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20 Oct 13:31

[ASAP] Van der Waals Bound Organic Semiconductor/2D-Material Hybrid Heterosystems: Intrinsic Epitaxial Alignment of Perfluoropentacene Films on Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

by Maximilian Dreher, Darius Günder, Steffen Zörb, and Gregor Witte

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03482
20 Oct 13:29

[ASAP] Boosting Electrocatalytic HER Activity of 3D Interconnected CoSP via Metal Doping: Active and Stable Electrocatalysts for pH-Universal Hydrogen Generation

by Viet Q. Bui, Ashwani Kumar, Huong T. D. Bui, Jinsun Lee, Yosep Hwang, Hung M. Le, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, and Hyoyoung Lee

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03052
20 Oct 13:29

Material perceptions and advances in molecular heteroacenes for organic solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,4738-4793
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02461A, Review Article
Amaresh Mishra
This review showcases the development of heteroacene-based molecular materials and their role in high performance binary, ternary, tandem and semitransparent organic solar cells.
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20 Oct 13:28

Effect of the chlorine substitution position of the end-group on intermolecular interactions and photovoltaic performance of small molecule acceptors

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,5028-5038
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02251A, Paper
Xiaojun Li, Indunil Angunawela, Yuan Chang, Jiadong Zhou, He Huang, Lian Zhong, Alex Liebman-Pelaez, Chenhui Zhu, Lei Meng, Zengqi Xie, Harald Ade, He Yan, Yongfang Li
Differences in the intermolecular interactions of small molecule acceptors with different chlorine substitution positions affect their molecular packing and photovoltaic properties.
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14 Oct 15:47

[ASAP] Single-Step Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Platinum Nanocrystal: Monolayer MoS2 Dendrite Hybrid Materials for Efficient Electrocatalysis

by Wenshuo Xu, Sha Li, Gyeong Hee Ryu, Peng Tang, Mauro Pasta, and Jamie H. Warner

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01923
14 Oct 15:46

[ASAP] Kinetic Pathways Templated by Low-Temperature Intermediates during Solid-State Synthesis of Layered Oxides

by Jianming Bai, Wenhao Sun, Jianqing Zhao, Dawei Wang, Penghao Xiao, Jun Young Peter Ko, Ashfia Huq, Gerbrand Ceder, and Feng Wang

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02568
14 Oct 15:42

[ASAP] A Multiaxial Layered Halide Double Perovskite Ferroelectric with Multiple Ferroic Orders

by Xitao Liu, Zhiyun Xu, Peiqing Long, Yunpeng Yao, Chengmin Ji, Lina Li, Zhihua Sun, Maochun Hong, and Junhua Luo

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02966
14 Oct 15:39

Over 14% efficiency all-polymer solar cells enabled by a low bandgap polymer acceptor with low energy loss and efficient charge separation

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,5017-5027
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE01828G, Paper
Open Access Open Access
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Qunping Fan, Qiaoshi An, Yuanbao Lin, Yuxin Xia, Qian Li, Ming Zhang, Wenyan Su, Wenhong Peng, Chunfeng Zhang, Feng Liu, Lintao Hou, Weiguo Zhu, Donghong Yu, Min Xiao, Ellen Moons, Fujun Zhang, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Olle Inganäs, Ergang Wang
A low bandgap polymer acceptor PF5-Y5 was synthesized and its all-PSCs achieved an impressive device efficiency of 14.45% with both high Voc and Jsc due to the excellent absorption coverage, small energy loss, and efficient charge separation.
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14 Oct 15:39

Environmental impacts of III–V/silicon photovoltaics: life cycle assessment and guidance for sustainable manufacturing

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,4280-4290
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE01039A, Paper
Open Access Open Access
Carlos F. Blanco, Stefano Cucurachi, Frank Dimroth, Jeroen B. Guinée, Willie J. G. M. Peijnenburg, Martina G. Vijver
By requiring less materials, multijunction III–V/silicon photovoltaic cells may further reduce the life cycle environmental impacts of solar PV.
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14 Oct 15:39

Enhanced stability of silicon for photoelectrochemical water oxidation through self-healing enabled by an alkaline protective electrolyte

