AI facilitates the prediction of CO2 adsorption
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2019-05-10
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With the acceleration of the global modernization process, CO2 emissions have escalated tremendously and the greenhouse effect has intensified, contributing to global warming and rising sea levels. The human living environment and the ecological balance have thus been deleteriously affected. It has become the focus of scholars to engage in researching into technologies concerning CO2 separation, capture, storage and utilization in a cost-effective way. Porous materials for CO2 ads...
Research sheds light on the allocation of China’s carbon emission allowance
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2019-03-29
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Global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions has become a topic of global concern. The Paris Agreement has opened up a crucial avenue for the concerted efforts to reduce emissions. China has announced its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) aimed at reducing its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 60–65% from the 2005 level by 2030. Against this backdrop, it is of supreme importance to formulate an appropriate scheme for the allocation of CEA at provincial levels.The res...
Air pollution inhibits global warming?
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2019-01-28
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A study, jointly conducted by Chinese and foreign scientists, sheds light on the impact of air pollution on global warming. Scientists point out that aerosol particulate pollution caused by human activities has a cooling effect on the earth, which can thus in part offset global warming triggered by greenhouse gases. It is also possible to make a more precise measurement of the climate effects of aerosol-affected clouds and improve the accuracy of future climatic forecasts. The study is published...
ZJU scientists pioneer in developing a DSC with conversion efficiency of 10%
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2018-11-21
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With energy crisis looming large, search for clean and sustainable energy has become a global issue. As the largest manufacturing and consumption country in solar cells, China is playing an increasingly important role.Recently, the research team led by Prof. WANG Peng from ZJU's Department of Chemistry, and the research team led by Prof. Michael Grätzel in the Institute of Chemical Sciences & Engineering, École Polytechnique, engaged in collaborative research in stable and...
A novel type of battery developed to store energy using porous carbon from mold
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2018-10-19
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The research team, headed by XIA Xinhui at the School of Materials Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, developed a novel type of high-energy lithium-sulfur(Li/S)battery using porous carbon from Aspergillus Oryzae, a species of fugi to ferment soybeans for soy sauces in eastern Asian countries. They introduced porous carbon fermented from waste fruits and vegetables into the energy field as an energy storage material to produce higher-energy Li/S batteries whose capacity is th...
Multiple approaches help promote G20's renewable energy competitiveness
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2018-07-11
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The research team led by Prof. GUO Sujian with the School of Public Affairs publishes an article entitled “Assessing national renewable energy competitiveness of the G20: A revised Porter’s Diamond Model” in the journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. To ensure energy security and tackle global challenges, such as climate change and environmental degradation, governments have formulated and implemented various public policies to encourage the development and utilization of renewa...
“Exhaust gas” converted into polymers with high added value
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2018-06-29
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With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, mankind has stepped into an era featured by heavy reliance on fossil fuels, concomitant with which has been the emission of massive exhaust gas. Carbonyl sulfide (COS), a key intermediate of the atmospheric sulfur cycle and the most abundant sulfur-containing gas in the troposphere, causes haze, acid rain, and ozonosphere damage, and is also a one-carbon (C1) heterocumulene and structural analog of carbon dioxide (CO2).The research team led by ZHANG ...
Professor of earth sciences selected as lead author of report on climate change
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2018-05-08
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Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the UNESCO unveiled a list of lead authors of the Sixth Assessment Report. A total of 707 authors from across the world, among whom 37 are from China, will participate in the finalization of the report. Prof. CAO Long with the School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, is greatly honored to be one of the lead authors.The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environ...
ZJU develops electricity-generating turbine using ocean current energy
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2018-05-03
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The ocean is teeming with energy and it is inexhaustible. It plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of mankind.Three gigantic electricity-generating platforms using ocean current energy are in smooth operation near Zhairuoshan Island, Zhoushan.Over the past month, Guodian United Power Technology Co. Ltd. has developed an electro-hydraulic variable-pitch turbine with a capacity of 300 kW, based on a sample device designed by ZJU. The turbine has successfully produced electricity at t...
State broadcaster features ZJU professor studying energy-efficient power devices
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2018-03-07
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On March 4, Dr. YANG Shu, a research professor at ZJU's College of Electrical Engineering was featured on China Central Television (CCTV) news for her efforts to innovate energy-efficient power devices.Headlined "Post-90s PhD Supervisor YANG Shu: Pouring Efforts into Research and Creating Environmentally-friendly and Energy-saving Devices", the news footage highlighted the significance of Yang's research as well as her decision to return to China after her postdoctoral stu...