JoulePub Date : 2025-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.12.002
Deokjae Choi, Donghoon Shin, Chongwen Li, Yuan Liu, Abdulaziz S.R. Bati, Dana E. Kachman, Yi Yang, Jiachen Li, Yoon Jung Lee, Muzhi Li, Saivineeth Penukula, Da Bin Kim, Heejong Shin, Chiung-Han Chen, So Min Park, Cheng Liu, Aidan Maxwell, Haoyue Wan, Nicholas Rolston, Edward H. Sargent, Bin Chen
{"title":"Carboxyl-functionalized perovskite enables ALD growth of a compact and uniform ion migration barrier","authors":"Deokjae Choi, Donghoon Shin, Chongwen Li, Yuan Liu, Abdulaziz S.R. Bati, Dana E. Kachman, Yi Yang, Jiachen Li, Yoon Jung Lee, Muzhi Li, Saivineeth Penukula, Da Bin Kim, Heejong Shin, Chiung-Han Chen, So Min Park, Cheng Liu, Aidan Maxwell, Haoyue Wan, Nicholas Rolston, Edward H. Sargent, Bin Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.12.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"Mixed-halide wide-band-gap perovskites are critical components of highly efficient tandem cells, but their operating stability is limited by halide migration. Metal oxides deposited via atomic layer deposition (ALD) have been shown to block halide migration; however, previously pursued methods result in inhomogeneous nucleation and growth. We hypothesized that functionalizing the perovskite surface with ALD-active carboxyl groups could promote nucleation and enable higher-temperature metal oxide growth. We find that 5-ammonium valeric acid iodide (5-AVAI) facilitates the formation of a compact and uniform aluminum oxide (Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) layer and allows growth at 100°C compared with the previous limit of 75°C. We demonstrate that halide migration into the C<sub>60</sub> electron transport layer is reduced by a factor of 10 compared with the reference case. Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-capped perovskite solar cells with a band gap of 1.78 eV retain 90% of their initial power conversion efficiency after 1,000 h of continuous operation under 1-sun illumination at 55°C.","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142937597","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}
JoulePub Date : 2024-12-31DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.101814
Toby Wong, Yijie Yang, Rui Tan, Anqi Wang, Zhou Zhou, Zhizhang Yuan, Jiaxi Li, Dezhi Liu, Alberto Alvarez-Fernandez, Chunchun Ye, Mark Sankey, David Ainsworth, Stefan Guldin, Fabrizia Foglia, Neil B. McKeown, Kim E. Jelfs, Xianfeng Li, Qilei Song
{"title":"Sulfonated poly(ether-ether-ketone) membranes with intrinsic microporosity enable efficient redox flow batteries for energy storage","authors":"Toby Wong, Yijie Yang, Rui Tan, Anqi Wang, Zhou Zhou, Zhizhang Yuan, Jiaxi Li, Dezhi Liu, Alberto Alvarez-Fernandez, Chunchun Ye, Mark Sankey, David Ainsworth, Stefan Guldin, Fabrizia Foglia, Neil B. McKeown, Kim E. Jelfs, Xianfeng Li, Qilei Song","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.101814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.101814","url":null,"abstract":"(Joule <em>9</em>, 1–17; February 19, 2025)","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"101 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142908360","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}
JoulePub Date : 2024-12-26DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.12.003
Bao Zhang, Hong Jin Fan
{"title":"Overlooked calendar issues of aqueous zinc metal batteries","authors":"Bao Zhang, Hong Jin Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.12.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"Although the zinc metal plating and stripping chemistry offers a high specific capacity, this process suffers from poor reversibility, a crucial factor for long-term energy storage. Most studies so far have been focusing on cyclic aging but overlooked the impact of calendar aging on zinc metal behavior. In this perspective, we highlight the nearly cycle-independent and time-linear calendar aging mode of zinc metal anodes due to the lack of a protective solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI). This calendar aging could be the dominant factor in battery degradation throughout the entire life cycle. We advocate for a more critical evaluation of the battery lifespan and suggest strategies to circumvent calendar aging.","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142887123","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}
JoulePub Date : 2024-12-19DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.012
Toby Wong, Yijie Yang, Rui Tan, Anqi Wang, Zhou Zhou, Zhizhang Yuan, Jiaxi Li, Dezhi Liu, Alberto Alvarez-Fernandez, Chunchun Ye, Mark Sankey, David Ainsworth, Stefan Guldin, Fabrizia Foglia, Neil B. McKeown, Kim E. Jelfs, Xianfeng Li, Qilei Song
{"title":"Sulfonated poly(ether-ether-ketone) membranes with intrinsic microporosity enable efficient redox flow batteries for energy storage","authors":"Toby Wong, Yijie Yang, Rui Tan, Anqi Wang, Zhou Zhou, Zhizhang Yuan, Jiaxi Li, Dezhi Liu, Alberto Alvarez-Fernandez, Chunchun Ye, Mark Sankey, David Ainsworth, Stefan Guldin, Fabrizia Foglia, Neil B. McKeown, Kim E. Jelfs, Xianfeng Li, Qilei Song","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.012","url":null,"abstract":"Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are promising for long-duration grid-scale sustainable energy storage. The ion-exchange membrane is a key component that determines energy efficiency and cycling stability. However, it remains challenging to develop membranes with high ionic conductivity and high selectivity toward redox-active electrolytes. We report the development of ion-conductive polymer membranes with record-breaking energy efficiency. By incorporating triptycene into poly(ether-ether-ketone) and controlled sulfonation, the resulting intrinsically microporous polymer membranes form highly interconnected water channels that facilitate transport of charge-balancing ions, particularly hydroxide anions. These microporous membranes showed high ionic conductivity without compromising the selectivity toward redox-active species. The membranes enabled excellent performance in alkaline aqueous organic and zinc-iron flow batteries, demonstrating long-term stability, high power density, and an operational current density up to 700 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>. The membranes also improved performance in neutral pH aqueous RFBs with high capacity utilization and retention, enhanced energy efficiency, and boosted power density.","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142849735","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}
