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10 Feb 14:01

Quantitative relationships between film morphology, charge carrier dynamics, and photovoltaic performance in bulk-heterojunction binary vs. ternary acceptor blends

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,1234-1250
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE03883H, Paper
Weigang Zhu, Guoping Li, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Natalia E. Powers-Riggs, Leighton O. Jones, Eliot Gann, R. Joseph Kline, Andrew Herzing, Jenna L. Logsdon, Lucas Flagg, Charlotte L. Stern, Ryan M. Young, Kevin L. Kohlstedt, George C. Schatz, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Michael R. Wasielewski, Ferdinand S. Melkonyan, Antonio Facchetti, Tobin J. Marks
TThe photovoltaic properties of binary and ternary blends of a polymer with molecular non-fullerene and fullerene acceptors are systematically investigated to provide morphology-charge dynamics–device performance design rules for future PSC development.
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24 Jan 15:44

[ASAP] Nonclassical Nucleation and Growth of Pd Nanocrystals from Aqueous Solution Studied by In Situ Liquid Transmission Electron Microscopy

by Walid Dachraoui and Rolf Erni

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03226
24 Jan 15:43

[ASAP] Defect-Stabilized Tin-Based Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by Multifunctional Molecular Additives

by Jinhyeok Choi, Seok Joo Yang, Se Gyo Han, Woong Sung, Dongho Yoo, and Kilwon Cho

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03141
24 Jan 15:42

Stable block copolymer single-material organic solar cells: progress and perspective

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,723-744
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE03082A, Review Article
Bin Li, Xue Yang, Siying Li, Jianyu Yuan
The rapidly increasing population and decreasing supply of fossil fuels have resulted in a growing demand for energy, which has brought on an energy crisis.
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24 Jan 15:42

A 19% efficient and stable organic photovoltaic device enabled by a guest nonfullerene acceptor with fibril-like morphology

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,1062-1070
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE03483B, Paper
Hu Chen, Sang Young Jeong, Junfu Tian, Yadong Zhang, Dipti R. Naphade, Maryam Alsufyani, Weimin Zhang, Sophie Griggs, Hanlin Hu, Stephen Barlow, Han Young Woo, Seth R Marder, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Iain McCulloch, Yuanbao Lin
A nonfullerene acceptor, isoIDITC, capable of exhibiting fibril-like morphology, is utilized as a third component in organic photovoltaic devices. A power conversion efficiency of 19% is achieved in ternary PM6:BTP-eC9:isoIDITC bulk-heterojunction devices.
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24 Jan 15:41

Metastable-phase platinum oxide for clarifying the Pt–O active site for the hydrogen evolution reaction

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,574-583
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE03351H, Paper
Haiwei Yang, Yujin Ji, Qi Shao, Wenxiang Zhu, Miaomiao Fang, Mengjie Ma, Fan Liao, Hui Huang, Yi Zhang, Junjun Yang, Zhenglong Fan, Youyong Li, Yang Liu, Mingwang Shao, Zhenhui Kang
A new phase of 1T-phase platinum oxide exhibits a record acidic HER activity. A mechanism whereby the [Pt–O] active site can be easily attacked by protons to form the Pt–H intermediate state during the HER is proposed.
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24 Jan 15:41

Trade-offs between Sustainable Development Goals in carbon capture and utilisation

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,113-124
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE01153K, Paper
Open Access Open Access
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Iasonas Ioannou, Ángel Galán-Martín, Javier Pérez-Ramírez, Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez
We analyse the future transition towards a carbon-neutral chemical sector. Our study unfolds new avenues to include SDG-based metrics in science and engineering while quantifying the potential collateral damage of CCU on sustainable development.
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22 Dec 14:00

[ASAP] Point Defect Stability and Dielectric Properties of Graphene-Like Monolayer Materials

by Qingzhong Gui, Zhen Wang, Zhaofu Zhang, Liu Xie, Xiaoming Zha, Jun Wang, and Yuzheng Guo

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02371
22 Dec 13:59

Organic iodides in efficient and stable perovskite solar cells: strong surface passivation and interaction

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,565-573
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE03708D, Paper
Guanhua Ren, Zhiguo Zhang, Yanyu Deng, Zhuowei Li, Chunyu Liu, Mingkui Wang, Wenbin Guo
Passivation of organic iodides without annealing induces the formation of iodine interstitial (Ii) defects. The cations of organic iodides with appropriate structures can suppress Ii migration, leading to a device efficiency of 24.20% and enhanced operational stability.
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22 Dec 13:59

