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20 Dec 07:46

Low carbon transportation fuels: deployment pathways, opportunities and challenges

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,531-568
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE01328F, Paper
Kai Morganti, Kjell Moljord, Richard Pearson, Monique Vermeire, Michael Traver, Pietro Scorletti, Tadeu de Melo, Yiran Wang, Philippe China, John Repasky, Fermín Oliva, Amy Bason
Low carbon fuels can play a role in decarbonizing the transport sector, but the greenhouse gas impact depends on the chosen pathway. A range of fuel options for the on-road, marine and aviation sectors are assessed on a well-to-wheel or -wake basis.
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20 Dec 07:46

Elimination of charge accumulation by a self-assembled cocrystal interlayer for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,569-579
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03550F, Paper
Xueying Wang, Yang Zhong, Xiao Luo, Wangping Sheng, Jia Yang, Licheng Tan, Yiwang Chen
A SAM-CL has been introduced in n–i–p perovskite solar cells to optimize interfacial energy level arrangement and eliminate interfacial charge accumulation. The large pyrene rings and F atoms of SAM-CL inhibit severe ion migration and moisture erosion, thus improving device stability.
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19 Dec 16:37

The synergistic effect of dry air and surfactants enables water to be a promising green solvent for stable and efficient perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,296-306
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02459H, Paper
Yanrui Zhang, Lixia Ren, Peng Zhai, Jingjing Xin, Jiarong Wu, Qi Zhang, Xin Chen, Kui Zhao, Lu Zhang, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu
Through the synergistic effect of dry air and surfactants, high-quality, pinhole free perovskite films prepared from aqueous inks (Pb(NO3)2/H2O) can be easily obtained.
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18 Dec 14:02

The confusion about S-scheme electron transfer: critical understanding and a new perspective

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,497-509
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03282E, Perspective
Fang Li, Zhaohui Fang, Zhihua Xu, Quanjun Xiang
This perspective focuses on the controversial issue of S-scheme electron transfer. It delves into the theoretical criteria and persistence of the driving force for S-scheme electron transfer.
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18 Dec 14:02

Light cycling as a key to understanding the outdoor behaviour of perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,602-610
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03508E, Paper
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Mark Khenkin, Hans Köbler, Marko Remec, Rajarshi Roy, Ulas Erdil, Jinzhao Li, Nga Phung, Ghefar Adwan, Gopinath Paramasivam, Quiterie Emery, Eva Unger, Rutger Schlatmann, Carolin Ulbrich, Antonio Abate
The long-term outdoor performance and stability of Perovskite Solar Cells showed several features that stem from the device's meta-stability. To rationalize this behavior we need indoor ageing experiments with cycled light.
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18 Dec 14:02

Enhancing the electrical transport properties of two-dimensional semiconductors through interlayer interactions

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,611-618
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03454B, Paper
Qinghang Tang, Shihao Han, Mingjia Yao, David J. Singh, Jinyang Xi, Huijun Liu, Jiong Yang
Thermoelectric materials attract great attention due to promising applications in refrigeration and waste heat recovery.
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06 Dec 12:54

[ASAP] Chain Conformation and Exciton Delocalization in a Push–Pull Conjugated Polymer

by Yulong Zheng, Rahul Venkatesh, Connor P. Callaway, Campbell Viersen, Kehinde H. Fagbohungbe, Aaron L. Liu, Chad Risko, Elsa Reichmanis, and Carlos Silva-Acuña

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02665
06 Dec 12:53

[ASAP] Copolymers Based on π-Conjugated Asymmetric Naphthalene Diimide Building Blocks: Synthesis, Crystallography, and Structure–Property–Charge Transport/Photovoltaic Correlations

by Jianglin Wu, Caixia Fu, Robert M. Pankow, Yao Chen, Ding Zheng, Zhiyun Lu, Yan Huang, Tobin J. Marks, and Antonio Facchetti

