Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8304-8312
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02836H, Paper

Sangmi Park, Sang Young Jeong, Jaehoon Kim, Heunjeong Lee, Hye Seung Kim, Young Wook Noh, Ye In Kim, Shinuk Cho, Joon Sang Kang, Han Young Woo, Myoung Hoon Song
n-Doping the fullerene-based interlayer in perovskite solar cells enhances heat dissipation and charge extraction by improving thermal/electrical conductivity, and energy level alignment, which boosts photovoltaic performance and stability.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8228-8242
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03103B, Paper

Lipeng Jiang, Dengqian Chen, Zhengkai Hao, Dongxue Cao, Runqiao Liu, Jingyu Cheng, Limei Chen, Xin Liu, Boyin Jia, Dongdong Liu
This study proposed a “dual ship bottling” strategy to synthesize Cu_xAg_50−x/UiO66-NH₂, achieving over 90% selectivity for reduced carbon products.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03276D, Paper

Yating Li, Xiaohui Ma, Xi Zhang, Fengyi Zhang, Qiong Wang, Qiang Guo, Jinlong Liu, Yonggang Wang, Jianhang Huang, Yongyao Xia
A zinc anode with high Zn(002)-preferential orientation can be achieved using a universal proton additive, which has been shown to effectively suppress dendrite formation in aqueous zinc batteries.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03160A, Paper

Tongtai Ji, Qingsong Tu, Yang Zhao, Dominik Wierzbicki, Vincent Plisson, Ying Wang, Jiwei Wang, Kenneth S. Burch, Yong Yang, Hongli Zhu
This study unveils the intrinsic three-step thermodynamic and the two-step kinetics-limited pathways in all-solid-state sodium–sulfur batteries, providing crucial insights into sulfur reaction mechanisms for high-performance energy storage solutions.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04438J, Paper

Yuchan Li, Qi Zhang, Huan Dai, Dong He, Zunjian Ke, Xiangheng Xiao
This work highlights the exceptional performance and great potentials of a Cu nanoparticle decorated silicon nanowire arrays (Cu–Si NWs) for photoelectrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia in acidic electrolyte and in realistic wastewater.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01978D, Paper

Xinpeng Han, Jinpeng Han, Kang Ma, Jiaqi Wen, Lianpeng Li, Daliang Han, Jie Sun
A Zn²⁺·OC group-derived contact ion pair (CIP)/aggregate (AGG)-rich electrolyte is fabricated to generate a fluoride gradient, Zn-salt-rich hydrophobic solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer with ultrahigh mechanical properties.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03754E, Paper

Jingyu Shi, Pengfei Ding, Jintao Zhu, Zhenyu Chen, Shuangjiao Gao, Xueliang Yu, Xiaochun Liao, Quan Liu, Ziyi Ge
Through systematically selecting the numbers and positions of selenium atom of giant-molecule acceptors, the device based on PM6:GMA-SSeS yields the highest PCE of 19.37% with high V_OC of 0.917 V and exhibits extended t_80% lifetimes of 5600 h.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03623A, Paper

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Richard Adam Pacalaj, Yifan Dong, Ivan Ramirez, Roderick C. I. MacKenzie, Seyed Mehrdad Hosseini, Eva Bittrich, Julian Eliah Heger, Pascal Kaienburg, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Jiaying Wu, Moritz Riede, Harald Ade, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Martin Pfeiffer, James Robert Durrant
Substrate heating during co-evaporation of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells aids phase separation and improves performance. While recombination remains unaffected, hole transport improves due to more crystalline donor domains.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01618A, Paper

Chongwei Gao, Ming Chen, Jiantao Li, Xunan Wang, Guobin Zhang, Xi Tan, Shuhua Zhang, Guang Feng, Dengyun Zhai, Feiyu Kang
In this study, we explore two potential pathways for vacancy formation in Mn-based Prussian blue analogues, providing new insights for structural regulation.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03156C, Review Article

Laiquan Li, Linyuan Xu, Hanyun Wang, Haohong Wei, Cheng Tang, Guisheng Li, Yuhai Dou, Hua Kun Liu, Shi Xue Dou
As a self-sustaining cycle, the electrocatalytic nitrogen cycle represents an avenue for rectifying the nitrogen imbalance and for synthesizing value-added chemicals, thereby contributing to a sustainable and carbon-neutral society.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04248D, Paper

