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15 Jan 16:44

Electrochemical quantification of phosphonic acid passivated surface sites of NiOx for perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,884-895
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE05065K, Paper
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Chenchao Xie, Duong Nguyen Minh, Rita Kret, Jacob Hoffman, Angelo P. Rillera, Regan G. Wilks, Roberto Félix, Michael A. Anderson, Johannes Frisch, Marcus Bär, Marc Migliozzi, Amy Louks, Kelly Schutt, Lance M. Wheeler, Joseph J. Berry, Kai Zhu, Ross A. Kerner, Joseph M. Luther
A new electrochemical metric quantifies detrimental redox activity in nickel oxide hole transport layers, directly linking surface reactivity to solar cell efficiency and guiding targeted passivation for stable, high-performance photovoltaics.
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15 Jan 16:41

Hydrogen-bond-driven synergistic regulation of crystallization and interfacial coupling in 1.85 eV wide-bandgap perovskites for high-performance organic tandem solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,1352-1364
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE06814B, Paper
Qi Wang, Yingying Wang, Wei Hui, Lin Song, Xiaopeng Xu, Yihui Wu, Qiang Peng
Propanedioic acid modulated 1.85 eV WBG perovskite crystallization and reinforced interfacial passivation via hydrogen bonds and coordination, yielding 19.35% efficiency for WBG perovskite devices and 26.25% for perovskite/organic tandems.
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15 Jan 16:41

Universal non-destructive interconnection layer engineering for efficient and stable perovskite tandem photovoltaics

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,1192-1201
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE06282A, Paper
Jiandong He, Jianan Wang, He Zhu, Ruihan Wu, Xuepeng Chen, Dongni Li, Youyu Jiang, Keli Wang, Changling Zhan, Peng Gao, Yabin Ma, Rui Zhu, Jing Li, Chengbo Tian, Zhanhua Wei, Lei Meng, Yinhua Zhou, Wei Chen, Yicheng Zhao, Zonghao Liu, Qing Zhao
This work reveals moisture-induced perovskite damage from aqueous PEDOT:PSS. An ICL decoupling strategy is used to directly study degradation. An isopropanol-dispersible PEDOT enables efficient and stable perovskite-based tandem solar cells.
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09 Jan 08:34

[ASAP] Multiselenophene-Substituted Propeller-Shaped Trimeric Acceptor for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

by Yuyang Bai, Jingwen Yang, Jia Wang, Baofa Lan, Tianqi Chen, Yong Huo, and Bin Kan

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02690
09 Jan 08:33

[ASAP] Activating and Stabilizing Lattice Oxygen in Cobalt Oxyhydroxide for Efficient Water Oxidation

by Hongnan Jia, Na Yao, Zhichang Liao, and Wei Luo

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02400
09 Jan 08:32

[ASAP] Synergistic Effect of Bimetallic Spinel CuFe2O4 Nanoparticles in a Bipyridine-Based Covalent Organic Framework for Robust Water Oxidation

by Imtiaz Ahmed, Kamal Prakash, Meena Utkarsh Prahalad, and Shaikh M. Mobin

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02659
09 Jan 08:30

[ASAP] Extended Dual-Functional Engineering for High-Performance 2D Dion–Jacobson CsPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Stability

by Fuwei Shang, Youkui Xu, Feifei Chai, Xiushan Wang, Xingxuan Zuo, Mengge Zhao, Lin Zheng, ZhenHua Li, and Zhun Yao

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02724
09 Jan 08:29

Correction: Atmospheric-moisture-driven evaporative cooling and concurrent hydrovoltaic energy harvesting in photovoltaic panels

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,730-730
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE90122G, Correction
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Sunmiao Fang, Yuxuan Huang, Saichao Dang, Khalid Hazazi, Yue Cao, Jiechen Wang, Pingfan Wu, Stefaan De Wolf, Hussam Qasem, Qiaoqiang Gan
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09 Jan 08:29

Photostable wide-bandgap perovskites with enhanced interface coupling for all-perovskite tandems

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,958-968
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE06683B, Paper
Chunyan Li, Yao Zhang, Haiyan Zhao, Jixiang Zhang, Zhongxun Yu, Xiaoan Tang, Yudong Wang, Han Chen
A molecular bridging strategy is employed to reinforce the chemical and electronic coupling across the hole-collecting SAM/perovskite interface, enabling photostable 1.76 eV perovskites and all-perovskite tandem solar cells with 29.58% efficiency.
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09 Jan 08:29