The levelized cost of electricity from perovskite photovoltaics

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,421-429
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE03136A, Minireview
Open Access Open Access
Michele De Bastiani, Valentina Larini, Riccardo Montecucco, Giulia Grancini
The LCOE is a strong techno-economic analysis based on performance, stability, and manufacturing costs to evaluate the potential of perovskites in the solar market. Here, we reported an estimation of perovskites’ LCOE between 4–6 cents (USD) per kWh.
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13 Dec 14:16

[ASAP] Deciphering the Nature of Temperature-Induced Phases of MAPbBr3 by Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

by Sayan Maity, Suraj Verma, Lavanya M. Ramaniah, and Varadharajan Srinivasan

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02453
13 Dec 14:15

[ASAP] Design Guidelines for Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Alloys

by Andrea Silva, Jiangming Cao, Tomas Polcar, and Denis Kramer

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c01390
13 Dec 14:11

[ASAP] CdSexS1–x Alloyed Nanoplatelets with Continuously Tunable Blue-Green Emission

by Artsiom Antanovich, Lan Yang, Steven C. Erwin, Beatriz Martín-García, René Hübner, Christine Steinbach, Dana Schwarz, Nikolai Gaponik, and Vladimir Lesnyak

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c01920
13 Dec 14:10

[ASAP] Transition Metal Dichalcogenide TiS2 Prepared by Hybrid Atomic Layer Deposition/Molecular Layer Deposition: Atomic-Level Insights with In Situ Synchrotron X‑ray Studies and Molecular Surface Chemistry

by Petros Abi Younes, Evgeniy Skopin, Medet Zhukush, Laetitia Rapenne, Hervé Roussel, Nicolas Aubert, Lhoussain Khrouz, Christophe Licitra, Clément Camp, Marie-Ingrid Richard, Nathanaelle Schneider, Gianluca Ciatto, Nicolas Gauthier, Denis Rouchon, Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli, and Hubert Renevier

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02369
13 Dec 14:10

Fully-integrated electrochemical system that captures CO2 from flue gas to produce value-added chemicals at ambient conditions

Energy Environ. Sci., 2022, 15,5105-5117
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE03396H, Paper
Aditya Prajapati, Rohan Sartape, Miguel T. Galante, Jiahan Xie, Samuel L. Leung, Ivan Bessa, Marcio H. S. Andrade, Robert T. Somich, Márcio V. Rebouças, Gus T. Hutras, Nathália Diniz, Meenesh R. Singh
Fully integrated electrochemical system for continuous CO2 capture and conversion.
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13 Dec 14:10

[ASAP] Composition-Designed Multielement Perovskite Oxides for Oxygen Evolution Catalysis

by Yuichi Okazaki, Yushi Fujita, Hidenobu Murata, Naoki Masuyama, Yusuke Nojima, Hidekazu Ikeno, Shunsuke Yagi, and Ikuya Yamada

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02986
13 Dec 14:09

Active site imprinting on Ti oxocluster metal–organic frameworks for photocatalytic hydrogen release from formic acid

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,167-177
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE02258C, Paper
Alberto García-Baldoví, Raquel Del Angel, Georges Mouchaham, Shanping Liu, Dong Fan, Guillaume Maurin, Sergio Navalón, Christian Serre, Hermenegildo Garcia
MOFs offer great potential in the photocatalytic hydrogen release from liquid organic carriers: towards the use of on-board H2 as a transportation fuel.
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13 Dec 14:09

Solid–solid chemical bonding featuring targeted defect passivation for efficient perovskite photovoltaics

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,178-189
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE02732A, Paper
Chao Luo, Guanhaojie Zheng, Xianjin Wang, Feng Gao, Changling Zhan, Xingyu Gao, Qing Zhao
A solvent-free solid-phase technique was developed for the targeted defect passivation of perovskite films, resulting in an ultra-high PCE of 25.2%.
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13 Dec 14:08

Advances in the device design and printing technology for eco-friendly organic photovoltaics

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,76-88
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE03246E, Perspective
Haojie Li, Siqi Liu, Xueting Wu, Shengyi Yao, Xiaotian Hu, Yiwang Chen
This perspective systematically discusses strategies of optimization of active layer films in the preparation of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices by green printing.
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13 Dec 14:08

Engineering a local potassium cation concentrated microenvironment toward the ampere-level current density hydrogen evolution reaction

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,285-294
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE02836K, Paper
Lei Gao, Feixiang Bao, Xin Tan, Mengfan Li, Zhen Shen, Xuli Chen, Ziyi Tang, Wenchuan Lai, Yangfan Lu, Peifeng Huang, Chao Ma, Sean C. Smith, Zhizhen Ye, Zheng Hu, Hongwen Huang
Finding an active and robust non-platinum catalyst toward the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) operating at an ampere-level current density is important for emerging anion exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolysis but challenging.
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13 Dec 14:08

Distinction of mechanisms causing experimental degradation of perovskite solar cells by simulating associated pathways

