Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100018
Xiaolin Chen , Jiajie Chen , Jianxing Zhou , Xiaoqi Dai , Yuhang Peng , Yili Zhong , Ho-Pui Ho , Bruce Zhi Gao , Han Zhang , Junle Qu , Yonghong Shao
{"title":"Advances in inorganic nanoparticles trapping stiffness measurement: A promising tool for energy and environmental study","authors":"Xiaolin Chen , Jiajie Chen , Jianxing Zhou , Xiaoqi Dai , Yuhang Peng , Yili Zhong , Ho-Pui Ho , Bruce Zhi Gao , Han Zhang , Junle Qu , Yonghong Shao","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Optical tweezers system has emerged as an efficient tool to manipulate tiny particles in a non-invasive way. Trapping stiffness, as an essential parameter of an optical potential well, represents the trapping stability. Additionally, trapping inorganic nanoparticles such as metallic nanoparticles or other functionalized inorganic nanoparticles is important due to their properties of good stability, high conductivity, tolerable toxicity, etc., which makes it an ideal detection strategy for bio-sensing, force calculation, and determination of particle and environmental properties. However, the trapping stiffness measurement (TSM) methods of inorganic nanoparticles have rarely been analyzed and summarized. Here, in this review, the principle and methods of TSM are analyzed. We also systematically summarize the progress in acquiring inorganic particles trapping stiffness and its promising applications. In addition, we provide prospects of the energy and environment applications of optical tweezering technique and TSM. Finally, the challenges and future directions of achieving the nanoparticles trapping stiffness are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"2 2","pages":"Article 100018"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49726874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100025
Gabriel Heyer , Matilde D'Arpino , Giorgio Rizzoni
{"title":"Performance metrics for the comparison of lithium ion cell aging experiments","authors":"Gabriel Heyer , Matilde D'Arpino , Giorgio Rizzoni","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100025","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The increasing use of lithium-ion cells in large-scale, long-term applications drives a need for design methods that considers aging and accurate state of health estimation. A common approach is to rely on an empirical or semi-empirical aging model fit to experimental data to estimate the evolution of capacity and power fade. Because aging data are costly to collect, pack designers either use Design of Experiment (DOE) techniques to define a set of efficient tests, or use existing aging data to calibrate aging models. Given the increasing quantity of available aging data, the question arises: how can experimental aging campaigns be quickly compared? However, a methodology for the comparison of sets of aging experiments is not discussed in the literature. As a result, pack designers usually rely on intuition to select between multiple aging studies proposed by DOE techniques or in the literature. This work proposes metrics to quantitatively capture the alignment between a set of aging experiments and a target application. These metrics allow pack designers to quickly compare many sets of aging experiments to evaluate those which have tested conditions relevant to the application. Case studies are presented to illustrate the application of these metrics using aging campaign data from the literature. To validate these metrics, this work examines the relationship between these metric values and aging model validation error for calendar aging data for 18650 NMC battery cells. It is demonstrated that greater metric values correspond to reduced model error for an empirical capacity fade model.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"2 2","pages":"Article 100025"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49750691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100026
Yuekuan Zhou
{"title":"Worldwide carbon neutrality transition? Energy efficiency, renewable, carbon trading and advanced energy policies","authors":"Yuekuan Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Climate change and energy shortage crisis promptly necessitate achievement of sustainable development goals. However, there is no straightforward pathways for low-carbon transformation on building sectors, and energy/carbon trading and reverse promotion on decarbonization strategies are not clear. In this study, a literature enumeration method with dialectical analysis was adopted for state-of-the-art literature review and comparison. Low-carbon transformation pathways in buildings were holistically reviewed, with a series of integrated techniques, such as energy saving, clean energy supply, flexible demand response for high self-consumption, and even smart electric vehicle (EV) integration. Afterwards, energy/carbon flows and trading in building-related systems were provided, such as peer-to-peer energy trading, building and thermal/power grids, building and energy-integrated EVs, and carbon trading in buildings. Last but not the least, worldwide decarbonization roadmaps across regions and countries are analysed, to identify the most critical aspects and immediate actions on decarbonization. Results indicate that tradeoff strategies are required to compromise the confliction between insufficient feed-in tariff (FiT) incentives (low renewable penetration in the market) and great economic pressures (high investment in renewable systems). Low-carbon building pathway is further enhanced with first priority given to passive/active energy-saving strategies, onsite clean energy supply and then flexible demand response. Energy/carbon trading will significantly affect renewable energy utilization, and acceptance from end-users to actively install renewable systems or participate in EV interactions. Worldwide decarbonization pathways mainly focus on industries, transportation, buildings, renewable sources, carbon sink and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). This study can contribute to technical roadmaps and strategies on carbon neutrality transition in both academia and industry, together with advanced policies in grid feed-in tariff, energy/carbon trading and business models worldwide.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"2 2","pages":"Article 100026"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49727091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100017
