Supply risk considerations for photoelectrochemical water splitting materials

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE04369J, Analysis
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Martin Hillenbrand, Christoph Helbig, Roland Marschall
Absorber materials for photoelectrochemical water splitting have supply risks emerging from supply, demand, concentration, and political risks.
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Mott-Schottky contact synergistically boosts the electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia under low-nitrate concentration

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00715H, Paper
Xiaojuan Zhu, Chaoqun Ma, Yi-Chi Wang, Kaiyu Qu, Leyang Song, Jing Wang, Yushuang Gong, Xiang Liu, Jintao Zhang, Qipeng Lu, An-Liang Wang
Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) holds tremendous potential for remediating NO3- pollution in groundwater and obtaining clean ammonia (NH3). However, the currently reported NO3RR catalysts face challenges in achieving high...
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Scalable manufacturing of a durable, tailorable, and recyclable multifunctional woven thermoelectric textile system

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,4334-4344
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE01031G, Paper
Yuanyuan Jing, Jun Luo, Xue Han, Jiawei Yang, Qiulin Liu, Yuanyuan Zheng, Xinyi Chen, Fuli Huang, Jiawen Chen, Qinliang Zhuang, Yanan Shen, Haisheng Chen, Huaizhou Zhao, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Guodong Li, Ting Zhang, Kun Zhang
We directly weave inorganic thermoelectric pillars into woven textile for scalable manufacture. The thermoelectric textile shows high thermoelectric performance as well as promising durability, conformability, tailorability, and recyclability.
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Light management using photonic structures towards high-index perovskite optoelectronics: fundamentals, designing, and applications

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,4135-4163
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE00646H, Review Article
Yan Zhan, Chang Li, Zhigang Che, Ho Cheung Shum, Xiaotian Hu, Huizeng Li
Photonic structures afford robust means to manipulate photons through optical modes. The collective advantages of enhanced light trapping, light extraction, and colorful, semitransparent devices can be achieved by designing structured perovskite optoelectronics.
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Designing ternary hydrated eutectic electrolyte capable of four-electron conversion for advanced Zn–I2 full batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,4502-4510
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE01567J, Paper
Wenda Li, Hengyue Xu, Hongyi Zhang, Facai Wei, Tingting Zhang, Yong Wu, Lingyan Huang, Jianwei Fu, Chengbin Jing, Jiangong Cheng, Shaohua Liu
A new class of ternary hydrated eutectic electrolytes is designed that can enable 2I+/I2/2I redox couple four-electron conversion and oriented dendrite-free Zn plating/stripping for Zn–I2 batteries.
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Waste heat recovery using thermally responsive ionic liquids through TiO2 nanopore and macroscopic membranes

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,4539-4548
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE00654A, Paper
Marc Pascual, Nicolas Chapuis, Soufiane Abdelghani-Idrissi, Marie-Caroline Jullien, Alessandro Siria, Lydéric Bocquet
Waste heat is the untapped heat produced by a thermodynamic process. It is usually released in the surrounding environment without any valorization. Entropic harvesting of phase-changing liquids across TiO2 membrane via diffusio-osmotic transport of ions is demonstrated.
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Capillary front broadening for water-evaporation-induced electricity of one kilovolt

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,4442-4452
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE01131C, Paper
Wei Deng, Gu Feng, Luxian Li, Xiao Wang, Huan Lu, Xuemei Li, Jidong Li, Wanlin Guo, Jun Yin
Broadening semi-wet gas–liquid–solid three phase regions in a nanoporous film boosts water-evaporation-induced electricity and produces an integrated one kilovolt output.
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Negatively charged platinum nanoparticles on dititanium oxide electride for ultra-durable electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,4464-4473
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE01211E, Paper
Erbing Hua, Seunggun Choi, Siyuan Ren, Sungjun Kim, Ghulam Ali, Seon Je Kim, Woo-Sung Jang, Soyun Joo, Jingshu Zhang, Seulgi Ji, Yun Seong Cho, Joohoon Kang, Taeseup Song, Seungbum Hong, Heechae Choi, Young-Min Kim, Hyuksu Han, Sung Wng Kim
Negatively charged Pt nanoparticles supported by a [Ti2O]2+·2e electride with a self-passivation a-TiOx layer demonstrated superb long-term durability in the electrocatalytic ORR, which is superior to that of commercial Pt/C catalysts.
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Deciphering electrochemical interactions in metal–polymer catalysts for CO2 reduction

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,4388-4403
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE01647A, Paper
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Xingyu Wang, Sanjubala Sahoo, Jose Gascon, Mikhail Bragin, Fangyuan Liu, Julia Olchowski, Samuel Rothfarb, Yuankai Huang, Wenjun Xiang, Pu-Xian Gao, S. Pamir Alpay, Baikun Li
Polymers play a critical role in catalyst design to stabilize metal nanoparticles on the cathode for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR).
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Polymer synergy for efficient hole transport in solar cells and photodetectors

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,4474-4485
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02033A, Paper
Junwei Liu, Zhihua Zhou, Yuping Gao, Yin Wu, Jingjing Wang, Haojin Li, Qian Wang, Kangkang Zhou, Kaihu Xian, Yu Chen, Wenchao Zhao, Fei Zhang, Hang Yin, Yongsheng Liu, Kui Zhao, Jinyue Yan, Long Ye
A new concept “polymer synergy” was introduced to develop versatile dopant-free polymer hole transport materials (HTMs) for optoelectronic devices, including solar cells and photodetectors.
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