Performance assessment of photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction photocathodes with patterned electrocatalysts: a multi-physical model-based approach

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00575A, Paper
Yuzhu Chen, Chengxiang Xiang, Meng Lin
A coupled multi-physical model-based framework was developed to quantitatively analyze the trade-offs of optical propagation, charge transport, mass transfer, and electrochemical reactions in a photocathode of photoelectrochemical (PEC) device for carbon dioxide reduction (CO2R).
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Self-healing ion-conducting elastomer towards record efficient flexible perovskite solar cells with excellent recoverable mechanical stability

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00462K, Paper
Tangyue Xue, Baojin Fan, Ke-Jian Jiang, Qiang Guo, Xiaotian Hu, Meng Su, Erjun Zhou, Yanlin Song
The flexible PSCs with ionic conductive elastomers achieved a record efficiency of 24.84% and self-repaired the cracks at 25 °C.
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Visualizing the SEI formation between lithium metal and solid-state electrolyte

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03536K, Paper
Fucheng Ren, Yuqi Wu, Wenhua Zuo, Wengao Zhao, Siyuan Pan, Hongxin Lin, Haichuan Yu, Jing Lin, Min Lin, Xiayin Yao, Torsten Brezesinski, Zhengliang Gong, Yong Yang
Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations reveal the formation mechanism and structure of the solid electrolyte interphase between lithium metal and β-Li3PS4 in all-solid-state batteries.
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Rethinking Nitrate Reduction: Redirecting Electrochemical Efforts from Ammonia to Nitrogen for Realistic Environmental Impact

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00222A, Opinion
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Hao Huang, Karthik Peramaiah, Kuo-Wei Huang
The excessive use of nitrate in agriculture and industry poses a significant threat to human health and ecosystems. To effectively manage the nitrogen cycle (N-cycle) in nature and to deal...
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Custom-tailored solvent engineering for efficient wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells with a wide processing window and low VOC losses

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00330F, Paper
Ruohao Wang, Jingwei Zhu, Jiayu You, Hao Huang, Yang Yang, Ruihao Chen, Juncheng Wang, Yuliang Xu, Zhiyu Gao, Jiayue Chen, Bangxin Xu, Bing Wang, Cong Chen, Dewei Zhao, Wen-Hua Zhang
A DMPU custom-tailored solvent system effectively improved the film quality of perovskites, achieving one of the highest VOC of 1.256 V for 1.65 eV wide-bandgap PSCs.
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The Acupuncture Effect of Carbon Nanotubes Induced by the Volume Expansion of Silicon-Based Anodes

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00710G, Paper
Ziying He, Chenxi Zhang, Yukang Zhu, Fei Wei
The cyclic instability of Si-based anodes can be effectively alleviated by adding carbon nanotube (CNT) networks. However, the ion diffusion and electrochemical performance vary greatly depending on the type of...
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Towards standardized grid emission factors: methodological insights and best practices

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE04394K, Paper
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Malte Schäfer, Felipe Cerdas, Christoph Herrmann
Grid emission factors from official sources vary. Nine relevant aspects were identified and their influence quantified. The recommended set of aspects best represents emissions from grid electricity consumption.
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Additive Engineering with 2, 8-dibromo-dibenzothiophene-S, S-dioxide Enabled Tin-Based Perovskite Solar Cells with 14.98% Power Conversion Efficiency

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03359G, Paper
Xianyong Zhou, Wenbo Peng, Zhixin Liu, Yong Zhang, Luozheng Zhang, Meiqing Zhang, Chang Liu, Lei Yan, Xingzhu Wang, Baomin Xu
As the most promising lead-free perovskite, tin-based perovskite has attracted much attention due to its suitable bandgap and low toxicity. However, many defects (tin vacancy defects caused by Sn2+ oxidation...
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Solvating lithium and tethering aluminium by di-coordination-strength anions for low-temperature lithium metal batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03809B, Communication
Jin-Xiu Chen, Jin-Hao Zhang, Xiao-Zhong Fan, Fang-Fang Wang, Wen Tang, Wei Xia, Yusheng Zhao, Long Kong
The corrosive lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) for aluminium (Al) current collector is impeded by a concept of di-coordination-strength anions. This concept adopts weakly coordinated anion (FSI−) to exert high ionic transport...
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Rational design of anti-freezing electrolyte concentrations via freeze concentration process

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00859F, Paper
Liwei Jiang, Yuan-Chao Hu, Fei Ai, Zhuojian Liang, Yi-Chun Lu
Electrolyte concentration is crucial for low-temperature aqueous batteries (LTABs) as it directly dictates electrolyte freezing point.
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