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Congress should explain why Rahul is not fighting from Amethi; it is their cowardice: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav

Mr. Yadav says the BJP’s strength lies in its collective leadership and that Congress leaders have no ideology



  • Lok Sabha Elections

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Even Kennedy took James Bond creator’s help: biographer Nicholas Shakespeare

The author of Ian Fleming: The Complete Man on Fleming’s legacy and his most famous fictional creation




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Gelephu Mindfulness City is a lifetime opportunity, says Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay

Bhutanese PM Tshering Tobgay spoke of ‘deep’ economic challenges, the potential of the new carbon-negative smart city project, and ruled out re-joining the BBIN vehicle agreement




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It is people’s aspiration to see me in the Union Cabinet, says C.N. Manjunath

The MP-elect from Bengaluru Rural says his victory was possible because those who were treated at Jayadeva became his ‘ambassadors’




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India-Singapore ties are enduring and bipartisan: Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan

Mr. Balakrishnan calls Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership a missed opportunity, hopes for Ministerial Roundtable soon, opportunities to deal with sagging investments




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‘Not considering women pilots for first Gaganyaan flight huge missed opportunity’

‘Flying to space is now accessible to ordinary citizens who haven’t been part of a military environment,’ space diplomat Susmita Mohanty said




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I find Ashwin very unique, says Paras Mhambrey

Former bowling coach looks back at his stint, the process that culminated with India winning the T20 World Cup, the interesting conversations and the road ahead for fast bowlers in the country




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There is some science to swing bowling, somebody has taught Arshdeep that: Fanie de Villiers

A masterful exponent of seam and swing bowling, de Villiers shares his thoughts on the craft and its practitioners, and sheds light on why he was so good at the death and what it was like to be a part of an era when South Africa returned to the international game




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Revealing degradation mechanisms in 3D/2D perovskite solar cells under photothermal accelerated ageing

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8313-8324
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03869J, Paper
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Zijian Peng, Andrej Vincze, Fabian Streller, Vincent M. Le Corre, Kaicheng Zhang, Chaohui Li, Jingjing Tian, Chao Liu, Junsheng Luo, Yicheng Zhao, Andreas Späth, Rainer Fink, Thomas Heumüller, Andres Osvet, Ning Li, Martin Stolterfoht, Larry Lüer, Christoph J. Brabec
Three-dimensional/two-dimensional (3D/2D) heterojunctions in perovskite solar cells exhibit excellent optoelectronic properties and enhanced stability under mild ageing conditions.
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Coordination environment-tailored electronic structure of single atomic copper sites for efficient electrochemical nitrate reduction toward ammonia

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8360-8367
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02746A, Paper
Tianchi Huang, Taiyu Liang, Jiao You, Qihua Huo, Shuai Qi, Jingwen Zhao, Na Meng, Jinglian Liao, Chunyan Shang, Hengpan Yang, Qi Hu, Chuanxin He
A robust strategy is developed to finely tune the electronic structure of Cu by employing single atomic Cu–N–C via both first and second coordination shell engineering, thereby boosting the performance for the nitrate reduction reaction.
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Efficient 1.77 eV-bandgap perovskite and all-perovskite tandem solar cells enabled by long-alkyl phosphonic acid

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8219-8227
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02483D, Paper
Hongling Guan, Shiqiang Fu, Guojun Zeng, Weiqing Chen, Chen Wang, Hongsen Cui, Dexin Pu, Peng Jia, Weiwei Meng, Guojia Fang, Weijun Ke
Incorporating dodecylphosphonic acid additives into 1.77 eV-bandgap perovskites enabled single-junction solar cells to achieve a PCE of 20.2%. Tandem cells further reached impressive PCEs of 27.41% (two-terminal) and 28.65% (four-terminal).
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Photoelectrochemical nitrate denitrification towards acidic ammonia synthesis on copper-decorated black silicon

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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A fluoride gradient, Zn-salt-rich hydrophobic interphase formed by a zincophilic, hydrophobic, anion-philic polymer “skin” for an anode-free solid Zn battery

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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Well-regulated structure-featuring giant-molecule acceptors enable long-term stability and high-performance binary organic solar cells

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 VOC of 0.917 V and exhibits extended t80% lifetimes of 5600 h.
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From generation to collection – impact of deposition temperature on charge carrier dynamics of high-performance vacuum-processed organic solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03623A, Paper
Open Access
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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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Stabilizing doped Spiro-OMeTAD by organic molten salt for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
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
Bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide (LiTFSI) and 4-tert-butylpyridine (TBP) have been currently suggested to be irreplaceable in classic doped 2,2',7,7'-tetrakis (N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9'-spirobifluorene (Spiro-OMeTAD) for high-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the stability of Spiro-OMeTAD was...
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Electrocatalytic nitrogen cycle: mechanism, materials, and momentum

