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🌍 GlobalJournalNature Reviews Clean Technology2026#CCUSDOI
Mapping conflicts in carbon removal narratives
Ruben Prütz, Quirina Rodriguez Mendez, Robert J. Brecha +6
This paper maps the conflicting narratives surrounding carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Drawing on major climate modeling and policy institutions, it organizes divergent views among researchers, policymakers, and industry on CDR's role. It off…
Peer-reviewedJournalEnvironmental Progress & Sustainable Energy2026#CCUSDOI
Sustainable and novel biomass‐derived adsorbents for post‐combustion carbon capture: Preparation, characterization, and adsorption performance studies
Maniarasu Ravi, Suneel Kumar, Krishna Kumar Pandey +1
Low-cost activated carbons were synthesized from walnut shell, rice straw, and sugarcane bagasse via one-step carbonization and chemical activation for post-combustion CO2 capture. Sugarcane bagasse-derived adsorbent achieved the highest BE…
Peer-reviewedJournalChemical Engineering Journal Advances2026#CCUSDOI
The role of Metal loading on CO2 Capture using Activated Carbon from Spent Coffee Grounds
Gloria I. NGENE, Sylvie del Confetto, Ange NZIHOU
This study examines how metal loading on activated carbon derived from spent coffee grounds affects CO2 capture performance. It suggests metal type and loading influence adsorption efficiency, contributing to low-cost, waste-derived sorbent…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalSustainable Development2026#CCUSDOI
Determinants of Carbon Capture and Utilization ( CCU ) Deployment: Evidence From Leading CCU Economies
Muhammad Sajid Mehmood, Lu Di, Hongsheng Qian +2
This study analyzes determinants of CCU deployment across leading economies (2000-2024) using a hurdle panel model with instrumental variables. Carbon-intensive power systems and oil production promote CCU, while natural-gas production disc…
JournalSTAX2026#CCUSDOI
Peeling a better future : development of microporous activated carbons derived from citrus waste for carbon dioxide capture
Aidan Docherty Harvey
This work develops microporous activated carbons from citrus waste for CO2 capture. It exemplifies a circular approach converting agri-food waste into carbon-capture materials, linking waste reduction with CCUS. Performance details are unav…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalTransport Policy2026#CCUSDOI
Ship deployment and carbon capture and storage system installation under Carbon Intensity Indicator policy
Jingwen Qi, Ziming Wang, Shuaian Wang
This study appears to model ship deployment and onboard carbon capture and storage (CCS) installation under the IMO Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) policy. It addresses regulatory compliance and decarbonization investment decisions in the …
Peer-reviewedCNJournalProcess Safety and Environmental Protection2026#CCUSDOI
Cleaner-production design and life cycle assessment of low-carbon all-solid-waste grouts based on red mud, GGBFS and carbide slag
Chenhao Zhao, Jiaxin Liang, Xiaoqiang Dong +2
This study designs low-carbon grouts made entirely from industrial solid wastes—red mud, GGBFS and carbide slag—and quantifies their environmental performance via life cycle assessment. It demonstrates how cement substitution can cut embodi…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalConstruction and Building Materials2026#CCUSDOI
Carbonation behavior and performance development of lime mud-granulated blast furnace slag low-carbon compacted bricks
Ainong Yang, Guo Huang, Chao Li +3
This study examines the carbonation behavior and performance development of low-carbon compacted bricks made from lime mud and granulated blast furnace slag. It combines CO2 mineralization with industrial by-product reuse, offering a constr…
Peer-reviewed🇺🇸 USAJournalACS Energy Letters2026#CCUSDOI
Moisture-Activated, Low-Temperature Regeneratable Hydrogels for Cost-Effective Carbon Dioxide Capture and Water Harvesting
Chen Wang, Derick Yi, Andrew St. Pierre +1
A PNIPAM-TETA hydrogel sorbent enables moisture-activated CO2 capture with low-temperature regeneration. It achieves ~4.1 mmol/g CO2 uptake plus ~0.6 g/g water uptake at 5% CO2 and 70% RH, regenerating at 50°C in 30 min. Solar/Joule-heated …
Peer-reviewedJournalEnergy2026#CCUSDOI
Direct Air Capture in Low-Carbon Energy Systems: Regeneration Penalties, Renewable Integration, and Carbon Storage Pathways
Mohammad Moosazadeh, Shadfar Davoodi, Shahabaldin Rezania +10
