Publication

1. ​​​​​Gu, X., Li, C., You, F., Qin, Q., Sun, L., Li, W., ... & Zhang, W. (2025). Navigating the methanol industry paradox: Environmental gains versus economic realities in green methanol adoption. Sustainable Production and Consumption.

2. Du, C., Yuan, Y., Sun, L*., Fujii, M., Song, W., Yao, Y., & Ren, J. (2025). Achieving synergy between pollution reduction and carbon mitigation in the eco-industrial park: a multi-objective optimization framework. Journal of Environmental Management, 390, 126257.
3. Sun, L*., Du, C., Li, Z., Fujii, M., Dou, Y., Ohnishi, S., ... & Dong, L. (2025). Urban-industrial symbiosis practices in Tokyo Metropolis and the indication of carbon emissions reduction and environmental benefits. Cities, 161, 105840.
4. Jia, Y., Zhao, X., Hou, C., Zhang, M., Wang, X., Zhang, X., ... & Sun, L*. (2025). Food waste behavior and neural response: an ERP study of Chinese urban residents. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-22.
5. Sun, X., Wang, F., Wang, P., Sun, L*., Zhao, M., Jiao, X., ... & Zhao, D. (2025). Risk analysis and eco-design strategies for critical mineral resources in China's vehicle electrification process. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 216, 108156.
6. Zhao, R., Hu, C., Du, C., Wang, C., & Sun, L*. (2025). Synergistic effect assessment of pollution and carbon reduction and pathway of green transformation at regional level in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 145013.
7. Chen, W., Ohnishi, S., Maki, S., Kawai, K., Sun, L., Dong, H., ... & Fujii, M. (2025). Industrial Heat Defossilization: A Comparative Analysis of Waste Incineration and Clean Energy Scenarios. Journal of Cleaner Production, 144802.
8. He, Z., Sun, X., Nakajima, K., Murakami, S., Hijioka, Y., Fujii, M., & Sun, L. (2025). Rapid vehicle electrification reduces carbon benefits but increases resource savings in circular automobile transitions. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability.
9. Li, Z., Sun, L*., Zhang, R., & Hanaoka, T. (2024). Decarbonization pathways promote improvements in cement quality and reduce the environmental impact of China’s cement industry. Communications Earth & Environment, 769.
10. Chen, W., Wei, C., Sun, L*., Dong, H., Hijioka, Y., Nakajima, K., & Fujii, M. (2024). Carbon-neutral heat supply strategies for industrial decarbonization: A critical and systematic literature review. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 100244.
11. Zhang, R., Hanaoka, T., Liu, J., Li, Z., & Sun, L. (2024). Air pollution reduction co-benefits associated with low-carbon transport initiatives for carbon neutrality in China by 2060. Energy, 134090.
12. Luo, H., Zhang, Y., Liu, Z., Yu, Z., Song, X., Meng, X., ... & Sun, L. (2024). Deciphering the point source carbon footprint puzzle: Land use dynamics and socio-economic drivers. Science of The Total Environment, 176500.
13. Luo, Y., Shen, J., Liang, H., Sun, L., & Dong, L. (2024). Carbon monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) for cleaner built environment: Developing a solar photovoltaic blockchain tool and applications in Hong Kong's building sector. Journal of Cleaner Production, 471, 143456.
14. Chen, L., Wang, J., Lou, J., Cheng, Z., Wang, N., Cheng, S., & Sun, L. (2024). Thermo-economic analysis of a pumped thermal energy storage combining cooling, heating and power system coupled with photovoltaic thermal collector: Exploration of low-grade thermal energy storage. Journal of Energy Storage, 96, 112718.
15. Chen, Z., Sun, L., Huang, L., Xie, Y., Yang, S., Sun, L., ... & Yan, F. (2024). Inequality of exposure to PM 2. 5 and ozone among age groups and cities in Japan in 2030 and 2050. Urban Climate, 55, 101935.
16. Luo, Y., Shen, J., Liang, H., Sun, L., & Dong, L. (2024). Supporting building life cycle carbon monitoring, reporting and verification: A traceable and immutable blockchain-empowered information management system and application in Hong Kong. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 208, 107736.