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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Theory-guided development of a barium-doped cobalt catalyst for ammonia decomposition

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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Theoretical calculations-driven rational screening of d-block single-atom electrocatalysts based on d-p orbital hybridization for durable aqueous zinc-iodine batteries

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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Regulating local chemical softness of the collector to homogenize Li deposition for anode-free Li-metal batteries

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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Customized structures of hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks towards photocatalysis

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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Flexible spacer-block multi-component copolymerized donors enable resilient organic solar cells with over 40% crack-onset strain

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
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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Data-driven discovery of electrode materials for protonic ceramic cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03762F, Paper
Open Access
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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Regulating the Crystallization of Mixed-Halide Perovskites by Cation Alloying for Perovskite-Organic Tandem Solar Cells

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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Oxygen redox activities governing high-voltage charging reversibility of Ni-rich layered cathodes

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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A donor:hole-transport layer alloy for high-efficiency and stable binary organic solar cells with promoted hole collection and suppressed recombination

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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A monolithic Co-FeCo8S8 electrode for stable anion exchange membrane water electrolyzer driven by fluctuating power supply

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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Reduction of bulk and interface defects via photo-annealing treatment for high-efficiency antimony selenide solar cells

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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XRDMatch: a semi-supervised learning framework to efficiently discover room temperature lithium superionic conductors

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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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
Open Access
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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Hydrogel electrolytes with an electron/ion dual regulation mechanism for highly reversible flexible zinc batteries

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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Naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c']bis([1,2,3]thiadiazole) enables the design of efficient halogen-free polymer donors and fabrication of organic solar cells with >19% efficiency

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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A wearable DC tribovoltaic power textile woven by P/N-type organic semiconductor fibers

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8621-8632
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02662D, Paper
Open Access
Beibei Fan, Guoxu Liu, Yiming Dai, Zefang Dong, Ruifei Luan, Likun Gong, Zhi Zhang, Zhong Lin Wang, Chi Zhang
A high-performance, wearable tribovoltaic DC power supply textile was prepared using a traditional weaving process. The WDPs have high flexibility, excellent environmental robustness, lower internal resistance, and washability.
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Faster decarbonization of heavy industries in low-carbon power grids: using process flexibility for handling grid congestions

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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Unraveling the relationship between the phenethylammonium-induced 2D phase on the perovskite surface and inverted wide bandgap perovskite solar cell performance

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 VOC loss of only 410 mV with hysteresis-free J–V curves.
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Hot carrier organic solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8683-8690
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02612H, Paper
Open Access
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Priya Viji, Constantin Tormann, Clemens Göhler, Martijn Kemerink
Slow thermalization of photogenerated charge carriers in organic solar cells leads to an electronic temperature that is much larger than that of the lattice and to significantly enhanced open-circuit voltages.
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Microenvironment engineering of covalent organic framework based single/dual-atom catalysts toward sustainable energy conversion and storage

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8482-8528
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03704A, Review Article
Ligang Wang, Jialu Li, Shufang Ji, Yuli Xiong, Dingsheng Wang
The recent advances in design principles, synthetic strategies, advanced characterization techniques and promising applications of state-of-the-art COF-based SACs/DACs were comprehensively discussed and explored.
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Tuning the Co pre-oxidation process of Co3O4via geometrically reconstructed F–Co–O active sites for boosting acidic water oxidation

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8820-8828
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03982C, Paper
Yi Wang, Pu Guo, Jing Zhou, Bing Bai, Yifan Li, Mingrun Li, Pratteek Das, Xianhong Wu, Linjuan Zhang, Yi Cui, Jianping Xiao, Zhong-Shuai Wu
Optimizing the Co pre-oxidation process of Co3O4 through geometric reconstruction of F−Co−O active sites significantly enhances the performance for acidic water oxidation.
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Enhancing inter-domain connectivity by reducing fractal dimensions: the key to passivating deep traps in organic photovoltaics

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8893-8903
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02961E, Paper
Yuang Fu, Luhang Xu, Yuhao Li, Emily J. Yang, Yu Guo, Guilong Cai, Pok Fung Chan, Yubin Ke, Chun-Jen Su, U-Ser Jeng, Philip C. Y. Chow, Ji-Seon Kim, Man-Chung Tang, Xinhui Lu
Researchers in CUHK identified isolated non-fullerene acceptor (NFA) domains as the morphological origin of deep electron traps in organic photovoltaics. They showcased effective trap passivation by reducing the fractal dimensions of NFA networks.
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Engineering ultrafast exciton dynamics to boost organic photovoltaic performance

