APL Energy Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI: 10.1063/5.0179761

C. Mesa, F. Garcés-Pineda, M. García‐Tecedor, J. Yu, B. Khezri, S. Plana-Ruiz, B. López, R. Iturbe, N. López, S. Gimenez, J. Galán‐Mascarós

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Experimental evidences of the direct influence of external magnetic fields on the mechanism of the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction 外磁场对电催化氧进化反应机理直接影响的实验证据

APL Energy Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI: 10.1063/5.0179761

C. Mesa, F. Garcés-Pineda, M. García‐Tecedor, J. Yu, B. Khezri, S. Plana-Ruiz, B. López, R. Iturbe, N. López, S. Gimenez, J. Galán‐Mascarós

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How the dynamics of attachment to the substrate influence stress in metal halide perovskites 附着在基底上的动力学如何影响金属卤化物过氧化物中的应力

APL Energy Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1063/5.0177697

Gabriel R. McAndrews, Boyu Guo, Daniel A. Morales, A. Amassian, M. McGehee

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ZnO incorporated hybrid catalytic proton exchange membrane for H2 generation 用于产生 H2 的氧化锌混合催化质子交换膜

APL Energy Pub Date : 2023-11-30 DOI: 10.1063/5.0166260

Jay N. Mishra, P. Jha, P. Jha, Parvin K. Singh, Suman Roy Choudhary, Prabhakar Singh

{"title":"ZnO incorporated hybrid catalytic proton exchange membrane for H2 generation","authors":"Jay N. Mishra, P. Jha, P. Jha, Parvin K. Singh, Suman Roy Choudhary, Prabhakar Singh","doi":"10.1063/5.0166260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0166260","url":null,"abstract":"Electrocatalytic proton exchange membranes (PEMs) represent a promising avenue for advancing the field of electrochemical energy conversion and storage by combining the proton-conducting function of PEMs with enhanced catalytic activity by incorporation of metal ions. Here, we systematically studied the ZnO-based metal-organic framework (MOF) and found the introduction of pegylated ZnO to the (diethyl methylamine)/(H2PO4) matrix to form the p-type conducting MOF membrane with a bandgap of 3.67 eV. This membrane not only has a high protonic conductivity of 0.027 S/cm at 300 K with a transference number >0.99 but also possesses high activity (Tafel slope ∼36 mV/decade). The high reaction kinetics supported by finite element modeling simulations shows its ability to produce efficient and sustainable hydrogen. Our results suggest high current density of 1.52 mA/cm2, a turn over frequency [H2 (s−1)] ∼0.474×1018s−1, and a stability of 168 h in neutral medium (pH = 7). This work will enhance new strategies for fabricating membranes with ionic liquid in order to get membranes with protonic conductivity along with high activity for large-scale water electrolysis.","PeriodicalId":178574,"journal":{"name":"APL Energy","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139200435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bulk-like ferroelectricity and magnetoelectric response of low-temperature solution-processed BiFeO3–PbTiO3 films on Ni for metallic MEMS 用于金属微机电系统的镍基低温溶液加工 BiFeO3-PbTiO3 薄膜的块状铁电性和磁电响应

APL Energy Pub Date : 2023-11-21 DOI: 10.1063/5.0172616

M. Algueró, Layiq Zia, Ricardo Jiménez, H. Amorín, Í. Bretos, Adriana Barreto, G. H. Jaffari, E. Rodríguez-Castellón, Pablo Ramos, M. Calzada

{"title":"Bulk-like ferroelectricity and magnetoelectric response of low-temperature solution-processed BiFeO3–PbTiO3 films on Ni for metallic MEMS","authors":"M. Algueró, Layiq Zia, Ricardo Jiménez, H. Amorín, Í. Bretos, Adriana Barreto, G. H. Jaffari, E. Rodríguez-Castellón, Pablo Ramos, M. Calzada","doi":"10.1063/5.0172616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0172616","url":null,"abstract":"Simple and cost-effective procedures for the direct integration of ferroelectric perovskite oxides into Ni structures are necessary to realize related multifunctional metallic microelectromechanical systems, such as dual-source energy harvesters. This is especially difficult in the case of lead-containing morphotropic phase boundary materials for high piezoelectric response because the two components are thermodynamically incompatible and the formation of NiOx or perovskite oxide reduction takes place depending on the processing conditions. We show here that low-temperature solution processing is an effective means to kinetically limit nickel oxidation, capable of providing BiFeO3–PbTiO3 films on Ni plates at only 500 °C. Bulk-like ferroelectric properties and a distinctive magnetoelectric response were attained. This perovskite system, not explored before on Ni, has a much larger switchable polarization than the widely studied Pb(Zr,Ti)O3, and it is shown here to present an excellent downscaling behavior of ferroelectric properties until the verge of the nanoscale.","PeriodicalId":178574,"journal":{"name":"APL Energy","volume":"58 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139251542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Li–Pd–Rh-D2O electrochemistry experiments at elevated voltage 高电压下的锂-钯-铑-D2O 电化学实验

