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Joule Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.12.007

Dayin He , Xianhui Ma , Huang Zhou , Yu Zhang , Yuen Wu

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Rigid molecules anchoring on NiOx enable >26% efficiency perovskite solar cells

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Joule Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.101815

Deng Wang , Zhixin Liu , Ying Qiao , Zhengyan Jiang , Peide Zhu , Jie Zeng , Wenbo Peng , Qing Lian , Geping Qu , Yintai Xu , Yong Zhang , Fengzhu Li , Lei Yan , Xingzhu Wang , Yang-Gang Wang , Alex K.-Y. Jen , Baomin Xu

{"title":"Rigid molecules anchoring on NiOx enable >26% efficiency perovskite solar cells","authors":"Deng Wang , Zhixin Liu , Ying Qiao , Zhengyan Jiang , Peide Zhu , Jie Zeng , Wenbo Peng , Qing Lian , Geping Qu , Yintai Xu , Yong Zhang , Fengzhu Li , Lei Yan , Xingzhu Wang , Yang-Gang Wang , Alex K.-Y. Jen , Baomin Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.101815","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.101815","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The surface defects of nickel oxide (NiO<sub>x</sub>) and its interfacial redox reactions with perovskites often impede the efficiency improvement of inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs). To address these issues, we designed ((9H-fluoren-9-ylidene)methyl) cyanophosphonic acid (FY-CPA) with a rigid backbone as an optimal multi-dentate anchoring (MDA) molecule to enhance the anchorage with bottom NiO<sub>x</sub> by forming tetradentate binding and parallel orientation. Dense and uniform coverage of FY-CPA at the NiO<sub>x</sub>/perovskite interface was achieved through <em>in situ</em> deposition, which can minimize interfacial redox reactions and suppress non-radiative recombination. The champion device demonstrated a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 26.21% with a certified value of 25.99%. In addition, the larger area device (1.02 cm<sup>2</sup>) also showed a PCE of 25.31% with a certified value of 24.90%, which is among the highest PCEs reported so far for greater than 1 cm<sup>2</sup> sized PSCs. Moreover, the as-prepared device exhibited enhanced thermal and operational stability during long-term storage.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 101815"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143026800","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}

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A low-cost and bendable “cage” for stable rigid and flexible perovskite solar cells with negligible lead leakage 用于稳定的刚性和柔性过氧化物太阳能电池的低成本可弯曲 "笼子"，其漏铅量可忽略不计

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Joule Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.101816

Haoxuan Liu (刘昊轩) , Zongxu Zhang (张宗旭) , Yating Shi (史娅婷) , Wei Ran (冉玮) , Hua Zhong (仲华) , Fei Zhang (张飞)

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Flexible perovskite-based multiple-junction photovoltaics

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Joule Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2025.101870

Shuangyan Hu , Wanli Li , Shunchang Liu , Zhiwen Zhou , Yaokang Zhang , Ziqing Luo , Huanyu Jin , Qun Jin , Yi Hou , Xuechang Zhou , Zaiwei Wang

{"title":"Flexible perovskite-based multiple-junction photovoltaics","authors":"Shuangyan Hu , Wanli Li , Shunchang Liu , Zhiwen Zhou , Yaokang Zhang , Ziqing Luo , Huanyu Jin , Qun Jin , Yi Hou , Xuechang Zhou , Zaiwei Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101870","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101870","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Flexible solar cells with competitive power-per-weight can be utilized in portable electric chargers, building-integrated photovoltaics, power sources for unmanned aerial vehicles, space-deployable solar arrays, and so on. Multiple-junction flexible solar cells present a promising pathway to surpass the theoretical Shockley-Queisser single-junction limit (33%). Perovskites are ideal photosensitive materials for multiple-junction flexible solar cells. Lead-based halide perovskites can be employed as ideal absorbers in middle- or wide-band-gap subcells, and flexible narrow-band-gap absorbers like lead-tin mixed perovskites, Cu(In, Ga)(S, Se)<sub>2</sub>, organic semiconductors, and Si are compelling candidates for bottom subcells in perovskite-based multiple-junction flexible solar cells. In this review, we summarize the progress made so far; provide an outlook on potential device configurations; discuss strategies to overcome related challenges; and offer a perspective on configuration design, material choice, encapsulation, and scalable fabrication of perovskite-based multiple-junction flexible solar cells.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 101870"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143582483","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}

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Engineering stable interphases with multi-salt electrolytes

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Joule Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2025.101875

Regina García-Méndez

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Highly rechargeable aqueous Sn-metal-based hybrid-ion batteries

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Joule Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2025.101820

Tao Xiao , Lingli Liu , Huan Liu , Ting Li , Daqian Cai , Wen Siang Lew , Yongqi Zhang , Haoming Bao , Jin-Lin Yang , Hong Jin Fan

{"title":"Highly rechargeable aqueous Sn-metal-based hybrid-ion batteries","authors":"Tao Xiao , Lingli Liu , Huan Liu , Ting Li , Daqian Cai , Wen Siang Lew , Yongqi Zhang , Haoming Bao , Jin-Lin Yang , Hong Jin Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101820","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101820","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tin (Sn) metal, with its intrinsic resistance to the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), holds great promise as an anode for safe and rechargeable aqueous Sn-metal batteries (ASBs). However, the major challenges for their practical deployment include uneven Sn deposition and low Sn<sup>2+</sup>/Sn<sup>4+</sup> reaction reversibility. To mitigate these challenges, we design ASBs from both anode and electrolyte. First, a stannophilic silver-coated vertical graphene (Ag-VG) host improves the nucleation kinetics and uniform Sn deposition. Second, a biphasic H<sub>2</sub>O/ionic liquid (IL) electrolyte confines Sn<sup>2+</sup> within the aqueous phase, suppressing the formation of Sn<sup>4+</sup> at the cathode side and eliminating the usage of an ion exchange membrane. The biphasic electrolyte and Ag-VG host are coupled with various types of cathodes (herein, halogens, LiCoO<sub>2</sub>, and Li<sub>2</sub>MnO<sub>4</sub>) to fabricate full ASBs. Improved cycling stability and Coulombic efficiency are clearly observed. This work highlights a facile strategy for advancing ASBs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 101820"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143072099","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}

