Life cycle energy and climate change implications of nanotechnologies: A Critical Review

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 528-541

  Kim, Hyung Chul ^a   Fthenakis, Vasilis ^a,b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Earth and Environmental Engineering Department at Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy consumption; Industrial ecology; Nanocoatings; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES; GLOBAL WARMING IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE ENERGIES; NANO-COATINGS; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES;

LIFE CYCLE;

DATA SET; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84881368070     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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