Solar PV is gaining increasing importance in the worldwide energy industry. Consequently,
the global expansion of crystalline photovoltaic power plants has resulted in a rise in PV …

Biological photovoltaic (BPV) cells are living solar panels capable of producing clean
energy by extracting electrons from sunlight (in daytime) and stored carbon in microbial cells …

Renewable energy (RE) is critical for curbing global greenhouse gas emissions to achieve 2
to 4 degrees of global warming by 2100. While this is an imperative technical response to …

The growth of solar photovoltaic (PV) waste in the coming years requires implementation of
effective management options. Australia, with one of the highest rates of rooftop solar PV, is …

Food dyes, or color additives, are chemicals added to industrial food products and in
domestic cooking to improve the perceived flavor and attractiveness. Of natural and …

Psychoactive compounds, and benzodiazepines (BZPs) in particular, represent an important
class of emerging pollutants due to their large (ab) use and high resistance to degradation …

Some photovoltaic module technologies use toxic materials. We report long-term leaching
on photovoltaic module pieces of 5× 5 cm 2 size. The pieces are cut out from modules of the …

Spent coffee grounds (SCGs), deriving from the high global coffee consumption, can have
an appreciable environmental impact. One of the eco-friendly reuses of SCGs is their …

Antarctica has long been considered a continent free from anthropic interference.
Unfortunately, recent evidence indicate that metal contamination has gone so far and that its …

This report addresses environmental and circular economy (CE) considerations related to
solar technologies via novel analysis of the three Solar Futures core scenarios as well as …