Yang Ding, Erming Feng, Siyuan Lu, Jianhui Chang, Caoyu Long, Sichao Tong, Hengyue Li, Junliang Yang
A surface micro-etching and reconstruction strategy is developed to regulate the stresses in a perovskite film, achieving a benign transition from tensile stress to compressive stress.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03289F, Paper

Ya Chen, Xin Gao, Zheng Zhen, Xiao Chen, Ling Huang, Deli Zhou, Tengfei Hu, Bozhen Ren, Runjing Xu, Jiayi Chen, Xiaodong Chen, Lifeng Cui, Guoxiu Wang
The established multifunctional interlayers effectively eliminate both anode-initiated and GB-initiated dendrites and guarantee satisfactory battery performance for ASSLMBs.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04201H, Paper

Yitian Wu, Chaoliang Ma, Kangxin Zhu, Lizheng Jin, Lvfu Song, Lanze Li, Yingzhuo Lu, Yu Zheng, Yaoxin Zhang, Xin Zheng, Sai Wu, Yajun Pang, Zhehong Shen, Swee Ching Tan, Hao Chen
This study presents an asymmetric evaporation strategy that simultaneously achieves freshwater production, salt collection, and electrical energy generation.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02874K, Paper

Alexander Gunnarson, Ang Cao, Olivia F. Sloth, Miriam Varón, Ruben Bueno Villoro, Thomas Veile, Christian D. Damsgaard, Cathrine Frandsen, Jens K. Nørskov, Ib Chorkendorff
This work describes the theory-guided design and experimental validation of a barium-doped cobalt catalyst for ammonia decomposition.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04119D, Paper

Jin Yang, Yuanhong Kang, Fanxiang Meng, weiwei meng, guanhong Chen, Minghao Zhang, Zeheng Lv, Zhipeng Wen, Chengchao Li, Jinbao Zhao, Yang Yang
Aqueous Zn−iodine (Zn-I2) batteries, featuring intrinsically high-safety aqueous electrolytes and eco-friendly cathode/anode materials, however are restricted by the shuttling of polyiodide and sluggish redox kinetics of iodine redox. Although various...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03468F, Review Article

Zhi Zheng, Xue Fang, Wei Deng, Peng Li, Xiaobo Zheng, Hang Zhang, Lin Li, Shulei Chou, Yuan Chen, Yongbing Tang, Jiazhao Wang
Quantitative detection and characterization methods for analysis of metallic Li and related inactive components of Li batteries and their related characteristics are discussed.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03673E, Paper

Jiaming Zhu, Cong Kang, Xiangjun Xiao, Ya Mao, Ying Luo, Yuheng Wang, Quansheng Zhang, Yulin Ma, Chunyu Du, Shuaifeng Lou, Fanpeng Kong, Jingying Xie, Geping Yin
A heterogeneous collector featuring hard-base sites and soft-acid sites is proposed, which significantly reduces nucleation and growth barriers, with no dendrite formation. This finding offers a pathway to rationally design highly efficient collectors for AFLMBs.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03766A, Review Article

Chengdi Ma, Liyang Qin, Tianhua Zhou, Jian Zhang
This review provides a comprehensive analysis of the unique structural characteristics of HOFs and their diverse functional properties, while further exploring the potential of HOFs in the field of photocatalysis.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03762F, Paper

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Xueyu Hu, Yucun Zhou, Zheyu Luo, Haoyu Li, Nai Shi, Zhijun Liu, Weilin Zhang, Weining Wang, Yong Ding, Meilin Liu
A schematic representation of a four-stage data-driven material screening methodology, progressing from uncovering unexplored chemical spaces through high-throughput calculations to validating findings in protonic ceramic cells.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04442H, Review Article

Xiaomin Han, Ran Zhao, Jingjing Yang, Yahui Wang, Anqi Zhang, Zhifan Hu, Mengge Lv, Chuan Wu, Ying Bai
To meet the challenges raised by the utilization of intermittent clean energies, rechargeable aqueous zinc ion battery (AZIB) stands at the forefront due to its competitive capacity, low cost, and...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03005B, Paper

