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Nature‐Inspired Sustainable Cooling for Photovoltaics with Enhanced Temperature‐Salinity Dynamics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Addressing solar panel overheating, a nature‐inspired cooling system mimicking ocean currents is developed. A moisture‐absorbing solution layer uses sunlight, radiative cooling, and moisture processes to create temperature/salinity gradients, accelerating circulation. The prototype cools panels by up to 18.2 °C under sunlight, sustains cooling, rapidly
Fuxiang Li, Zengguang Sui, Haosheng Lin, Yunren Sui, Francesco Vanin, Chunlei Zhang, Zonglong Zhu, Wei Wu   +7 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

A worldwide model for boundaries of urban settlements

, 2018
The shape of urban settlements plays a fundamental role in their sustainable planning. Properly defining the boundaries of cities is challenging and remains an open problem in the Science of Cities.
Andrade Jr., José S., Furtado, Vasco, Makse, Hernán A., Oliveira, Erneson A.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Phase Change Material‐Driven Tunable Metasurface for Adaptive Terahertz Sensing and Communication in 6G Perceptive Networks

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores the benefits of metasurfaces made from functional materials, highlighting their ability to be adapted and improved for various high‐frequency applications, including communications and sensing. It first demonstrates the potential of these functional material‐based metasurfaces to advance the field of sub‐THz perceptive networks ...
Yat‐Sing To, Jiachen Du, Cyril Decroze, Laure Huitema, Aurelian Crunteanu, Hang Wong   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demystifying the Use of Open-Access Data in Smart Heritage Implementations

Tourism and Hospitality
Smart Heritage, a concept closely linked to Smart Cities and Smart Tourism, is an emerging field focused on enhancing heritage identity, visitor experience, and cultural sustainability.
Shiran Geng, Hing-Wah Chau, Elmira Jamei, Zora Vrcelj   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Membrane Distillation Trial on Textile Wastewater Containing Surfactants Using Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic-Coated Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Membranes

Membranes, 2018
Treating wastewater from textile plants using membrane distillation (MD) has great potential due to the high-salinity wastes and availability of waste heat. However, textile wastewaters also contain surfactants, which compromise the essential hydrophobic
Jesús Villalobos García, Noel Dow, Nicholas Milne, Jianhua Zhang, Leslie Naidoo, Stephen Gray, Mikel Duke   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

"Edible" urban forests as part of inclusive, sustainable cities [PDF]

, 2018
Feeding an increasingly urban population and ensuring the economic and social well-being of urban dwellers will be the primary challenge for cities in coming decades.
Cari\uf1anos, Paloma, Castro, Jos\ue9, Fini, Alessio, Ostoi\u107, Silvija Krajter, Sitzia, Tommaso   +4 more
core  

Monitoring the impact of land cover change on surface urban heat island through google earth engine. Proposal of a global methodology, first applications and problems [PDF]

, 2018
All over the world, the rapid urbanization process is challenging the sustainable development of our cities. In 2015, the United Nation highlighted in Goal 11 of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) the importance to "Make cities inclusive, safe ...
Crespi, Mattia Giovanni, Di Rico, Clarissa, Leuzzi, Giovanni, Monti, Paolo, Nascetti, Andrea, Ravanelli, Roberta, Valeria Cirigliano, Raffaella   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Quantifying Spatio‐Operational Heterogeneity in Electrochemical Devices via Operando Correlative Neutron and X‐Ray Tomography

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Heterogeniety in electrochemical systems heavily influences device performance and durability. The study shows unique evidence of spatio‐operational heterogeneity in fuel cells via operando neutron and X‐ray tomography. Large variations in membrane thickness and hydration depend upon location and operating conditions, with implications on membrane ...
Pranay Shrestha, Jacob M. LaManna, Kieran F. Fahy, ChungHyuk Lee, Pascal J. Kim, Jason K. Lee, Elias Baltic, Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson, Aimy Bazylak   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Placemaking and the Complexities of Measuring Impact in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public and Community Housing: From Theory to Practice and Lived Experience

Architecture
This paper explores the complexities of measuring impact from placemaking in the context of public and community housing (sometimes known as social or subsidised housing) in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Crystal Victoria Olin, Karen Witten, Edward Randal, Elinor Chisholm, Amber Logan, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Lori Leigh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source