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Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Remain Large: An Update Based on Country-Level Estimates

IMF Working Papers, 2019
This paper updates estimates of fossil fuel subsidies, defined as fuel consumption times the gap between existing and efficient prices (i.e., prices warranted by supply costs, environmental costs, and revenue considerations), for 191 countries. Globally,
D. Coady, I. Parry, Nghia-Piotr Le, Baoping Shang   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tunable Coordination Number in Non‐Metal‐Introduced Copper Catalysts Enables High‐Performance Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to C2 Products

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Copper catalysts introduced with different non‐metallic elements regulating the coordination number of Cu are prepared by magnetron sputtering. Reducing the Cu coordination number enhances C─C coupling and boosts C2+ product selectivity, by lowering the energy barrier for the *CO → *CHO conversion step. The optimized Si‐doped Cu catalyst achieves a C2+
Xiaoye Du, Bo Gao, Yixuan Yang, Young In Jo, Dan Qian, Chunhui Xiao, Shujiang Ding, Zhongxiao Song, Ki Tae Nam   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fossil fuel, fertilizer, and food

California Agriculture, 1973
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J Kendrick
doaj  

Analysis of Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption and Environmental Impacts in European Countries

Energies, 2019
The use of fossil fuels as the main source of energy for most countries has caused several negative environmental impacts, such as global warming and air pollution.
F. Martins, C. Felgueiras, M. Smitkova, N. Caetano   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Backbone Heterojunction Photocatalysts for Efficient Sacrificial Hydrogen Production

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Herein, a ‘single‐component’ organic semiconductor photocatalyst is presented in which a molecular donor is bonded to a polymer acceptor. The resultant material demonstrates exceptional photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution in aqueous triethylamine with an outstanding external quantum efficiency of 38% at 420 nm.
Richard J. Lyons, Rhys J. Bourhill, Ewan McQueen, Sam D. Harding, Krzysztof Pawlak, Thomas Fellowes, Harry W. Capps, Alexander J. Cowan, Andrew I. Cooper, Adrian M. Gardner, Martijn A. Zwijnenburg, Reiner Sebastian Sprick   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reevaluating the Activity of ZIF‐8 Based FeNCs for Electrochemical Ammonia Production

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Though receiving much attention, the field of electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR) to ammonia is marked by doubts about whether this reaction is possible in aqueous media. This work sheds light on this question for iron single‐atom on N‐doped carbon (FeNC) catalysts—a class of well‐known catalysts that is also worth testing for the sister
Caroline Schneider, S. Esmael Balaghi, Niklas Ortlieb, Patrick Elsaesser, Sima Heidari, Christopher S. Allen, Anna Fischer   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva, Giulio Fatti, Emanuel Carlos, Guilherme Ferreira, Sumita Goswami, Suman Nandy, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Elvira Fortunato, Caio G. Otoni, Rodrigo Martins   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon offsetting of fossil fuel emissions through afforestation is limited by financial viability and spatial requirements

Communications Earth & Environment
Burning the reserves of the 200 largest fossil fuel companies could generate 673 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide, far exceeding the remaining 400-gigatonne budget needed to limit warming to 1.5 °C by 2050.
Alain Naef, Nina L. Friggens, Patrick Njeukam   +2 more
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Pollution from Fossil-Fuel Combustion is the Leading Environmental Threat to Global Pediatric Health and Equity: Solutions Exist

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017
Fossil-fuel combustion by-products are the world’s most significant threat to children’s health and future and are major contributors to global inequality and environmental injustice.
F. Perera
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Coupled Ferroelectric–Photoelectrochemical in Water Reduction Over BiFeO3 Thin Film Heterostructure Modulated by Rare‐Earth Doping

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Gd‐doped BFO (BGFO) exhibits a ∼2‐order reduction in leakage current owing to its lowest content of oxygen vacancies. This leads to a ∼2.5‐fold increase in remnant polarization. These improvements in BGFO effectively boost charge separation and transportation, resulting in the greatest incident photon‐to‐current efficiency of 12.9 ± 0.73% and a ∼1.5 ...
Ming‐Wei Chu, Narong Chanlek, Cheng‐Sao Chen, Pin‐Yi Chen, Kuei‐Chih Feng, Chi‐Shun Tu, Chang Fu Dee, Wei Sea Chang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source