JoulePub Date : 2024-12-18DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.013
Vivek N. Lam, Xiaofan Cui, Florian Stroebl, Maitri Uppaluri, Simona Onori, William C. Chueh
{"title":"A decade of insights: Delving into calendar aging trends and implications","authors":"Vivek N. Lam, Xiaofan Cui, Florian Stroebl, Maitri Uppaluri, Simona Onori, William C. Chueh","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.013","url":null,"abstract":"Lithium-ion batteries remain at rest for extended periods and experience calendar aging. Although lithium-ion batteries are expected to perform for over 10 years at room temperature, long-term calendar aging data are seldom reported over such timescales. We present a dataset from 232 commercial cells across eight cell types and five manufacturers that underwent calendar aging across various temperatures and states of charge (SOCs) for up to 13 years. We analyze calendar aging across these conditions by tracking capacity loss and resistance growth as the cells degrade. This dataset is used to validate simple models, primarily the Arrhenius law and the power law, which explain the temperature and storage time on calendar aging. Certain applications of Arrhenius and power law fail to describe the dependence of capacity loss on temperature and resistance growth on storage time. Through this dataset, we demonstrate the complexity of calendar aging and the challenges in reducing trends into phenomenological models.","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142841536","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}
JoulePub Date : 2024-12-18DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.10.009
Sultan Alnajdi, Ali Naderi Beni, Albraa A. Alsaati, Mitul Luhar, Amy E. Childress, David M. Warsinger
{"title":"Practical minimum energy use of seawater reverse osmosis","authors":"Sultan Alnajdi, Ali Naderi Beni, Albraa A. Alsaati, Mitul Luhar, Amy E. Childress, David M. Warsinger","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.10.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.10.009","url":null,"abstract":"(Joule <em>8</em>, 3088–3105; November 20, 2024)","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"48 7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142841514","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}
JoulePub Date : 2024-12-18DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.014
Yue Cui, Quan Li
{"title":"Operando monitoring of battery process at nanoscale","authors":"Yue Cui, Quan Li","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.014","url":null,"abstract":"Spatial inhomogeneity and temporal evolution of electrochemical reactions significantly influence battery performance and are crucial for understanding battery mechanisms. In a recent publication in <em>Device</em>, Liu et al. demonstrate that diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers can be used as <em>in situ</em> quantum probes to monitor electrochemical reactions at the single-particle level, revealing heterogeneous reaction kinetics in the electrode. This advancement promises to enhance our understanding of battery failure mechanisms and facilitate the discovery of new chemistries for more efficient conversion of chemical energy to electricity.","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142841454","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}
JoulePub Date : 2024-12-18DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.015
Kaiwen Sun, Wentao Liu, Minglong Liu, Kai Yao
{"title":"Rethinking the stability impacts of 2D/3D perovskites","authors":"Kaiwen Sun, Wentao Liu, Minglong Liu, Kai Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.015","url":null,"abstract":"Structure engineering of two-dimensional perovskites by the bulky cations can impair the robustness of perovskite heterojunctions. In a recent issue of <em>Energy & Environmental Science</em>, Peng et al. unveil that the Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite leads to detrimental reactions at the interface, while Dion-Jacobson perovskites induced uneven iodide distribution within the bulk.","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142841266","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}
JoulePub Date : 2024-12-16DOI: 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":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.011","url":null,"abstract":"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>).","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","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}
JoulePub Date : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.009
Jin-Woo Lee, Eun Sung Oh, Seungbok Lee, Tan Ngoc-Lan Phan, Taek-Soo Kim, Jung-Yong Lee, John R. Reynolds, Bumjoon J. Kim
{"title":"Strain-induced power output enhancement in intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells","authors":"Jin-Woo Lee, Eun Sung Oh, Seungbok Lee, Tan Ngoc-Lan Phan, Taek-Soo Kim, Jung-Yong Lee, John R. Reynolds, Bumjoon J. Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.11.009","url":null,"abstract":"Intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells (IS-OSCs) are a promising class of wearable power sources. Although the power conversion efficiency (PCE) and mechanical stretchability of IS-OSCs have significantly improved, the current stretchability level still falls short of meeting the demands of wearable electronics. The power output (PCE × photoactive area) of these OSCs is a key figure of merit in determining their potential as power sources. However, the impact of stretching on changes in the photoactive area and the resulting power output has not been investigated. In this study, we construct highly stretchable and efficient photoactive systems by designing a polymer donor, PBET-TF. IS-OSCs based on PBET-TF maintain over 80% of their original PCE up to 50% strain (strain at PCE<sub>80%</sub> = 50%), which significantly outperforms the reference PBDB-TF-based IS-OSCs (strain at PCE<sub>80%</sub> = 11%). Importantly, for the first time, we demonstrate strain-induced power output increases in IS-OSCs using the developed PBET-TF-based photoactive systems.","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"82 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142804721","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}