Hong-Bo Zhang, Yu Meng, Lingzhe Fang, Fei Yang, Shangqian Zhu, Tao Li, Xiaohua Yu, Ju Rong, Weiwei Chen, Dong Su, Yi Mei, Peng-Xiang Hou, Chang Liu, Minhua Shao, Jin-Cheng Li
A thermal evaporation–trapping strategy is developed to fabricate a flexible N-doped carbon fiber cloth loaded with both CoFe-oxide nanoparticles and atomic Co/Fe–N_x sites, showing outstanding oxygen electrocatalytic performance.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03978E, Paper

Xueyu Lian, Liang Xu, Zhijing Ju, Ziang Chen, Xiaopeng Chen, Yuyang Yi, Zhengnan Tian, Tao Cheng, Shi Xue Dou, Xinyong Tao, Jingyu Sun
The electric double layer (EDL) plays a key role in constructing solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) for high-energy metal anodes. Nevertheless, the significance of EDL and its associated influence remain elusive...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03045A, Paper

Mingqian Chen, Yanxun Li, Zixin Zeng, Ming Liu, Tao Du, Xiaofeng Huang, Leyu Bi, Jiarong Wang, Wenlin Jiang, Yidan An, Sai Wing Tsang, Jun Yin, Shengfan Wu, Alex K. Y. Jen
Halide segregation and energy loss pose significant challenges for wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells, impairing their photovoltage and device stability. These issues are often exacerbated by inferior film quality and inhomogeneous...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03832K, Paper

Gi-Hyeok Lee, Suwon Lee, Jiliang Zhang, Bernardine L. D. Rinkel, Matthew J. Crafton, Zengqing Zhuo, Youngju Choi, Jialu Li, Junghoon Yang, Jongwook W. Heo, Byungchun Park, Bryan D. McCloskey, Maxim Avdeev, Wanli Yang, Yong-Mook Kang
A schematic illustration indicative of the improved structural reversibility through stabilizing oxidized oxygen by Al doping.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04072D, Paper

Xianghui Zeng, Ting Xu, Hansheng Chen, Baoshen Deng, Qing Yan, Xuanlin Wen, Zijian Li, Haoxuan Zeng, Chuanlin Gao, Yaodong Xiao, Jiwei Liao, Hui Liu, Bin He, Peigang Han, Guangye Zhang, Shunpu Li, Yiwang Chen, Chen Xie
A donor-based nanoparticle (NPs)-incorporated hole-transport layer was synthesized for fine-tuning the energy level of anodes in organic solar cells. The conventional and inverted devices achieved record efficiencies of 19.9% and 17.2%, respectively.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03021D, Paper

Yi Guo, Yang Li, Kai Qiu, Yan Li, Wei Jing Yuan, Chenxi Li, Xinyu Rui, Lewei Shi, Hou Yukun, Saiyue Liu, Dongsheng Ren, Tan Tiening, Gaolong Zhu, Languang Lu, Shengming Xu, Biao Deng, Xiang LIU, Minggao Ouyang
The direct regeneration of spent cathodes stands out as an environmentally and economically benign strategy within the battery ecosystem, eclipsing the cumbersome metallurgical approaches. Before addressing the lithium loss and...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02710H, Paper

Shiteng Li, Shang Liu, Qijun Yang, Shuai Deng, Meng Lin
To address global water scarcity and improve off-grid pure water production, this study focuses on enhancing the performance of inverted solar evaporators by optimizing the design of cover materials. By...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
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 Snaith, Rui Zhu, Lichen Zhao
High-efficiency metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) include the rigid substrates with low thermal-expansion coefficients (TECs), resulting in a significant TEC mismatch with the perovskites with high TECs at the...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
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
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) feature a higher maximum theoretical efficiency and a lower cost than silicon-based solar cells, while also offering additional advantages of being flexible and transparent. However, the...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04993D, Communication

Jahangir Khan, Heming Liu, Tianhao Zhang, Xin Kang, Zhiyuan Zhang, Yuxiao Dong, Shanlin Li, Jiarong Liu, Qiangmin Yu, Bilu Liu
Integrating water electrolysis and green electricity offers a promising approach towards sustainable and clean energy. However, such a system demands electrodes that can swiftly and stably adapt to fluctuating power...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02394C, Paper

