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{"title":"Solubilizing and stabilizing C60 with n-type polymer enables efficient inverted perovskite solar cells","authors":"Zhou Xing ,&nbsp;Suxiang Ma ,&nbsp;Bin-Wen Chen ,&nbsp;Mingwei An ,&nbsp;Ajuan Fan ,&nbsp;Xinqiong Hu ,&nbsp;Yang Wang ,&nbsp;Lin-Long Deng ,&nbsp;Qiufeng Huang ,&nbsp;Hiroyuki Kanda ,&nbsp;Fahad Gallab Al-Amri ,&nbsp;Gainluca Pozzi ,&nbsp;Yi Zhang ,&nbsp;Jianxing Xia ,&nbsp;Jiazhen Wu ,&nbsp;Xugang Guo ,&nbsp;Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.101817","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.101817","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pristine fullerene C₆₀ is currently the best-performing electron transport layer (ETL) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) but suffers from significant aggregation in solution. Consequently, the high-cost and complex thermal evaporation method is typically used to deposit high-quality C₆₀ ETLs. To address this challenge, we introduce an n-type polymeric additive that can solubilize and stabilize C₆₀ molecules for solution processing, leading to efficient and stable solution-processed-C₆₀ (SP-C₆₀) ETLs. The achievement is attributed to the well-matched properties of the n-type polymer and the precisely controlled intermolecular interactions between the polymer and C₆₀. As a result, the SP-C₆₀ ETL with 5-wt % polymer addition afforded a champion power conversion efficiency of 25.60% (certified 25.09%). This is not only the highest performance among the current SP-C₆₀ devices but also highly competitive to the state-of-the-art thermally evaporated C₆₀ devices. Importantly, the champion device showed significantly enhanced stability (<em>T</em>_{95, light} &gt; 1,800 h; <em>T</em>_{80, heat} = 700 h).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101817"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143124950","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}

{"title":"Solvent-derived organic-rich SEI enables capacity enhancement for low-temperature lithium metal batteries","authors":"Xiangkai Yin ,&nbsp;Boyang Li ,&nbsp;Hong Liu ,&nbsp;Bo Wen ,&nbsp;Jia Liu ,&nbsp;Meiqi Bai ,&nbsp;Yanan Zhang ,&nbsp;Yuanjun Zhao ,&nbsp;Xiaofeng Cui ,&nbsp;Yaqiong Su ,&nbsp;Guoxin Gao ,&nbsp;Shujiang Ding ,&nbsp;Wei Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101823","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Anion-derived inorganic-rich solid electrolyte interface (SEI) is generally considered beneficial for lithium metal batteries (LMBs). Surprisingly, an anomaly was observed in this study that the inorganic-rich SEI can cause severe capacity degradation in low-temperature (LT) LMBs due to sluggish interfacial transport kinetics. Herein, the solvent-derived organic-rich SEI was demonstrated to exhibit lower interfacial impedance due to weak interfacial force and rapid pore diffusion mechanism. As a proof of concept, an organosilicon electrolyte, combined with LT formation cycling, successfully constructed solvent-derived SEI with a 16.51-fold increase in organic components, ultimately resulting in a 22.5% capacity enhancement of LMBs at −40°C. Consequently, Li||NCM811 cells miraculously maintained discharge functionality even at −114.05°C, and 1.2 Ah pouch cells maintained 92.1% capacity retention over 50 cycles at −20°C with the lean electrolyte (2.5 mL Ah⁻¹). This strategy of increasing battery capacity through organic-rich SEI opens up a new era of research on LT batteries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101823"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143083870","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}

{"title":"Trimodal eutectics: Unlocking high-performance thermal batteries","authors":"Nathan Man-Wai Wu ,&nbsp;Grace G.D. Han","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101890","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101890","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Efficient energy storage is crucial for maximizing renewable energy use. Matuszek et al. reported in <em>Nature</em> a eutectic mixture storing 395 kJ/kg of sensible, latent, and thermochemical energy. This stable, cost-effective, and solvent-free material supports scalable storage, while photochemical control can reduce spontaneous heat loss in thermal storage systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101890"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143833339","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}

{"title":"A universal approach to high-performance thermoelectric module design for power generation","authors":"Jinxuan Cheng ,&nbsp;Wenhua Xue ,&nbsp;Tianyu Zhang ,&nbsp;Xiaofang Li ,&nbsp;Yichen Zhu ,&nbsp;Li Yin ,&nbsp;Honghao Yao ,&nbsp;Zixuan Fu ,&nbsp;Longzhi Wu ,&nbsp;Chen Chen ,&nbsp;Peng Zhao ,&nbsp;Xiaojing Ma ,&nbsp;Feng Jiang ,&nbsp;Xiaodong Wang ,&nbsp;Mingyu Li ,&nbsp;Jun Mao ,&nbsp;Yumei Wang ,&nbsp;Feng Cao ,&nbsp;Qian Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.101818","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2024.101818","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Thermoelectric modules fabricated by traditional welding fall short of achieving optimal conversion efficiencies, primarily due to performance degradation of materials at high temperatures, severe elemental diffusion, and residual thermal stress at the interface. Transient liquid phase bonding enables the realization of joints with high-melting-point compounds at low bonding temperatures, providing a promising solution for achieving “low-temperature bonding and high-temperature service.” Owing to the low eutectic point of the solder and high melting points of compounds, we optimize the design of a germanium-telluride-based module at 533 K, which is successfully applied at the hot-side temperature of 773 K. Attributed to high-performance materials and reliable joints, the module realizes a high conversion efficiency of ∼15.1% and remains stable throughout 150 h of service. By adopting the same approach, the low- (Bi₂Te₃) and high-temperature (half-Heusler) modules are assembled. We provide a promising and general route for the assembly of full-temperature-range thermoelectric devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101818"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143020968","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}

