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Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,972-981
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04628E, Paper

Huifeng Li, Hehe Huang, Du Li, Xuliang Zhang, Chenyu Zhao, Xinyu Zhao, Wanli Ma, Jianyu Yuan
Interfacial engineering has proven to be extremely important for colloidal quantum dot (QD) solar cells.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,354-366
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03899A, Paper

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Bhushan P. Kore, Oussama Er-raji, Oliver Fischer, Adrian Callies, Oliver Schultz-Wittmann, Patricia S. C. Schulze, Martin Bivour, Stefaan De Wolf, Stefan W. Glunz, Juliane Borchert
Utilizing thermally evaporated hole transport layers (HTLs) in fully textured perovskite silicon tandem solar cells.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,874-883
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03208J, Paper

Wenbo Peng, Yong Zhang, Xianyong Zhou, Jiawen Wu, Deng Wang, Geping Qu, Jie Zeng, Yintai Xu, Bo Jiang, Peide Zhu, Yifan Du, Zhitong Li, Xia Lei, Zhixin Liu, Lei Yan, Xingzhu Wang, Baomin Xu
Through a bimolecular energy-level-tunable design, an ET-HTL reaches optimal energy level alignment with three different perovskite compositions, providing balanced interface defect passivation, charge extraction, and transition loss suppression.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,602-612
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03789H, Communication

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Yan Zhang, Kaiyu Feng, Miao Song, Shan Xiang, Yan Zhao, Hanyu Gong, Fan Ni, Felix Dietrich, Lovro Fulanović, Fangping Zhuo, Gerd Buntkowsky, Till Frömling, Dou Zhang, Chris Bowen, Jürgen Rödel
Dislocations were introduced into BaTiO₃ single crystals and become catalytically active centers.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,884-896
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03010A, Paper

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Yan-Song Zhang, Hasan Arif Yetkin, Hakam Agha, Sevan Gharabeiki, Rijeesh Kizhakidathazhath, Lena Merges, Ricardo G. Poeira, Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Phillip J. Dale
Self-assembled cholesteric liquid crystals uniquely enable non-spectral coloured and thermochromic covered highly efficient photovoltaic devices for aesthetic integration.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c03015

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,468-477
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01960A, Paper

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Xianfu Zhang, Botong Li, Shaochen Zhang, Zedong Lin, Mingyuan Han, Xuepeng Liu, Jianlin Chen, Weilun Du, Ghadari Rahim, Ying Zhou, Pengju Shi, Rui Wang, Pengfei Wu, Thamraa Alshahrani, Wadha Alqahtani, Norah Alahmad, Qian Wang, Bin Ding, Songyuan Dai, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yong Ding
The twisted spiro-type SAM 4PA-spiro effectively suppresses molecular aggregation and ensures appropriate energy levels, providing an efficiency of 25.28 and 21.87% for the p–i–n PSCs (0.05 cm²) and modules (29.0 cm²).
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,674-688
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04036H, Paper

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Sarmad Feroze, Andreas Distler, Lirong Dong, Michael Wagner, Iftikhar Ahmed Channa, Felix Hoga, Christoph J. Brabec, Hans-Joachim Egelhaaf
Outdoor monitoring of Roll-to-Roll (R2R) printed flexible organic photovoltaic (OPV) modules for building integrated/attached photovoltaics (BIPV/BAPV) applications.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,799-806
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04479G, Paper

Gengxin Du, Wenlin Jiang, Nan Zhang, Yiwen Wang, Ming Liu, Tingfeng Lei, Yidan An, Lingyi Ke, Chengda Ge, Francis R. Lin, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Hin-Lap Yip
Azeotrope-assisted self-assembled monolayer printing boosts efficiency across all slot-die coated p–i–n organic solar cells.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01960A, Paper

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Xianfu Zhang, Botong Li, Shaochen Zhang, Zedong Lin, Mingyuan Han, Xuepeng Liu, Jianlin Chen, Weilun Du, Rahim Ghadari, Ying Zhou, Pengju Shi, Rui Wang, Pengfei Wu, T. Alshahrani, Wadha Alqahtani, Norah Alahmad, Qian Wang, Bin Ding, Songyuan Dai, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yong Ding
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have significantly contributed to the advancement of hole-transporting materials (HTMs) for inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the non-uniform distribution of SAMs on the substrate largely decreases...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04479G, Paper

Gengxin Du, Wenlin Jiang, Nan Zhang, Yiwen Wang, Ming Liu, Tingfeng Lei, Yidan An, Lingyi Ke, Chengda Ge, Francis Lin, Alex K. Y. Jen, Hin-Lap Yip
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are key in enhancing the charge extraction interface of organic solar cells (OSCs), recently hitting a 20% power conversion efficiency (PCE). However, it is very challenging to...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04879B, Paper

Xueyan Ding, Xiaoling Wu, Shuixing Li, Tianyi Chen, Jinyang Yu, Heng Liu, Mengting Wang, Xiu-Kun Ye, Nuo Zhang, Xinhui Lu, Chang-Zhi Li, Haiming Zhu, Minmin Shi, Hanying Li, Hongzheng Chen
Achieving both high efficiency and stability is essential for the commercial applications of organic photovoltaics (OPVs). However, the molecular diffusion behaviour of small molecule acceptors (SMAs) under light or thermal...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03208J, Paper

Wenbo Peng, Yong Zhang, Xianyong Zhou, Jiawen Wu, Deng Wang, Geping Qu, Jie Zeng, Yintai Xu, Bo Jiang, Peide Zhu, Yifan Du, Zhitong Li, Xia Lei, Zhixin Liu, Lei Yan, Xingzhu Wang, Baomin Xu
The optimization of buried interface is crucial for achieving high efficiency in inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs), owing to their role in facilitating hole transport and passivating the buried interface...
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02352