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Daniel J. Laky, Nicole P. Cortes, John C. Eslick, Alexander A. Noring, Naresh Susarla, Chinedu Okoli, Miguel A. Zamarripa, Douglas A. Allan, John H. Brewer, Arun K. S. Iyengar, Maojian Wang, Anthony P. Burgard, David C. Miller, Alexander W. Dowling
We present an optimization framework to analyze emerging power systems technologies that coproduce power and alternative fuels. Emerging solid oxide-based systems have the potential to enable a reliable, efficient transition to cleaner energy.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03864A, Paper

Jiaqi Liu, Yuxin Xie, Yongxin Jiao, Hefeng Zhang, Junhui Wang, Yuying Gao, Xu Zong
Extraordinary photocatalytic hydrogen evolution is achieved on methylammonium lead iodide perovskites by introducing a dynamic Cu/(CuI₂)⁻ couple as the electron/energy relay station and the Pt co-catalyst as the charge/energy-releasing promotor.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02877E, Paper

Xiaoyang Liang, Xinhua Wang, Qiwei Chang, Bingxin Yang, Wei Dang, Zheng Zhang, Yingnan Guo, Lin Yang, Zhiqiang Li
A novel interface engineering strategy with a photo-annealing treatment is proposed for regulating the interface of the Sb₂Se₃/CdS heterojunction.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02970D, Paper

Zheng Wan, Zhenying Chen, Hao Chen, Yizhi Jiang, Jinhuan Zhang, Yidong Wang, Jindong Wang, Hao Sun, Zhongjie Zhu, Jinhui Zhu, Linyi Yang, Wei Ye, Shikun Zhang, Xing Xie, Yue Zhang, Xiaodong Zhuang, Xiao He, Jinrong Yang
We propose XRDMatch, a semi-supervised learning framework that integrates consistency regularization and pseudo-labeling. Using X-ray diffraction patterns as descriptors, it effectively addresses data scarcity by leveraging abundant unlabeled data.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04639K, Paper

Qian Deng, Fujie Zhang, Xiaoyu Yang, Ruiheng Li, Chengliang Xia, Pengfei Nan, Yue Chen, Binghui Ge, Ran Ang, Jiaqing He
The “ordered grain boundary reconstruction” significantly improved the thermoelectric performance of SnTe, achieving a record conversion efficiency of ∼10.5%.
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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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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8545-8556
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02450H, Paper

Dongbo Wei, Lyuming Pan, Jing Sun, Meisheng Han, Manrong Song, Jincong Guo, Qing Zhang, Cailin Xiao, Zheng Li, Shuaibin Wan, Yubai Li, Lin Zeng, Lei Wei, Tianshou Zhao
This work presents an all-liquid formic acid redox fuel cell using degraded redox flow battery electrolyte as the cathode fuel. This approach efficiently generates power while regenerating the electrolyte, advancing energy conversion and storage.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8570-8581
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03067B, Paper

Fusheng Luo, Song Yang, Qing Wu, Yue Li, Jinlong Zhang, Yanhui Zhang, Jun Huang, Haibo Xie, Yiwang Chen
The unique electron/ion dual regulation mechanism is established in the well-designed hydrogel electrolyte by integrating polyacrylamide network and carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes for high performance flexible ZIBs.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8593-8608
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02414A, Paper

Tao Jia, Yongmin Luo, Yulong Hai, Tao Lin, Xudong Qin, Ruijie Ma, Kezhou Fan, Aleksandr A. Sergeev, Top Archie Dela Peña, Yao Li, Mingjie Li, Kam Sing Wong, Gang Li, Jiaying Wu, Shengjian Liu, Fei Huang
Fusion and isomerization strategies are used to develop an electron-withdrawing motif naphtho[1,2-d:5,6-d']bis([1,2,3]thiadiazole) (iNT) and a halogen-free polymer donor achieving an efficiency of 19.1%.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8643-8657
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02192D, Paper

Wenjing Deng, Renfei Feng, Xiaolei Wang
A superhalide electrolyte structure and iodide-proof solid electrolyte interphase are introduced to simultaneously obtain efficient conversion activity and anode stability for reversible zinc–iodine batteries.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8838-8854
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03888F, Paper

Sverre Stefanussen Foslie, Brage Rugstad Knudsen, Sigurd Bjarghov, Magnus Korpås
This work highlights the importance of process flexibility in industry decarbonization, showing it can enhance transmission grid capacity at costs comparable to other grid reinforcement measures, thereby enabling faster electrification of demand.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8658-8669
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02133A, Paper