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,4132-4141
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02250K, Communication
Harold J. Fu, Ivan A. Moreno-Hernandez, Pakpoom Buabthong, Kimberly M. Papadantonakis, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Nathan S. Lewis
The addition of [Fe(CN)6]3− to alkaline electrolytes impede the corrosion of Si photoanodes at open circuit due to the formation of a SiOx layer.
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14 Oct 15:28

Solar water splitting exceeding 10% efficiency via low-cost Sb2Se3 photocathodes coupled with semitransparent perovskite photovoltaics

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,4362-4370
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02959A, Paper
Wooseok Yang, Jaemin Park, Hyeok-Chan Kwon, Oliver S. Hutter, Laurie J. Phillips, Jeiwan Tan, Hyungsoo Lee, Junwoo Lee, S. David Tilley, Jonathan D. Major, Jooho Moon
Judicious balancing of photon utilization between semitransparent nanopillar perovskite solar cells and multilayer Sb2Se3 photocathodes enables high efficiency water splitting with good stability.
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09 Jul 09:47

Photoinduced charge transfer in transition metal dichalcogenide heterojunctions – towards next generation energy technologies

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,2684-2740
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE01370F, Review Article
Dana B. Sulas-Kern, Elisa M. Miller, Jeffrey L. Blackburn
We review recent strides in understanding and manipulating photoinduced charge transfer in heterojunctions between 2D transition metal dichalcogenides and other semiconductors, with implications for a broad array of energy applications.
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09 Jul 09:41

Tracking ion intercalation into layered Ti3C2 MXene films across length scales

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,2549-2558
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE01580F, Paper
Qiang Gao, Weiwei Sun, Poorandokht Ilani-Kashkouli, Alexander Tselev, Paul R. C. Kent, Nadine Kabengi, Michael Naguib, Mohamed Alhabeb, Wan-Yu Tsai, Arthur P. Baddorf, Jingsong Huang, Stephen Jesse, Yury Gogotsi, Nina Balke
Enhancing the energy stored and power delivered by layered materials relies strongly on improved understanding of the intricate interplay of electrolyte ions, solvents, and electrode interactions as well as the role of confinement.
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09 Jul 09:39

Exceptionally low charge trapping enables highly efficient organic bulk heterojunction solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,2422-2430
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE01338B, Communication
Open Access Open Access
Jiaying Wu, Jinho Lee, Yi-Chun Chin, Huifeng Yao, Hyojung Cha, Joel Luke, Jianhui Hou, Ji-Seon Kim, James R. Durrant
In this study, we investigate the underlying origin of the high performance of PM6:Y6 organic solar cells.
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06 Jul 14:28

[ASAP] Chemically Controllable Porous Polymer–Nanocrystal Composites with Hierarchical Arrangement Show Substrate Transport Selectivity

by Andrew R. Riscoe†, Cody J. Wrasman†, Aditya Menon†, Bhavish Dinakar†, Emmett D. Goodman†, Larissa Y. Kunz†, Sara Yacob‡, and Matteo Cargnello*†

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02233
06 Jul 14:26

[ASAP] Experimental Insights into Partial Cation Exchange Reactions for Synthesizing Heterostructured Metal Sulfide Nanocrystals

by Benjamin C. Steimle†, Abigail M. Fagan†?, Auston G. Butterfield†?, Robert W. Lord†, Connor R. McCormick†, Gabriella A. Di Domizio†, and Raymond E. Schaak*†‡§

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01388
23 Jun 07:37

Self-powered electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis directly from air as driven by dual triboelectric nanogenerators

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,2450-2458
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE01102A, Paper
Kai Han, Jianjun Luo, Yawei Feng, Liang Xu, Wei Tang, Zhong Lin Wang
Driven by dual triboelectric nanogenerators, nitrogen fixation from the air can proceed simultaneously with electrocatalytic reduction for self-powered ammonia synthesis.
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23 Jun 07:17

