How perceived corporate social responsibility and public knowledge affect public participation intention: evidence from Chinese waste incineration power projects

Purpose: Public participation is essential for mitigating local resistance faced by the environmentally stigmatized facilities. The purpose of this study is to investigate public participation intention in the decision-making of waste incineration power (WIP) projects by examining the role of perceived corporate social responsibility (PCSR) and public knowledge (PK) based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB).  Design/methodology/approach: A theoretical model correlating PCSR with public participation intention was developed by using the constructs of TPB as the mediators and PK as the moderator. Drawing on structural equation modeling (SEM), the data collected from 485 local residents of the WIP projects in Jiangsu, China were analyzed to test the model.  Findings: Companies' CSR practice went through public attitude, subjective norm and personal norm as mediating steps towards promoting participation intention. PK positively moderated the indirect relationships between PCSR and participation intention. Moreover, attitude, subjective norm and personal norm were found to have a positive effect on participation intention.  Originality/value: This study advances the understanding of public participation intention and enriches the literature relating to CSR and TPB involved in infrastructure development. In order to improve public participation intention, companies should take strategic social responsibility actions and present the benefits and moral values of the activities to the public, and as well make effort to diffuse WIP-related knowledge through interactive activities with the public. Authorities should establish social and personal value systems that praise public participation and improve their expectations of participation outcomes.</p

How perceived corporate social responsibility and public knowledge affect public participation intention: evidence from Chinese waste incineration power projects

Purpose: Public participation is essential for mitigating local resistance faced by the environmentally stigmatized facilities. The purpose of this study is to investigate public participation intention in the decision-making of waste incineration power (WIP) projects by examining the role of perceived corporate social responsibility (PCSR) and public knowledge (PK) based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB).  Design/methodology/approach: A theoretical model correlating PCSR with public participation intention was developed by using the constructs of TPB as the mediators and PK as the moderator. Drawing on structural equation modeling (SEM), the data collected from 485 local residents of the WIP projects in Jiangsu, China were analyzed to test the model.  Findings: Companies' CSR practice went through public attitude, subjective norm and personal norm as mediating steps towards promoting participation intention. PK positively moderated the indirect relationships between PCSR and participation intention. Moreover, attitude, subjective norm and personal norm were found to have a positive effect on participation intention.  Originality/value: This study advances the understanding of public participation intention and enriches the literature relating to CSR and TPB involved in infrastructure development. In order to improve public participation intention, companies should take strategic social responsibility actions and present the benefits and moral values of the activities to the public, and as well make effort to diffuse WIP-related knowledge through interactive activities with the public. Authorities should establish social and personal value systems that praise public participation and improve their expectations of participation outcomes.</p

Recent advances of metal telluride anodes for high-performance lithium/sodium-ion batteries

Recent advances of metal telluride anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), which is important electrochemical energy storage technologies with high energy density and environmental benignity

A comprehensive review of cathode materials for Na-air batteries

In recent years, rechargeable sodium-air batteries have attracted extensive attention and shown rapid development for use in the field of electrochemical energy storage owing to low costs, abundance of the precursor resources, high theoretical specific capacity, and high energy density, all of which have contributed to making them one of the most promising alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. Despite the numerous advantages, Na-air batteries also face certain challenges, such as poor charge-discharge reversibility at the cathode, formation of sodium dendrites at the anode, and low catalytic activity for oxygen reduction/evolution reactions. Thus, designing efficient and stable air cathode materials is significant for the development and practical application of Na-air batteries. Therefore, this paper aims to review the advances related to the development of air cathodes in Na-air batteries in the last decade. Here, research on the secondary Na-air batteries are briefly summarized and divided into two categories based on their electrolyte composition: organic Na-air batteries and hybrid Na-air batteries. The air cathode materials are reviewed and categorised based on the material type into the following: carbon materials, transition metals and metal oxides, noble metals, perovskites and spinel oxides, metal-organic frameworks and their derivatives, pyrochlore oxides, and other cathode materials. Furthermore, work in previous studies applying in situ spectroelectrochemical techniques, including Infrared spectroscopy, electron spin resonance, UV/Vis spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy, to develop the structure-performance correlations and redox reaction mechanisms of Na-air batteries are summarised. Finally, the challenges faced by Na-air batteries and the prospect of future work are discussed in the conclusions. This review is thus expected to provide a comprehensive understanding of the trends and issues related to the development of Na-air batteries for practical industrial applications

Graphite-like structured conductive polymer anodes for high-capacity lithium storage with optimized voltage platform

Graphite is a widely used anode material in commercial lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), but its low theoretical specific capacity and extremely low redox potential limit its application in high-performance lithium-ion batteries. However, developing lithium-ion battery anode with high specific capacity and suitable working potential is still challenging. At present, conductive polymers with excellent properties and graphite-like structures are widely used in the field of electrochemistry, but their Li+ storage mechanism and kinetics are still unclear and need to be further investigated. Therefore, we synthesized the conducting polymer Fe3(2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11-hexahydroxytriphenylene)2 (Fe-CAT) by the liquid phase method, in which the d-π conjugated structure and pores facilitate electron transfer and electrolyte infiltration, improving the comprehensive electrochemical performance. The Fe-CAT electrode displays a high capacity of 950 mA h g−1 at 200 mA g−1. At the current density of 5.0 A g−1, the electrode shows a reversible capacity of 322 mA h g−1 after 1000 cycles. The average lithiation voltage plateau is ∼ 0.79 V. The combination of ex-situ characterization techniques and electrochemical kinetic analysis reveals the source of the excellent electrochemical performance of Fe-CAT. During the charging/discharging process, the aromatic ring in the organic ligand is involved in the redox reaction. Such results will provide new insights for the design of next-generation high-performance electrode materials for LIBs