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09 Mar 10:08

A hybrid plasma electrocatalytic process for sustainable ammonia production

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,865-872
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE03769A, Communication
Jing Sun, David Alam, Rahman Daiyan, Hassan Masood, Tianqi Zhang, Renwu Zhou, Patrick J. Cullen, Emma C. Lovell, Ali (Rouhollah) Jalili, Rose Amal
Sustainable ammonia production using water and air through the coupling of plasma-driven intermediary NOx generation and their electrocatalytic conversion.
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09 Mar 10:07

Solar fuels and feedstocks: the quest for renewable black gold

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,1402-1419
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE03300F, Perspective
Hannah J. Sayre, Lei Tian, Minjung Son, Stephanie M. Hart, Xiao Liu, Daniela M. Arias-Rotondo, Barry P. Rand, Gabriela S. Schlau-Cohen, Gregory D. Scholes
Photocatalysis is capable of C–C, C–O, and C–N bond transformations and has the potential to drive light-activated feedstock chemical production.
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09 Mar 10:07

Revealing defective nanostructured surfaces and their impact on the intrinsic stability of hybrid perovskites

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,1563-1572
DOI: 10.1039/D1EE00116G, Paper
Yuze Lin, Ye Liu, Shangshang Chen, Shen Wang, Zhenyi Ni, Charles H. Van Brackle, Shuang Yang, Jingjing Zhao, Zhenhua Yu, Xuezeng Dai, Qi Wang, Yehao Deng, Jinsong Huang
Removing defective nanostructured surfaces restores single-crystal-like mechanical hardness, and then enhances the intrinsic stability of polycrystalline perovskites.
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09 Mar 10:07

Promotion of oxygen reduction reaction on a double perovskite electrode by a water-induced surface modification

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,1506-1516
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE03283B, Paper
Jun Hyuk Kim, Seonyoung Yoo, Ryan Murphy, Yu Chen, Yong Ding, Kai Pei, Bote Zhao, Guntae Kim, YongMan Choi, Meilin Liu
Water-mediated surface self-assembly on PrBa0.8Ca0.2Co2O5+δ (PBCC) results in formation of BaCoO3−δ (BCO) nanoparticles to boost catalytic activity of oxygen reduction, as confirmed by in situ Raman spectroscopy at high temperatures (HT).
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09 Mar 10:07

Bifunctional single-molecular heterojunction enables completely selective CO2-to-CO conversion integrated with oxidative 3D nano-polymerization

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,1544-1552
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE03731A, Paper
Dong-Dong Ma, Shu-Guo Han, Changsheng Cao, Wenbo Wei, Xiaofang Li, Bo Chen, Xin-Tao Wu, Qi-Long Zhu
A bifunctional molecular heterojunction electrocatalyst enables efficient and completely selective CO2 reduction integrated with oxidative 3D nano-polymerization, yielding products of high value at both electrodes with a lower energy input.
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09 Mar 10:06

Photovoltatronics: intelligent PV-based devices for energy and information applications

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,106-126
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02491K, Review Article
Open Access Open Access
Hesan Ziar, Patrizio Manganiello, Olindo Isabella, Miro Zeman
Electrification and digitization are two significant trends in the energy sector. Photovoltatronics unites these trends by combining solar electricity generation and information communication in PV-based intelligent energy agents.
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09 Mar 10:06

Recent progress in tin-based perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,1286-1325
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE04007J, Review Article
Jiupeng Cao, Feng Yan
This work provides a comprehensive review on strategies like reducing agents, morphology control, compositional engineering and device engineering for fabricating efficient and stable tin-based perovskite solar cells.
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09 Mar 10:04

[ASAP] Side Chain Engineered Naphthalene Diimide-Based Terpolymer for Efficient and Mechanically Robust All-Polymer Solar Cells

by Jin-Woo Lee, Nayoun Choi, Dongjun Kim, Tan Ngoc-Lan Phan, Hyunbum Kang, Taek-Soo Kim, and Bumjoon J. Kim

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04721
09 Mar 10:04

[ASAP] Probing the Interface between Encapsulated Nanoparticles and Metal–Organic Frameworks for Catalytic Selectivity Control

by Wei-Shang Lo, Lien-Yang Chou, Allison P. Young, Chenhao Ren, Tian Wei Goh, Benjamin P. Williams, Yang Li, Sheng-Yu Chen, Mariam N. Ismail, Wenyu Huang, and Chia-Kuang Tsung

