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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE01390B, Paper

Haihua Luo, Yurui Han, Lisheng Qian, Zhaoran Yuan, Jilong Xu, Zuohuan Chen, Jiaxiang Lu, Jun Qi, Jiawei Ge, Peiyu Ma, Wenhua Zhang, Qiang Fu, Zheng Jiang, Yifan Ye
Grain boundary induced tensile strain tunes catalyst oxophilicity, thereby reorganizing interfacial water and accelerating proton and water transfer to break the kinetic pH effect in HER.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c03348

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c03317

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6c00105

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c03280

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6c00269

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02950

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2616-2643
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07747H, Paper

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Gabriel Magnaval, Maël Mouhoub, Anne-Marie Boulay, Manuele Margni
A modular and parametrized online tool (HTWOL) harmonizes the LCA of H₂ supply chains. It demonstrates that current studies underestimate the environmental impacts of so-called green H₂, whose relevance is limited to hard-to-electrify applications.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2833-2862
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05115G, Perspective

Adam C. Nielander, Matthew R. Shaner, Shane Ardo
Distributions of net charge, and associated electric fields and potentials, for an equilibrated semiconductor pn-homojunction are identical to those of initial nonequilibrium flux and transport rate for each charged species, if light absorption is uniform in space.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02703

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c03458

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c03101

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2597-2605
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07561K, Paper

Zhipeng Yin, Beining Wang, Tianyu Huang, Zhisheng Zhou, Kang An, Zsuzsanna László, István Bíró, Ning Li, Hai-Qiao Wang, Christoph J. Brabec
Reversed LBL strategy based on polymer scaffold with small-molecule interstitial filling enables ideal active layer morphology, achieving >19% efficiency and exceptional stability in inverted organic solar cells with broad material applicability.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2112-2148
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07830J, Review Article

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Jae Won Kim, You-Hyun Seo, Hee Jeong Jeong, Eun Chong Chae, Helen Hejin Park, Bong Joo Kang, Kyungsik Kim, Jinho Lee, Soonil Hong, Nam Joong Jeon
This review article discusses prominent patterning methods and module architectures for the scalable fabrication of organic and perovskite solar cell modules.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2356-2366
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00550K, Paper

Yonggang Zhao, Shuo Chen, Jiangjian Shi, Shurong Wang, Jia Yang, Zhenghua Su, Zhuanghao Zheng, Hongli Ma, Xianghua Zhang, Guangxing Liang
Ventilated-air junction heat treatment (JHT) promotes Zn diffusion across the CZTSSe/ZTO interface, leading to intrinsic defect compensation and optimized band alignment, thereby enabling a certified PCE of 13.90% in Cd-free CZTSSe solar cells.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2106-2111
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07078C, Opinion

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Olga Belyanina, Sebastian Startz, Hélène Pilorgé, Makenna Damhorst, Lorena S. Grundy, Nicolaj Siggelkow, Jennifer Wilcox
Scaling climate technologies requires not only capital and innovation but people.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2333-2344
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07321A, Paper

Jie Wang, Xin Chen, Jingyi Huo, Jiong Yang, Longyu Li, Wendi Shi, Ruibin Bian, Wenkai Zhao, Guankui Long, Zhaoyang Yao, Chenxi Li, Xiangjian Wan, Yongsheng Chen
A stepwise trifluoromethyl substitution strategy is developed for the structural modification of small-molecule acceptors. The device based on –C(CF₃)₃ functionalized CHE-9F achieves an efficiency of 20.30%.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2289-2299
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07465G, Paper

Ramadan Chalil Oglou, Morten Linding Frederiksen, Paul Maurice Leidinger, Marcel Ceccato, Anders Bentien, Jeppe V. Lauritsen
Linking industrial Ni foams with Ni(111) model surfaces reveals that surface roughness enhances oxygen evolution reaction activity via step-edge stabilization of NiOOH and Fe-modified NiOOH rather than increased surface area.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2863-2873
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07787G, Paper

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Ran Ji, Nathaniel Gallop, Shivam Singh, Richard Beier, Yitian Du, Zongbao Zhang, Fulya Koc, Marielle Deconinck, Vladimir Shilovskikh, Jose Roberto Bautista-Quijano, Boris Rivkin, Yana Vaynzof
Finely modulating the Cs : Pb ratio of the top 1 nm of CsPbI₃ leads to strong surface dipoles that alter the work function by more than 2 eV, increasing the power conversion efficiency from ∼10% to ∼20% and critically affecting stability.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,1565-1576
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07605F, Paper