APL Energy Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1063/5.0153487

Carl Gotzmer, Louis F. DeChiaro, Kenneth Conley, Marc Litz, Marshall Millett, Jesse Ewing, L. Forsley, Karen J. Long, William A. Wichart, P. Mosier-Boss, John Sullivan, Efrem Perry, O. Barham

{"title":"Li–Pd–Rh-D2O electrochemistry experiments at elevated voltage","authors":"Carl Gotzmer, Louis F. DeChiaro, Kenneth Conley, Marc Litz, Marshall Millett, Jesse Ewing, L. Forsley, Karen J. Long, William A. Wichart, P. Mosier-Boss, John Sullivan, Efrem Perry, O. Barham","doi":"10.1063/5.0153487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0153487","url":null,"abstract":"In 2013, the U.S. Navy disclosed an electrochemistry procedure intended to produce MeV-energy nuclear particles, based on eV-energy electrical inputs, which may be indicative of a new scientific phenomenon. This work is based on the 2013 disclosure and shows initial evidence validating the prior claims of nuclear particle generation. Additionally, several variations on the 2013 electrochemical recipe are made in order to find a highly repeatable recipe for future replications by other teams. The experiments described here produced dense collections of tracks in solid-state nuclear track detectors, radio frequency (RF) emissions, and anomalous heat flux, which are indicative of potential nuclear, or unusual chemical, reactions. Experimental results include tracks in solid-state nuclear track detectors similar in size to tracks produced by 4.7 MeV alpha particles on identical detectors exposed to radioactive Th-230; RF pulses up to 6 dB above the noise floor, which indicate that these signals were likely not background noise and not caused by known chemical reactions; and heat flux of 10 s of kJ, measured to 6σ significance, over and above input electrical energy, indicative of unknown exothermic reactions. Six out of six nuclear track detectors, utilized in experiments and interrogated for tracks post-experiment, produced positive results that our team attributes to thousands of individual particle impacts in dense clusters, likely with energies between 0.1 and 20 MeV. Similar nuclear particle, thermal, and RF results have separately appeared in prior reports, but in this work, all three categories of anomalous behavior are reported. Results indicate that the 2013 procedure may be a useful guide toward a set of highly repeatable reference experiments, showing initial but not overwhelming evidence of a new scientific phenomenon. Repeatable recipes are shared so that other groups may replicate and extend the present work.","PeriodicalId":178574,"journal":{"name":"APL Energy","volume":"13 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139269638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Importance of spectrally invariant broadband attenuation of light in indoor photovoltaic characterization 光谱不变的宽带光衰减在室内光伏表征中的重要性

APL Energy Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1063/5.0159289

Stefan Zeiske, P. Meredith, Ardalan Armin, Gregory Burwell

{"title":"Importance of spectrally invariant broadband attenuation of light in indoor photovoltaic characterization","authors":"Stefan Zeiske, P. Meredith, Ardalan Armin, Gregory Burwell","doi":"10.1063/5.0159289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0159289","url":null,"abstract":"Indoor photovoltaic (IPV) devices are poised to make a significant contribution to the proliferation of the “Internet of Things” (IoT). For the accurate intercomparison of IPVs (and, hence, to advance the rational development of the technology), lighting conditions representative of those in typical indoor settings must be created reproducibly. As indoor lighting is invariably broadband, this will typically require the use of optical attenuation to achieve varying irradiance conditions at the device under test location. However, most forms of optical attenuation will suffer from some degree of spectral dispersion, creating sources of uncertainty for key figures of merit, such as power conversion efficiency. In this work, we examine the contribution of the mode of optical attenuation to the accurate characterization of IPV systems. We discuss requirements for broadband light source attenuation for the accurate characterization of photovoltaic devices under indoor illumination and consider the importance of using suitable reference devices for light intensity calibration. Furthermore, we experimentally verify attenuation methods typically used, including power control of the light source itself, use of neutral density filters, and advanced attenuation based on tandem prism attenuators. Finally, spectral shape alteration-induced uncertainties in performance parameter determination of photovoltaic cells under indoor illumination are quantified for three common broadband light attenuation methods, where we found ∼2%, ∼6%, and up to ∼15% ambiguity in photovoltaic device efficiency when using LED power control, prism attenuators, and neutral density filter-based broadband light attenuation, respectively.","PeriodicalId":178574,"journal":{"name":"APL Energy","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131059812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Role of nanoscale compositional inhomogeneities in limiting the open circuit voltage in Cu(In,Ga)S2 solar cells 纳米级成分不均匀性在限制Cu(in,Ga)S2太阳能电池开路电压中的作用

