Water Splitting:From Electrode to Green Energy System

Hydrogen(H2)production is a latent feasibility of renewable clean energy.The industrial H2 production is obtained from reforming of natural gas,which consumes a large amount of nonrenewable energy and simultaneously produces greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.Electrochemical water splitting is a promising approach for the H2 production,which is sustainable and pollution-free.Therefore,developing efficient and economic technologies for electrochemical water splitting has been an important goal for researchers around the world.The utilization of green energy systems to reduce overall energy consumption is more important for H2 production.Harvesting and converting energy from the environment by different green energy systems for water splitting can efficiently decrease the external power consumption.A variety of green energy systems for efficient producing H2,such as two-electrode electrolysis of water,water splitting driven by photoelectrode devices,solar cells,thermoelectric devices,triboelectric nanogenerator,pyroelectric device or electrochemical water-gas shift device,have been developed recently.In this review,some notable progress made in the different green energy cells for water splitting is discussed in detail.We hoped this review can guide people to pay more attention to the development of green energy system to generate pollution-free H2 energy,which will realize the whole process of H2 production with low cost,pollution-free and energy sustainability conversion.

Solar‑Driven Sustainability:Ⅲ–ⅤSemiconductor for Green Energy Production Technologies

Long-term societal prosperity depends on addressing the world’s energy and environmental problems,and photocatalysis has emerged as a viable remedy.Improving the efficiency of photocatalytic processes is fundamentally achieved by optimizing the effective utilization of solar energy and enhancing the efficient separation of photogenerated charges.It has been demonstrated that the fabrication ofⅢ–Ⅴsemiconductor-based photocatalysts is effective in increasing solar light absorption,long-term stability,large-scale production and promoting charge transfer.This focused review explores on the current developments inⅢ–Ⅴsemiconductor materials for solar-powered photocatalytic systems.The review explores on various subjects,including the advancement ofⅢ–Ⅴsemiconductors,photocatalytic mechanisms,and their uses in H2 conversion,CO_(2)reduction,environmental remediation,and photocatalytic oxidation and reduction reactions.In order to design heterostructures,the review delves into basic concepts including solar light absorption and effective charge separation.It also highlights significant advancements in green energy systems for water splitting,emphasizing the significance of establishing eco-friendly systems for CO_(2)reduction and hydrogen production.The main purpose is to produce hydrogen through sustainable and ecologically friendly energy conversion.The review intends to foster the development of greener and more sustainable energy source by encouraging researchers and developers to focus on practical applications and advancements in solar-powered photocatalysis.

Progress in electrocatalytic nitrate reduction for green energy:Catalyst engineering,mechanisms,and techno-economic feasibility

Ammonia(NH_(3))is an irreplaceable chemical that has been widely demanded to keep the sustainable development of modern society.However,its industrial production consumes a huge amount of energy and releases extraordinary greenhouse gases(GHGs),leading to various environmental issues.Achieving the green production of ammonia is a great challenge,which has been extensively pursued in the last decade.In this review,the most promising strategy,electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction(e-NO_(3)RR),is comprehensively investigated to give a complete understanding of its development and mechanism and provide guidance for future directions.However,owing to the complex reactions and limited selectivity,a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms is crucial to further development and commercialization.Moreover,NO_(3)^(-)RR is a promising strategy for simultaneous water treatment and NH_(3)production.A detailed overview of the recent progress in NO_(3)^(-)RR for NH_(3)production with nontransition and transition metal based electrocatalysts is summarized.In addition,critical advanced techniques,future challenges,and prospects are discussed to guide future research on transition metal-based catalysts for commercial NH_(3)synthesis by NO_(3)^(-)reduction.

Global energy transition revolution and the connotation and pathway of the green and intelligent energy system

The essence of energy system transition is the"energy revolution':The development of the"resource-dominated"energy system with fossil energy as the mainstay has promoted human progress,but it has also triggered energy crisis and ecological environment crisis,which is not compatible with the new demands of the new round of scientific and technological revolution,industrial transformation,and sustainable human development.It is in urgent need to research and develop a new-type energy system in the context of carbon neutrality.In the framework of"technique-dominated"new green and intelligent energy system with"three new"of new energy,new power and new energy storage as the mainstay,the"super energy basin"concepts with the Ordos Basin,Nw China as a representative will reshape the concept and model of future energy exploration and development.In view of the"six inequalities"in global energy and the resource conditions of"abundant coal,insufficient oil and gas and infinite new energy"in China,it is suggested to deeply boost"China energy revolution',sticking to the six principles of independent energy production,green energy supply,secure energy reserve,efficient energy consumption,intelligent energy management,economical energy cost;enhance"energy scientific and technological innovation"by implementing technique-dominated"four major science and technology innovation projects',namely,clean coal project,oil production stabilization and gas production increasing project,new energy acceleration project,and green-intelligent energy project;implement"energy transition"by accelerating the green-dominated"four-modernization development',namely,fossil energy cleaning,large-scale new energy,coordinated centralized energy distribution,intelligent multi-energy management,so as to promote the exchange of two 80%s"in China's energy structure and construct the new green and intelligent energy system.

