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{"title":"Molybdenene for Energy Storage Applications","authors":"Gaurav Pandey,&nbsp;Zhixuan Li,&nbsp;Sumit Chahal,&nbsp;Nishant Kumar,&nbsp;Kamlendra Awasthi,&nbsp;Ajayan Vinu,&nbsp;Prashant Kumar","doi":"10.1002/aesr.202400295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400295","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Molybdenene, a full-fledged metallene has been sensational among all Xenes. Apart from metallicity with excellent carrier concentration, it is anticorrosive, rendering it a superioor electrode material for electrochemical energy storage. As evident from atomic force microscopy, microwave-synthesized molybdenene constitutes of monolayers (each layer ≈0.4 nm) and lateral dimensions extended to millimeters. Cris-cross intertwinned crystals with close to square (0.20, 0.21 nm) lattice with fourfold symmetry were observed in electron imaging. Characteristic metallic signal (Mo–Mo vibration) in Raman peak at ≈405 cm⁻¹ proves chemical phase purity. The electrochemical performance of synthesized molybdenene sheets is evaluated for supercapacitor applications in a 2 <span>m</span> KOH electrolyte. The as-synthesized molybdenene demonstrates a specific capacitance of 327.78 F g⁻¹ at a scan rate of 10 mV s⁻¹ and 118.6 F g⁻¹ at a current rate of 0.50 A g⁻¹ in a three-electrode configuration, with a capacitance retention of 81.0% over 5000 cycles. Furthermore, an asymmetric supercapacitor employing molybdenene as the positive electrode and activated carbon as the negative electrode exhibits an energy density of 15.94 Wh kg⁻¹ at a power density of 399.72 W kg⁻¹. These findings highlight molybdenene as a promising candidate for high-performance electrochemical energy storage devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":29794,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research","volume":"6 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aesr.202400295","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143555133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Review of End-of-Life Silicon Solar Photovoltaic Modules and the Potential for Electrochemical Recycling","authors":"Jackson Lee,&nbsp;Noel Duffy,&nbsp;Jessica Allen","doi":"10.1002/aesr.202400254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400254","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The mass deployment of solar energy technology has been inspired by sustainable energy objectives. However, end-of-life solar photovoltaic modules present the growing dilemma of solar waste management. A circular economy approach should therefore be applied to the solar industry due to the valuable materials contained within modules, and their upfront emissions and energy intensity. Solar module recycling has to date been delineated into three phases: disassembly, delamination, and extraction. Disassembly has been commercially established; delamination has experienced some progression with further development required to liberate the valuable solar cell material, while extraction has had more limited exploration, predominantly through a hydrometallurgical lens. Extraction via electrochemical methods, however, has received some recent attention in the literature with promising outcomes for both metal extraction and process electrification. Electrochemical approaches offer new methods for more advanced processing options. For example, high-temperature molten salt electrorefining has been investigated for metallurgical-grade silicon and could prove to be an effective process for recovering silicon. This review provides an overview of solar module recovery methods, with focus on novel and emerging electrochemical approaches including the applicability of electrorefining to upgrade recovered silicon from photovoltaic waste.</p>","PeriodicalId":29794,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research","volume":"6 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aesr.202400254","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143363015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating the Existence of a Cathode Electrolyte Interphase on Graphite in Dual-Ion Batteries with LiPF6-Based Aprotic Electrolytes and Unraveling the Origin of Capacity Fade","authors":"Lukas Haneke,&nbsp;Felix Pfeiffer,&nbsp;Katharina Rudolf,&nbsp;Pranti Sutar,&nbsp;Masoud Baghernejad,&nbsp;Martin Winter,&nbsp;Tobias Placke,&nbsp;Johannes Kasnatscheew","doi":"10.1002/aesr.202400330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400330","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000This study elucidates the presence of a cathode electrolyte interphase (CEI) at graphite positive electrodes (PEs) and assesses its impact on the performance of dual-ion batteries, being promising candidates for cost-efficient and sustainable stationary energy storage. Indeed, electrolyte oxidation increases during charge (5 V vs Li|Li⁺) for decreased C