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02182
06 Dec 12:53

[ASAP] Unveiling the Liquid Electrolyte Solvation Structure by Small Angle X-ray Scattering

by Xinyi Liu, Lingzhe Fang, Xingyi Lyu, Randall E. Winans, and Tao Li

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01648
06 Dec 12:52

[ASAP] Oxygen Vacancy Formation Energy in Metal Oxides: High-Throughput Computational Studies and Machine-Learning Predictions

by Bianca Baldassarri, Jiangang He, Abhijith Gopakumar, Sean Griesemer, Adolfo J. A. Salgado-Casanova, Tzu-Chen Liu, Steven B. Torrisi, and Chris Wolverton

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02251
06 Dec 12:52

[ASAP] High Performance Blue-Targeted Photodetectors Based on Cross-Linked Perovskite/Polymer Composites with Sodium Borate

by Bonghyun Jo, Kyung Min Kim, SangMyeong Lee, Hee Jung Kim, Jihyun Kim, Joohoon Kang, Gon Namkoong, Gill Sang Han, and Hyun Suk Jung

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01990
06 Dec 12:51

Light Cycling as a Key to Understanding the Outdoor Behaviour of Perovskite Solar Cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03508E, Paper
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Mark V. Khenkin, Hans Köbler, Marko Remec, Rajarshi Roy, Ulas Erdil, Jinzhao Li, Nga Phung, Ghefar Adwan, Gopinath Paramasivam, Quiterie Emery, Eva Unger, Rutger Schlatmann, Carolin Ulbrich, Antonio Abate
Forecasting the real-world stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) using indoor accelerated tests is a significant challenge on the way to commercialising this highly anticipated PV technology. The lack of...
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06 Dec 12:51

Understanding and decoupling the role of wavelength and defects in light-induced degradation of metal-halide perovskites

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,284-295
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03511E, Paper
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Jeremy Hieulle, Anurag Krishna, Ariadni Boziki, Jean-Nicolas Audinot, Muhammad Uzair Farooq, Joana Ferreira Machado, Marko Mladenović, Himanshu Phirke, Ajay Singh, Tom Wirtz, Alexandre Tkatchenko, Michael Graetzel, Anders Hagfeldt, Alex Redinger
Light-induced degradation in metal halide perovskites is a major concern that can potentially hamper the commercialization of perovskite optoelectronic devices.
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06 Dec 12:51

High-loading As single-atom catalysts harvested from wastewater towards efficient and sustainable oxygen reduction

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,123-133
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03274D, Paper
Yangjun Luo, Yanwei Wang, Huijuan Zhang, Youyuan Wang, Jin Wan, Chuanzhen Feng, Lingmei Liu, Zaiping Guo, Jian Li, Yu Wang
We first report universal strategies to synthesize high-loading (up to 13.78 wt%) non-metal monoatoms on carbon. Re-calcination is further proposed to overcome the poor oxidation resistance of catalysts with abundant carbon defects.
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06 Dec 12:51

Water electrolysis for hydrogen production: from hybrid systems to self-powered/catalyzed devices

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,49-113
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02467A, Perspective
Jin-Tao Ren, Lei Chen, Hao-Yu Wang, Wen-Wen Tian, Zhong-Yong Yuan
This perspective highlights recent advancements in innovative strategies to provide valuable insights into the potential for energy-saving hydrogen production through water electrolysis.
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06 Dec 12:50

Achieving a high open-circuit voltage of 1.339 V in 1.77 eV wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells via self-assembled monolayers

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,202-209
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02839A, Paper
Zongjin Yi, Wanhai Wang, Rui He, Jingwei Zhu, Wenbo Jiao, Yi Luo, Yuliang Xu, Yunfan Wang, Zixin Zeng, Kun Wei, Jinbao Zhang, Sai-Wing Tsang, Cong Chen, Weihua Tang, Dewei Zhao
A self-assembled monolayer of DCB-BPA hole-selective layer facilitates the improved buried-interface quality, leading to a certified VOC of 1.339 V of 1.77 eV wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells.
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06 Dec 12:50

Synergistic electrical and light management enables efficient monolithic inorganic perovskite/organic tandem solar cells with over 24% efficiency

