Addressing the challenge of carbon-free energy
Addressing the challenge of carbon-free energy
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DOI：
10.1073/pnas.1821674116
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发表时间：
2020-06-09
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Crabtree, George W.
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作者：
Eisenberg, Richard;Gray, Harry B.;Crabtree, George W.
本世纪将见证全球能源获取、储存和利用方式的重大变革。这一变化的动力来自发达社会和发展中社会在过去一个世纪对我们星球环境的深刻影响，以及对未来如果我们不在未来20年内采取变革性行动将会发生什么的预测。本文件描述了2018年10月举行的一次会议的基础，该会议讨论了我们能源格局中脱碳的必要性，特别是为这种技术提供基础的科学的现状和挑战。在能源生产的脱碳领域，存在着利用新的或改进的光伏材料进行太阳能转换的科学，以及用于分解水和其他储能反应的人工光合作用。目前正在通过新的战略、材料和方法解决与可再生能源储存密切相关的问题。还讨论了在这些相互关联但单独考虑的挑战和将科学成果转化为实际应用方面加强科学家之间互动的必要性，并列举了具体的努力。
This century will witness a major transformation in how energy is acquired, stored, and utilized globally. The impetus for this change comes from the deep impacts that both developed and developing societies have had on our planet's environment during the past century, and the projections going forward of what will happen if we do not act transformativelywithin the next 2 decades. This paper describes the basis for a meeting held in October 2018 on the need for decarbonization in our energy landscape, and specifically the status and challenges of the science that provides the foundation for such technology. Within the realm of decarbonization in energy generation lies the science of solar energy conversion using new or improved photovoltaic materials and artificial photosynthesis for water splitting and other energy-storing reactions. The intimately related issue of renewable energy storage is being addressed with new strategies, materials, and approaches under current investigation and development. The need to improve the interactions between scientists working on these connected but separately considered challenges and on the transition of scientific achievement to practical application was also addressed, with specific efforts enumerated.