Nature EnergyPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01579-7
Nengxu Li, Zhifang Shi, Chengbin Fei, Haoyang Jiao, Mingze Li, Hangyu Gu, Steven P. Harvey, Yifan Dong, Matthew C. Beard, Jinsong Huang
{"title":"Barrier reinforcement for enhanced perovskite solar cell stability under reverse bias","authors":"Nengxu Li, Zhifang Shi, Chengbin Fei, Haoyang Jiao, Mingze Li, Hangyu Gu, Steven P. Harvey, Yifan Dong, Matthew C. Beard, Jinsong Huang","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01579-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01579-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) under light, heat, humidity and their combinations have been notably improved recently. However, PSCs have poor reverse-bias stability that limits their real-world application. Here we report a systematic study on the degradation mechanisms of p–i–n structure PSCs under reverse bias. The oxidation of iodide by injected holes at the cathode side initialize the reverse-bias-induced degradation, then the generated neutral iodine oxidizes metal electrode such as copper, followed by drift of Cu<sup>+</sup> into perovskites and its reduction by injected electrons, resulting in localized metallic filaments and thus device breakdown. A reinforced barrier with combined lithium fluoride, tin oxide and indium tin oxide at the cathode side reduces device dark current and avoids the corrosion of Cu<sup>0</sup>. It dramatically increases breakdown voltage to above −20 V and improved the <i>T</i><sub>90</sub> lifetime of PSCs to ~1,000 h under –1.6 V. The modified minimodule also maintained over 90% of its initial performance after 720 h of shadow tests.</p>","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141475322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature EnergyPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01560-4
Shangwei Liu, Yang Guo, Fabian Wagner, Hongxun Liu, Ryna Yiyun Cui, Denise L. Mauzerall
{"title":"Diversifying heat sources in China’s urban district heating systems will reduce risk of carbon lock-in","authors":"Shangwei Liu, Yang Guo, Fabian Wagner, Hongxun Liu, Ryna Yiyun Cui, Denise L. Mauzerall","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01560-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-024-01560-4","url":null,"abstract":"China’s clean heating policy since 2017 has notably improved air quality. However, the share of non-fossil sources in China’s urban district heating systems remain low, and many new coal-fired combined heat and power plants are being built. Strategic choices for district heating technologies are necessary for China to reach peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Here we find that replacing polluting coal technologies with new and improved coal-fired combined heat and power plants will lead to substantial carbon lock-in and hinder decommissioning of associated coal-fired electricity generation. Expanding the use of industrial waste heat and air/ground-source heat pumps can avoid the need for new combined heat and power construction and reduce carbon emissions by 26% from 2020 to 2030. Our findings indicate the importance of the government’s recent proposals to decarbonize district heating. China’s continuing reliance on coal in district heating risks considerable carbon lock-in and hinders decommissioning of coal-fired electricity generation. This work outlines how the government can achieve its proposal to decarbonize district heating.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":49.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141475306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature EnergyPub Date : 2024-06-28DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01586-8
Eric O’Shaughnessy, Galen Barbose, Sudha Kannan, Jenny Sumner
{"title":"Author Correction: Evaluating community solar as a measure to promote equitable clean energy access","authors":"Eric O’Shaughnessy, Galen Barbose, Sudha Kannan, Jenny Sumner","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01586-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-024-01586-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":49.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01586-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141462403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature EnergyPub Date : 2024-06-25DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01570-2
Changjun (Alex) Zhang
{"title":"Designing with another critical factor","authors":"Changjun (Alex) Zhang","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01570-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-024-01570-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":49.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141452731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature EnergyPub Date : 2024-06-24DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01559-x
Christian Brand
{"title":"Confronting mobesity is vital for the global electrification of transport","authors":"Christian Brand","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01559-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-024-01559-x","url":null,"abstract":"The proliferation of large electric vehicles risks undermining the environmental and economic benefits of the green transport transition, argues Christian Brand.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":49.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141444873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature EnergyPub Date : 2024-06-24DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01558-y
{"title":"Single-junction organic solar cells with a power conversion efficiency of more than 20%","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01558-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-024-01558-y","url":null,"abstract":"A high-performance ternary organic solar cell (OSC) is developed through rational design of a nonfullerene guest acceptor. The optimized single-junction OSC shows reduced photon and carrier losses, leading to a high power conversion efficiency of more than 20%.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":49.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141444916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}