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03007
05 Jan 07:16

Dynamic halide perovskite heterojunction generates direct current

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,374-381
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE03487H, Communication
Chunqing Ma, Bosung Kim, Sang-Woo Kim, Nam-Gyu Park
Here, we demonstrate a dynamic perovskite device capable of converting mechanical energy into direct current (DC) electrical energy, combining two concepts: carrier generation from the triboelectric effect and carrier separation through band energy level difference.
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04 Jan 15:27

[ASAP] Design of Low Crystallinity Spiro-Typed Hole Transporting Material for Planar Perovskite Solar Cells to Achieve 21.76% Efficiency

by Zihao Deng, Maosheng He, Yi Zhang, Fateh Ullah, Kui Ding, Jianghu Liang, Zhanfei Zhang, Heng Xu, Yuankun Qiu, Ziyi Xie, Tong Shan, Zhenhua Chen, Hongliang Zhong, and Chun-Chao Chen

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03772
04 Jan 15:26

[ASAP] Isomeric Effect in Unidirectionally Extended Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors

by Boyu Jia, Mengyang Li, Jiadong Zhou, Yiqun Xiao||, Shenghan Zhang, Jiayu Wang, Xinhui Lu||, Zengqi Xie, Zheng Tang, and Xiaowei Zhan

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04318
04 Jan 15:25

[ASAP] Layer-by-Layer Structural Identification of 2D Ruddlesden–Popper Hybrid Lead Iodide Perovskites by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

by Jeongjae Lee, Woocheol Lee, Keehoon Kang, Takhee Lee, and Sung Keun Lee

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04078
04 Jan 15:25

[ASAP] Red-to-Blue Photon Upconversion Enabled by One-Dimensional CdTe Nanorods

by Zachary A. VanOrman, Carl R. Conti, III, Geoffrey F. Strouse, and Lea Nienhaus

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04468
04 Jan 15:23

[ASAP] Transformation of One-Dimensional Linear Polymers into Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks Through Sequential Reversible and Irreversible Chemistries

by Dongyang Zhu, Xiaoyi Li, Yilin Li, Morgan Barnes, Chia-Ping Tseng, Safiya Khalil, Muhammad M. Rahman, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Rafael Verduzco

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04237
22 Dec 12:06

Energy transfer in ternary blend organic solar cells: recent insights and future directions

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,302-319
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE03170D, Perspective
Aiswarya Abhisek Mohapatra, Vivek Tiwari, Satish Patil
Resonance energy transfer in ternary blend organic solar cells is discussed by drawing parallels from natural photosynthetic proteins.
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22 Dec 12:06

Recent advances in innovative strategies for the CO2 electroreduction reaction

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,765-780
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02981E, Review Article
Xinyi Tan, Chang Yu, Yongwen Ren, Song Cui, Wenbin Li, Jieshan Qiu
This review underlines innovative design strategies for CO2RR system, also distinctively presents the current status and new trend.
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22 Dec 12:06

Tuning halide perovskite energy levels

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,1429-1438
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02216K, Paper
Open Access Open Access
Creative Commons Licence&nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Laura Canil, Tobias Cramer, Beatrice Fraboni, Damiano Ricciarelli, Daniele Meggiolaro, Ajay Singh, Maning Liu, Marin Rusu, Christian M. Wolff, Nga Phung, Qiong Wang, Dieter Neher, Thomas Unold, Paola Vivo, Alessio Gagliardi, Filippo De Angelis, Antonio Abate
Tuning the energy levels of halide perovskite by controlling the deposition of dipolar self-assembled monolayers.
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22 Dec 12:06

Advanced fuels from ethanol – a superstructure optimization approach

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,493-506
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02447C, Paper
Juan Manuel Restrepo-Flórez, Christos T. Maravelias
Advanced fuel design through integration of chemistries leading to different components: alcohols (blue); ethers (green); and olefins, parafins, and aromatics (yellow).
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22 Dec 12:06

Epitaxial halide perovskite-based materials for photoelectric energy conversion

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,127-157
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02902E, Review Article
Ziren Zhou, Hong Wei Qiao, Yu Hou, Hua Gui Yang, Shuang Yang
A review on epitaxial perovskite structures from material combinations and structural motifs to photoelectric energy conversion applications.
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22 Dec 12:06