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,190-200
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE03377A, Paper
Arthur Julien, Jean-Baptiste Puel, Jean-François Guillemoles
An innovative method is used to distinguish the degradation mechanisms of perovskite solar cells by comparing their experimental and simulated degradation pathways.
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13 Dec 14:07

Efficient and stable formamidinium–caesium perovskite solar cells and modules from lead acetate-based precursors

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,138-147
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE01634F, Paper
Jie Zhao, Sebastian O. Fürer, David P. McMeekin, Qingdong Lin, Pin Lv, Jisheng Ma, Wen Liang Tan, Chao Wang, Boer Tan, Anthony S. R. Chesman, Huiyu Yin, Andrew D. Scully, Christopher R. McNeill, Wenxin Mao, Jianfeng Lu, Yi-Bing Cheng, Udo Bach
For the first time, formamidinium–caesium perovskite thin films were successfully synthesised from a lead acetate-based precursor. Efficient perovskite solar cells (21.0%) and modules (18.8%) have been produced using blade coating techniques.
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13 Dec 14:07

Modulation of nucleation and crystallization in PbI2 films promoting preferential perovskite orientation growth for efficient solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,252-264
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE03342A, Paper
Wenlong Shao, Haibing Wang, Feihong Ye, Cheng Wang, Chen Wang, Hongsen Cui, Kailian Dong, Yansong Ge, Ti Wang, Weijun Ke, Guojia Fang
PFAT promotes the secondary growth of PbI2 clusters and the early formation of favorable perovskite phases via a two-step sequential deposition approach.
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13 Dec 14:07

The effect of B-site doping in all-inorganic CsPbIxBr3−x absorbers on the performance and stability of perovskite photovoltaics

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,372-403
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE01070D, Review Article
Erdi Akman, Teoman Ozturk, Wanchun Xiang, Faranak Sadegh, Daniel Prochowicz, Mohammad Mahdi Tavakoli, Pankaj Yadav, Mucahit Yilmaz, Seckin Akin
The B-site doping strategy ranks as a powerful approach to improve the photovoltaic performance and stability of perovskite solar cells. This article reviews the key roles of B-site doping strategy in all-inorganic perovskite films.
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23 Nov 16:30

[ASAP] Correction to Mapping the Room-Temperature Dynamic Stabilities of Inorganic Halide Double Perovskites

by Jack Yang, Jiaxin Fan, and Sean Li

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03276
23 Nov 16:29

[ASAP] Catalyst Stability in Aqueous Electrochemistry

by Eva Kolle-Görgen, Guilherme Fortunato, and Marc Ledendecker

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02443
13 Nov 15:44

[ASAP] Mixology of MA1–xEAxPbI3 Hybrid Perovskites: Phase Transitions, Cation Dynamics, and Photoluminescence

by Mantas Šimėnas, Sergejus Balčiu̅nas, Anna Ga̧gor, Agnieszka Pienia̧żek, Kasper Tolborg, Martynas Kinka, Vytautas Klimavicius, Šaru̅nas Svirskas, Vidmantas Kalendra, Maciej Ptak, Daria Szewczyk, Artur P. Herman, Robert Kudrawiec, Adam Sieradzki, Robertas Grigalaitis, Aron Walsh, Mirosaw Ma̧czka, and Ju̅ras Banys

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02807
13 Nov 15:42

[ASAP] Constructing a Double-Cable Polymer Acceptor for Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells with a Non-Radiative Recombination Energy Loss of 0.16 eV

by Tao Wang, Rui Sun, Yao Wu, Wei Wang, Meimei Zhang, and Jie Min

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02299
13 Nov 15:41

Solar-driven H2O2 production via cooperative auto- and photocatalytic oxidation in fine-tuned reaction media

Energy Environ. Sci., 2022, 15,5082-5092
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE02504C, Paper
Open Access Open Access
Byeong Cheul Moon, Bolormaa Bayarkhuu, Kai A. I. Zhang, Dong Ki Lee, Jeehye Byun
A fine-tuned organic working solution that synergistically combines auto- and photocatalysis achieves one of the highest solar-to-chemical conversion efficiencies of up to 1.1% to coproduce H2O2 and aldehyde under simulated sunlight.
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13 Nov 15:40

Lateral ion migration accelerates degradation in halide perovskite devices

Energy Environ. Sci., 2022, 15,5324-5339
DOI: 10.1039/D2EE02330J, Paper
Daniel A. Jacobs, Christian M. Wolff, Xin-Yu Chin, Kerem Artuk, Christophe Ballif, Quentin Jeangros
The migration of mobile ions in the plane of the substrate is shown to have important effects on device behaviour and stability, especially near electrode boundaries.
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