Uncovering Gamma-Stable Organic Semiconductors: Large-Scale Screening and Predictive Modelling for Radiation-Hard Applications

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE05453B, Paper
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Andreas Josef Bornschlegl, Attila Janos Mozer, Jessie Ann Posar, Jianchang Wu, Juan S. Rocha-Ortiz, Patrick Duchstein, Mauricio Caicedo Reina, Alejandro Ortiz, Braulio Insuasty, Dirk Zahn, Justin B. Davies, Marco Petasecca, Larry Lüer, Christoph J Brabec
Molecular semiconductors have the potential to enable new possibilities in the fields of radiation detection and space applications, but they need to prove resilience against the ionizing radiation present in...
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09 Jan 08:29

Halide-mixing braking strategy for 1.95 eV wide-bandgap perovskites enabling high-efficiency triple-junction tandems

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE05574A, Paper
Zuxiong Xu, Jiashuo Han, Guang Li, Guoyi Chen, Dexin Pu, Hongyi Fang, Lishuai Huang, Jiahao Wang, Shiqiang Fu, Zixi Yu, Zhiqiu Yu, Kexin Ming, Yansong Ge, Shun Zhou, Guojia Fang, Weijun Ke
A new strategy to regulate uncontrolled growth in mixed-halide perovskites with >63% Br, enabling highly efficient 1.95 eV-bandgap perovskite solar cells and multi-terminal triple-junction all-perovskite tandems.
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09 Jan 08:29

Atmospheric-moisture-driven evaporative cooling and concurrent hydrovoltaic energy harvesting in photovoltaic panels

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE05530J, Paper
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Sunmiao Fang, Yuxuan Huang, Saichao Dang, Khalid Hazazi, Yue Cao, Jiachen Wang, Pingfan Wu, Stefaan De Wolf, Hussam Qasem, Qiaoqiang Gan
Moisture-driven hydrovoltaic devices (MHDs) are an emerging class of energy harvesters that convert ambient moisture gradients into electricity, offering notable potential for decentralized power supply in off-grid regions. However, their...
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09 Jan 08:28

Decarbonizing potential of global container shipping with hydrogen-based fuels

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03477A, Paper
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Shijie Wei, Arnold Tukker, Bernhard Steubing
We systematically assess the climate change mitigation potential of hydrogen-based fuels in global container shipping at the fleet level from 2020 to 2050.
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09 Jan 08:28

Metallocenium Salts as Tunable Dopants for Enhanced Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE05482F, Paper
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Thomas Webb, VANIN Francesco, Danpeng Gao, Lei Zhu, William Tremlett, Amanz Azaden, Alice Rodgers, Polina Jacoutot, Andrew J P White, Saiful Islam, Nicholas J Long, Zonglong Zhu, Saif Ahmed Haque
The generation of free carriers through extrinsic doping is essential in transforming the electronic properties of organic semiconductors (OSCs). Doped OSCs play a crucial role in the successful operation of...
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09 Jan 08:24

Halide-mixing braking strategy for 1.95 eV wide-bandgap perovskites enabling high-efficiency triple-junction tandems

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,221-229
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE05574A, Paper
Zuxiong Xu, Jiashuo Han, Guang Li, Guoyi Chen, Dexin Pu, Hongyi Fang, Lishuai Huang, Jiahao Wang, Shiqiang Fu, Zixi Yu, Zhiqiu Yu, Kexin Ming, Yansong Ge, Shun Zhou, Guojia Fang, Weijun Ke
A new strategy to regulate uncontrolled growth in mixed-halide perovskites with >63% Br, enabling highly efficient 1.95 eV-bandgap perovskite solar cells and multi-terminal triple-junction all-perovskite tandems.
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09 Jan 08:24

A simultaneous synergistic protection mechanism in hybrid perovskite–organic multi-junctions enables long-term stable and efficient tandem solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,1137-1147
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE05397H, Paper
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Chao Liu, Kaicheng Zhang, Xin Zhou, Mingjian Wu, Paul Weitz, Shudi Qiu, Andrej Vincze, Yuchen Bai, Michael A. Anderson, Johannes Frisch, Regan G. Wilks, Marcus Bär, Zijian Peng, Chaohui Li, Jingjing Tian, Jiyun Zhang, Jianchang Wu, Jonas Englhard, Thomas Heumüller, Jens Hauch, Yixing Huang, Ning Li, Julien Bachmann, Erdmann Spiecker, Christoph J. Brabec
Monolithic perovskite–organic tandem solar cells (P–O TSCs) establish a mutual protection system, which enables high-efficiency P–O TSCs (25.12%) to achieve exceptional operational stability, retaining over 91% after 1000-hour illumination.
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09 Jan 08:24