17. Liu, W., Sun, L*., Li, Z., Xu, D., Wang, F., Zhou, D., ... & Wang, Y. (2024). Characterizing urban GHG emissions based on land-use change—A case of Airport New City. Urban Climate, 55, 101929.
18. Yuan, Y., Wang, F., Sun, L*., Liu, W., Du, C., Wang, C., & Yao, Y. (2024). Promote the decarbonization pathways of eco-industrial parks by considering their CO2 emissions structures and characters. Journal of Cleaner Production, 450, 141989.
19. Zhang, X., Fan, H., Hou, H., Xu, C., Sun, L*., Li, Q., & Ren, J. (2024). Spatiotemporal evolution and multi-scale coupling effects of land-use carbon emissions and ecological environmental quality. Science of The Total Environment, 922, 171149. ESI高被引论文
20. Zhang, X., Fan, H., Sun, L*., Liu, W., Wang, C., Wu, Z., & Lv, T. (2024). Identifying regional eco-environment quality and its influencing factors: A case study of an ecological civilization pilot zone in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 435, 140308. ESI高被引论文
21. Luo, H., Gao, X., Liu, Z., Liu, W., Li, Y., Meng, X., ... & Sun, L. (2024). Real-time Characterization Model of Carbon Emissions Based on Land-use Status: A Case Study of Xi'an City, China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 434, 140069.
22. Pan, H., Zheng, X., Wu, R., Liu, X., Xiao, S., Sun, L., ... & Xiao, Y. (2024). Agriculture related methane emissions embodied in China's interprovincial trade. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 189, 113850.
23. Chen, L., Yue, H., Wang, J., Lou, J., Wang, S., Guo, Y., ... & Sun, L. (2023). Thermodynamic analysis of a hybrid energy system coupling solar organic Rankine cycle and ground source heat pump: Exploring heat cascade utilization. Energy, 284, 129228.
24. He, Z., Sun, L., Hijioka, Y., Nakajima, K., & Fujii, M. (2023). Systematic review of circular economy strategy outcomes in the automobile industry. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 198, 107203.
25. Zhang, X., Fan, H., Liu, F., Lv, T., Sun, L*., Li, Z., ... & Xu, G. (2023). Coupling coordination between the ecological environment and urbanization in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration. Urban Climate, 52, 101698.
26. Lv, T., Hu, H., Zhang, X., Sun, L*., Li, Z., Chen, Y., & Fu, S. (2023). Driving mechanism of the allometric relationship between economic development and carbon emissions in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, China. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-24.
27. Zhang, X., Fan, H., Zhou, C., Sun, L*., Xu, C., Lv, T., & Ranagalage, M. (2023). Spatiotemporal change in ecological quality and its influencing factors in the Dongjiangyuan region, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(26), 69533-69549.
28. Dou, Y., Sun, L., Ren, J., & Dong, L. (2023). Opportunities and future challenges in hydrogen economy for sustainable development. In Hydrogen economy (pp. 537-569). Academic press.
29. Maki, S., Fujii, M., Fujita, T., Shiraishi, Y., Ashina, S., Gomi, K., Sun, L., ... & Boer, R. (2022). A deep reinforced learning spatiotemporal energy demand estimation system using deep learning and electricity demand monitoring data. Applied Energy, 324, 119652.
30. Chen, W., Fujii, M., & Sun, L*. (2022). Feasibility analysis of energy system optimization for a typical manufacturing factory with environmental and economic assessments. Journal of Cleaner Production, 366, 132887.
31. Sun, L., Kaufman, M. F., Sirk, E. A., Durga, S., Mahowald, N. M., & You, F. (2022). COVID-19 impact on an academic Institution's greenhouse gas inventory: The case of Cornell University. Journal of Cleaner Production, 363, 132440.
32. Maki, S., Ohnishi, S., Fujii, M., Goto, N., & Sun, L. (2022). Using waste to supply steam for industry transition: Selection of target industries through economic evaluation and statistical analysis. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 26(4), 1475-1486.
33. Zhao, R., Sun, L*., Zou, X., & Dou, Y. (2021). Greenhouse gas emissions analysis working toward zero-waste and its indication to low carbon city development. Energies, 14(20), 6644.
