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03 Jul 09:55

Nanostructured hybrid catalysts empower the artificial leaf for solar-driven ammonia production from nitrate

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5653-5665
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03836J, Paper
Chen Han, Caixia Li, Jodie A. Yuwono, Ziheng Liu, Kaiwen Sun, Kai Wang, Guojun He, Jialiang Huang, Priyank V. Kumar, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, Jialin Cong, Hamid Mehrvarz, Zhaojun Han, Xunyu Lu, Jian Pan, Xiaojing Hao, Rose Amal
This work designed a nanostructured hybrid catalytic layer on commercial Si absorber to empower the artificial leaf for solar-driven ammonia and value-added chemicals production.
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02 Jul 13:50

[ASAP] Tuning the Electrocatalytic Activity of Pd Nanocatalyst toward Hydrogen Evolution and Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reactions by Nickel Incorporation

by Soumita Chakraborty, Daizy Kalita, Sakshi Agarwal, Surishi Vashishth, Nijita Mathew, Sisir Maity, Devender Goud, Ankit Rao, Sebastian C. Peter, Abhishek K. Singh, and Muthusamy Eswaramoorthy

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00809
02 Jul 13:49

Hierarchically stabilized Pt single-atom catalysts induced by an atomic substitution strategy for an efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5227-5240
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE04457B, Paper
Changle Yue, Chao Feng, Guangxun Sun, Na Liu, Haoyuan Hao, Wenjing Bao, Xiaowei Zhang, Fengyue Sun, Cong Zhang, Jiahui Bi, Yan Zhou, Hsiao-Chien Chen, Yuan Pan, Daofeng Sun, Yukun Lu
Tuning and stabilizing the chemical microenvironment of Pt-based single-atom catalysts is a major challenge in promoting an electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER).
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02 Jul 13:49

Assessing the realism of clean energy projections

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5241-5259
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00747F, Paper
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Fatemeh Rostami, Piera Patrizio, Laureano Jimenez, Carlos Pozo, Niall Mac Dowell
Integrated assessment models (IAMs) need to be improved by considering materials availability and higher technological resolution to reflect real-world complexities and provide more realistic advice to policymakers.
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02 Jul 13:49

Molecularly tailored perovskite/poly(3-hexylthiophene) interfaces for high-performance solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5513-5520
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02251C, Paper
Ming-Hua Li, Xinbo Ma, Jiaju Fu, Shuo Wang, Jinpeng Wu, Run Long, Jin-Song Hu
An effective molecular engineering strategy using tailorable phosphine ligands was developed to modulate the perovskite/P3HT interface to alleviate the recombination loss and maximize the device voltage for perovskites with various bandgaps.
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02 Jul 13:48

An efficient alkoxy-substituted polymer acceptor for efficient all-polymer solar cells with low voltage loss and versatile photovoltaic applications

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5191-5199
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01804D, Paper
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Han Yu, Chaoyue Zhao, Huawei Hu, Shenbo Zhu, Bosen Zou, Top Archie Dela Peña, Ho Ming Ng, Chung Hang Kwok, Jicheng Yi, Wei Liu, Mingjie Li, Jiaying Wu, Guangye Zhang, Yiwang Chen, He Yan
All-polymer solar cells with low voltage loss for efficient outdoor and indoor photovoltaics.
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02 Jul 13:46

Room-temperature-modulated polymorphism of nonfullerene acceptors enables efficient bilayer organic solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5666-5678
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02330G, Paper
Zhenmin Zhao, Sein Chung, Young Yong Kim, Minyoung Jeong, Xin Li, Jingjing Zhao, Chaofeng Zhu, Safakath Karuthedath, Yufei Zhong, Kilwon Cho, Zhipeng Kan
Polymorphism of nonfullerene acceptors enhances electron transport properties and potentially impacts the performance of organic electronic devices.
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02 Jul 13:46

Unassisted photoelectrochemical hydrogen peroxide production over MoOx-supported Mo on a Cu3BiS3 photocathode

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5588-5600
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00741G, Paper
Subin Moon, Young Sun Park, Hyungsoo Lee, Wooyong Jeong, Eunji Kwon, Jeongyoub Lee, Juwon Yun, Soobin Lee, Jun Hwan Kim, Seungho Yu, Jooho Moon
MoOx-supported Mo enhances peroxide adsorption strength and electron transport, enhancing H2O2 production efficiency in Cu3BiS3-based photocathode. Finally, unbiased PEC–PEC system coupled with perovskite photoanode shows efficient H2O2 production.
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02 Jul 13:46

Improving transparency in peer review at Energy & Environmental Science

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,4818-4818
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE90055C, Editorial

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02 Jul 13:46

Efficient perovskite solar modules with an ultra-long processing window enabled by cooling stabilized intermediate phases

