Carbon neutrality needs a circular metal-energy nexus.
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SUBMITTER: Wang P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11197492 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
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Carbon neutrality needs a circular metal-energy nexus.
Wang Peng P Wang Heming H Chen Wei-Qiang WQ Pauliuk Stefan S
Fundamental research 20220226 3
Carbon neutrality requires systematic transformations of both energy and metal systems. These transformations are not isolated but rather interlinked and interdependent, such that trade-offs between different strategies exist. Herein, we explore the critical interlinkages between energy and metal systems and further propose a circular metal-energy nexus to advance global coordinated actions towards a carbon-neutral future. ...[more]
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