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09 Sep 14:31

[ASAP] Atom-Knotting Enables High-Performance Intrinsically Stretchable Polymer Semiconductors

by Mingliang Zhu, Yifan Li, Chengyu Wang, Zhihao Shao, Wenkang Shi, Jinyang Chen, Zhao Yang, Yangshuang Bian, Mingcong Qin, Zhiheng Zhu, Zhiyuan Zhao, Hanlin Wang, Yunlong Guo, and Yunqi Liu

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c01146
09 Sep 14:29

Minimizing the buried interfacial energy loss using a fluorine-substituted small molecule for 25.92%-efficiency and stable inverted perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7342-7354
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02964J, Paper
Xin Chen, Qi Wang, Hui Wei, Jiewei Yang, Yuqi Yao, Weijian Tang, Wuke Qiu, Xiaopeng Xu, Lin Song, Yihui Wu, Qiang Peng
Tetrafluorosuccinic acid was introduced into the buried interface to stabilize FA cations, mediate crystal growth of perovskite and reduce the hole-transport barrier, delivering a record efficiency of 25.92% for RbCsFAMA-based perovskite solar cells.
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09 Sep 14:28

Dual functionality of charge extraction and interface passivation by self-assembled monolayers in perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,6974-7016
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02661F, Review Article
Muhammad Azam, Tian Du, Zhongquan Wan, Heng Zhao, Huaibiao Zeng, Runmin Wei, Christoph J. Brabec, Junsheng Luo, Chunyang Jia
This review overviews the challenges at the buried interface of PSCs, defect passivation capabilities of SAMs, and its effectiveness compared to other passivating agents.
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09 Sep 14:28

Film-forming polymer nanoparticle strategy for improving the passivation and stability of perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7221-7233
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01073F, Paper
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Zhenyu Jia, Ran Wang, Lei Zhu, Amal Altujjar, Polina Jacoutot, Osama M. Alkhudhari, Muhamad Z. Mokhtar, Ben F. Spencer, Nigel W. Hodson, Xuelian Wang, Mollie Osborne-Richards, Andrew G. Thomas, Teruo Hashimoto, Michael Faulkner, David J. Lewis, Saif A. Haque, M. Saiful Islam, Jennifer M. Saunders, Brian R. Saunders
Highly deformable crosslinked polymer particles enhance perovskite solar cell passivation and stability by binding and distributing throughout the film.
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09 Sep 14:28

19.5% Efficiency organic solar cells enabled by a direct C–H arylation-derived wide-bandgap small-molecule guest donor

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7803-7815
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02551B, Paper
Bin Hu, Shenzheng Gao, Xin Wang, Fan Cao, Yiyu Chen, Jianqi Zhang, Laju Bu, Xin Song, Guanghao Lu
A tin-free asymmetric small-molecule guest donor (oPhFO) with a wide bandgap allows PM6:oPhFO:BTP-ec9 ternary OSCs to reach a champion efficiency of 19.5% by optimizing blend morphology and vertical phase separation as well as reducing energy loss.
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09 Sep 14:27

Open-air, green-solvent processed organic solar cells with efficiency approaching 18% and exceptional stability

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7435-7444
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01944J, Paper
Thi Le Huyen Mai, Zhe Sun, Seoyoung Kim, Seonghun Jeong, Seunglok Lee, Jeewon Park, Changduk Yang
H75-2F, a fluorinated cathode material, boosts organic solar cell efficiency, achieving 19.44% PCE in controlled conditions and 17.78% with open-air green-solvent processing, while offering strong thermal and moisture stability.
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09 Sep 14:27

Synergistic control of multilength-scale morphology and vertical phase separation for high-efficiency organic solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7762-7771
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02234C, Paper
Xiaoli Zhou, Wenting Liang, Ruijie Ma, Cuifen Zhang, Zhengxing Peng, Top Archie Dela Peña, Jiaying Wu, Zaifei Ma, Yaozu Liao, Gang Li, Huawei Hu
Controlling the morphology of organic solar cells (OSCs) presents a significant challenge due to their complex structure and composition.
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09 Sep 14:26

Atomically dispersed metal cocatalysts for solar energy conversion

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7649-7680
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03065F, Review Article
Kejian Kong, Hao Zhang, Ali Han, Feng Li, Dingsheng Wang
This review explores the role of atomic metal site cocatalysts in photocatalysis for solar energy conversion, focusing on the recent advances in single-atom and atomic cluster cocatalysts, their structure–activity relationships, and key applications.
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09 Sep 14:26