34. Maki, S., Ohnishi, S., Fujii, M., Goto, N., & Sun, L. (2021). Technical and economic analysis of potential steam supply from waste treatment plants to industries in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Optimization and Engineering, 22, 1755-1782.
35. Zhao, R., Sun, L*., Zou, X., Fujii, M., Dong, L., Dou, Y., ... & Wang, F. (2021). Towards a Zero Waste city-an analysis from the perspective of energy recovery and landfill reduction in Beijing. Energy, 223, 120055.
36. Wang, J., Sun, L*., Fujii, M., Li, Y., Huang, Y., Murakami, S., ... & Li, Z. (2021). Institutional, technology, and policies of end-of-life vehicle recycling industry and its indication on the circular economy-comparative analysis between China and Japan. Frontiers in Sustainability, 2, 645843.
37. Chen, W., Hong, J., Wang, C., Sun, L., Zhang, T., Zhai, Y., & Zhang, Q. (2021). Water footprint assessment of gold refining: Case study based on life cycle assessment. Ecological Indicators, 122, 107319.
38. Sun, L., Liu, W., Li, Z., Cai, B., Fujii, M., Luo, X., ... & Le, Y. (2021). Spatial and structural characteristics of CO2 emissions in East Asian megacities and its indication for low-carbon city development. Applied Energy, 284, 116400.
39. Dou, Y., Sun, L., Fujii, M., Kikuchi, Y., Kanematsu, Y., & Ren, J. (2021). Towards a renewable-energy-driven district heating system: key technology, system design and integrated planning. Renewable-Energy-Driven Future, 311-332.
40. Liu, W., Sun, L*., Li, Z., Fujii, M., Geng, Y., Dong, L., & Fujita, T. (2020). Trends and future challenges in hydrogen production and storage research. Environmental science and pollution research, 27, 31092-31104.
41. Bo, X., Li, Z., Qu, J., Cai, B., Zhou, B., Sun, L., ... & Kan, H. (2020). The spatial-temporal pattern of sintered flue gas emissions in iron and steel enterprises of China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 266, 121667.
42. Shasha, Z. T., Geng, Y., Sun, H. P., Musakwa, W., & Sun, L. (2020). Past, current, and future perspectives on eco-tourism: A bibliometric review between 2001 and 2018. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 23514-23528.
43. Sun, L., Fujii, M., Li, Z., Dong, H., Geng, Y., Liu, Z., ... & Zhang, Y. (2020). Energy-saving and carbon emission reduction effect of urban-industrial symbiosis implementation with feasibility analysis in the city. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 151, 119853.
44. Yu, X., Zheng, H., Sun, L., & Shan, Y. (2020). An emissions accounting framework for industrial parks in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 244, 118712.
45. Wu, F., Geng, Y., Zhang, Y., Ji, C., Chen, Y., Sun, L., ... & Fujita, T. (2020). Assessing sustainability of soybean supply in China: Evidence from provincial production and trade data. Journal of Cleaner Production, 244, 119006.
46. Sun, L., Gomi, K., Fujita, T., Fujii, M., Maki, S., Gito, I., & Rizaldi, B. (2020). Low Carbon Development and Co-Planning Mitigation Actions to Achieve the SDGs, a Case of Bogor. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 76(6), II_261-II_271.
47. Sun, L., Liu, W., Fujii, M., Li, Z., Ren, J., & Dou, Y. (2020). An overview of waste-to-energy: feedstocks, technologies and implementations. Waste-to-Energy, 1-22.
48. Fujii, M., Dou, Y., Sun, L., Ohnishi, S., Maki, S., Dong, H., ... & Chandran, R. (2019). Contribution to a low-carbon society from improving exergy of waste-to-energy system by upgrading utilization of waste. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 149, 586-594.
49. Li, Z., Dai, H., Song, J., Sun, L*., Geng, Y., Lu, K., & Hanaoka, T. (2019). Assessment of the carbon emissions reduction potential of China's iron and steel industry based on a simulation analysis. Energy, 183, 279-290.
50. Fang, K., Zhang, Q., Long, Y., Yoshida, Y., Sun, L., Zhang, H., ... & Li, S. (2019). How can China achieve its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions by 2030? A multi-criteria allocation of China’s carbon emission allowance. Applied Energy, 241, 380-389.