Optical and electrochemical effects of H2 and O2 bubbles at upward-facing Si photoelectrodes

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,414-423
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02796K, Paper
Paul A. Kempler, Zachary P. Ifkovits, Weilai Yu, Azhar I. Carim, Nathan S. Lewis
Planar silicon and silicon microwire arrays oriented towards sunlight release layers of small gas bubbles that stir the electrolyte and do not impede photoelectrochemical water splitting.
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22 Dec 12:05

Record-efficiency flexible perovskite solar cell and module enabled by a porous-planar structure as an electron transport layer

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,4854-4861
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02164D, Communication
Jaehoon Chung, Seong Sik Shin, Kyeongil Hwang, Geunjin Kim, Ki Woong Kim, Da Seul Lee, Wansun Kim, Boo Soo Ma, Young-Ki Kim, Taek-Soo Kim, Jangwon Seo
Porous planar structure, as a new concept of low temperature processing ETL, enables to achieve unprecedented PCE in flexible unit cells and large area modules.
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22 Dec 12:05

Realizing 6.7 wt% reversible storage of hydrogen at ambient temperature with non-confined ultrafine magnesium hydrides

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,2302-2313
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE03160G, Paper
Xin Zhang, Yongfeng Liu, Zhuanghe Ren, Xuelian Zhang, Jianjiang Hu, Zhenguo Huang, Yunhao Lu, Mingxia Gao, Hongge Pan
Non-confined MgH2 nanoparticles of 4–5 nm diameter enable reversible storage of hydrogen up to 6.7 wt% at 30 °C.
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22 Dec 12:05

Electrochemical carbon dioxide capture to close the carbon cycle

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,781-814
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE03382K, Review Article
Open Access Open Access
Creative Commons Licence&nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
R. Sharifian, R. M. Wagterveld, I. A. Digdaya, C. Xiang, D. A. Vermaas
An overview of the state-of-the-art for capturing CO2via electrochemical routes.
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22 Dec 12:05

Correction: Revisiting thin silicon for photovoltaics: a technoeconomic perspective

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,525-525
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE90061C, Correction
Open Access Open Access
Creative Commons Licence&nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Zhe Liu, Sarah E. Sofia, Hannu S. Laine, Michael Woodhouse, Sarah Wieghold, Ian Marius Peters, Tonio Buonassisi
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14 Dec 12:43

Two-dimensional matrices confining metal single atoms with enhanced electrochemical reaction kinetics for energy storage applications

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02651D, Review Article
Peng Wang, Danyang Zhao, Long-Wei Yin
Diversified electrochemical energy storage systems highly depend on electrode material construction. In response, single atom catalysts intentionally incorporated within two-dimensional (2D) matrices (SAs@2D) can offer desirable advantages derived from the...
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14 Dec 12:43

Interlayers for non-fullerene based polymer solar cells: distinctive features and challenges

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,180-223
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02503H, Review Article
Roberto Sorrentino, Erika Kozma, Silvia Luzzati, Riccardo Po
The interlayer materials used in non-fullerene based solar cells are reviewed and the peculiar mechanisms operating in these systems are discussed.
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14 Dec 12:43

Regulating the oxidation state of nanomaterials for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,1121-1139
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02747B, Review Article
Zhi-Zheng Wu, Fei-Yue Gao, Min-Rui Gao
Recent advances in regulating the oxidation state of nanocatalysts for enhanced CO2 electroreduction has been comprehensively reviewed.
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14 Dec 12:43

Machine learning for high performance organic solar cells: current scenario and future prospects

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14,90-105
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02838J, Review Article
Asif Mahmood, Jin-Liang Wang
In this review, current research status about the machine learning use in organic solar cell research is reviewed. We have discussed the challenges in anticipating the data driven material design.
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07 Dec 11:16

[ASAP] ns2 Electron (Bi3+ and Sb3+) Doping in Lead-Free Metal Halide Perovskite Derivatives

by Habibul Arfin, Anuraj S. Kshirsagar, Jagjit Kaur, Barnali Mondal, Zhiguo Xia, Sudip Chakraborty, and Angshuman Nag

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03394