• Battery technology and recycling alone will not save the electric mobility transition from future cobalt shortages 

      Zeng, Anqi; Chen, Wu; Dalgas Rasmussen, Kasper; Zhu, Xuehong; Lundhaug, Maren Cathrine; Mueller, Daniel Beat; Tan, Juan; Keiding, Jakob K.; Liu, LiTao; Dai, Tao; Wang, Anjian; Liu, Gang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In recent years, increasing attention has been given to the potential supply risks of critical battery materials, such as cobalt, for electric mobility transitions. While battery technology and recycling advancement are ...
    • Detangling electrolyte chemical dynamics in lithium sulfur batteries by operando monitoring with optical resonance combs 

      Liu, Fu; Lu, Wenqing; Huang, Jiaqiang; Pimenta, Vanesssa; Boles, Steven; Demir-Cakan, Rezan; Tarascon, Jean-Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Challenges in enabling next-generation rechargeable batteries with lower cost, higher energy density, and longer cycling life stem not only from combining appropriate materials, but from optimally using cell components. ...
    • Environmental co-benefits and adverse side-effects of alternative power sector decarbonization strategies 

      Luderer, Gunnar; Pehl, Michaja; Arvesen, Anders; Gibon, Thomas; Bodirsky, Benjamin L.; de Boer, Harmen-Sytze; Fricko, Oliver; Hejazi, Mohamad; Humpenöder, Florian; Iyer, Gokul; Mima, Silvana; Mouratiadou, Ioanna; Pietzcker, Robert C.; Popp, Alexander; van den Berg, Maarten; van Vuuren, Detlef; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      A rapid and deep decarbonization of power supply worldwide is required to limit global warming to well below 2 °C. Beyond greenhouse gas emissions, the power sector is also responsible for numerous other environmental ...
    • Evaluating climate geoengineering proposals in the context of the Paris Agreement temperature goals 

      Lawrence, Mark G.; Schãfer, Stefan; Muri, Helene; Scott, Vivian; Oschlies, Andreas; Vaughan, Naomi E.; Boucher, Olivier; Schmidt, Hauke; Haywood, Jim M.; Scheffran, Jürgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Current mitigation efforts and existing future commitments are inadequate to accomplish the Paris Agreement temperature goals. In light of this, research and debate are intensifying on the possibilities of additionally ...
    • Global scenarios of resource and emission savings from material efficiency in residential buildings and cars 

      Pauliuk, Stefan; Heeren, Niko; Berrill, Peter; Fishman, Tomer; Nistad, Andrea Arntzen; Tu, Qingshi; Wolfram, Paul; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Material production accounts for a quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Resource-efficiency and circular-economy strategies, both industry and demand-focused, promise emission reductions through reducing ...
    • Predominant regional biophysical cooling from recent land cover changes in Europe 

      Huang, Bo; Hu, Xiangping; Fuglstad, Geir-Arne; Zhou, Xu; Zhao, Wenwu; Cherubini, Francesco (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Around 70 Mha of land cover changes (LCCs) occurred in Europe from 1992 to 2015. Despite LCCs being an important driver of regional climate variations, their temperature effects at a continental scale have not yet been ...
    • Pricing indirect emissions accelerates low—carbon transition of US light vehicle sector 

      Wolfram, Paul; Weber, Stephanie; Gillingham, Kenneth T.; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    • Role of export industries on ozone pollution and its precursors in China 

      Ou, Jiamin; Huang, Zhijiong; Klimont, Zbigniew; Jia, Guanglin; Zhang, Shaohui; Li, Cheng; Meng, Jing; Mi, Zhifu; Zheng, Heran; Shan, Yuli; Louie, Peter K. K.; Zheng, Junyu; Guan, Dabo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This study seeks to estimate how global supply chain relocates emissions of tropospheric ozone precursors and its impacts in shaping ozone formation. Here we show that goods produced in China for foreign markets lead to ...