Campa Maria Fernanda, Brown Craig M, Byrley Peter, Delborne Jason, Glavin Nicholas, Green Craig, Griep Mark, Kaarsberg Tina, Linkov Igor, Miller Jeffrey B, Porterfield Joshua E, Schwenzer Birgit, Spadola Quinn, Brough Branden, Warren James A
Contractor, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, Alexandria, VA, USA.
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Nat Nanotechnol. 2024 Oct;19(10):1422-1426. doi: 10.1038/s41565-024-01772-5.
Climate change is one of humankind’s biggest challenges, leading to more frequent and intense climate extremes, including heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes, ocean acidification, and increased extinction rates. Nanotechnology already plays an important role in decarbonizing critical processes. Still, despite the technical advances seen in the last decades, the International Energy Agency has identified many sectors that are not on track to achieve the global climate mitigation goals by 2030. Here, a multi-stakeholder group of nanoscientists from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors discuss four high-potential application spaces where nanotechnologies could accelerate progress: batteries and energy storage; catalysis; coatings, lubricants, membranes, and other interface technology; and capture of greenhouse gases. This comment highlights opportunities and current gaps for those working to minimize the climate crisis and provides a framework for the nanotechnology community to answer the call to action on this global issue.
气候变化是人类面临的最大挑战之一，导致气候极端事件更加频繁和剧烈，包括热浪、野火、飓风、海洋酸化以及物种灭绝率上升。纳米技术已经在关键过程的脱碳中发挥着重要作用。然而，尽管在过去几十年中取得了技术进步，但国际能源署已经确定，许多部门在2030年前无法实现全球气候缓解目标。在此，一个由来自公共、私营和慈善部门的纳米科学家组成的多利益相关方小组讨论了纳米技术可以加速进展的四个高潜力应用领域：电池与储能；催化；涂层、润滑剂、膜及其他界面技术；以及温室气体捕获。本评论突出了致力于将气候危机降至最低的人们所面临的机遇和当前差距，并为纳米技术界应对这一全球问题的行动呼吁提供了一个框架。