Decarbonizing potential of global container shipping with hydrogen-based fuels

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,264-283
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03477A, Paper
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Shijie Wei, Arnold Tukker, Bernhard Steubing
We systematically assess the climate change mitigation potential of hydrogen-based fuels in global container shipping at the fleet level from 2020 to 2050.
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09 Jan 08:23

Efficient solar-driven hydrogen peroxide production enabled by a perovskite electrochemical device integrated with a cobalt-based chiral catalyst

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,312-326
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE04313A, Paper
Young Sun Park, Jaerim Kim, Subin Moon, Eunji Ahn, Hyeonwoong Hwang, Sang-Hoon You, Juwon Lee, Chang-Seop Jeong, Wooyong Jeong, Hyoung-il Kim, Yong-Tae Kim, Kug-Seung Lee, Donghwa Lee, Jong Kyu Kim, Jooho Moon
Efficient H2O2 production was achieved on chiral Co NH catalyst, enhancing 2e ORR by removing oxygen intermediate. A Co NH decorated perovskite cathode showed −18 mA cm−2 at 1.2 VRHE, and when paired with an IOR catalyst, delivered 9.4% SCC.
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09 Jan 08:23

Dielectric molecular-bridges enable durable inverted perovskite solar cells with 26.60% efficiency and a high reverse breakdown voltage

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,338-348
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE02610E, Paper
Chuan Luo, Yu Chen, Xing Wu, Yang Peng, Jing Zhou, Yuwei Duan, Yang Shen, Hongxiang Li, Yihui Wu, Qiang Peng
Bis(4-fluorophenyl)chlorophosphine was introduced for increasing perovskite dielectric constant, delivering 26.60% efficiency with a maximum transient reverse breakdown voltage of −6.6 V for perovskite solar cells.
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09 Jan 08:23

Blocking multifaceted degradation pathways via fluorinated hydrogen-bond armor for stable perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,691-701
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE04336K, Paper
Yilin Gao, Yuehui Li, Guozhen Liu, Naitian Zhang, Siao Li, Zhiyong Wang, Zheng Lv, Yinjuan Zhang, Lin Yang, Jie Zhang, Linghui Zhang, Wenrui Li, Wenming Tian, Wenzhe Li, Zhehan Ying, Jijun Qiu, Yantao Shi
The fluorinated hydrogen-bond armor strategy was proposed to comprehensively protect formamidinium cations from deprotonation. The device achieved high efficiency of 26.51% and exceptional durability under ISOS-L-2 and ISOS-D-2 protocols.
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06 Jan 12:53

Atmospheric-moisture-driven evaporative cooling and concurrent hydrovoltaic energy harvesting in photovoltaic panels

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,1124-1136
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE05530J, Paper
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Sunmiao Fang, Yuxuan Huang, Saichao Dang, Khalid Hazazi, Yue Cao, Jiachen Wang, Pingfan Wu, Stefaan De Wolf, Hussam Qasem, Qiaoqiang Gan
This work synergistically integrates photovoltaic and hydrovoltaic technologies, simultaneously boosting photovoltaic efficiency and hydrovoltaic output by reclaiming waste heat, providing a blueprint for self-powered energy systems.
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06 Jan 12:53

Charge recombination in polythiophene: non-fullerene acceptor solar cells with IE offsets exceeding 1 eV

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,659-679
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE05059F, Paper
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Wejdan Althobaiti, Julien Gorenflot, Catherine S. P. De Castro, Jafar I. Khan, Christopher E. Petoukhoff, Shahidul Alam, Oleksandr Matiash, Yakun He, George T. Harrison, Anirudh Sharma, Weimin Zhang, Valentina Musteata, José P Jurado, Marco Marengo, Derya Baran, Stefaan De Wolf, Iain McCulloch, Shadi Fatayer, Frédéric Laquai
The bi-molecular recombination rate (γ) of charge carriers in P3HT:NFA blends decreases gradually as the diagonal bandgap (IED–EAA) increases.
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05 Jan 08:06

Breaking linear scaling relationships in acidic water oxidation via engineered molecular Co-catalysts