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,6302-6313
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01147C, Paper
Zhi Wan, Bin Ding, Jie Su, Zhenhuang Su, Zhihao Li, Chunmei Jia, Zhe Jiang, Qianqian Qin, Meng Zhang, Jishan Shi, Haodong Wu, Chongyang Zhi, Fengwei Wang, Chuan Li, Liming Du, Chao Zhang, Yong Ding, Can Li, Xingyu Gao, Chuanxiao Xiao, Jingjing Chang, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Zhen Li
Substrate cooling strategy generates a more stable FAPbI3-solvent intermediate and suppresses its transition to δ-FAPbI3, enabling ultra long process window up to 3 hours and efficient solar module.
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02 Jul 13:45

Precise control of process parameters for >23% efficiency perovskite solar cells in ambient air using an automated device acceleration platform

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5490-5499
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01432D, Paper
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Jiyun Zhang, Jianchang Wu, Anastasia Barabash, Tian Du, Shudi Qiu, Vincent M. Le Corre, Yicheng Zhao, Kaicheng Zhang, Frederik Schmitt, Zijian Peng, Jingjing Tian, Chaohui Li, Chao Liu, Thomas Heumueller, Larry Lüer, Jens A. Hauch, Christoph J. Brabec
Using a fully automated device acceleration platform (DAP) to systematically optimize air-processed parameters and establish a standard operation procedure (SOP) for preparing high-performance perovskite solar cells under ambient air.
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18 Jun 10:00

[ASAP] Thermal Evolution of the Structure and Luminescence of the Hybrid-Cation-Stabilized [(4AMTP)PbBr2]2PbBr4 Layered Perovskite

by Ajinkya Sundarnath Shingote, Taniya Dutta, Parikshit Kumar Rajput, and Angshuman Nag

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00905
18 Jun 09:59

[ASAP] Extending the Family of Hybrid Layered Fluoride Perovskites

by Teng Li, Alasdair J. Bradford, Stephen L. Lee, and Philip Lightfoot

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00633
18 Jun 09:56

[ASAP] Predicting the Synthesizability of Double Perovskite Halides via Interface Reaction Pathfinding

by Woongchan Kim, Hyeon Woo Kim, Han Uk Lee, Min Sung Kang, Dong Won Jeon, Soo Won Heo, and Sung Beom Cho

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c03323
18 Jun 09:51

[ASAP] Two Spacers, One Perovskite: Integrating Ruddlesden–Popper and Dion–Jacobson Halide Perovskites

by Jared D. Fletcher, Aaron M. Schankler, Cheng Liu, Yi Yang, Claudia Pereyra Huelmo, Craig C. Laing, Evan H. Oriel, Lin X. Chen, Richard D. Schaller, Edward H. Sargent, Andrew M. Rappe, and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00907
18 Jun 09:51

[ASAP] Functional Gel-Based Electrochemical Energy Storage

by Jean G. A. Ruthes, Stefanie Arnold, Kaitlyn Prenger, Ana C. Jaski, Vanessa Klobukoski, Izabel C. Riegel-Vidotti, and Volker Presser

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00321
18 Jun 09:50

[ASAP] Metallo-Porous Organic Polymer as a CO2 Reduction Catalyst toward Selective Solar Fuel Production

by R. Kamal Saravanan, Sanchita Karmakar, Faruk Ahamed Rahimi, Anupam Dey, Rohan Jena, Dipanjan Maity, and Tapas Kumar Maji

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00315
18 Jun 09:49

All-perovskite tandem solar cells: from fundamentals to technological progress

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,4390-4425
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03638C, Review Article
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Jaekeun Lim, Nam-Gyu Park, Sang Il Seok, Michael Saliba
This review provides fundamental knowledge and development directions towards the commercialising of advantageous all-perovskite tandem solar cells.
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18 Jun 09:49

Hole-transporting alternating copolymers for perovskite solar cells: thia[5]helicene comonomer outperforms planar perylothiophene analog

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,3937-3946
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00513A, Paper
Lifei He, Yuyan Zhang, Bing Zhang, Tianyu Li, Yaohang Cai, Ming Ren, Jing Zhang, Peng Wang, Yi Yuan
Compared to planar perylothiophene, thiahelicene has been demonstrated as a superior co-monomer for crafting a high-performance semiconducting polymer in n–i–p perovskite solar cells.
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18 Jun 09:49

All-polymer solar cells with 19% efficiency via introducing pincer-shaped non-covalent bond interactions

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,4216-4227
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01117A, Paper
Jianxiao Wang, Yonghai Li, Chenyu Han, Liangliang Chen, Fuzhen Bi, Zunyuan Hu, Chunming Yang, Xichang Bao, Junhao Chu
Pincer-shaped non-covalent bond interactions are introduced between a small-molecule additive and polymer acceptor, effectively improving the photovoltaic performance and mechanical stability of all-polymer solar cells.
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18 Jun 09:48

Mechanical strengthening of a perovskite–substrate heterointerface for highly stable solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,4295-4303
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00244J, Paper
Xuesong Leng, Yichu Zheng, Jingjing He, Benben Shen, Haonan Wang, Qing Li, Xinyi Liu, Miaoyu Lin, Yifeng Shi, Zhanpeng Wei, Yu Peng, Hua Gui Yang, Qiang Niu, Shuang Yang, Yu Hou
We show the mechanical strengthening of the buried interface in perovskite solar cells by using a cohesive macromolecular binder. Solar cells with a strengthened interface delivered a T97.5 lifespan of over 1600 h under 1-sun illumination at 55 °C.
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18 Jun 09:48