APL Energy Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1063/5.0145450

Sean Peedle, Damilola Adeleye, Sudhanshu Shukla, S. Siebentritt, R. Oliver, Gunnar Kusch

{"title":"Role of nanoscale compositional inhomogeneities in limiting the open circuit voltage in Cu(In,Ga)S2 solar cells","authors":"Sean Peedle, Damilola Adeleye, Sudhanshu Shukla, S. Siebentritt, R. Oliver, Gunnar Kusch","doi":"10.1063/5.0145450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0145450","url":null,"abstract":"As Si-based solar cell technologies approach their theoretical efficiency limits, alternative photovoltaic systems, such as tandem solar cells, are gathering increased attention due to their potential to reach higher efficiencies by better use of the solar spectrum. Cu(In,Ga)S2 (CIGS) is a promising material for the top cell due to its large, tunable bandgap energy (Eg), stability, and already established high efficiencies. However, the deficit in open circuit voltage is still large; therefore, an improved understanding of the efficiency losses is required. Scanning electron microscopy cathodoluminescence was used to study the role of the polycrystalline nature for radiative recombination in CIGS samples of varying Cu-content. Considerable differences between neighboring grains were observed in the emission energy and the emission intensity, with significant drops in emission energy at the grain boundaries. Lateral homogeneity in the near band edge (NBE) energy was found to reduce for samples with Cu-poor compositions, with its standard deviation halving (σNBE ∼ 20 meV) compared to the more stoichiometric films (σNBE ∼ 50 meV), which corresponds to an open circuit voltage loss contribution that is nearly an order of magnitude lower. Such inhomogeneities can be attributed mainly to local variations of the Ga concentration. Hence, the differences between the samples could be explained by the different deposition times at elevated temperature allowing for different extents of homogeneity. Thus, Cu-poor films are not only favorable because of lower concentrations of deep defects but also because of reduced bandgap variations.","PeriodicalId":178574,"journal":{"name":"APL Energy","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125893174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Heavy pnictogens-based perovskite-inspired materials: Sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaics 重烟原钙钛矿启发材料:用于室内光伏的可持续光收集器

APL Energy Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.1063/5.0161023

Fabian Schmitz, Ribhu Bhatia, F. Lamberti, Simone Meloni, T. Gatti

{"title":"Heavy pnictogens-based perovskite-inspired materials: Sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaics","authors":"Fabian Schmitz, Ribhu Bhatia, F. Lamberti, Simone Meloni, T. Gatti","doi":"10.1063/5.0161023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0161023","url":null,"abstract":"The need for self-powered electronics is progressively growing in parallel with the flourishing of the Internet of Things (IoT). Although batteries are dominating as powering devices, other small systems, such as piezoelectric, thermoelectric, and photovoltaic systems, are attracting attention. These last ones can be adapted from their classical outdoor configuration to work preferentially under indoor illumination, i.e., by harvesting the spectrum emitted by LEDs and/or fluorescent lamps. However, crystalline silicon, the classical photovoltaic material for solar panels, has a bandgap not suitable for ensuring good efficiency with such spectra. With wider bandgaps, other semiconductors can come into play for this task. Still, the materials of choice, having to be integrated within households, should also satisfy the criterion of non-toxicity and maintain low-cost production. While lead-based halide perovskites cannot represent a valuable solution for this scope, due to the strong environmental and health concerns associated with the presence of Pb, analogous compounds based on the heaviest pnictogens, i.e., bismuth and antimony, could work as sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaic devices. In this Review, we focus on reporting the most recent developments of three compounds of this class: The double perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 is first chosen as a model system for the other two, which are emerging perovskite-inspired materials, namely, Cs3Sb2I9−xClx and bismuth oxyiodide. We show the potential of these semiconductors to play a crucial role in the future market of self-powering IoT devices, which will become a large class of devices in the electronics industry in the upcoming years.","PeriodicalId":178574,"journal":{"name":"APL Energy","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129602893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Halide double-perovskites: High efficient light emission and beyond 卤化物双钙钛矿:高效发光及以上

APL Energy Pub Date : 2023-07-07 DOI: 10.1063/5.0152473

D. Marongiu, Stefano Lai, Fang Liu, A. Simbula, F. Quochi, M. Saba, A. Mura, G. Bongiovanni

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