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Multi-Criteria LCA Framework for Sustainable Hydropower Refurbishment Design
EnergiesHydropower refurbishment is increasingly recognized as a key strategy for maintaining renewable electricity generation and minimizing the environmental and social impacts of developing new infrastructure.
Elena Simina Lakatos +6 more
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Resources, 2021 The bioeconomy can be integral to transforming the current economic system into one with reduced environmental and social impacts of material consumption. This work describes a bio-based multi-layer panel that is based on residual coniferous bark.
Aitor Barrio +4 more
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Bio‐Inspired Synthesis of Macroporous Single Crystal Particles as Scattering Agents
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A general strategy is presented that delivers unique, single‐crystal microparticles that combine submicron macroporosity and uniform particle shapes. A bioinspired approach is used to occlude three distinct types of additives – polystyrene microspheres, polymer vesicles and amino acids – within calcite single crystals, and subsequent thermal annealing ...
Stephanie E. Foster +11 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Advanced ink systems for solution‐processed textile triboelectric nanogenerators are systematically summarized, spanning conductive, tribo‐negative, and tribo‐positive layers. By connecting ink chemistry, deposition methods, and device function, the present review reveals the key governing principles of solution development and highlights practical ...
Xinlong Sun, Stephen Beeby
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Toward holistic sustainability assessment of motorcycles: a systematic review
Frontiers in SustainabilityMotorcycles are a significant mode of transportation worldwide, serving both as leisure and luxury goods in industrialized countries and as affordable everyday mobility solutions in many emerging and developing regions.
Melanie Arzberger +2 more
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Leaftronics: Bio‐Fractal Scaffolds From Leaf Venation for Low‐Waste Electronics
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.“Leaftronics” transforms naturally evolved leaf venation into quasi‐fractal scaffolds for sustainable electronics. Polymer‐infiltrated leaf skeletons can be used to fabricate ultra‐smooth, reflow‐ and thin‐film‐compatible decomposable substrates, while making the same lignocellulose networks conducting results in flexible transparent electrodes.
Rakesh Rajendran Nair +3 more
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Data‐Driven Materials Science for Energy‐Sustainable Applications
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Data‐driven approaches powered by artificial intelligence are transforming materials discovery for energy sustainability. This review examines how auto‐generated high‐quality materials databases and domain‐specific language models accelerate research in photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, batteries and magnetic materials. Applications involve extraction of
Jacqueline M. Cole
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Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2015 Assessment and contributions of different Social Life Cycle Assessments performed in the agribusiness sector. Introduction. Consumers are attaching increasing importance to the sustainability of the products they purchase. The agribusiness sector is well
Delcour, A. +4 more
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Journal of SustainabilitySocial life cycle assessment (S-LCA) is rapidly evolving to complement sustainability assessment beyond environmental impact. This study focuses on improving the Product Social Impact Life Cycle Assessment (PSILCA) database approach through a case study
Heng Yi Teah +4 more
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Environment and Natural Resources Journal, 2022 Despite green sugarcane harvesting being promoted in Thailand, with some limitations on the use of harvesting machines, green sugarcane harvesting is practiced manually in many sugarcane fields.
Thiwaporn Thuayjan +3 more
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