51. Liu, W., Wang, J., Sun, L*., Wang, T., Li, C., & Chen, B. (2019). Sustainability evaluation of soybean-corn rotation systems in the Loess Plateau region of Shaanxi, China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 210, 1229-1237.
52. You, W., Geng, Y., Dong, H., Wilson, J., Pan, H., Wu, R., Sun, L.,... & Liu, Z. (2018). Technical and economic assessment of RES penetration by modelling China's existing energy system. Energy, 165, 900-910.
53. Dong, H., Liu, Z., Geng, Y., Fujita, T., Fujii, M., Sun, L., & Zhang, L. (2018). Evaluating environmental performance of industrial park development: the case of Shenyang. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 22(6), 1402-1412.
54. Sun, L., Fujii, M., Tasaki, T., Dong, H., & Ohnishi, S. (2018). Improving waste to energy rate by promoting an integrated municipal solid-waste management system. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 136, 289-296.
55. Sun, L., Li, Z., Fujii, M., Hijioka, Y., & Fujita, T. (2018). Carbon footprint assessment for the waste management sector: A comparative analysis of China and Japan. Frontiers in Energy, 12, 400-410.
56. Long, Y., Yoshida, Y., Zhang, R., Sun, L., & Dou, Y. (2018). Policy implications from revealing consumption-based carbon footprint of major economic sectors in Japan. Energy Policy, 119, 339-348.
57. Han, W., Geng, Y., Lu, Y., Wilson, J., Sun, L., Satoshi, O., ... & Qian, Y. (2018). Urban metabolism of megacities: A comparative analysis of Shanghai, Tokyo, London and Paris to inform low carbon and sustainable development pathways. Energy, 155, 887-898.
58. Ren, J., Dong, L., & Sun, L. (2018). Competitiveness prioritisation of container ports in Asia under the background of China’s Belt and Road initiative. Transport reviews, 38(4), 436-456.
59. Li, Z., Dai, H., Sun, L., Xie, Y., Liu, Z., Wang, P., & Yabar, H. (2018). Exploring the impacts of regional unbalanced carbon tax on CO2 emissions and industrial competitiveness in Liaoning province of China. Energy Policy, 113, 9-19. ESI高被引论文
60. Pan, H., Geng, Y., Jiang, P., Dong, H., Sun, L., & Wu, R. (2018). An emergy based sustainability evaluation on a combined landfill and LFG power generation system. Energy, 143, 310-322.
61. Li, Z., Sun, L., Geng, Y., Dong, H., Ren, J., Liu, Z., ... & Higano, Y. (2017). Examining industrial structure changes and corresponding carbon emission reduction effect by combining input-output analysis and social network analysis: A comparison study of China and Japan. Journal of Cleaner Production, 162, 61-70.
62. Chen, W., Zhong, S., Geng, Y., Chen, Y., Cui, X., Wu, Q., ... Sun, L.,& Tian, X. (2017). Emergy based sustainability evaluation for Yunnan Province, China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 162, 1388-1397.
63. Yang, Q., Geng, Y., Dong, H., Zhang, J., Yu, X., Sun, L., ... & Chen, Y. (2017). Effect of environmental regulations on China's graphite export. Journal of Cleaner Production, 161, 327-334.
64. Sun, L., Li, H., Dong, L., Fang, K., Ren, J., Geng, Y., ... & Liu, Z. (2017). Eco-benefits assessment on urban industrial symbiosis based on material flows analysis and emergy evaluation approach: A case of Liuzhou city, China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 119, 78-88.
65. Liu, Z., Adams, M., Cote, R. P., Geng, Y., Chen, Q., Liu, W., Sun, L.,& Yu, X. (2017). Comprehensive development of industrial symbiosis for the response of greenhouse gases emission mitigation: Challenges and opportunities in China. Energy Policy, 102, 88-95.
66. Luo, X., Dong, L., Dou, Y., Zhang, N., Ren, J., Li, Y., Sun, L.,& Yao, S. (2017). Analysis on spatial-temporal features of taxis' emissions from big data informed travel patterns: a case of Shanghai, China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 142, 926-935.
67. Ren, J., Liang, H., Dong, L., Gao, Z., He, C., Pan, M., & Sun, L. (2017). Sustainable development of sewage sludge-to-energy in China: Barriers identification and technologies prioritization. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 67, 384-396.
