Impact of nanotechnology advances in ICT on sustainability and energy efficiency

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2966-2972

  Markovic, Dragan S ^a   Zivkovic, Dejan ^a   Cvetkovic, Dragan ^a   Popovic, Ranko ^a  

^a SINGIDUNUM UNIVERSITY   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Information and communication technology; Nanotechnology; Photonics; Renewable energy; Sustainability; Thermoelectricity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CHIPS; COMPUTING CAPABILITY; DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTIVENESS; GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; LOGIC ELEMENTS; MEMORY STORAGE; PHYSICAL LIMITS; PRODUCT SIZES; QUANTUM COMPUTING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; COMPETITION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONICS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; VIRTUAL STORAGE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84858739126     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.02.018     Document Type: Review

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