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,574-588
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE05273D, Paper
Jian-Zhong Jiang, Ziyi Liu, Guolin Zhang, Changsheng Chen, Xiaoyue Zhu, Mengran Zeng, Siqi Gong, Zijian Li, Haeseong Jang, Jaephil Cho, Shangguo Liu, Xien Liu, Qing Qin
The single-atom Zn and lattice S stably immobilize SO42− groups on RuO2–x, simultaneously modulating reaction pathways, breaking scaling limitations, which enable unprecedented activity and durability for the acidic OER.
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05 Jan 08:02

Progress and outlooks of large-area flexible organic photovoltaic modules

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,791-814
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE06488K, Review Article
Xinlu Liu, Jiangbin Le, Cong Xie, Xin Lu, Ruiyu Tian, Zedong Xiong, Yinhua Zhou
Progress and outlooks of large-area flexible organic photovoltaic modules.
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05 Jan 08:01

Enhanced interface regulation via π-conjugated heterojunctions for high-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,1018-1027
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE06342F, Paper
Qin Gao, Can Wang, Nabonswende Aida Nadege Ouedraogo, Ke Zhao, Dingqin Hu, Kun Chen, Yi Pan, Zeping Ou, Mingyang Gao, Lei Liu, Junjie Zhang, Teng Gu, Gengsui Tian, Pengyan Zhang, Zeyun Xiao, Haoxuan Guo, Rui Wang, Yujie Zheng, Kuan Sun
Incorporating BzMIMBF4 layer into Me-4PACz (SAM) boosts the perovskite/HTL interface via strong π-conjugated heterojunctions, passivating perovskite defects and thus resulting in stable PSCs with a high PCE of up to 26.45%.
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27 Nov 13:15

Dielectric molecular-bridges enable 26.60% efficient and durable inverted perovskite solar cells with high reverse breakdown voltage

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE02610E, Paper
Chuan Luo, Yu Chen, Xing Wu, Yang Peng, Jing Zhou, Yuwei Duan, Yang Shen, Hongxiang Li, Yihui Wu, Qiang Peng
Halogen-induced defects originating from the soft lattice47 of perovskites are an important factor affecting the quality and stability of perovskite films, especially at the buried interface. Herein, we propose a...
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27 Nov 13:14

Global assessment of offshore floating photovoltaics: technical potential, cost-competitiveness, and deployment pathway

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,10537-10562
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE04460J, Paper
Carlos D. Rodríguez-Gallegos, Oktoviano Gandhi, Huixuan Sun, Shi An Ting, Even Hjetland, Avi Alcalay, Philippe Selve, Daniel Reinhardt, Michael Chochole, Thomas Reindl
Global analysis reveals that offshore floating PV could meet the global electricity demand several times over, with extensive areas already suitable for cost-competitive deployment.
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12 Nov 10:00

Interface molecular orientation engineering-induced field reversal for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,10494-10503
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE02667A, Paper
Suhao Yan, Bo Zhang, Wenguang Zhang, Kun Chen, Zijuan He, Yang Sun, Haipeng Yin, Zi Ouyang, Xin Li, Bo Xiao
PMEAI is introduced at the perovskite/C60 interface to simultaneously passivate defects, enhance charge extraction, and suppress Ag+ migration. The resulting inverted PSCs deliver a certified PCE of 25.84% and outstanding operational stability.
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12 Nov 09:59

Boron–halide interactions for crystallization regulation of a 1.68 eV wide-bandgap perovskite prepared via a two-step method

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,10364-10379
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03984C, Paper
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Shizi Luo, Daxiong Liu, Xiang Deng, Zhuoneng Bi, Shuguang Cao, Tongjun Zheng, Liyao Xiong, Hao Li, Ning Li, Lavrenty G. Gutsev, Nikita A. Emelianov, Victoria V. Ozerova, Nikita A. Slesarenko, Alexander F. Shestakov, Sergey M. Aldoshin, Gennady L. Gutsev, Pavel A. Troshin, Bochuan Yang, Zhibo Zhao, Xueqing Xu
Leveraging tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane (BCF) to regulate crystallization of perovskite by the boron–halogen and hydrogen bonding effects enabled a PCE of 23.49% and 31.12% at 1.68 eV for single-junction PSCs and perovskite/Si TSCs, respectively.
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05 Nov 07:50

Molecularly guided buried-interface regulation for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,10228-10237
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE05094D, Paper
Quanzhou Li, Min Wang, Liang Li
Molecularly guided buried-interface engineering prevents Al2O3 nanoparticle aggregation, optimized interface contact, and passivates defects, enabling perovskite solar cells with 26.63% efficiency and exceptional operational stability.
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