[ASAP] Confronting Racism in Chemistry Journals

by Cynthia J. Burrows(Editor-in-Chief, Accounts of Chemical Research), Jiaxiang Huang(Editor-in-Chief, Accounts of Materials Research), Shu Wang(Deputy Editor, ACS Applied Bio Materials), Hyun Jae Kim(Deputy Editor, ACS Applied Electronic Materials), Gerald J. Meyer(Deputy Editor, ACS Applied Energy Materials), Kirk Schanze(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Applied Bio Materials, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, ACS Applied Energy Materials, ACS Applied Nano Materials, and ACS Applied Polymer Materials), T. Randall Lee(Deputy Editor, ACS Applied Nano Materials), Jodie L. Lutkenhaus(Deputy Editor, ACS Applied Polymer Materials), David Kaplan(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering), Christopher Jones(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Catalysis), Carolyn Bertozzi(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Central Science), Laura Kiessling(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Chemical Biology), Mary Beth Mulcahy(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Chemical Health & Safety), Craig W. Lindsley(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science), M. G. Finn(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Combinatorial Science), Joel D. Blum(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry), Prashant Kamat(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Energy Letters), Wonyong Choi(Editor-in-Chief, ACS ES&T Engineering), Shane Snyder(Editor-in-Chief, ACS ES&T Water), Courtney C. Aldrich(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Infectious Diseases), Stuart Rowan(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Macro Letters), Bin Liu(Deputy Editor, ACS Materials Letters), Dennis Liotta(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters), Paul S. Weiss(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Nano), Deqing Zhang(Co-Editor, ACS Omega), Krishna N. Ganesh(Co-Editor, ACS Omega), Harry A. Atwater(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Photonics), J. Justin Gooding(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Sensors), David T. Allen(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering), Christopher A. Voigt(Editor-in-Chief, ACS Synthetic Biology), Jonathan Sweedler(Editor-in-Chief, Analytical Chemistry), Alanna Schepartz(Editor-in-Chief, Biochemistry), Vincent Rotello(Editor-in-Chief, Bioconjugate Chemistry), Se´bastien Lecommandoux(Editor-in-Chief, Biomacromolecules), Shana J. Sturla(Editor-in-Chief, Chemical Research in Toxicology), Sharon Hammes-Schiffer(Editor-in-Chief, Chemical Reviews), Jillian Buriak(Editor-in-Chief, Chemistry of Materials), Jonathan W. Steed(Editor-in-Chief, Crystal Growth & Design), Hongwei Wu(Editor-in-Chief, Energy & Fuels), Julie Zimmerman(Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Science & Technology), Bryan Brooks(Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Science & Technology Letters), Phillip Savage(Editor-in-Chief, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research), William Tolman(Editor-in-Chief, Inorganic Chemistry), Thomas F. Hofmann(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry), Joan F. Brennecke(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data), Thomas A. Holme(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Chemical Education), Kenneth M. Merz, Jr.(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling), Gustavo Scuseria(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation), William Jorgensen(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation), Gunda I. Georg(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry), Shaomeng Wang(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry), Philip Proteau(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Natural Products), John R. Yates, III(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Proteome Research), Peter Stang(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Chemical Society), Gilbert C. Walker(Editor-in-Chief, Langmuir), Marc Hillmyer(Editor-in-Chief, Macromolecules), Lynne S. Taylor(Editor-in-Chief, Molecular Pharmaceutics), Teri W. Odom(Editor-in-Chief, Nano Letters), Erick Carreira(Editor-in-Chief, Organic Letters), Kai Rossen(Editor-in-Chief, Organic Process Research & Development), Paul Chirik(Editor-in-Chief, Organometallics), Scott J. Miller(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Organic Chemistry), Joan-Emma Shea(Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B/C), An
Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02523
18 Jun 09:43

Discovery of crystal structure–stability correlation in iridates for oxygen evolution electrocatalysis in acid

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,4178-4188
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE01389G, Paper
Chang Woo Song, Jieun Lim, Hyung Bin Bae, Sung-Yoon Chung
We provide general descriptions regarding the structure–stability correlations of iridium-based complex-oxide catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction in acid media.
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11 Jun 08:40

[ASAP] Spontaneous Formation of 2D/3D Heterostructures on the Edges of 2D Ruddlesden–Popper Hybrid Perovskite Crystals

by Zhaojun Qin†‡, Shenyu Dai‡§, Chalapathi Charan Gajjela‡, Chong Wang‡?, Viktor G. Hadjiev??, Guang Yang#, Jiabing Li‡, Xin Zhong??, Zhongjia Tang??, Yan Yao‡, Arnold M. Guloy??, Rohith Reddy‡, David Mayerich‡, Liangzi Deng??, Qingkai Yu?, Guoying Feng§, Hector A. Calderon¶, Francisco C. Robles Hernandez?, Zhiming M. Wang*†, and Jiming Bao*‡#