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Georgios K. Stavroglou, Adrian M. Frandsen, Henrik H. Kristoffersen, Katrine L. Svane, Jan Rossmeisl
A design principle that predicts compositions with an optimal Fermi level for activating a TiO₂ coating layer.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2237-2245
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE06226H, Paper

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Chengcheng Xie, Yuanpeng Xie, Longjun Fu, Xiaxia Yang, Nian Zhang, Bo Xu, Zhuo Wang, Dianyong Tang, Liming Ding, Feng Liu, Menglan Lv
A dual-molecule reciprocal doping strategy combined with cooperative molecular assembly forms a charge transport network, enabling a champion efficiency of 20.72% in ternary organic solar cells.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2557-2568
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03704B, Paper

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Minwoo Lee, George Kwesi Asare, Tommy H. Richards, Dong Gyu Lee, Tae Kyung Lee, Jongsung Park, Juhong Oh, Jihoo Lim, Martin A. Green, Xiaojing Hao, Dohyung Kim, Helen Hejin Park, Jae Sung Yun
In response to the lack of standardized space testing, this work establishes an accelerated thermal shock protocol to rigorously evaluate the stability of space-compatible perovskite solar cells.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,1703-1714
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE06512G, Paper

Han Song, Yuchen Yue, Xiaoman Gui, Shisong Sun, Zhibin Yang, Bing Zheng, Han Shen, Jingxia Wang, Jianqi Zhang, Lijun Huo
Asymmetric small-molecule acceptors (SMAs) strategic engineering controls H-aggregation, realizing high-efficiency OSCs with 20% PCE.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2056-2068
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00021E, Paper

Siqi Huang, Min Deng, Xilin Lai, Tao Chen, Xingsong Bao, Jun Liao, Junyi Li, Junying Wang, Chentong Liao, Qiang Peng
A two-step templating strategy, including plasticing and rinsing, is developed to regulate the stacking of bottom layer and deposition dynamics to realize an optimal vertical phase-separation morphology, delivering an outstanding PCE of 20.70%.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,1732-1752
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE02574E, Paper

Thi Kim Anh Nguyen, Thành Trần-Phú, Xuan Minh Chau Ta, Biswaranjan Mohanty, Jodie A. Yuwono, Silvia Nappini, Ilargi Napal Azcona, Qi Wang, Anita Ho-Baillie, Christopher G. Bailey, Elena Magnano, Antonio Tricoli
Engineered g-C₃N₄ nanosheets with 3 wt% Pt enable selective, stable conversion of biomass-derived HMF into valuable DFF and FFCA, with H₂ co-production at 75.52 ± 0.46 µmol g_cat⁻¹ h⁻¹ sustained for 10 days.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02665

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,1101-1123
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE06772C, Review Article

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Chenxia Kan, Chao Luo, Yi Hou
A systematic analysis of scalable deposition and drying methods for manufacturing large-area monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells, guiding their transition from research to industry.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,1296-1305
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE04529K, Paper

Hongbing Li, Wei Feng, Jianan Wei, Qingchen He, Haojiang Shen, Yi He, Shi Chen, Yang Hao, Christoph J. Brabec, Yaohua Mai, Fei Guo
Monolithic MA-free all-perovskite tandem solar cells based on lead–tin (Pb–Sn) perovskites have advanced rapidly in recent years.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,1365-1373
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03302K, Paper

Lei Zhao, Jie Zhang, Yikun Hua, Xinyue Song, Chao Wu, Ruiqian Chen, Yang Feng, Haoran Deng, Jiacheng Su, Lei Gu, Wei Hui, Weiyuan Chen, Chunming Yang, Lin Song
Me-TACl modification of the upper interface constructs stable 2D perovskites and forms strong 2D/3D interface coupling, enabling the preparation of high-performance perovskite solar cells with one stone and two birds.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,1180-1191
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07159C, Paper

Jiaxue Zhai, Huān Bì, Shiji Zhang, Lin Xie, Bin Wu, Peng Wang, Shifeng Ge, Shafidah Shafian, Jiayan Chen, Wenhua Zhang, Yong Zhang, Nam-Gyu Park, Yong Hua
Sterically tuned DESs reconfigure dynamic H-bond networks to control perovskite crystallization. Replacing the H-bond donor urea with N-methylurea strengthens localized coordination, stabilizes precursors, and yields uniform, low-defect films.
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