Zixuan Wang , Zhi Liu , Linhao Fan , Qing Du , Kui Jiao
{"title":"Application progress of small-scale proton exchange membrane fuel cell","authors":"Zixuan Wang , Zhi Liu , Linhao Fan , Qing Du , Kui Jiao","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100017","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are promising power sources owing to their high-power/energy densities and low pollution emissions. With the increasing demand for electricity for various low-power devices, small-scale storage of electricity encountered bottle-neck, which provides new opportunities for PEMFC. Owing to the high specific energy of PEMFCs, the utilization of this technology for small-scale applications has recently attracted significant attention. In recent years, considerable effort has been made to advance PEMFC technology and applications, especially in the small-scale PEMFC commercial market. The current review provides a holistic overview of the cutting-edge developments of small-scale PEMFCs in the transportation, stationary, and portable power generator fields. In particular, we examine current literature on the development of small-scale PEMFCs and discuss the operating complexity of PEMFC systems for different applications. Finally, we provide a forward-looking perspective on the strategies for small-scale high-specific-power PEMFC systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"2 2","pages":"Article 100017"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49751050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100011
Qingbin Liu , Yingying Liu , Jintao Xu , Ying Teng , Zheng Ling , Yi Zhang , Lanlan Jiang , Yongchen Song
{"title":"A review of the gas hydrate phase transition with a microfluidic approach","authors":"Qingbin Liu , Yingying Liu , Jintao Xu , Ying Teng , Zheng Ling , Yi Zhang , Lanlan Jiang , Yongchen Song","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Over the years, natural gas hydrates (NGHs) have attracted significant attention as an emerging energy resource. Microfluidics is a novel technology used to observe the behaviour of NGHs in microchannels directly and has been applied to hydrates. Gas hydrate distributions and phase transitions are key parameters for exploitation and application. In this paper, advances in related research with microfluidics-based technology are reviewed, including the hydrate phase transition process and its mechanism of influence. Hydrate formation and decomposition directly influence the efficiency and sustainability of exploitation. In addition, studies of the hydrate phase transition provide basic data for future commercial exploitation. Moreover, extended applications, further developments and potential improvements in microfluidic techniques are also discussed. We believe that with an improved understanding of the hydrate phase transition mechanism, commercial exploitation of hydrates can be expected soon.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"2 1","pages":"Article 100011"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49748423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100014
Guanglong Ding , Su-Ting Han , Vellaisamy A.L. Roy , Chi-Ching Kuo , Ye Zhou
{"title":"Triboelectric nanogenerator for neuromorphic electronics","authors":"Guanglong Ding , Su-Ting Han , Vellaisamy A.L. Roy , Chi-Ching Kuo , Ye Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Building the brain-inspired neural network computing system based neuromorphic electronics is an effective approach to break the von Neumann bottleneck on the hardware level and realize the information processing with high efficiency and low energy consumption in this big data explosion age. Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) has two functions of sensing and energy conversion, which promote the application as sensor and/or power supply in self-powered neuromorphic electronics for data storage and biological synapse/neuron behaviors mimicking. This article highlights the relevant works of TENGs for memory devices, artificial synapses and artificial neurons, performs a systematic comparison, and puts forward the future research possibilities and challenges, with the hope of attracting more researchers into this field and promoting the development of TENG based neuromorphic electronics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"2 1","pages":"Article 100014"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49748681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100016
Jiashun Luo , Yachen Xie , Michael Z. Hou , Ying Xiong , Xunning Wu , Christian Truitt Lüddeke , Liangchao Huang
{"title":"Advances in subsea carbon dioxide utilization and storage","authors":"Jiashun Luo , Yachen Xie , Michael Z. Hou , Ying Xiong , Xunning Wu , Christian Truitt Lüddeke , Liangchao Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Decisive steps in innovation and competitiveness are needed to meet global greenhouse gas emissions and climate goals. As an effective method for reducing carbon emissions, carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) storage and utilization on the seabed enable the transport of captured CO<sub>2</sub> via pipelines or ships to permanent storage sites, such as saline aquifers or depleted oil and gas reservoirs in subsea sediments, or by injecting CO<sub>2</sub> for the replacement and displacement of subsea resources (oil, gas, gas hydrates, etc.). Subsea CO<sub>2</sub> utilization and storage (SCUS) involves several research hotspots worldwide, including international and local laws and regulations, security, economics, environmental impact, and public acceptance. Its current research and engineering progress are also of great interest. In addition, the vigorous implementation of the energy transition and the rapid development of renewable energy sources globally have resulted in significant advancements in SCUS. This paper provides an overview of carbon dioxide storage and utilization mechanism in the seabed, analyzes key technical and economic issues, and summarizes existing research on safety risks, monitoring technologies, and investment and operating cost control to identify remaining knowledge gaps. This is followed by an overview of global engineering practice to update on current progress. Finally, combined with the actualities of China, the potential and trend of China's seabed carbon storage and utilization are summarized. This review demonstrates the enormous development prospects for seabed carbon storage and utilization, although some risks remain including leakage and contamination, with which innovation in monitoring technologies and the self-sealing effect of gas hydrate, safe subsea utilization and storage of CO<sub>2</sub> can be achieved. Additionally, considering the development of renewable energy and the demand for large-scale energy storage, hydrogen, ammonia, or other energy carriers and carbon dioxide storage and utilization can be coupled into an industrial chain to form an economically competitive carbon geological storage mode.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"2 1","pages":"Article 100016"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49748036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100015