rates, that is longer duration at high state-of-charges (SOC) , but effective protection and evidence for CEI formation is missing as no increase in Coulombic efficiencies is observed, even with literature-known electrolyte additives like vinylene carbonate, fluoroethylene carbonate, or ethylene sulfite in a highly concentrated base electrolyte (4.0<span> m</span> LiPF₆ in dimethyl carbonate) as reference. Via studying charged and pristine PEs by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, PF₆⁻-graphite intercalation compounds and cointercalated solvent molecules are identified, while indications for CEI are absent within 1000 charge/discharge cycles. Nevertheless, a high capacity retention of ≈94% (referring to 0.1C) is demonstrated. Affirmed by Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, the active material remains structurally stable, suggesting capacity fading to be dominated by resistance rise at the PE, likely due to an electronic contact resistance from active material grain boundaries and/or from the interface between electrode particles and the current collector in course of high volume changes; as systematically derived by impedance spectroscopy.</p>","PeriodicalId":29794,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research","volume":"6 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aesr.202400330","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143554930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparative Analysis of Layer Thickness Measurement Methods for Photovoltaic Modules: A Comprehensive Study","authors":"Lukas Neumaier,&nbsp;Martin De Biasio,&nbsp;Anika Gassner,&nbsp;Gabriele C. Eder,&nbsp;Thomas Nigl","doi":"10.1002/aesr.202470030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202470030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Layer Thickness Measurement Methods for Photovoltaic Modules</b>\u0000 </p><p>The image shows an optical setup that measures individual layers inside small single-cell photovoltaic test modules without contact. In the foreground, a 3D scan based on optical coherence tomography of a small section of the module is presented as a color map, clearly distinguishing individual layers such as the solar cell, grid fingers, busbars, and backsheet. More details can be found in article number 2400219 by Lukas Neumaier and co-workers.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":29794,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research","volume":"5 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aesr.202470030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Utilization of Novel (KNbO3)1−x(Ba2FeNbO6)x (x = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3) Solid Solutions for Efficient Photo-Assisted Fenton Degradation of Methylene Blue Dye","authors":"Celal Avcıoğlu,&nbsp;Peter Kraus,&nbsp;Suna Avcıoğlu,&nbsp;Julian T. Müller,&nbsp;Aleksander Gurlo,&nbsp;Maged F. Bekheet","doi":"10.1002/aesr.202400246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400246","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Novel (KNbO₃)_1−<i>x</i>(Ba₂FeNbO₆)_<i>x</i> (<i>x</i> = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3) solid solutions corresponding to K_0.82Ba_0.18Fe_0.09Nb_0.91O₃, K_0.64Ba_0.36Fe_0.18Nb_0.82O₃, and K_0.46Ba_0.54Fe_0.27Nb_0.73O₃ compounds have been synthesized via molten salt method. X-ray diffraction confirms the formation of solid solutions, while transmission electron microscopy combined with energy-dispersive spectroscopy results demonstrates a homogeneous distribution of elements. The obtained solid solutions crystallized in a cubic crystal structure, whereas the parent KNbO₃ possesses an orthorhombic structure. The wide bandgap semiconductor KNbO₃ transformed into a visible-light-active material, with its bandgap energy reduced from 3.56 eV to ≈2.4 eV. The substitution of K in KNbO₃ with Ba is responsible for structural modification from orthorhombic to cubic symmetry, whereas both structural modification and the substitution of Nb with Fe correlated with optical properties. The photocatalytic activities of all obtained solid solutions are improved compared with the parent KNbO₃ and Ba₂FeNbO₆ compounds for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) dye. Among the series of solid solutions, K_0.82Ba_0.18Fe_0.09Nb_0.91O₃ photocatalysts show the highest MB removal efficiency owing to its relatively higher surface area, suppressed charge carrier recombination, and more negative conduction band edge. Moreover, K_0.82Ba_0.18Fe_0.09Nb_0.91O₃ photocatalyst (0.1 g) combined with hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) to form a novel photo-Fenton system, achieving almost complete degradation of 100 mL of 10 mg L⁻¹ MB dye in 30 min.