Fundamental understanding and practical challenges of anionic redox activity in Li-ion batteries

10.1038/s41560-018-0097-0

2018-04-09

Our increasing dependence on lithium-ion batteries for energy storage calls for continual improvements in the performance of their positive electrodes, which have so far relied solely on cationic redox of transition-metal ions for driving the electrochemical ...

Author Correction: Implications of net energy-return-on-investment for a low-carbon energy transition

10.1038/s41560-018-0144-x

2018-04-03

Author Correction: Implications of net energy-return-on-investment for a low-carbon energy transition Author Correction: Implications of net energy-return-on-investment for a low-carbon energy transition, Published online: 03 April 2018; doi:10.1038/s41560-01...

III–V-on-silicon solar cells reaching 33% photoconversion efficiency in two-terminal configuration

10.1038/s41560-018-0125-0

2018-04-02

Silicon dominates the photovoltaic industry but the conversion efficiency of silicon single-junction solar cells is intrinsically constrained to 29.4%, and practically limited to around 27%. It is possible to overcome this limit by combining silicon with high...

Publisher Correction: Decoupling electron and ion storage and the path from interfacial storage to artificial electrodes

10.1038/s41560-018-0111-6

2018-03-28

Publisher Correction: Decoupling electron and ion storage and the path from interfacial storage to artificial electrodes Publisher Correction: Decoupling electron and ion storage and the path from interfacial storage to artificial electrodes, Published online...

Estimation of the year-on-year volatility and the unpredictability of the United States energy system

10.1038/s41560-018-0121-4

2018-03-26

Long-term projections of energy consumption, supply and prices heavily influence decisions regarding long-lived energy infrastructure. Predicting the evolution of these quantities over multiple years to decades is a difficult task. Here, we estimate year-on-y...

The challenge of carbon dioxide removal for EU policy-making

10.1038/s41560-018-0124-1

2018-03-26

The challenge of carbon dioxide removal for EU policy-making The challenge of carbon dioxide removal for EU policy-making, Published online: 26 March 2018; doi:10.1038/s41560-018-0124-1Most scenarios to meet the Paris Agreement require negative emissions tech...

Predicting unpredictability

10.1038/s41560-018-0127-y

2018-03-26

Predicting unpredictability Predicting unpredictability, Published online: 26 March 2018; doi:10.1038/s41560-018-0127-yAnalysts and markets have struggled to predict a number of phenomena, such as the rise of natural gas, in US energy markets over the past de...

Rapid fuel switching from coal to natural gas through effective carbon pricing

10.1038/s41560-018-0109-0

2018-03-26

Great Britain’s overall carbon emissions fell by 6% in 2016, due to cleaner electricity production. This was not due to a surge in low-carbon nuclear or renewable sources; instead it was the much-overlooked impact of fuel switching from coal to natural gas ge...

Implications of net energy-return-on-investment for a low-carbon energy transition

10.1038/s41560-018-0116-1

2018-03-19

Low-carbon energy transitions aim to stay within a carbon budget that limits potential climate change to 2 °C—or well below—through a substantial growth in renewable energy sources alongside improved energy efficiency and carbon capture and storage. Current s...

Exploring the impact of network tariffs on household electricity expenditures using load profiles and socio-economic characteristics

10.1038/s41560-018-0105-4

2018-03-12

Growing self-generation and storage are expected to cause significant changes in residential electricity utilization patterns. Commonly applied volumetric network tariffs may induce imbalance between different groups of households and their respective contrib...