Pyrolytic fragmentation-induced defect formation in formamidinium lead halide perovskite thin films and photovoltaic performance limits

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,4714-4724
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01075B, Paper
Byung-wook Park, Geonhwa Kim, Chinnathambi Kamal, BongJin Simon Mun, Ute B. Cappel, Håkan Rensmo, Ki-Jeong Kim, Michael Odelius, Sang Il Seok
Defect formation through the fragmented formamidinium cation in lead iodide perovskite leads to the widening charge inversion layer and limited solar cell performance.
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18 Jun 09:48

Closing the loop: recycling of MAPbI3 perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,4248-4262
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01071J, Paper
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Zhenni Wu, Mykhailo Sytnyk, Jiyun Zhang, Gülüsüm Babayeva, Christian Kupfer, Jin Hu, Simon Arnold, Jens Hauch, Christoph Brabec, Ian Marius Peters
Closed-loop recycling of MAPbI3 solar cells: maintaining performance while enhancing economic and environmental benefits.
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18 Jun 09:48

A floatable photocatalyst to synergistically promote CO2 reduction and water oxidation by creating oriented charge separation across a tri-phase interface

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,4725-4734
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00800F, Paper
Yangen Xie, Min Wang, Qiang Huang, Qing Huang, Bo Sheng, Wenjing Song, Hua Sheng, Jincai Zhao
By coupling oriented charge separation with a tri-phase interface, optimal reaction conditions for the two half-reactions of artificial photosynthesis are created. Thus, the efficiency of the two half-reactions is synergistically promoted.
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18 Jun 09:47

A hot carrier perovskite solar cell with efficiency exceeding 27% enabled by ultrafast hot hole transfer with phthalocyanine derivatives

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5080-5090
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01839G, Paper
Shaokuan Gong, Geping Qu, Ying Qiao, Yifan Wen, Yuling Huang, Siyuan Cai, Letian Zhang, Kui Jiang, Shang Liu, Meng Lin, Matthew C. Beard, Zong-Xiang Xu, Xihan Chen
Illustration of hot hole transfer through interfacial S–Pb interactions, and a peak efficiency of 27.30% was achieved under 5.9 suns via ultrafast hot hole extraction.
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18 Jun 09:47

Organic emitters with near-unity photoluminescence to reinforce buried interface of perovskite solar cells and modules

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5115-5123
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01552E, Paper
Zhen-Yang Suo, Guo-Bin Xiao, Zhenhuang Su, Runmin Dong, Xijiao Mu, Xingyu Gao, Yiying Wu, Jing Cao
We developed an embedded perovskite-bottom interface reinforcement strategy employing cyano-based emitters with near-unity photoluminescence efficiency, to enhance the device performance and stability.
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18 Jun 09:47

Ultra-large dipole moment organic cations derived 3D/2D p–n heterojunction for high-efficiency carbon-based perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,4692-4702
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00568F, Paper
Yu Lin, Jiawei Tang, Haocong Yan, Jiaru Lin, Wenran Wang, Shengsen Zhang, Huashang Rao, Zhenxiao Pan, Xinhua Zhong
The organic spacer cation with ultra-large dipole moment results in the formation of p-type 2D perovskites and 3D/2D p–n junctions. The hole transport layer-free carbon-based perovskite solar cells achieve an efficiency of 20.08%.
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18 Jun 09:46

Heterogeneous seed-assisted FAPbI3 crystallization for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5070-5079
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01044B, Paper
Nan Yan, Yang Cao, Zhonghua Dai, Long Jiang, Yuanbo Yang, Tiantian Li, Liwei Li, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu, Zhimin Fang, Jiangshan Feng
A heterogeneous seed-assisted FAPbI3 crystallization facilitated by the 2,4-diaminopyrimidine (DAP) molecule, was employed to promotes the highly-crystalline α-FAPbI3 film, significant increasing the efficiency of inverted device to 25.29%.
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18 Jun 09:46

Electric effects reinforce charge carrier behaviour for photocatalysis

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,4907-4928
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01379D, Review Article
Aoqiang Shu, Chencheng Qin, Miao Li, Luna Zhao, Zichen Shangguan, Zihan Shu, Xingzhong Yuan, Mingshan Zhu, Yan Wu, Hou Wang
Recent studies on enhancing charge carrier behavior through electric effects for efficient photocatalysis are summarized, evaluating the in-depth function of these effects. This provides  unique perspectives to optimize photocatalytic processes.
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18 Jun 09:42

Porphyrin-based metal–organic frameworks for photo(electro)catalytic CO2 reduction

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5311-5335
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01748J, Review Article
Guixiang Ding, Chunxue Li, Lihui Chen, Guangfu Liao
The panorama of the latest developments of the emerging porphyrin-based MOFs for photo(electro)catalytic CO2 reduction is shown.
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