Bio-inspired photosystem for green energy

Science,2016,351,74-77;Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.,2016,55,12503-12507Over billions years of evolution,biosystems have developed elaborate architectures to realize efficient substance metabolism and energy conversion.Using and/or mimicking biological process has provided us an elegant strategy for design and fabrication of biologically functional systems,such as photosystem.To realize efficient energy production,it

Multivalent metal-sulfur batteries for green and cost-effective energy storage:Current status and challenges

Multivalent metal-sulfur(M-S,where M=Mg,Al,Ca,Zn,Fe,etc.)batteries offer unique opportunities to achieve high specific capacity,elemental abundancy and cost-effectiveness beyond lithium-ion batteries(LIBs).However,the slow diffusion of multivalent-metal ions and the shuttle of soluble polysulfide result in impoverished reversible capacity and limited cycle performance of M-S(Mg-S,Al-S,Ca-S,Zn-S,Fe-S,etc.)batteries.It is a necessity to optimize the electrochemical performance,while deepening the understanding of the unique electrochemical reaction mechanism,such as the intrinsic multi-electron reaction process,polysulfides dissoluti on and the in stability of metal an odes.To solve these problems,we have summarized the state-of-the-art progress of current M-S batteries,and sorted out the existing challen ges for different multivalent M-S batteries according to sulfur cathode,electrolytes,metallic an ode and current collectors/separators,respectively.In this literature,we have surveyed and exemplified the strategies developed for better M-S batteries to strengthen the application of green,cost-effective and high energy density M-S batteries.

Green Energy & Environment

(Quarterly)http://www.keaipublishing.com/geeAIMS&SCOPE Green Energy&Environment(GEE)is a peer-reviewed international and interdisciplinary research journal that focuses on all aspects of green energy and environment.This journal aims at presenting the world’s leading researches,ranging from either new or significantly improved protocols or methodologies to practical application of such fields.

Green Energy & Environment

(Quarterly)http://www.keaipublishing.com/geeAIMS&SCOPE Green Energy&Environment(GEE)is a peer-reviewed international and interdisciplinary research journal that focuses on all aspects of green energy and environment.This journal aims at presenting the world’s leading researches,ranging from either new or significantly improved protocols or methodologies to practical application of such fields.

Green Energy & Environment

(Quarterly)http://www.keaipublishing.com/gee AIMS&SCOPE Green Energy & Environment(GEE)is a peer-reviewed international and interdisciplinary research journal that focuses on all aspects of

Consensus‑based multidimensional due diligence of fintech‑enhanced green energy investment projects

The purpose of this study is to provide a hybrid group decision-making approach to evaluate fintech-based financial alternatives for green energy investment projects.First,the multidimensional factors of due diligence for fintech-based financing alternatives of green energy investment projects are identified.In this regard,the balanced scorecard perspectives are considered.Next,consensus-based group decision-making analysis is performed.Second,impact-relation directions for fintech-based financing alternatives of green energy investment projects are defined.For this purpose,the spherical fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory(DEMATEL)methodology is applied.The novelty of this study is its proposal of a new outlook to due diligence of fintech-project financing for renewable energy investments by using the group and integrated decision-making approaches with spherical fuzzy DEMATEL.The findings indicate that customer expectations are the most essential factor for the revenue sharing and rewarding models.Additionally,this study identified that organizational competency plays the most important role with respect to the peer-to-business debt model.In contrast,the conclusion was reached that financial returns have the greatest importance for the equity sharing model.

Novel Nano Structure for Green Energy Harvesting at 10μm Thermal Radiation

In recent years, the potential of renewable green energy sources has been extensively studied. The proven technology which is photovoltaic solar cells strictly depends on daylight and produces low-efficiently. To overcome the restrictions, one technology studied is through harvesting the thermal radiation energy which can provide a 24-hour energy source. The continuity of energy sources promises very good energy conversion especially for military applications. This article presents a new structure that can harvest the abundant thermal radiation energy into usable energy at the wavelength of l0 lum. A rectangular structure with a perturbation slit was designed to integrate with a rectifier circuit for green energy conversion. The slit tunnel junction guided the electromagnetic field into a junction where the energy could be collected and converted. An enhancement factor of approximately 110.6 can be achieved by a perturbation slit length of 1.0 μm. The results extracted from the proposed design promise a better candidate to overcome the disadvantages of photovoltaic solar cells for energy harvesting devices.