This paper examines integrating direct air capture (DAC) into low-carbon energy systems, focusing on regeneration (desorption) energy penalties, renewable energy integration, and CO2 storage pathways. It likely quantifies DAC's feasibility …
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalJournal of Cleaner Production2026#CCUSDOI
Optimization of energy transition pathways in the lime industry: A superstructure approach
Rafailia Mitraki, Muhammad Salman, Daniel Flórez-Orrego +2
This study presents a techno-economic superstructure model to optimize decarbonization pathways for the hard-to-abate lime industry under uncertain energy and carbon prices. Fuel switching alone cuts emissions by only 18%, while carbon capt…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeResearch Square2026#CCUSDOI
The carbon benefit of cement substitution is a strength-class property
Marano G, Sardone L, Devillanova g
Concrete decarbonization via supplementary cementitious materials is usually quantified per kg of binder. This paper shows analytically that this metric is structurally incomplete: because alternative binders bind less efficiently, meeting …
Preprint🇺🇸 USAZenodo2026#CCUSDOI
gammachord 0.3.6: reference implementation for a sparse-chord gamma densitometer for dense-phase CO₂ pipelines
Aiken, Richard
Reference implementation of a sparse-chord gamma densitometer for non-intrusive detection of density non-uniformity in dense-phase CO₂ pipelines. It includes forward/detectability modelling, Monte Carlo scatter/cross-talk, and an instrument…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#CCUSDOI
open Delft Advanced Research Terra Simulator (open-DARTS)
Denis Voskov, Denis, Saifullin, Ilshat, Wapperom, Michiel +4
Open-DARTS is an open numerical framework for modeling and optimizing subsurface reservoirs used in the energy transition—geothermal production, cyclic energy storage for renewables, and CO2 sequestration. Its simulation outputs support mor…
Peer-reviewedJournalIscience2026#CCUSDOI
Project-level causal inference of a minimum viable scale threshold and adoption band in CCUS-enabled hydrogen
Nkou Nkou J.J.
This study applies project-level causal inference to CCUS-enabled hydrogen projects, estimating a minimum viable scale threshold and an adoption band at which deployment becomes economically viable. It offers quantitative guidance on the sc…
Peer-reviewed🇯🇵 JapanJournalEnergy & Fuels2026#CCUSDOI
Tailoring Activation Strategies to Engineer Narrow Microporosity in Sugarcane Bagasse-Derived Activated Carbon for Efficient CO2 Capture
Rupesh Kumar Singh, Himanshu Sharma, Vishal Agarwal +1
Microporous activated carbons were synthesized from waste sugarcane bagasse via ZnCl2 activation, comparing direct, pre-carbonized, and hydrothermal routes. The optimal hydrothermal-derived sample achieved 2714 m2/g surface area with ~85% m…
Peer-reviewedJournalStructural Chemistry2026#CCUSDOI
Theoretical modeling and performance analysis of carbonic anhydrase immobilized in UiO-66 for enhanced CO2 capture
Obiang Asue Santiago Clarin Obiang, Yankun Jia, Ming Guo
A theoretical modeling study of carbonic anhydrase immobilized in the MOF UiO-66 for enhanced CO2 capture. It explores how enzyme immobilization can boost CO2 absorption performance. Findings remain at the modeling stage, not yet industrial…
Peer-reviewed🇺🇸 USAJournalInternational Journal of Technical Research Studies (IJTRS)2026#CCUSDOI
Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide: Process Design and Cost
Appu Kondiyara
This paper analyzes the thermodynamics and levelized cost of direct air capture (DAC). Separating CO2 from air at 420 ppm requires 3.7x the minimum work of coal flue gas, but the cost gap stems mainly from air volume and contactor size. An …
Peer-reviewedJournalNature Chemical Engineering2026#CCUSDOI
Electrochemically mediated carbon capture using a membraneless architecture
Andong Liu, Anmol Mathur, Krish N. Jayarapu +4
Proposes an electrochemically mediated carbon capture approach using a membraneless architecture. Removing the membrane could cut cost, complexity, and degradation, improving the practicality of electrochemical CO2 capture. No abstract avai…
Peer-reviewed🇺🇸 USAJournalChemical Physics2026#CCUSDOI
Carbon capture from wet vapors
Silvina M. Gatica
A study on capturing CO2 from wet vapor streams. Without an abstract, specifics are unclear, but moisture-tolerant capture is a practical bottleneck for CCUS deployment in flue gas and industrial processes.