Modulation of crystallization kinetics using a guest acceptor for high-performance organic solar cells with 19.8% efficiency

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7838-7849
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02657H, Paper
Lin Xie, Zhenyu Chen, Daobin Yang, Xueliang Yu, Xinyu Tong, Jinfeng Ge, Wei Song, Shuncheng Yang, Jintao Zhu, Pengfei Ding, Guanghao Lu, Xuke Li, Ming Long, Jing Li, Bingsuo Zou, Tao Liu, Quan Liu, Ziyi Ge
An asymmetric molecule based on a quinoxaline core, which shows an appropriate adjustment of phase separation and intermixed domains, was achieved by modulating the crystallization kinetics.
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23 Aug 08:07

[ASAP] Multinoncentrosymmetric Two-Dimensional Trilayered Lead Bromide Perovskites with Methylhydrazinium Cations: Lattice Dynamics, Phase Transitions, Dielectric Response, and Optical Properties

by Mirosław Mączka, Szymon Smółka, Dagmara Stefańska, Anna Gągor, Jan K. Zaręba, Katarzyna Fedoruk-Piskorska, Maciej Ptak, Dawid Drozdowski, and Adam Sieradzki

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Chemistry of Materials
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c01174
23 Aug 08:04

Stable high-efficiency monolithic all-perovskite tandem solar cells enabled by a natural reactive oxygen species scavenger

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7247-7257
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02754J, Paper
Ruitian Sun, Pengshuai Wang, Lin Zhang, Weijun Liu, Yanjie Wen, Fan Li, Zhizhong Ge, Liang Qiao, Tao Wang, Tianshi Ye, Peijun Ji, Xudong Yang
A natural reactive oxygen species scavenger, 4-ethyl-2,6-dimethoxyphenol, enabled high efficiency narrow-bandgap perovskite solar cells and all-perovskite tandem solar cells with improved stability.
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23 Aug 08:04

Simplifying contact-layer design for high-throughput printing of flexible perovskite photovoltaics

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7147-7154
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02707H, Paper
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Lirong Dong, Shudi Qiu, Sarmad Feroze, Michael Wagner, Olga Kasian, Heiko Peisert, Felix U. Kosasih, Caterina Ducati, José Garcia Cerrillo, Jingjing Tian, Chaohui Li, Dongju Jang, Vincent M. Le Corre, Ning Li, Fu Yang, Tian Du, Christoph J. Brabec, Hans-Joachim Egelhaaf
SAM enabled and simplified fully printed carbon-based flexible perovskite modules.
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23 Aug 08:04

Ambient scalable fabrication of high-performance flexible perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7069-7080
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02925A, Paper
Pengchi Liu, Hui Wang, Tianqi Niu, Lei Yin, Yachao Du, Lei Lang, Zheng Zhang, Yongchao Tu, Xiujie Liu, Xin Chen, Shuang Wang, Nan Wu, Ru Qin, Likun Wang, Shaoan Yang, Chunfu Zhang, Xu Pan, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu, Kui Zhao
Ionic-liquid mediated scalable ambient-printing for efficient perovskite solar modules to achieve wearable electronic integration.
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23 Aug 08:04

Coordination engineering with crown ethers for perovskite precursor stabilization and defect passivation

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7182-7192
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02124J, Paper
Zhongyang Zhang, Yuxuan Yang, Zijian Huang, Qiaoling Xu, Siyuan Zhu, Minghua Li, Peng Zhao, Hong Cui, Sihan Li, Xi Jin, Xiaoxue Wu, Mingyue Han, Yu Zhang, Ningjiu Zhao, Chao Zou, Qijie Liang, Lede Xian, Jinsong Hu, Cheng Zhu, Yihua Chen, Yang Bai, Yujing Li, Qi Chen, Huanping Zhou, Bao Zhang, Yan Jiang
A perovskite precursor stabilization and defect passivation strategy is developed by coordination engineering with a series of structurally similar crown ethers.
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23 Aug 08:01

An in situ crosslinked matrix enables efficient and mechanically robust organic solar cells with frozen nano-morphology and superior deformability

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7318-7329
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02724H, Paper
Wei Song, Zhenyu Chen, Congqi Lin, Pilan Zhang, Dinghong Sun, Weifu Zhang, Jinfeng Ge, Lin Xie, Ruixiang Peng, Daobin Yang, Quan Liu, Yifei Xu, Ziyi Ge
An in-situ cross-linkable monomer is carefully developed into blend films to finely manipulate the molecular packing, crystallization and nanomorphology during film formation. As a result, stabilized PCEs of 19.84% for the rigid device and 18.32% for flexible organic solar cells are achieved.
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12 Aug 09:07

