Wood nanotechnology: a more promising solution toward energy issues: a mini-review

With the shortage of global fossil energy resource and the emergence of ecological crisis, concerns toward energy issues have risen to an unprecedented level. People have begun to seek potential and sustainable solutions to energy problems, developing energy materials with green blocks, so as to provide technical support for the reliability and advancement of future living environment. As an alternative method for constructing sustainable materials by assembling scattered nanocellulose building blocks using bottom-up technology, the integrated nano-architectonic from wood has attracted more and more attention in energy areas. Based on the current hotspots of high performance batteries, solar steam generation and building energy efficiency, this review describes the significance of wood nanotechnology for sustainable energy development.

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