Green Energy & Environment(Quarterly)

http://www.keaipublishing.com/gee AIMS&SCOPE Green Energy&Environment(GEE)is a peer-reviewed international and interdisciplinary research journal that focuses on all aspects of green energy and environment.This journal aims at presenting the world’s leading researches,ranging from either new or significantly improved protocols or methodologies to practical application of such fields.GEE publishes articles that focus on,but are not limited to,the following areas:

Green Energy & Environment(Quarterly)

http://www.keaipublishing.com/gee AIMS&SCOPE Green Energy&Environment(GEE)is a peer-reviewed international and interdisciplinary research journal that focuses on all aspects of green energy and environment.This journal aims at presenting the world’s leading researches,ranging from either new or significantly improved protocols or methodologies to practical application of such fields.

Green Energy & Environment(GEE)

GEE is a peer-reviewed international and interdisciplinary research journal that focuses on all aspects of green energy and environment.It is inaugurated by Institute of Process Enginearing,Chinese Academy of Sciences(IPE,CAS)and co-founded by Science Press,and published quarterly by Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.Ltd..GEE is committed to publish perspectives,ground breakings,and novel results In research fields

Green Energy & Environment (Quarterly)

http://www.keaipublishing.com/geeAIMS&SCOPE Green Energy&Environment(GEE)is a peer-reviewed international and interdisciplinary research journal that focuses on all aspects of green energy and environment.This journal aims at presenting the world’s leading researches,ranging from either new or significantly improved protocols or methodologies to practical application of such fields.

Green Energy & Environment(Quarterly)

http://www.keaipublishing.com/gee AIMS&SCOPE Green Energy&Environment(GEE)is a peer-reviewed international and interdisciplinary research journal that focuses on all aspects of green energy and environment.This journal aims at presenting the world’s leading researches,ranging from either new or significantly improved protocols or methodologies to practical application of such fields.

Call for paper Green Energy & Environment(GEE)

GEE is a peer-reviewed international and interdisciplinary research journal that focuses on all aspects of green energy and environment.It is inaugurated by Institute of Process Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences(IPE,CAS)and co-founded by Science Press,and published quarterly by Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.Ltd..GEE is committed to publish perspectives,ground breakings,and novel results in research fields

Call for paper Green Energy & Environment(GEE)

GEE is a peer-reviewed international and interdisciplinary research journal that focuses on all aspects of green energy and environment.It is inaugurated by Institute of Process Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences(IPE,CAS)and co-founded by Science Press,and published quarterly by Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.Ltd..

Green energy for green future

Glories in the history of civilization are built on the burning of non-renewable fossil fuels.In the last fifty years,the global population increased over twice,from 3.0 billion in 1960 to 7.3 billion in2015,and the global GDP increased over 50 times,from 1.4 trillion US$in 1960 to 74.2 trillion US$in 2015.Along with the evolution of humanity is the skyrocketing fossil fuel consumptions,from3514.2 millions of tonnes of oil equivalent/year(mtoe/y)in 1965 to11,306.4 mtoe/y in 2015,as well as the irreversible climate

Green Renewable Power and Policy in Canada: A Just Energy Transition to Net-Zero

A just and sustainable future requires green renewable power. Net-zero by 2050 is the international goal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and sustain the biosphere. Green renewable energy, including wind, solar, biomass and small hydro is abundant in Canada, with potential to satisfy demand with 100% green renewables. This paper compares the renewable power landscape across Canada’s provinces considering four factors—electricity energy mix, renewable energy targets (RETs), renewable energy standard offer programs (RESOPs), feed-in tariff (FITs) or community FITs (comFITs). The provinces with green renewable energy sources typically have enabling policies of RESOP, RETs and FITS, as Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Ontario and New Brunswick do. In contrast, provinces with abundant oil and gas or large-scale hydro are without pro-renewable energy policies, nor community power options, excepting green renewables in Indigenous communities due to federal funding programs. Community green renewable power projects, such as the “Indigenous off-diesel initiative”, are creating jobs, community revenue and energy sovereignty, towards just and inclusive energy in off-grid Indigenous communities. To reduce climate change, fast-tracking net-zero electricity by 2035 is recommended with the prioritization of community renewable energy by RESOPs, FITs and comFITs. For the transportation and other sectors, banning of all fossil fuels before 2040 is needed. Finally, a long-term plan to reduce the negative impacts of hydroelectricity water fluctuation is needed, considering decommissioning some dams.