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,219-226
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02940A, Paper
Shan Jiang, Ruyue Wang, Minghua Li, Runnan Yu, Fuzhi Wang, Zhan'ao Tan
A synergistic strategy for reducing electrical loss and optimizing current balance was reported to fabricate high-efficiency monolithic inorganic perovskite/organic tandem solar cells. The resulting devices achieved a champion efficiency of 24.07%.
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06 Dec 12:49

Recent progress in monolithic two-terminal perovskite-based triple-junction solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,1781-1818
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02822D, Review Article
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Minasadat Heydarian, Maryamsadat Heydarian, Patrick Schygulla, S. Kasimir Reichmuth, Alexander J. Bett, Jochen Hohl-Ebinger, Florian Schindler, Martin Hermle, Martin C. Schubert, Patricia S. C. Schulze, Juliane Borchert, Stefan W. Glunz
Monolithic perovskite-based triple junction solar cells have the potential to surpass the power conversion efficiency (PCE) limits of single and dual-junction solar cells.
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06 Dec 12:49

All-inorganic halide perovskites for air-processed “n–i–p” monolithic perovskite/organic hybrid tandem solar cells exceeding 23% efficiency

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,1046-1060
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02763E, Paper
Sawanta S. Mali, Jyoti V. Patil, Julian A. Steele, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jin Hyeok Kim, Chang Kook Hong
We are excited to report dynamic hot-air assisted ambient conditions processed metal ion-doped γ-CsPb(I1−xBrx)3 (Eg = 1.87 eV) wide bandgap in combination with a ternary bulk-heterojunction (Eg = 1.36 eV) narrow bandgap based monolithic hybrid tandem solar cells crossing 23% efficiency.
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24 Nov 15:17

[ASAP] Polar Bilayered Dion–Jacobson Hybrid Perovskite Single Crystal with Bulk Photovoltaic Effect for Self-Driven X-ray–Ultraviolet–Visible Photodetection

by Dongying Fu, Zhuo Chen, Yunzhen Chang, and Xian-Ming Zhang

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02521
24 Nov 15:16

The synergistic effect of dry air and surfactants enables water to be a promising green solvent for stable and efficient perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02459H, Paper
Yanrui Zhang, Lixia Ren, Peng Zhai, Jingjing Xin, Jiarong Wu, Qi Zhang, Xin Chen, Kui Zhao, Lu Zhang, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu
Through the synergistic effect of dry air and surfactants, high-quality, pinhole free perovskite films prepared from aqueous inks (Pb(NO3)2/H2O) can be easily obtained.
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24 Nov 15:15

Enhancing the electrical transport properties of two-dimensional semiconductors through interlayer interactions

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03454B, Paper
Qinghang Tang, Shihao Han, Mingjia Yao, David J. Singh, Jinyang Xi, Huijun Liu, Jiong Yang
Thermoelectric materials attract great attention due to promising applications in refrigeration and waste heat recovery. Strategies based on band engineering have been proposed to identify new thermoelectrics with high electrical...
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07 Nov 10:01

[ASAP] How Does Local Strain Affect Stokes Shifts in Halide Double Perovskite Nanocrystals?

by Saar Shaek, Sasha Khalfin, Emma Hasina Massasa, Arad Lang, Shai Levy, Lotte T. J. Kortstee, Betty Shamaev, Shaked Dror, Rachel Lifer, Reut Shechter, Yaron Kauffmann, Rotem Strassberg, Iryna Polishchuk, Andrew Barnabas Wong, Boaz Pokroy, Ivano E. Castelli, and Yehonadav Bekenstein

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01771
07 Nov 10:00

Water electrolysis for hydrogen production: from hybrid systems to self-powered/catalyzed devices

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02467A, Perspective
Jin-Tao Ren, Lei Chen, Hao-Yu Wang, Wen-Wen Tian, Zhong-Yong Yuan
This perspective highlights recent advancements in innovative strategies to provide valuable insights into the potential for energy-saving hydrogen production through water electrolysis.
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01 Nov 08:18

