Impact of technological innovation on carbon neutrality-systematic and bibliometric review of two decades of research

Abstract Carbon neutrality is a critical path to reduce global climate change. This work presents a thorough bibliometric analysis of publications on the impact of technological innovation on carbon neutrality from 2000 to 2023 in order to better understand the evolution and future research directions of the topic. We used the Biblioshiny package in the R software and the VOSviewer tool to visualize and analyze over 589 relevant documents for the study. Based on the findings, it was discovered that the majority of the publications on the subject come from the Asian region, with China topping the chart with about 7981 publications. Cyprus comes second with about 800 publications, followed by Pakistan (700), the United Kingdom (635), Turkey (522), India (516), Italy (505), and Sweden (420) publications. Research on the subject area grew by 22.5% within the study period. Based on the findings, modern technological advancements integrate carbon neutrality with fundamental sciences, enabling self-adaptation in low-carbon transition, but high costs make large-scale implementation costly, necessitating future research for lower-cost production. Future research directions, such as more studies on the impact of artificial intelligence and life cycle assessment on carbon neutrality, among others, were proposed. Graphical Abstract