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Dimethyl ether: A promising fuel for marine engines

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Frontiers in Energy Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1007/s11708-025-0986-4

Zhen Huang, Wugao Zhang, Dong Han, Lei Zhu, He Lin, Bin Guan

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Highlights of key advances in China’s wind turbines technology in 2024 2024 年中国风力涡轮机技术主要进展亮点

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Frontiers in Energy Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1007/s11708-025-0987-3

Haiyan Qin, Hongyuan Yang, Haoran Li, Guangping Du

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Highlights of mainstream solar cell efficiencies in 2024

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Frontiers in Energy Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1007/s11708-025-0985-5

Wenzhong Shen, Yixin Zhao, Feng Liu

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Top 8 most influential events in global carbon neutrality and climate change response in 2024

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Frontiers in Energy Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1007/s11708-025-0981-9

Research Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Engineering Fronts 2024 announced engineering fronts in the fields of Energy and Electrical Science and Technology

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Frontiers in Energy Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1007/s11708-025-0980-x

Liang Yin, Ruiqin Liu, Yonglin Ju

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Performance enhancement, economic analysis, and futuristic insight of single-well medium-deep and deep geothermal systems

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Frontiers in Energy Pub Date : 2024-11-30 DOI: 10.1007/s11708-024-0971-3

Ang Li, R. S. Anand, Wenbo Huang, Juanwen Chen, Zhibin Li, Jian Guo, Qingshan Ma, Fangming Jiang

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Climate change and innovative paths to a more sustainable future 气候变化和通往更可持续未来的创新途径

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Frontiers in Energy Pub Date : 2024-11-10 DOI: 10.1007/s11708-024-0965-1

Steven Chu, Qi Wang

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Glow-in-the-dark: Exploring the opportunities and challenges of bioluminescent plankton as a natural light source 在黑暗中发光：探索生物发光浮游生物作为自然光源的机遇和挑战

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Frontiers in Energy Pub Date : 2024-11-10 DOI: 10.1007/s11708-024-0966-0

Siti Hamisah Tapsir, Siew Moi Phang, Nor Aieni Mokhtar, Swee Sen Teo, Lai Huat Lim, Kah Hou Teng, Swee Pin Yeap

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Defect engineering in two-dimensional materials for photocatalysis: A mini-review of first-principles design

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Frontiers in Energy Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1007/s11708-024-0961-5

Yiqing Chen, Xiao-Yan Li, Pengfei Ou

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Core-membrane microstructured amine-modified mesoporous biochar templated via ZnCl2/KCl for CO2 capture ZnCl2/KCl模板化核膜微结构胺修饰介孔生物炭用于CO2捕集

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Frontiers in Energy Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1007/s11708-024-0964-2

Chen Zhang, Duoyong Zhang, Xinqi Zhang, Yongqiang Tian, Liwei Wang

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