Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100005
Jizhang Chen , Minfeng Chen , Hong Ma , Weijun Zhou , Xinwu Xu
{"title":"Advances and perspectives on separators of aqueous zinc ion batteries","authors":"Jizhang Chen , Minfeng Chen , Hong Ma , Weijun Zhou , Xinwu Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the advantages of intrinsic safety, good affordability, environmental friendliness, moderate energy density, and large power density, aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) have gained considerable research interest. However, zinc dendrites, hydrogen evolution, inert byproducts, and zinc metal corrosion severely hinder practical applications of AZIBs. In order to address these issues, many research works have been carried out to modify the interface between zinc metal anode and aqueous electrolyte. In fact, the interface engineering takes effect at the surface and near the surface of separator. However, a specialized review on the separators of AZIBs is still lacking. Herein, basic requirements of separators and recent advances on the modification strategies including employment of functional groups, establishment of surface coatings, construction of hybrid architectures, regulations of porosity, and utilization of bipolar membrane are reviewed. Besides, the perspectives for further investigations on the separators of AZIBs are outlined. This review could offer useful guidance for the future explorations of separators for AZIBs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100005"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772970222000050/pdfft?md5=2c85f3ec8c5ffea2ea19eee2dd9b12f1&pid=1-s2.0-S2772970222000050-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72071870","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}
{"title":"Coal decarbonization: A state-of-the-art review of enhanced hydrogen production in underground coal gasification","authors":"Liangliang Jiang , Dan Xue , Zixiang Wei , Zhangxing Chen , Mammad Mirzayev , Yanpeng Chen , Shanshan Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The world is endowed with a tremendous amount of coal resources, which are unevenly distributed in a few nations. While sustainable energy resources are being developed and deployed, fossil fuels dominate the current world energy consumption. Thus, low-carbon clean technologies, like underground coal gasification (UCG), ought to play a vital role in energy supply and ensuring energy security in the foreseeable future. This paper provides a state-of-the-art review of the world's development of UCG for enhanced hydrogen production. It is revealed that the world has an active interest in decarbonizing the coal industry for hydrogen-oriented research in the context of UCG. While research is ongoing in multiple coal-rich nations, China dominates the world's efforts in both industrial-scale UCG pilots and laboratory experiments. A variety of coal ranks were tested in UCG for enhanced hydrogen output, and the possibilities of linking UCG with other prospective technologies had been proposed and critically scrutinized. Moreover, it is found that transborder collaborations are in dire need to propel a faster commercialization of UCG in an ever-more carbon-conscious world. Furthermore, governmental and financial support is necessary to incentivize further UCG development for large-scale hydrogen production.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100004"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772970222000049/pdfft?md5=4fc7c3e0166050983f924d442c58755c&pid=1-s2.0-S2772970222000049-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72071868","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}
Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100003
Yutian Lei , Yongfang Li , Zhiwen Jin
{"title":"Photon energy loss and management in perovskite solar cells","authors":"Yutian Lei , Yongfang Li , Zhiwen Jin","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has increased rapidly to 25.7% in 2022. There is growing curiosity about whether it will increase further up to the PCE limit. Understanding the fundamental energy loss mechanism and targeted treatment is the crux to step forward, especially the definite and management of photons in PSCs. Here, we first briefly review the main modes of photon energy loss in PSCs and illustrate the significance of photon recycling. Next, historical research trials to overcome these loss mechanisms in PSCs are highlighted, including the application of anti-reflection coatings, plasmonic strategies, and the adoption of upconversion and downconversion materials. Finally, we make a brief summary and prospect about strategies that can help to improve photon management in the future.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100003"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772970222000037/pdfft?md5=a9fd4b98cb41c17bbfb47a2e26887289&pid=1-s2.0-S2772970222000037-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72071869","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}
Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100001
Yuekuan Zhou
{"title":"Low-carbon transition in smart city with sustainable airport energy ecosystems and hydrogen-based renewable-grid-storage-flexibility","authors":"Yuekuan Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Hybrid renewable integration, electrification, hydrogenation, spatiotemporal energy sharing and migration, and optimisations are necessary roadmaps for the transition towards low-carbon airport transportation systems. In this study, a comprehensive review on sustainable airport energy ecosystems with hydrogen-based renewable-grid-storage-flexibility, has been conducted, from perspectives of airport energy ecosystem constitutions, renewable supported power supply chain, novel spatiotemporal energy migration paradigms, single and multi-objective optimisations, together with multi-criteria decision-making approaches. Hydrogenation in jet aircraft systems has various advantages, such as lightweight with low fuel transportation load, high specific energy, zero CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, and low NOx emissions, reduced air pollution, and environmental sustainability. Depending on different energy sources, liquid hydrogen (LH<sub>2</sub>) can be produced by solar energy, wind energy, coastal ocean energy, and bioenergy, through chemical technologies and water electrolysis from renewable power. Synergistic operation between land and air transportation systems can promote net-zero emissions. Novel energy interaction frameworks have been formulated, for inter-city/inter-country energy sharing and trading, spatiotemporal compensation on uneven distributed renewable energy resources, and high penetration of renewables. Results showed that power characteristics in airport energy systems include lightweight, high-energy density, energy-intensive, fast power response, safety, stochastic, nonlinear, and dynamics. Coastal energy resources are full of huge potentials to support airport energy systems, through off-shore wind turbines, floating PV panels, current turbines, wave energy converters, tidal stream generators, and ocean thermo-electric generators. Research results can provide conceptional frameworks, prospects, and technical challenges, on electrification and hydrogenation in both land and air transportation sectors, paving path for transition towards sustainability and carbon neutrality.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"1 1","pages":"Article 100001"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772970222000013/pdfft?md5=f5d11a1c7f5ca86026faaa5906a2f8e3&pid=1-s2.0-S2772970222000013-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72071872","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}
Energy ReviewsPub Date : 2022-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100003
Yutian Lei, Yongfang Li, Zhiwen Jin
{"title":"Photon energy loss and management in perovskite solar cells","authors":"Yutian Lei, Yongfang Li, Zhiwen Jin","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75932507","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 : 2022-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100002
H. Pourrahmani, Adel Yavarinasab, M. Siavashi, Mardit Matian, Jan Van herle
{"title":"A review on the proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) water/thermal management: From theory to the current challenges and real-time fault diagnosis methods","authors":"H. Pourrahmani, Adel Yavarinasab, M. Siavashi, Mardit Matian, Jan Van herle","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88327576","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 : 2022-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100005
Jizhang Chen, Minfeng Chen, Hong Ma, Weijun Zhou, Xinwu Xu
{"title":"Advances and perspectives on separators of aqueous zinc ion batteries","authors":"Jizhang Chen, Minfeng Chen, Hong Ma, Weijun Zhou, Xinwu Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80701569","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 : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100001
Yuekuan Zhou
{"title":"Low-carbon transition in smart city with sustainable airport energy ecosystems and hydrogen-based renewable-grid-storage-flexibility","authors":"Yuekuan Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2022.100001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100471,"journal":{"name":"Energy Reviews","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90077887","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}