Certainly, here are some potential areas for future research that could be explored.1
This article was flagged by Guillaume Cabanac on PubPeer. The first author implicitly denied use of AI, stating that the “manuscript was completed in the first half of 2022 and submitted to Journal on October 12, 2022, well before the public release of ChatGPT by OpenAI on November 30, 2022” and that “we think it is better to add a transition sentence before the outlook part ot make the logical structure of the paper clearer.” This explanation does not, in my opinion, account for:
- The possibility of AI use during the revision process, since the revised article was resubmitted on April 4, 2023, and accepted May 3.
- The choice of phrasing. “Certainly” is a typical opener for ChatGPT, which is designed to mimic conversational verbiage, but it is an odd choice for a “transition sentence” in this context.
References
1Su X, Xu Z, Tian S, et al. Life cycle assessment of three typical solar energy utilization systems in different regions of China. Energy. 2023;278:127736. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2023.127736