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  24 April 2023 | Open Access

  Carbon mitigation potential afforded by rooftop photovoltaic in China

  Potential rooftop photovoltaic in China affords 4 billion tons of carbon mitigation in 2020 under ideal assumptions, equal to 70% of China’s carbon emissions from electricity and heat. Yet most cities have exploited the potential to a limited degree.

  • Zhixin Zhang
  • , Min Chen
  •  & Jinyue Yan

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  04 April 2023 | Open Access

  Carbon reduction technology pathways for existing buildings in eight cities

  Here, the authors perform analysis of technology pathways for existing buildings using urban building energy models developed with cities, showing that shallow and deep retrofits along with onsite photovoltaic and grid decarbonization can help achieve carbon reduction targets.

  • Yu Qian Ang
  • , Zachary Michael Berzolla
  •  & Christoph F. Reinhart

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  27 October 2022 | Open Access

  Impacts of shared mobility on vehicle lifetimes and on the carbon footprint of electric vehicles

  Shared cars are driven more, which could shorten their lifetimes. This could influence carbon dioxide emissions in car manufacturing. Sharing nonetheless reduces carbon footprints. Designing cars for durability can further enhance the benefits

  • Johannes Morfeldt
  •  & Daniel J. A. Johansson

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  07 September 2017 | Open Access

  In situ wrapping of the cathode material in lithium-sulfur batteries

  To suppress the polysulfide shuttling effect in Li-S batteries, here the authors report a carbon/sulfur composite cathode with a wrapping layer that overcomes the trade-off between limiting polysulfide diffusion and allowing electrolyte infiltration, and affords extraordinary cycling stability.

  • Chenji Hu
  • , Hongwei Chen
  •  & Liwei Chen