</p>","PeriodicalId":29794,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aesr.202400246","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143113368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Triazine-Based Hole Transport Material for Durable Perovskite Solar Cells","authors":"Bo Hyun Lee,&nbsp;Seri Lee,&nbsp;Yuichiro Hayashi,&nbsp;Hideaki Takahashi,&nbsp;Yuta Saegusa,&nbsp;Hiroshi Sato,&nbsp;Naoyuki Shibayama,&nbsp;Hyun-Seok Cho,&nbsp;Tsutomu Miyasaka,&nbsp;Gyu Min Kim,&nbsp;Se Young Oh","doi":"10.1002/aesr.202400299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400299","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Hole-transport materials (HTMs) with suitable band alignment and simplified fabrication processes are essential to enhance the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with n–i–p structures. Although 2,2′,7,7′-tetrakis[<i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-di(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]-9,9′-spirobifluorene (Spiro-OMeTAD) has been a common HTM in PSCs, its complex synthesis process and high cost hinder its commercialization. Herein, a donor–acceptor–donor (D–A–D)-type novel small-molecule HTM, 6-phenyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-bis[di(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]carbazole (PTBC), synthesized using low-cost materials and a highly simplified one-step process, is reported. PTBC passivates perovskite (PVK) surface defects and forms an appropriate energy band alignment with the PVK light absorption layer, enhancing the hole extraction capability. The hydrophobic nature of PTBC additionally prevents the degradation of the PVK layer caused by conventional dopants. The best PTBC-based PSC yields a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of up to 20.17%, retaining 90.96% of initial performance stored after 2568 h. This novel HTM, PTBC, is expected to pave the way for the commercialization of cost-effective and long-term stable PSCs as an alternative solution to overcome the limitations associated with Spiro-OMeTAD.</p>","PeriodicalId":29794,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research","volume":"6 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aesr.202400299","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143770297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ameliorating Device Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells via Low-Cost Interfacial Modification between SnO2 and Perovskite Absorber","authors":"Ching-Ying Wang,&nbsp;Sheng-Hsiung Yang","doi":"10.1002/aesr.202400296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400296","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To reduce surface defects and tune mismatched energy levels between the tin oxide (SnO₂) electron transport layer (ETL) and perovskite absorber, a mixture of urea and potassium acetate (U-PA) is firstly utilized as a healing agent. The perovskite film deposited on the SnO₂/U-PA layer exhibits enlarged grains and shortened carrier lifetime compared to that on the pristine SnO₂. The U-PA treatment not only ameliorates the photocurrent but also adjusts interfacial energy level alignment, thereby reducing the energy barrier and augmenting open-circuit voltage (<i>V</i>_OC) of the photovoltaic devices. The device based on the SnO₂/U-PA ETL leads to the best conversion efficiency breakthrough of 19.24% and a high <i>V</i>_OC of 1084.5 mV, which are much higher than those of the controlled device. Moreover, the unencapsulated device retains 70% of its initial efficiency after 800 h storage. The experimental results provide a facile and inexpensive guidance toward sustainable green energy production.</p>","PeriodicalId":29794,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aesr.202400296","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143112012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cobalt-Based Materials in Supercapacitors and Batteries: A Review","authors":"Jyothi A. Goudar,&nbsp;Thrinethra S. N.,&nbsp;Sharanappa Chapi,&nbsp;Murugendrappa M. V.,&nbsp;Mohammad Reza Saeb,&nbsp;Mehdi Salami-Kalajahi","doi":"10.1002/aesr.202400271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400271","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Energy demand has become a persistent concern and high-performance energy storage systems have increasingly undergone development. Supercapacitors and batteries pose great impact on energy storage and garner a great deal of attention from technologies and researchers alike. The performance of energy saving devices is primarily determined by the electrode material in terms of high specific capacitance, excellent conductivity, remarkable natural abundance, and unique electrochemical qualities, also large surface area. Cobalt (Co)-based materials are unique electrode materials widely used in energy storage devices. Nevertheless, a combination of Co and ferrite materials such as nickel, zinc, and copper, or Co/nonferrite materials like metal–organic frameworks and layered double hydroxides has improved their ultimate efficiency. This review deals with energy storage applications of Co-based materials, categorizing ferrites, their electrochemical characterization, performance, also design and manufacturing intended to supercapacitors and batteries applications. Summarizing the main outcomes of the literature on batteries and supercapacitors, energy storage systems comprising Co-based materials combined with carbon nanotubes, graphene, silica, copper, zinc, nickel, cadmium, ferrous, and lanthanum are reviewed and discussed. Lithium-ion batteries are investigated specifically, and perspectives on Co-based ferrite development for future generations of supercapacitors and batteries are outlined.