaterials technology and policies in the building sector: a review DOI Creative Commons
Lin Chen, Yubing Zhang, Zhonghao Chen

et al.

Environmental Chemistry Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 22(2), P. 715 - 750

Published: Jan. 29, 2024

Abstract Traditional building materials have some drawbacks in the construction industry, particularly terms of greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. Biomaterials derived from renewable sources are a promising alternative, significantly reducing effect enhancing efficiency. However, traditional still dominate sector, there is lack understanding among policymakers developers regarding biomaterials. Here, we review biomaterials their policies life cycle assessment through case studies. Bio-based potential to reduce over 320,000 tons carbon dioxide by 2050. They also exhibit advantages like decreasing water absorption 40%, consumption 8.7%, acoustic 6.7%, improving mechanical properties. We summarize recent advancements mycelial materials, bioconcrete, natural fibers, fiber-reinforced composites. explore contributions nanotechnology microalgae technology biomaterials' thermal insulation eco-friendliness.

Language: Английский

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80

Membrane Technology for Energy Saving: Principles, Techniques, Applications, Challenges, and Prospects DOI Creative Commons
Ahmed I. Osman, Zhonghao Chen, Ahmed M. Elgarahy

et al.

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(5)

Published: Feb. 19, 2024

Membrane technology emerges as a transformative solution for global challenges, excelling in water treatment, gas purification, and waste recycling. This comprehensive review navigates the principles, advantages, prospects of membrane technology, emphasizing its pivotal role addressing contemporary environmental sustainability issues. The goal is to contribute objectives by exploring mechanisms, limitations technology. Noteworthy features include energy efficiency, selectivity, minimal footprint, distinguishing it from conventional methods. Advances nanomembranes, organic porous membranes, metal‐organic frameworks‐based membranes highlight their potential energy‐efficient contaminant removal. underscores integration renewable sources eco‐friendly desalination separation processes. future trajectory unfolds with next‐gen nanocomposite sustainable polymers, optimized consumption through electrochemical hybrid approaches. In healthcare, reshapes exchange, hemodialysis, biosensors, wound healing, drug delivery, while chemical industries, streamlines solvent separation. Challenges like fouling, material stability, efficiency are acknowledged, artificial intelligence recognized progressing frontier. Despite limitations, holds promise revolutionizing diverse industries.

Language: Английский

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77

Engineering Covalent Organic Frameworks Toward Advanced Zinc‐Based Batteries DOI
Qingqing Zhang, Peng Zhi, Jing Zhang

et al.

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 36(24)

Published: March 16, 2024

Zinc-based batteries (ZBBs) have demonstrated considerable potential among secondary batteries, attributing to their advantages including good safety, environmental friendliness, and high energy density. However, ZBBs still suffer from issues such as the formation of zinc dendrites, occurrence side reactions, retardation reaction kinetics, shuttle effects, posing a great challenge for practical applications. As promising porous materials, covalent organic frameworks (COFs) derivatives rigid skeletons, ordered structures, permanent porosity, which endow them with application in ZBBs. This review, therefore, provides systematic overview detailing on COFs structure pertaining electrochemical performance ZBBs, following an depth discussion challenges faced by includes dendrites reactions at anode, well dissolution, structural change, slow effect cathode. Then, COF-correlated materials roles various are highlighted. Finally, outlined outlook future development is provided. The review would serve valuable reference further research into utilization

Language: Английский

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75

Green building practices to integrate renewable energy in the construction sector: a review DOI Creative Commons
Lin Chen, Ying Hu, Ruiyi Wang

et al.

Environmental Chemistry Letters, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 22(2), P. 751 - 784

Published: Dec. 15, 2023

Abstract The building sector is significantly contributing to climate change, pollution, and energy crises, thus requiring a rapid shift more sustainable construction practices. Here, we review the emerging practices of integrating renewable energies in sector, with focus on types, policies, innovations, perspectives. sources include solar, wind, geothermal, biomass fuels. Case studies Seattle, USA, Manama, Bahrain, are presented. Perspectives comprise self-sufficiency, microgrids, carbon neutrality, intelligent buildings, cost reduction, storage, policy support, market recognition. Incorporating wind into buildings can fulfill about 15% building's requirements, while solar integration elevate contribution 83%. Financial incentives, such as 30% subsidy for adoption technologies, augment appeal these innovations.

Language: Английский

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74

Optimizing biodiesel production from waste with computational chemistry, machine learning and policy insights: a review DOI Creative Commons
Ahmed I. Osman, Mahmoud Nasr, Mohamed Farghali

et al.

Environmental Chemistry Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 22(3), P. 1005 - 1071

Published: Feb. 13, 2024

Abstract The excessive reliance on fossil fuels has resulted in an energy crisis, environmental pollution, and health problems, calling for alternative such as biodiesel. Here, we review computational chemistry machine learning optimizing biodiesel production from waste. This article presents techniques, characteristics, transesterification, waste materials, policies encouraging Computational techniques are applied to catalyst design deactivation, reaction reactor optimization, stability assessment, feedstock analysis, process scale-up, mechanims, molecular dynamics simulation. Waste comprise cooking oil, animal fat, vegetable algae, fish waste, municipal solid sewage sludge. oil represents about 10% of global production, restaurants alone produce over 1,000,000 m 3 annual. Microalgae produces 250 times more per acre than soybeans 7–31 palm oil. Transesterification food lipids can with a 100% yield. Sewage sludge significant biomass that contribute renewable production.

Language: Английский

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55

Transitioning to sustainable energy: opportunities, challenges, and the potential of blockchain technology DOI Creative Commons

Yongjun Lv

Frontiers in Energy Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Sept. 14, 2023

The pressing issues of climate change and the limited availability non-renewable energy resources have created a growing need for sustainable alternatives. This study provides comprehensive overview solutions complex relationship between economy. challenges opportunities presented by transition to sources are explored, including investment in renewable technologies, policy changes incentivize use, potential job creation sector. On other hand, it is recognized that there considerable hurdles be addressed, substantial initial expenses associated with establishing systems, as well political societal barriers enacting change. economic benefits transitioning energy, such improved security, reduced dependence on fossil fuels, increased growth, evaluated. economy thoroughly analyzed, presenting valuable contribution academic literature energy. Furthermore, an inquiry being made into blockchain technology advancing landscape. includes its ability augment effectiveness openness markets, capacity assist assimilation resources. Hence, this research underscores importance their environmental merits. findings offer insights inform decisions guide future endeavors field. By promoting advancement contributes development more global

Language: Английский

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54

Novel organically modified disodium hydrogen phosphate dodecahydrate-based phase change composite for efficient solar energy storage and conversion DOI
Yan Cao,

Peng Lian,

Ying Chen

et al.

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 268, P. 112747 - 112747

Published: Feb. 7, 2024

Language: Английский

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