Xiaomin Huo, Silvia Mariotti, Yaoyao Li, Ting Guo, Chenfeng Ding, Penghui Ji, Shuai Yuan, Tongtong Li, Ning Meng, Xiaomin Liu, Jiahao Zhang, Ilhem Nadia Rabehi, Yu Zhang, Suling Zhao, Hengyuan Wang, Dandan Song, Luis K. Ono, Zheng Xu, Yabing Qi
We studied the impact of phenethylammonium chloride on PIN-structured wide bandgap perovskite solar cells. Elimination of the 2D phase results in a champion efficiency of 20.61% and a V_OC loss of only 410 mV with hysteresis-free J–V curves.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8609-8620
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02485K, Paper

SeongYeon Kim, Jaebaek Lee, Dae-Ho Son, Wook Hyun Kim, Shi-Joon Sung, Dae-Kue Hwang, Tae Ei Hong, Namuundari Otgontamir, Enkhjargal Enkhbayar, Tae-Hee Lee, Min-Yeong Kim, Ji-Soo Choi, Sang-Mo Koo, JunHo Kim, Jin-Kyu Kang, Dae-Hwan Kim, Kee-Jeong Yang
The position of Ag of the CZTSSe precursor significantly impacts the carrier recombination loss and overall efficiency, offering crucial insights for optimizing the CZTSSe solar cell design.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8633-8642
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02916J, Paper

Jinye Li, Chengjun Lei, Pengjie Jiang, Chen Xu, Tingting Liu, Xiao Liang
CsI in 2 M ZnSO₄ aqueous electrolyte facilitates the formation of Cs₂TeI₆ perovskite phase for Te electrode, effectively suppressing Te⁴⁺ hydrolysis and sustaining fast redox kinetics in multi-electron transfer Zn–Te aqueous batteries.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8745-8755
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03381G, Paper

Nicolas Folastre, Mohammad Ali Akhavan Kazemi, Kirill Cherednichneko, Arash Jamali, Jean Rousset, Frédéric Sauvage, Arnaud Demortière
Segmented images showing the live degradation of CsMAFA particles in contact with water molecules. The formed particles are CsPb₂Br₅ and PbI₂ resulting from the spinodal decomposition of perovskite before dissolution/recrystallization process.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8855-8865
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03102D, Paper

Dongmin Li, Yunpeng Zhong, Xieyu Xu, Daren Zhou, Yan Tang, Liangbing Wang, Shuquan Liang, Bingan Lu, Yangyang Liu, Jiang Zhou
Asymmetry of stripping/plating of the Zn anode dominates dendrite evolution and cell failure. To regulate it, a 2H8D electrolyte with a water-poor solvated structure is designed to construct a Cl-rich SEI, achieving long-lasting reversibility of ZBs.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8429-8456
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04224G, Analysis

Xusheng Wang, Longfei Shao, Shouyi Hu, Zi Li, Hangzuo Guo, Jiaqi Zhang, Yingyan Zhao, Xi Lin, Binjian Nie, Zhigang Hu, Jianxin Zou
Integrating PV-SOEC for hydrogen production with MgH₂-based storage and transportation holds significant potential in advancing the hydrogen supply chain.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8722-8733
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03148B, Paper

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Zian Xu, Jian Zhu, Jingze Shao, Yu Xia, Pengfei Liu, Guangshe Li, Rouxi Chen, Shaoqing Chen, Jiacheng Wang, Shi Chen, Fuqiang Huang, Hsing-Lin Wang
The anti-dissolving Fe₂N₆ structure enables ZABs to operate over 200 days (record-breaking 14 500 cycles).
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8702-8721
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02211D, Paper

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Aleksandar S. Mijailovic, Seth Waag-Swift, Guanyi Wang, Bingyao Zhou, Mei Luo, Wenquan Lu, Qingliu Wu, Brian W. Sheldon
Fast charging of high-capacity anodes is challenging due to lithium plating reactions, which lead to poor cycling performance and safety concerns.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8691-8701
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03090G, Paper

Fudong Zhang, Baopeng Ma, Yiyuan Luo, Lujun Zhu, Weishuai Wang, Yalin Shi, Beiquan Jia, Zhen-Hua Ge, Zupei Yang, Di Wu, Jiaqing He
The Ag₈GeTe₆ grain boundary phase gets eliminated in cubic-phase δ-TAGS as guided by a quaternary phase diagram.
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