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02548

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03899A, Paper

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Bhushan P. Kore, Oussama Er-raji, Oliver Fischer, Adrian Callies, Oliver Schultz-Wittmann, Patricia S. C. Schulze, Martin Bivour, Stefaan De Wolf, Stefan W. Glunz, Juliane Borchert
Utilizing thermally evaporated hole transport layers (HTLs) in fully textured perovskite silicon tandem solar cells.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03001J, Paper

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W. Hashini K. Perera, Thomas Webb, Yuliang Xu, Jingwei Zhu, Yundong Zhou, Gustavo F. Trindade, Mateus G. Masteghin, Steven P. Harvey, Sandra Jenatsch, Linjie Dai, Sanjayan Sathasivam, Thomas J. Macdonald, Steven J. Hinder, Yunlong Zhao, Samuel D. Stranks, Dewei Zhao, Wei Zhang, K. D. G. Imalka Jayawardena, Saif A. Haque, S. Ravi P. Silva
The role of thiocyanates in minimising organohalide diffusion into PEDOT:PSS whilst accelerating device degradation is identified and a route towards improving both device efficiency and stability is demonstrated.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02978J, Paper

Haisheng Ma, Jiali Song, Jiawei Qiao, Bingyu Han, Qianqian Wang, Min Hun Jee, Laju Bu, Donghui Wei, Han Young Woo, Xiaotao Hao, Yanming Sun
Two volatile solid additives were developed to modulate the active-layer morphology of all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). Among them, the 4-BDBTP-treated all-PSC achieved an outstanding efficiency of 19.30%.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03000A, Paper

Xiaolei Kong, Nana Yang, Xixi Zhang, Jinyuan Zhang, Zhenyu Li, Xinrui Li, Yilei Wu, Rui Sun, Jing Li, Aoxiang Li, Jie Min, Guang Yang, Chenkai Sun
Two novel acceptors are designed and synthesized, and the PTQ11:PEH-F binary system is highly promising for industrial cost-effective organic photovoltaics.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03419H, Paper

Ciyu Ge, Qi Xu, Dayu Liu, Wenjiang Ye, Yongxin Zhu, Peiyan Zhang, Jiakuan Yang, Guangxing Liang, Ling Xu, Ying Zhou, Haisheng Song, Chao Chen, Jiang Tang
Vacuum-assisted technology, favored for its low cost, environmentally friendly nature, and scalability, is widely used in perovskite solar cells and is a preferred choice for commercialized production.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04378B, Paper

Yaohui Li, Ziyan Jia, Peihao Huang, Chuanlin Gao, Yufei Wang, Shuangxi Xue, Shirong Lu, Yang (Michael) Yang
We have developed a novel liquid additive that boosts J-aggregation in NFAs through enhanced non-covalent interactions with the BTP core, leading to a record efficiency for thick-film (≥200 nm), large-area OPV modules.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c01446

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,9601-9610
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02803A, Paper

Bingkun Tian, Peikun Zhang, Tianjun Liu, Weicun Chu, Yuyang Long, Peng Xu, Ying Jiang, Jinping Zhang, Yajing Tang, Xiangnan Sun, Riming Nie, Xiaoming Zhao, Wanlin Guo, Zhuhua Zhang
An interfacial coordination strategy with chelating ligands enhances both efficiency and stability in large-scale solar modules.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04112G, Paper

Mingxu Zhang, Xinyi Mei, Guoliang Wang, Junming Qiu, Zhimei Sun, Xiaoliang Zhang
A facile surface lattice anchoring strategy is reported to stabilize the surface lattice of perovskite quantum dots, which could substantially improve their optoelectronic properties and crystal stabilities for application in solar cells.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04741A, Paper

Jie Yu, Lenan Zhang, Jintong Gao, Wenyu Han, Ruzhu Wang, Zhenyuan Xu
Leveraging the self-amplifying salt creeping and efflorescence effects, the salt crystals self-assemble to form a hierarchical porous salt evaporator, enabling passive liquid supply and efficient evaporation.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03575E, Review Article

Zhe Liu, Chen Xie, Thomas Heumueller, Iain McCulloch, Christoph J. Brabec, Fei Huang, Yong Cao, Ning Li
An overview of water/alcohol-based organic nanoparticles applied in optoelectronic devices, encompassing the entire journey from nanoparticle synthesis to practical applications.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03801K, Paper

Hongyu Xu, Yun Xiao, Karim A. Elmestekawy, Pietro Caprioglio, Qiuyang Li, Qixuan Zhong, Yongqiang Ji, Tianyu Huang, Haoming Yan, Yingguo Yang, Laura M. Herz, Qihuang Gong, Henry J. Snaith, Rui Zhu, Lichen Zhao
We developed a pre-strain compensation strategy by introducing a metastable interphase at the buried interface to release the thermal-induced residual tensile strain in perovskite films, leading to highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02217

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,9359-9374
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04208E, Paper

Congqi Lin, Zhenyu Chen, Ruixiang Peng, Wei Song, Jiangwei Gao, Xueliang Yu, Tingting Feng, Yongqi Bai, Ziyi Ge
A series of novel block donors were synthesized, achieving excellent PCE of 19.57% in rigid OSCs and 18.03% in f-OSCs, along with an outstanding crack-onset strain value of 40.29%.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,9548-9554
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04310C, Paper

Tengfei Pan, Zhiwei Li, Biyun Ren, Wan Yang, Xueqin Ran, Yajing Li, Yutian Xu, Yue Wang, Deli Li, Yingdong Xia, Xingyu Gao, Lingfeng Chao, Yonghua Chen
Efficient and stable perovskite solar cells were achieved by stabilizing doped Spiro-OMeTAD with an organic molten salt.
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