68. Chen, W., Liu, W., Geng, Y., Ohnishi, S., Sun, L., Han, W., ... & Zhong, S. (2016). Life cycle based emergy analysis on China's cement production. Journal of Cleaner Production, 131, 272-279.
69. Ren, J., Liang, H., Dong, L., Sun, L., & Gao, Z. (2016). Design for sustainability of industrial symbiosis based on emergy and multi-objective particle swarm optimization. Science of the Total Environment, 562, 789-801.
70. Yu, X., Geng, Y., Dong, H., Ulgiati, S., Liu, Z., Liu, Z., ... & Sun, L. (2016). Sustainability assessment of one industrial region: A combined method of emergy analysis and IPAT (Human Impact Population Affluence Technology). Energy, 107, 818-830.
71. Tian, X., Geng, Y., Dong, H., Dong, L., Fujita, T., Wang, Y., ... & Sun, L. (2016). Regional household carbon footprint in China: A case of Liaoning province. Journal of Cleaner Production, 114, 401-411.
72. Sun, L., Dong, H., Geng, Y., Li, Z., Liu, Z., Fujita, T., ... & Fujii, M. (2016). Uncovering driving forces on urban metabolism—A case of Shenyang. Journal of Cleaner Production, 114, 171-179.
73. Dong, H., Fujita, T., Geng, Y., Dong, L., Ohnishi, S., Sun, L., ... & Fujii, M. (2016). A review on eco-city evaluation methods and highlights for integration. Ecological Indicators, 60, 1184-1191.
74. Liu, Z., Geng, Y., Wang, H., Sun, L., Ma, Z., Tian, X., & Yu, X. (2015). Emergy-based comparative analysis of energy intensity in different industrial systems. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22, 18687-18698.
75. Ren, J., Dong, L., Sun, L., Goodsite, M. E., Dong, L., Luo, X., & Sovacool, B. K. (2015). “Supply push” or “demand pull?”: Strategic recommendations for the responsible development of biofuel in China. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 52, 382-392. 国际著名能源网站作为热点论文被报道
76. Ren, J., Dong, L., Sun, L., Goodsite, M. E., Tan, S., & Dong, L. (2015). Life cycle cost optimization of biofuel supply chains under uncertainties based on interval linear programming. Bioresource Technology, 187, 6-13.
77. Liu, Z., Geng, Y., Wang, F., Liu, Z., Ma, Z., Yu, X., Tian, X., Sun, L., ... & Zhang, L. (2015). Emergy-ecological footprint hybrid method analysis of industrial parks using a geographical and regional perspective. Environmental Engineering Science, 32(3), 193-202.
78. 杨青, 耿涌, 孙露, 刘哲, 董会娟, 于晓曼, & 吕晓蓉. (2017). 天然石墨矿及球形石墨价值的能值核算. 生态学杂志, 36(9), 2592.
79. 刘文婧, 耿涌, 田旭, 孙露, 高翠侠, & 陈伟. (2016). 基于文献计量学及网络分析的能值研究综述. 中国农业大学学报, 21(10), 200-210.
80. 刘文婧, 耿涌, 孙露, 田旭, & 张黎明. (2016). 基于能值理论的有色金属矿产资源开采生态补偿机制. 生态学报, 36(24), 8154-8163.
81. 孙露, 薛冰, 耿涌, & 张黎明. (2015). 基于投入产出表和社会网络分析的区域产业结构比较分析: 以华东七省 (市) 为例. 华东师范大学学报 (自然科学版), 2015(1), 224.
82. 孙露, 耿涌, 刘祚希, 薛冰, 刘哲, & 刘竹. (2014). 基于能值和数据包络分析的城市复合生态系统生态效率评估. 生态学杂志, 33(2), 462-468.
83. 孙露, 薛冰, 张子龙, 张黎明, & 耿涌. (2014). 基于 SNA 的中国产业网络结构演化及定量测度. 生态经济, 30(2), 83-87.
84. 张琳, 薛冰, 鹿晨昱, 张黎明, 耿涌, & 孙露. (2013). 基于 AHP 与 GIS 的城市可持续性测度与空间比较研究——以东北地区 35 市 (州) 为例. 水土保持研究, (2), 86-91.