Pros and cons of hole-selective self-assembled monolayers in inverted PSCs and TSCs: extensive case studies and data analysis

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,6157-6203
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02492C, Review Article
Chi Li, Yong Chen, Zilong Zhang, Chunming Liu, Fengming Guo, Waqas Ahmad, Peng Gao
HSSAMs with diverse structures, encompassing various anchoring and functional groups, were systematically categorized and their multifaceted roles in inverted PSCs and TSCs and their correlation with device performance were investigated.
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12 Aug 09:07

Solar-driven photoelectrochemical conversion of biomass: recent progress, mechanistic insights and potential scalability

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7459-7511
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02332C, Review Article
Caidi Jin, Mingxia Han, Yuheng Wu, Shurong Wang
This review provides a comprehensive overview on the mechanism of photoelectrochemical biomass conversion and highlights the extension of dual-function photoelectrochemical cells for biomass valorization paired with more valuable half-reactions.
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12 Aug 09:06

Understanding charge carrier dynamics in organic photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7999-8018
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01808G, Review Article
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Jinhyuk Choi, Wooteak Jung, Soranyel Gonzalez-Carrero, James R. Durrant, Hyojung Cha, Taiho Park
This review surveyed the charge behavior in organic photocatalysis, and elucidated a correlation between molecular structure, charge dynamics and photocatalytic performance.
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12 Aug 09:06

Self-assembly construction of a homojunction of Sn–Pb perovskite using an antioxidant for all-perovskite tandem solar cells with improved efficiency and stability

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,6314-6322
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01539H, Paper
Zhuojia Lin, Jianwei Chen, Chenghao Duan, Kezhou Fan, Jiong Li, Shibing Zou, Feilin Zou, Ligang Yuan, Zheng Zhang, Kaicheng Zhang, Man Yu Lam, Sergeev A. Aleksandr, Jianhang Qiu, Kam Sing Wong, He Yan, Keyou Yan
Self-assembly construction of a homojunction with antioxidant encapsulation for efficient and stable narrow bandgap perovskite solar cells and all-perovskite tandem solar cells.
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12 Aug 09:05

Deciphering 2D perovskite's role in perovskite solar cells via intact 3D/2D junctions

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,6234-6244
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE04520J, Paper
Seungmin Lee, Hyeonah Cho, Sohyun Kang, Oui Jin Oh, Dong Hyun Kim, Jun Hong Noh
Heterojunction analysis using an intact 3D/2D bilayer shows that the work function of 2D perovskites can influence both the magnitude and the distribution of the built-in potential within the device.
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12 Aug 09:05

Clean hydrogen potential for carbon-neutral copper mining

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,9164-9184
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02823F, Paper
Iuliia Kukula, Ivan Ermanoski, Ellen B. Stechel
Increasing electrification and renewable energy expansion will drive up copper demand and copper mining energy consumption and emissions. Clean hydrogen can replace fossil fuels, facilitating carbon neutrality in copper mining.
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12 Aug 09:05

Fully printed flexible perovskite solar modules with improved energy alignment by tin oxide surface modification

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7097-7106
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01647E, Paper
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Lirong Dong, Shudi Qiu, José García Cerrillo, Michael Wagner, Olga Kasian, Sarmad Feroze, Dongju Jang, Chaohui Li, Vincent M. Le Corre, Kaicheng Zhang, Heiko Peisert, Felix U. Kosasih, Caterina Ducati, Charline Arrive, Tian Du, Fu Yang, Christoph J. Brabec, Hans-Joachim Egelhaaf
Fully printed carbon-based flexible perovskite module with an efficiency of 11.6%.
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12 Aug 09:04

Stability and reliability of perovskite containing solar cells and modules: degradation mechanisms and mitigation strategies

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,7566-7599
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01898B, Review Article
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Sara Baumann, Giles E. Eperon, Alessandro Virtuani, Quentin Jeangros, Dana B. Kern, Dounya Barrit, Jackson Schall, Wanyi Nie, Gernot Oreski, Mark Khenkin, Carolin Ulbrich, Robby Peibst, Joshua S. Stein, Marc Köntges
This work summarizes various degradation mechanisms relevant for perovskite photovoltaics on different levels from the single layers over (tandem) solar cells to solar modules hereof and their mitigation strategies to enable reliable solar modules.
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12 Aug 09:04

