Nanotechnology for environmentally sustainable electromobility

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1039-1051

  Ellingsen, Linda Ager Wick ^a   Hung, Christine Roxanne ^a   Majeau Bettez, Guillaume ^a,b   Singh, Bhawna ^a   Chen, Zhongwei ^c   Whittingham, M Stanley ^d   Strømman, Anders Hammer ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FUEL CELLS; ION EXCHANGE; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS); ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

NANOMATERIAL;

ANODE; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CATHODE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL INTENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GENERAL DEVICE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LITHIUM ION BATTERY; MATERIAL EFFICIENCY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE HYDROGEN FUEL CELL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WEIGHT EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85002708555     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2016.237     Document Type: Article

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