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c00419
11 Jun 08:39

Lead-free perovskite solar cells enabled by hetero-valent substitutes

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,2363-2385
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE01153C, Perspective
Riming Nie, Ranadeep Raj Sumukam, Sathy Harshavardhan Reddy, Murali Banavoth, Sang Il Seok
In this perspective, we present strategies that foster the expulsion of lead from perovskites to obtain a non-hazardous active material.
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11 Jun 08:37

[ASAP] p-Extended Naphthalene Diimide Derivatives for n-Type Semiconducting Polymers

by Jianhua Chen†‡?, Xinming Zhuang†§?, Wei Huang†, Mengyao Su‡, Liang-wen Feng†, Steven M. Swick†, Gang Wang†, Yao Chen†, Junsheng Yu§, Xugang Guo*‡, Tobin J. Marks*†, and Antonio Facchetti*†?

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01397
11 Jun 08:36

[ASAP] Roles of Acceptor Guests in Tuning the Organic Solar Cell Property Based on an Efficient Binary Material System with a Nearly Zero Hole-Transfer Driving Force

by Xiaofang Li†§, Ming-Ao Pan†?, Tsz-Ki Lau?, Wanru Liu§, Kun Li#, Nannan Yao¶, Fugang Shen*§, Shuying Huo§, Fengling Zhang¶, Yishi Wu*#, Xuemei Li*‡, Xinhui Lu?, He Yan?, and Chuanlang Zhan*†

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01245
11 Jun 07:09

[ASAP] Solution-Processable Organic Semiconductors Featuring S-Shaped Dinaphthothienothiophene (S-DNTT): Effects of Alkyl Chain Length on Self-Organization and Carrier Transport Properties

by Yuji Yamaguchi*†, Yuka Kojiguchi‡§, So Kawata†, Tatsuya Mori‡§, Kazuo Okamoto?, Masanori Tsutsui?, Tomoyuki Koganezawa?, Hiroshi Katagiri#, and Takuma Yasuda*‡§

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01740
11 Jun 06:59

[ASAP] A Stay-at-Home Scientist’s Strategy for Synthesizing Sustainable Support Structures

by Rachel Woods-Robinson(Ph.D. Candidate)

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02027
02 Jun 15:25

Side-chain tuning in conjugated polymer photocatalysts for improved hydrogen production from water

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1843-1855
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE01213K, Paper
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Duncan J. Woods, Sam A. J. Hillman, Drew Pearce, Liam Wilbraham, Lucas Q. Flagg, Warren Duffy, Iain McCulloch, James R. Durrant, Anne A. Y. Guilbert, Martijn A. Zwijnenburg, Reiner Sebastian Sprick, Jenny Nelson, Andrew I. Cooper
Structure–property–activity relationships in solution processable polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen production from water were probed by varying the chemical structure of both the polymer side-chains and the polymer backbone.
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02 Jun 15:16

[ASAP] Direct Electrochemical Deposition of Transparent Metal Oxide Thin Films from Polyoxometalates

by Camila A. Saez Cabezas†, Kristen Miller†, Sungyeon Heo†, Andrei Dolocan‡, Gabriel LeBlanc†§, and Delia J. Milliron*†

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c00849
02 Jun 15:01

[ASAP] On the Dopability of Semiconductors and Governing Material Properties

by Anuj Goyal†, Prashun Gorai†, Shashwat Anand‡, Eric S. Toberer†, G. Jeffrey Snyder‡, and Vladan Stevanovic´*†

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b05126
02 Jun 14:50

[ASAP] Synthesis of Tungsten Disulfide and Molybdenum Disulfide Quantum Dots and Their Applications

by Wenxu Yin†‡#, Xin Liu‡§#, Xiaoyu Zhang‡, Xupeng Gao†, Vicki L. Colvin?, Yu Zhang*†, and William W. Yu*†?

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01441
02 Jun 14:45

The value of seasonal energy storage technologies for the integration of wind and solar power

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1909-1922
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE00771D, Analysis
Omar J. Guerra, Jiazi Zhang, Joshua Eichman, Paul Denholm, Jennifer Kurtz, Bri-Mathias Hodge
Energy storage at all timescales, including the seasonal scale, plays a pivotal role in enabling increased penetration levels of wind and solar photovoltaic energy sources in power systems.
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