Decoupling light- and oxygen-induced degradation mechanisms of Sn–Pb perovskites in all perovskite tandem solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8557-8569
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02427C, Paper
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Yang Bai, Ruijia Tian, Kexuan Sun, Chang Liu, Xiting Lang, Ming Yang, Yuanyuan Meng, Chuanxiao Xiao, Yaohua Wang, Xiaoyi Lu, Jingnan Wang, Haibin Pan, Zhenhua Song, Shujing Zhou, Ziyi Ge
This study showed PEHCl-CN can enhance the strength of Sn–I, resulting in good light stability. The subsequent doping of MBI resulted in good air stability. This enables the integrated 2T all-perovskite device to achieve an efficiency of 27.9%.
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12 Aug 09:04

Oxygen spillover from RuO2 to MoO3 enhances the activity and durability of RuO2 for acidic oxygen evolution

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,6755-6765
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02549K, Paper
Wangyan Gou, Shishi Zhang, Yichen Wang, Xiaohe Tan, Linqing Liao, Zening Qi, Min Xie, Yuanyuan Ma, Yaqiong Su, Yongquan Qu
Oxygen spillover strategy of *O intermediate from RuO2 to MoO3 within RuO2/MoO3 catalysts can significantly suppress over-oxidation and dissolution of RuO2, which contributes to both high activity and durability for oxygen evolution in 0.5 M H2SO4.
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12 Aug 09:03

Role of biofuels, electro-fuels, and blue fuels for shipping: environmental and economic life cycle considerations

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,6393-6418
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01641F, Paper
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Fayas Malik Kanchiralla, Selma Brynolf, Alvar Mjelde
This study analyses different decarbonization strategies for shipping including uptake of e-fuels, blue fuels and biofuels, battery electric propulsion and onboard carbon capture technology from a life cycle perspective.
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12 Aug 09:03

Modulation of charge migration and ink flow dynamics exceeding 19% efficiency for blade-coating pseudo-planar heterojunction organic solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,6799-6810
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01522C, Paper
Houdong Mao, Jiahua Zhang, Xin Cen, Jiayou Zhang, Lin Wen, Jingwei Xue, Dou Luo, Lifu Zhang, Zhao Qin, Wei Ma, Licheng Tan, Yiwang Chen
This work presents a novel charge migration strategy to efficiently engineer active layer morphology for PPHJ OSCs by firstly integrating SBC with NIL technique, which can improve charge transport/collection and phase separation behavior.
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15 Jul 14:54

Human-friendly semitransparent organic solar cells achieving high performance

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,6013-6023
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01659A, Paper
Zonghao Wu, Beibei Shi, Jiangsheng Yu, Mengzhen Sha, Jiangkai Sun, Dongcheng Jiang, Xin Liu, Wenxiao Wu, Yang Tan, Huiyuan Li, Shufen Huang, Jingjing Wang, Junwei Liu, Chao Zhang, Xiaoling Ma, Liyong Cui, Long Ye, Fujun Zhang, Bingqiang Cao, Yuguo Chen, Ziwu Ji, Feng Chen, Xiaotao Hao, Gang Li, Hang Yin
We systematically evaluated the photobiological safety of mainstream ST-PV devices and fabricated a series of high-performance human-friendly ST-PV devices with LUE values exceeding 5.0% and low skin/eye damage levels for human beings.
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15 Jul 14:54

Efficient and stable all-small-molecule solar cells enabled by incorporating a designed giant molecule acceptor

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5962-5971
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01705F, Paper
Xinrong Yang, Yuan Gao, Lin-Yong Xu, Xiaohei Wu, Xingyu Chen, Yiming Shao, Bo Xiao, Shanshan Liu, Jianlong Xia, Rui Sun, Jie Min
A highly efficient and stable all-small-molecule system with excellent thickness tolerance and recycling capability has been developed, by integrating a new giant molecule acceptor (Se-Giant) into the MPhS-C2:BTP-eC9 binary system.
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03 Jul 09:55

Combining component screening, machine learning and molecular engineering for the design of high-performance inverted perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,5532-5541
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00635F, Paper
Boxue Zhang, Huaibiao Zeng, Haomiao Yin, Daming Zheng, Zhongquan Wan, Chunyang Jia, Thijs Stuyver, Junsheng Luo, Thierry Pauporté
To develop efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells, we describe an innovative strategy that combines component screening, machine learning and molecular engineering.
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