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8776-8786
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03315A, Paper
Yu Guo, Guangchao Han, Jing Guo, Haotian Guo, Yuang Fu, Xiaodan Miao, Zhen Wang, Dongsheng Li, Shuixing Li, Xiaomin Xu, Xinhui Lu, Hongzheng Chen, Yuanping Yi, Philip C. Y. Chow
Y-type acceptors exhibiting faster migration (shorter τ) of local excitons (LEs) in disordered regions of aggregates to intermolecular charge-transfer (ICT) excitons in ordered regions can achieve higher efficiencies in organic solar cells.
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Harnessing enhanced lithium-ion storage in self-assembled organic nanowires for batteries and metal-ion supercapacitors

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8874-8884
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02777A, Paper
Open Access
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Ievgen Obraztsov, Rostislav Langer, Jean G. A. Ruthes, Volker Presser, Michal Otyepka, Radek Zbořil, Aristides Bakandritsos
Mesoscale engineering of small organic molecules towards a 3D nanowire network offers a potent toolkit for improved energy storage performance.
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Advancing high-efficiency, stretchable organic solar cells: novel liquid metal electrode architecture

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8915-8925
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03406F, Paper
Seungbok Lee, Sungjun Oh, Seungseok Han, Dongchan Lee, Jihyung Lee, Yonghwi Kim, Hoe-Yeon Jeong, Jin-Woo Lee, Min-Ho Lee, Wu Bin Ying, Seonju Jeong, Seungjae Lee, Junho Kim, Yun Hoo Kim, Bumjoon J. Kim, Eun-chae Jeon, Taek-Soo Kim, Shinuk Cho, Jung-Yong Lee
Highly efficient and stretchable organic solar cells were developed with a novel liquid metal top electrode. Metallic interlayers enabled its fabrication via thermal evaporation, achieving 14.6% PCE and 70% PCE retention under 63% strain.
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Electrodialysis and nitrate reduction (EDNR) to enable distributed ammonia manufacturing from wastewaters

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8787-8800
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03002H, Paper
Open Access
Jinyu Guo, Matthew J. Liu, Chloe Laguna, Dean M. Miller, Kindle S. Williams, Brandon D. Clark, Carolina Muñoz, Sarah J. Blair, Adam C. Nielander, Thomas F. Jaramillo, William A. Tarpeh
Underutilized wastewaters containing dilute levels of reactive nitrogen (Nr) can help rebalance the nitrogen cycle.
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Global softening to manipulate sound velocity for reliable high-performance MgAgSb thermoelectrics

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8810-8819
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03521F, Paper
Open Access
Airan Li, Longquan Wang, Jiankang Li, Takao Mori
A global softening strategy using stearic acid in MgAgSb to reduce sound velocity has been shown to enhance its thermoelectric performance, achieving high zT values and demonstrating strong potential for low-grade heat harvesting.
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Towards efficient and stable organic solar cells: fixing the morphology problem in block copolymer active layers with synergistic strategies supported by interpretable machine learning

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8954-8965
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03168G, Paper
Yu Cui, Qunping Fan, Hao Feng, Tao Li, Dmitry Yu. Paraschuk, Wei Ma, Han Yan
Interpretable machine learning identifies the causal structure–property relationships and key control factors in block copolymer organic solar cells with excellent power conversion efficiency and thermal stability.
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Advancing high-temperature electrostatic energy storage via linker engineering of metal–organic frameworks in polymer nanocomposites

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04085F, Paper
Zongliang Xie, Zhiyuan Huang, He Li, Tianlei Xu, Haoyu Zhao, Yunfei Wang, Pang Xi, Zhiqiang Cao, Virginia Altoe, Liana M Klivansky, Zaiyu Wang, Steven Shelton, Shiqi Lai, Peng Liu, Chenhui Zhu, Michael D. Connolly, Corie Y. Ralston, Xiaodan Gu, Zongren Peng, Jian Zhang, Yi Liu
High-performance, thermally resilient polymer dielectrics are essential for film capacitors used in advanced electronic devices and renewable energy systems, particularly at elevated temperatures where conventional polymers fail to perform. Compositing...
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High-entropy doping for high-performance zero-cobalt high-nickel layered cathode materials

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05020G, Paper
Jiahui Zhou, Jiehui Hu, Xia Zhou, Zhen Shang, Yue Yang, Shengming Xu
Considering the high price and scarcity of cobalt resource, zero-cobalt, high-nickel layered cathode material (LNM) have been considered as the most promising material for next-generation high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However,...
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A Review on Organic Nanoparticle-based Optoelectronic Devices: From Synthesis to Applications

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03575E, Review Article
Zhe Liu, Chen Xie, Thomas Heumueller, Iain McCulloch, Christoph J Brabec, Fei Huang, Yong Cao, Ning Li
Over the past decades, organic optoelectronic devices have shown broad application prospects. Due to the solubility property of organic materials, the use of toxic solvent obstacles the device fabrication processing...
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Woman councillor allegedly harassed in Feroke municipality

Shanoobiya Niyas, representing Ward 14 of the municipality, had shifted her allegiance from RJD to IUML recently




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Additional Chief Secretary holds review meeting at Bharathidasan University