The energy-environment nexus: Aerosol science and technology enabling solutions

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-312

  Biswas, Pratim ^a   Wang, Wei Ning ^a   An, Woo Jin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol science and technology; carbon dioxide conversion; energy environment nexus; fossil fuels; nanoparticle technology; solar energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052028597     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-011-0351-1     Document Type: Review

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