GX Research Hub · English
GX & Decarbonization Research
This page provides an English interface to the gxceed GX paper corpus. The corpus aggregates papers from 14 contributing scholarly metadata sources and uses AI-assisted classification to identify signals related to measurement, policy narratives, outcomes, implementation, industrial adoption, and verification.
The goal is not only to discover papers, but to observe how GX research is distributed across research substance, implementation narratives, external expectations, implementation substance, and judgment formation.
Summaries are AI-assisted. Always refer to the original paper for authoritative conclusions.
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalJournal of Cleaner Production2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Reducing the carbon footprint of asphalt production through crude oil selection guided by refining history
Yunze Pang, Liyan Shan, Yajie Wang +2
This paper examines how crude oil selection guided by refining history can reduce the carbon footprint of asphalt production. Conducted by Chinese research institutions, it focuses on upstream emission reduction opportunities in the manufac…
Peer-reviewed🇺🇸 USAJournalJournal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Enhancing cementitious materials with carbon black: a comprehensive review
Nithin Krisshna Gunasekaran, Akash Samadhiya, Gabriel Arce Amador +1
This review examines pyrolyzed carbon black (CB) from waste tires as a sustainable supplementary cementitious material, showing that low replacement levels (up to ~5%) enhance compressive and flexural strength while improving durability thr…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalAgricultural Systems2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Quantifying the water–energy–food–carbon nexus and carbon-emission transmission pathways in grain production: Evidence from 340 Chinese cities
Yuling Wen, Zhenjie Chen, Manchun Li +1
This study quantifies the water-energy-food-carbon nexus and carbon emission transmission pathways in grain production across 340 Chinese cities. It analyzes how emissions propagate through inter-city supply chains and identifies regional m…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalRare Metals2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Defect Engineering of Carbon Frameworks Driven All‐Slope Hard Carbon Anodes for Fast‐Charging Sodium‐Ion Batteries
Qixin Liu, Chengying Zeng, Shuohui Zhang +6
This study proposes defect engineering of hard carbon anodes to enhance fast-charging performance of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). By tuning pre-carbonization temperature, they achieved high initial Coulombic efficiency (90.3%) and excellent…
Peer-reviewedJournalJournal of Building Engineering2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Novel strategy for using ultra-fine recycled brick powder as filler in low-carbon ultra-high strength fiber-reinforced concrete: A multi-scale investigation
Huixia Wu, Gaofeng Chen, Jianming Gao
This paper proposes using ultra-fine recycled brick powder as filler in low-carbon ultra-high strength fiber-reinforced concrete (UHSFRC) and investigates its performance across multiple scales. By utilizing recycled materials, it aims to r…
Peer-reviewedJournalChemical Engineering Journal2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Multidimensionally coupled anammox-based processes enable efficient low-carbon nitrogen removal and resilience to influent water-quality fluctuations at engineering scale
Yunqiang Zhou, Qian Xu, Xiang Li +3
This paper reports that a multidimensionally coupled anammox-based process achieves efficient low-carbon nitrogen removal and resilience to influent water-quality fluctuations at an engineering-scale wastewater treatment facility. Compared …
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalPLoS ONE2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Effect of multi-source solid waste synergistic activation on strength evolution and micro-mechanism of dredged sludge stabilized with low-carbon curing agent
Pengsheng Fang, Shunmei Gong, Xiangyi Yang +4
This study optimizes the mix design for stabilizing dredged sludge using a low-carbon curing agent composed of cement, slag, fly ash, and water glass as an activator. The optimal ratio (15:10:5 with 7% water glass) enhances strength through…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalEnvironment Development and Sustainability2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Coordination evaluation and co-optimisation of urban land and rural settlements under a low carbon emission orientation: a new framework
Xiaoxi Yu, Xiaowei Chuai
This study proposes a new framework for coordinated evaluation and co-optimization of urban land and rural settlements under low-carbon emission orientation. It assesses the coordination of urban and rural land use and provides optimization…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalApplied Energy2026#Energy TransitionDOI
A solar distributed low-carbon energy system for urban buildings: design and multi-objective optimization for favorable 3E performance
Xiaojing Shi, Shiying Yang, Xiaojing Wu +6
This paper proposes a design and multi-objective optimization of a solar-based distributed low-carbon energy system for urban buildings, focusing on balancing energy, economic, and environmental (3E) performance. Based on a Chinese case, it…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalDiscover Sustainability2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Managing ESG and cyber risks in Kazakhstan’s low-carbon transition by aligning EU and Chinese standards through demoethics
