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Toxicological aspects of nanomaterials used in energy harvesting consumer electronics

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  • Manzetti, Sergio
  • Andersen, Otto

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Sustainable energy harvesting, such as solar energy, depends increasingly on nanotechnology components. This article will look briefly at the principles of photovoltaic units and elucidate the toxicological aspects of its principal components, namely fullerenes and carbon nanotubes. Through this approach, we address the rebound effect related to health adverse and environmental aspects which is a key issue to be solved when innovating in energy harvesting. The understanding of sustainability in this context is that the technology provides lasting improvement by bringing environmental compatibility along with technological agility, providing major reductions in both material and energy resource use and avoid negative impacts on our environment and health. With the rebound effect we understand the unintended emergence of negative environmental impacts resulting from intentions of improving environmental issues.

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  • Manzetti, Sergio & Andersen, Otto, 2012. "Toxicological aspects of nanomaterials used in energy harvesting consumer electronics," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(4), pages 2102-2110.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:rensus:v:16:y:2012:i:4:p:2102-2110
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.01.037
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