Tuning the solution aggregation and molecular order for efficient and thermally stable polymer solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,5822-5831
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02354K, Paper
Mengyuan Gao, Junjiang Wu, Xiyue Yuan, Chunyong He, Hanqiu Jiang, Wenchao Zhao, Chunhui Duan, Yu Chen, Yubin Ke, Huifeng Yao, Long Ye
Molecular ordering effect of semi-paracrystalline polymers on the solution aggregation structure, morphology, and performance of polymer/nonfullerene blends has been thoroughly investigated by advanced neutron scattering and complementary techniques.
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27 Oct 08:40

Regulating the reorganization energy and crystal packing of small-molecule donors enables the high performance of binary all-small-molecule organic solar cells with a slow film growth rate

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,5933-5943
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02129G, Paper
Tongle Xu, Jie Lv, Daming Zheng, Zhenghui Luo, Min Hun Jee, Guangliu Ran, Zhanxiang Chen, Zhongyan Huang, Jiaqi Ren, Yuxiang Li, Cai’e Zhang, Hanlin Hu, Thierry Pauporté, Wenkai Zhang, Han Young Woo, Chuluo Yang
We develop three small-molecule donors (T25, T26 and T27) by stepwise terminal-group and side-chain engineering. The binary all-small-molecule organic solar cell (ASM-OSC) based on T27 : Y6 yields an efficiency of 16.8%, significantly higher than those based on T25 : Y6 (12.1%) and T26 : Y6 (14.0%).
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27 Oct 08:40

Suppression of energy disorder by incorporating a small-molecule acceptor into binary all-polymer solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,5863-5870
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02700G, Paper
Ye Xu, Jingwen Wang, Tao Zhang, Zhihao Chen, Kaihui Xian, Zi Li, Yang-Hui Luo, Long Ye, Xiaotao Hao, Huifeng Yao, Jianhui Hou
The energy disorder of binary all-PSCs based on PDBQx-TCl and PY-IT is suppressed by adding a new small molecule (BTA3-4F), leading to an impressive power conversion efficiency of 18.6%.
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27 Oct 08:40

Oligomeric semiconductors enable high efficiency open air processed organic solar cells by modulating pre-aggregation and crystallization kinetics

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,6078-6093
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02984K, Paper
Hao Xia, Ying Zhang, Kuan Liu, Wanyuan Deng, Mengbing Zhu, Hua Tan, Patrick W. K. Fong, Heng Liu, Xinxin Xia, Miao Zhang, Top Archie Dela Peña, Ruijie Ma, Mingjie Li, Jiaying Wu, Yongwen Lang, Jiehao Fu, Wai-Yeung Wong, Xinhui Lu, Weiguo Zhu, Gang Li
Two novel oligomers boost the 1 cm2 device to achieve a remarkable PCE exceeding 17% using a green solvent in open-air without post-treatment. In-depth in situ & ex situ studies elucidate the mechanisms of action of the oligomers. This work demonstrates effective guidelines for future manufacturing.
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27 Oct 08:40

Moisturized 2-dimensional halide perovskite generates a power density of 30 mW cm−3

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,5982-5991
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE01765F, Paper
Chunqing Ma, Yeon-Woo Choi, Donghyeon Kang, Bosung Kim, Seung-Gu Choi, Jin-Wook Lee, Sang-Woo Kim, Nam-Gyu Park
We report here for the first time on the ionovoltaic effect of 2-dimensional (2D) halide perovskite, which can generate electricity by absorbing moisture.
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27 Oct 08:39

Charge transfer complex formation between organic interlayers drives light-soaking in large area perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,5891-5903
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02571C, Paper
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Charlie Henderson, Joel Luke, Izabela S. Bicalho, Luiza Correa, Emily J. Yang, Martina Rimmele, Harry Demetriou, Yi-Chun Chin, Tianhao Lan, Sandrine Heutz, Nicola Gasparini, Martin Heeney, Diego Bagnis, Ji-Seon Kim
Light-induced formation of fullerene/BCP CT complexes results in new electronic states which enable efficient electron-transport through BCP to the electrode.
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