</p>","PeriodicalId":29794,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research","volume":"6 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aesr.202400271","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143362393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing Uniform Crystallization and Grain Growth of Halide Perovskite Films by Combining Multipass Inkjet Printing and Antisolvent Bathing","authors":"Marc Migliozzi,&nbsp;Vishal Pal,&nbsp;Joseph Damian,&nbsp;Youngsoo Jung,&nbsp;Jung-Kun Lee","doi":"10.1002/aesr.202400218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400218","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recent manufacturing of perovskite solar cells (PSC) is moving beyond a spin coating technique. Among several new methods of the large-area PSCs, inkjet printing (IJP) has emerged as a promising alternative to spin coating due to the high degree of control on printed film area and low material waste. In the IJP of PSCs, one important question is how to remove redundant excess solvent and facilitate the crystallization of the perovskite phase. Along with IJP, an antisolvent bathing is employed. This work reports how the IJP parameters and antisolvent bathing compositions affect the microstructure and initial efficiency of inkjet-printed PSCs. The halide perovskite films are submerged in the antisolvent of different temperatures to observe the formation of an intermediate phase and the evolution of perovskite phase. By observing the phase evolution using X-Ray diffraction, an optimized antisolvent bath duration is achieved for diethyl ether (DE) condition. An enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE) and larger grain size with two sequential passes of inkjet-deposited perovskite are also reported, and the dissolution of homogeneous nucleation sites as a mechanism for larger grains is proposed. Finally, with multipass IJP and cold antisolvent DE bathing, a champion device with 15.02% PCE is achieved.</p>","PeriodicalId":29794,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aesr.202400218","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143120230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ring Defects Associated with Boron–Oxygen-Related Degradation in p-Type Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells","authors":"Bruno Vicari Stefani,&nbsp;Moonyong Kim,&nbsp;Matthew Wright,&nbsp;Anastasia Soeriyadi,&nbsp;Ilya Nyapshaev,&nbsp;Konstantin Emtsev,&nbsp;Brett Hallam","doi":"10.1002/aesr.202400255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400255","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000Silicon heterojunction (SHJ) cell architectures, which have dominated silicon single-junction efficiency records for the past 10 years, are processed at relatively low temperatures, on the order of ≈250 °C. Recombination-active oxygen complexes in crystalline silicon, formed from interstitial oxygen (O_i), typically require temperatures higher than this to form. Therefore, it is typically assumed that SHJ cells are immune to such defects. This contrasts with the high-temperature passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) and tunneling oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) architectures, which can suffer from oxygen precipitates that are recombination active and difficult to predict. Herein, ring-like defects are observed in boron-doped p-type SHJ solar cells, which leads to a degradation of open-circuit voltage. It is shown that the spatial variation of this recombination activity is related to the boron–oxygen defect, the variation of which is likely due to the radial O_i distribution. Although boron-doped p-type wafers are no longer the industry standard, the defect engineering of wafers for SHJ production, using high-temperature processing, is gaining significant interest. Such wafers can have an increased susceptibility to ring-like defects. Therefore, spatially inhomogeneous defects causing recombination may become increasingly relevant for SHJ cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":29794,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research","volume":"6 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aesr.202400255","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143362999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}