Yi He, Yifan Cui, Zhongxi Zhao, Yongtang Chen, Wenxu Shang, Peng Tan
{"title":"Strategies for bubble removal in electrochemical systems","authors":"Yi He, Yifan Cui, Zhongxi Zhao, Yongtang Chen, Wenxu Shang, Peng Tan","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2023.100015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bubbles are known to affect energy and mass transfer in gas-evolving electrodes, including those in water splitting, chlorine generation, direct methanol fuel cells, and carbon dioxide generation. As bubbles vigorously evolve in electrochemical reactions, undesired blockage of active sites and ion conducting pathways result in serious energy losses. Since new advances are made with the development of new theories, materials, and techniques, this review discusses the recent works on promoting bubble removal in electrochemical systems with the aim of guiding and motivating future research in this area. We first provide the mechanism of bubble evolution in electrochemical systems and the resultant overpotentials in detail. Then, recent advances in mitigating bubble issues are presented from the perspectives of passive and active strategies. Passive strategies act on the macro- and micro-structures of the electrode, surface wettability, and electrolyte properties. Active strategies employ out-fields, including flowing electrolytes, acoustic fields, magnetic forces, and photothermal effects, to guide bubbles out of reaction sites aiming at high reaction rates, whereas external energy is needed. Finally, the pros and cons of both strategies and future outlooks are presented. This review leads to design guidelines for high-performance gas-evolving electrochemical systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"2 1","pages":"Article 100015"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49748032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100013
Shashika M. Gajanayake , Ranjith P. Gamage , Xiao-Sen Li , Herbert Huppert
{"title":"Natural gas hydrates – Insights into a paradigm-shifting energy resource","authors":"Shashika M. Gajanayake , Ranjith P. Gamage , Xiao-Sen Li , Herbert Huppert","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Experts have identified natural gas hydrates, which are found in the shallow seabed and beneath permafrost regions, as an energy source (mostly methane) that is greener than other petroleum fuel resources. With their worldwide distribution and abundance, gas hydrates have vast potential to become the next pillar of the energy industry. Although no entity has established methane extraction from hydrates at a commercial scale yet, extensive laboratory experiments have introduced several extraction strategies. Methods such as depressurization, thermal stimulation, and inhibitor injection are likely to disturb seabed integrity, which may result in catastrophic consequences. However, the CO<sub>2</sub> replacement method is inferred to be preserving the seabed stability, offering an opportunity to reduce anthropogenic CO<sub>2</sub> emissions safely. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive review of the progress of experimental work in developing methane-extraction methods for gas hydrate reservoirs. Depressurization combined with thermal stimulation can be proposed as a viable methane extraction method based on laboratory-scale experiments, however, a sustainable extraction method is yet to be developed to field-scale when both economic and environmental perspectives are considered. A handful of field production runs have delivered positive outcomes to establish the exploitability of natural hydrate reservoirs, but thorough investigations and scientific collaborations are needed to develop hydrate accumulations as a commercially viable energy source.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"2 1","pages":"Article 100013"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49748684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100008
Hang Yang , Chaohua Cui
{"title":"Impact of isomers on the photovoltaic properties of polymerized small-molecule acceptors","authors":"Hang Yang , Chaohua Cui","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) have attracted tremendous research interests due to their inherent advantages of excellent mechanical flexibility, film formation, and morphological stability. Recently, the development of polymerized small-molecule acceptors (PSMAs) has boosted the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of all-PSCs to over 18%. Polymerization sites on the terminal groups of small molecule acceptors play a decisive role in determining the absorption spectra, frontier molecular orbital energy levels, molecular packing and crystallinity, charge carrier mobilities and device performance of polymer acceptors. In this perspective, we focus on the latest advances of region-specific terminal groups and region-regular PSMAs, aiming to summarize the relationship between molecular structure–physicochemical properties–active layer morphology–device performance. Finally, the future design directions and challenges faced by region-specific terminal groups and region-regular PSMAs are discussed. In this Perspective article, we advocate that the region-regular PSMAs approach can advance better designs for high-performance polymer acceptors with good batch-to-batch reproducibility.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"1 2","pages":"Article 100008"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772970222000086/pdfft?md5=5ddc074692f4af26e00dd913220df308&pid=1-s2.0-S2772970222000086-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72072948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}