Rinat Zhanbayev, Saule Sagintayeva, D.G. Maksimov +4
This study examines ESG and cyber risk management in Kazakhstan's low-carbon transition by aligning EU and Chinese standards through a demoethics framework. Using foresight methods like SWOT and Cartesian square, it evaluates strategic path…
Journal2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Peer Review Report For: Thermal Energy Storage Technologies: A Review of Current Landscape and Future Directions [version 2; peer review: 2 approved with reservations, 2 not approved]
Awash Tekle Tafere
This review systematically compares thermal energy storage (TES) technologies—sensible, latent, thermochemical, and hybrid—highlighting performance metrics (energy density, efficiency, thermal conductivity) and a unified temperature classif…
Peer-reviewedJournalJournal of Industrial Ecology2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Prospective operational life cycle assessment of energy and waste systems in a university building: an auditable workflow using openLCA and Brightway2
Siyou Wang, Anthony Halog
This study presents a prospective, attributional LCA workflow for building operations, using a 2x2 scenario design (electricity background and waste diversion) for a university building. Replacing the current electricity mix with a 2050 sce…
Peer-reviewedJournalPAHTEI-Procedings of Azerbaijan High Technical Educational Institutions2026#Energy TransitionDOI
METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR MODELING UAE–AZERBAIJAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS: A SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH TO TRADE, FDI, ENERGY TRANSITION AND CONNECTIVITY
Ali Bakheet Salem Ahmed ALMANSOORI
This paper proposes a System Dynamics framework for modeling UAE-Azerbaijan economic relations, addressing limitations of traditional methods. It conceptualizes bilateral integration through stocks like Renewable Energy Cooperation Capacity…
Peer-reviewedJournalINFOR Information Systems and Operational Research2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Demand flexibility and electrification of transportation sector in energy transition
P. Sanongboon, M. Tohidi
This paper proposes a demand flexibility framework to manage increased electricity demand from EV adoption, using the HESO model to optimize hourly supply and demand. A case study in Ontario, Canada, shows that demand flexibility reduces na…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEnergies2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Does Green Transition Hurt the Poor? Evidence from Developing Countries
Tai Lai Van, Monica Răileanu Szeles
Using dynamic panel data from 74 developing economies (2000-2022), this study finds a 'green transition paradox': renewable energy production, green finance, and growth reduce poverty, but renewable energy consumption increases it. Demand-s…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalGeoforum2026#Energy TransitionDOI
‘Energy Justice’? Pastoralism, political ecology and lower-carbon energy transitions
Caroline Upton, Abdikadir Kurewa, Tungalag Ulambayar +2
This paper examines justice implications of lower-carbon energy transitions in pastoralist lands, using Kenyan and Mongolian case studies. Applying Sovacool's '4Es' framework, it reveals how enclosure, exclusion, encroachment, and entrenchm…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalMiddle East Policy2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Gulf Energy Transition: The UAE and Saudi Arabia
Ahmet Hakan Özkan
This article compares the energy transition pathways of the UAE and Saudi Arabia, using indicators of export dependence, renewable deployment, electrification, hydrogen development, and tourism diversification. The UAE emphasizes early stru…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEnergy Research & Social Science2026#Energy TransitionDOI
How to study energy citizenship reflexively? Research questions and methodologies for an elusive research object
B. Pel, A. Debourdeau, R. Kemp +16
This paper critically examines research methodologies for studying 'energy citizenship', a key concept in social and institutional innovation for the energy transition. Addressing the concept's elusiveness and ideological appropriation, it …
Peer-reviewedJournalEnergies2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Energy Consumption Behaviour During the Energy Transition: Policy Implications from Ukraine
Alla Polyanska, Dmytro Babets, Yuliya Pazynich
Based on a survey of 997 Ukrainian households, this study identifies household energy consumption behavior profiles during the energy transition. Using factor and cluster analysis, it reveals three distinct behavioral clusters differing in …
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournaliScience2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Climate change impacts on European electricity demand and supply until 2100
Franziska Schöniger, Gustav Resch, Demet Suna +7
This study introduces SECURES-Energy, an open-access dataset providing hourly electricity demand and supply for Europe from 1981 to 2100, based on ERA5 reanalysis and EURO-CORDEX scenarios. Results show significant climate-driven shifts: co…