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Catalyzing the new sustainable energy rush

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Joule Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2025.101849

Carlos D. Díaz-Marín , Evelyn N. Wang

{"title":"Catalyzing the new sustainable energy rush","authors":"Carlos D. Díaz-Marín , Evelyn N. Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101849","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101849","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Energy has transformed every aspect of society, powering unprecedented population growth, economic well-being, new industries, and emerging technological possibilities. However, energy has been historically coupled with greenhouse gas emissions. Meeting energy demand while decoupling it from emissions is urgent yet challenging due to our widespread and long-standing reliance on fossil energy sources, infrastructure, and related feedstocks. Here, we discuss how disruptive innovations across three major areas can catalyze the new sustainable energy rush. Firstly, we need abundant, emissions-free primary energy production through innovations that accelerate deployment of mature technologies and advance nascent technologies with promising technoeconomics and scalability. Second, efficient, intermodal methods to transport the future mix of emissions-free electrical, thermal, and chemical energy are essential. Lastly, sustainable carbon sources and conversion processes must be established to produce wide-ranging chemicals and materials. We discuss exemplary technologies that need to be developed or drastically improved to quickly reach cost targets for broad deployment and adoption. We highlight how true disruption in these core areas will create completely new learning curves and create future new industries. These technologies require multi-disciplinary expertise and collaborations across academia, industry, and government to ultimately realize this vision of a sustainable, prosperous energy future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 101849"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143258558","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}

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Developing long-durability proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

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Joule Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2025.101853

Fan Zhang , Bingfeng Zu , Bowen Wang , Zhikun Qin , Junqi Yao , Zixuan Wang , Linhao Fan , Kui Jiao

{"title":"Developing long-durability proton-exchange membrane fuel cells","authors":"Fan Zhang , Bingfeng Zu , Bowen Wang , Zhikun Qin , Junqi Yao , Zixuan Wang , Linhao Fan , Kui Jiao","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101853","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101853","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) effectively utilize hydrogen and contribute to achieving net zero; however, their advancement is constrained by insufficient durability and high costs. Based on the current durability level, the unit mileage costs of fuel cell light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles (LD/HDVs) are approximately 24.48% and 7.47% higher than those of their counterparts, such as electric- and diesel-powered vehicles. Thus, developing long-durability PEMFCs is crucial to enhance their competitiveness, and our durability-adjusted cost calculation shows that a durability of 278,000 km for LDVs and 980,000 km for HDVs is required to realize the economic balance point. To promote this goal, the failure modes of key components and mitigation strategies are elucidated, including material advancements, structural designs, water and thermal management, and optimized system strategies. Representative durability-testing protocols are presented to establish effective and standardized PEMFC testing protocols. This review aims to facilitate the development of long-durability PEMFCs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 101853"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143560949","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}

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Improving mass transport in membrane electrode assembly

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Joule Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2025.101824

Jiabin You , Junliang Zhang

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Flexible and lightweight perovskite/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 tandem solar cells 柔性和轻质钙钛矿/Cu(In,Ga)Se2串联太阳能电池

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Joule Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.011

Inyoung Jeong , Tae Kyung Lee , Hung Van Tran , Inchan Hwang , Jiseon Hwang , Ahreum Lee , Seungsik Ham , Huyen Tran , Yunae Cho , Donghyeop Shin , Soomin Song , Sangmin Lee , Seung Kyu Ahn , Young-Joo Eo , Ara Cho , Joo Hyung Park , Jun-Sik Cho , Junseop Byeon , Won Mok Kim , Jae Ho Yun , Kihwan Kim

{"title":"Flexible and lightweight perovskite/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 tandem solar cells","authors":"Inyoung Jeong , Tae Kyung Lee , Hung Van Tran , Inchan Hwang , Jiseon Hwang , Ahreum Lee , Seungsik Ham , Huyen Tran , Yunae Cho , Donghyeop Shin , Soomin Song , Sangmin Lee , Seung Kyu Ahn , Young-Joo Eo , Ara Cho , Joo Hyung Park , Jun-Sik Cho , Junseop Byeon , Won Mok Kim , Jae Ho Yun , Kihwan Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Flexible perovskite/Cu(In,Ga)Se<sub>2</sub> (PVSK/CIGS) tandem solar cells (F-PCTSCs) can serve as lightweight and cost-effective power sources suitable for versatile applications; however, technical challenges impede their implementation. In this study, we adopted a straightforward lift-off process based on a polyimide (PI)-coated soda-lime glass (SLG) substrate for fabricating high-performance F-PCTSCs while addressing key technical challenges. The CIGS films grown on a PI-coated SLG substrate exhibited larger grains and higher carrier concentrations compared with their counterparts grown on bare SLG, as well as alleviated charge recombination. These enhancements were attributed to the suppression of alkali metal diffusion by the PI interlayer during the film growth, which resulted in superior device performance. Building on this approach, we fabricated efficient and lightweight F-PCTSCs that delivered a state-of-the-art power conversion efficiency of 23.64% (certified 22.8%) and high power-per-weight of 6.15 W g<sup>−1</sup>, which is significantly greater than that of PVSK/silicon tandem solar cells (0.65 W g<sup>−1</sup>).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 101794"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825716","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}

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