{"title":"Chemical oxidization of PTAA enables stable slot-die-coated perovskite solar modules","authors":"Jin Hyuck Heo ,&nbsp;Seok Young Hong ,&nbsp;Jin Kyoung Park ,&nbsp;Hyong Joon Lee ,&nbsp;Fei Zhang (张飞) ,&nbsp;Sang Hyuk Im","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101850","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101850","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The stability of perovskite solar modules has rarely been reported due to inefficient coating reproducibility and charge extraction, especially for the slot-die-coating process. In this study, we regulated the energy-level mismatch and improved the surface wettability by chemical oxidization between antimony trichloride (SbCl₃) and poly[bis(4-phenyl)](2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine (PTAA) through a Lewis acid-base interaction. As a result, charge extraction and coating reproducibility of the slot-die-coated perovskite film were improved. The modules’ power conversion efficiency (PCE) was enhanced to 22.05% and 20.65% (certified 20.33%) with aperture areas of 25 and 64 cm² for the rigid substrates and 18.86% with an aperture area of 12 cm² for the flexible substrates. Furthermore, the encapsulated SbCl₃-doped PTAA module devices with an aperture area of 64 cm² maintain 90% of the initial PCE after a durability test under continuous 1 sun illumination for 1,000 h at 85°C and 85% relative humidity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101850"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143547043","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}

{"title":"Enhancement versus practicality in steam condensation heat transfer","authors":"Tarandeep Singh Thukral ,&nbsp;Siavash Khodakarami ,&nbsp;Wentao Yang ,&nbsp;Ghassan Arissi ,&nbsp;Pouya Kabirzadeh ,&nbsp;Chi Wang ,&nbsp;Dalia Ghaddar ,&nbsp;Muhammad Jahidul Hoque ,&nbsp;Matthew A. Pitschman ,&nbsp;Patrick M. Fourspring ,&nbsp;Nenad Miljkovic","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101912","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101912","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Condensation enables heat transfer with superior efficiency compared with single-phase processes, making it prevalent in industry. The discovery of dropwise condensation coupled with rising global energy demands stimulated an academic fervor in the 20^th century that has lasted several decades, with researchers developing complex surface modification technologies to enhance condensation heat transfer. However, practical complexities such as non-condensable gas (NCG) infiltration, accurate temperature measurements, manufacturability, and durability preclude these technologies’ industrial adoption. In this perspective, we summarize how the lack of a standard experimental procedure has led to researchers publishing data without realizing that NCGs are present in their systems. We discuss how emerging characterization techniques, such as infrared thermometry and machine learning, can overcome the limitations of traditional methods while improving data reliability and reproducibility. We also recommend topics of investigation for the heat transfer community to progress toward highly efficient thermal systems in a rapidly electrifying and decarbonizing world.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101912"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143767113","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}

{"title":"Additive engineering enables aggressive high-voltage LiCoO2 lithium-ion batteries","authors":"Ling Lv ,&nbsp;Haikuo Zhang ,&nbsp;Di Lu ,&nbsp;Ruhong Li ,&nbsp;Haotian Zhu ,&nbsp;Baochen Ma ,&nbsp;Shuoqing Zhang ,&nbsp;Yiqiang Huang ,&nbsp;Tao Zhou ,&nbsp;Zunhao Fan ,&nbsp;Jing Zhang ,&nbsp;Lixin Chen ,&nbsp;Xiayin Yao ,&nbsp;Tao Deng ,&nbsp;Xiulin Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101846","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101846","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The advancement of additive engineering in high-voltage LiCoO₂ (LCO)-based lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is limited by the lack of effective guiding principles. Here, we report a lattice coupling mechanism for designing nitrile additives, systematically evaluating 20 candidates to quantify their enhancement effects on LCO performance. Key to this mechanism are two motif descriptors: the O 2<em>p</em> band center energy and the energy gap (<em>ΔE</em>) between the O 2<em>p</em> band center and the Co <em>3d</em> band center, which significantly improve the structural and interfacial stability of the LCO cathode. Guided by this principle, we developed 1,2,2,3-propanetetracarbonitrile (PCN) as a representative additive, achieving 80% capacity retention in 4.55 V 1.0 Ah artificial graphite (AG)||LCO pouch cells after over 770 and 380 cycles at 25°C and 45°C, respectively. This work provides new insights into the exploration and evaluation of additive chemistry for high-voltage LCO cathode.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101846"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143375526","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}

{"title":"Interfacial molecular anchor for ambient all-bladed perovskite solar modules","authors":"Xuejie Zhu, Dongqi Yu, Xin Zhou, Nan Wang, Hong Liu, Zihui Liang, Congcong Wu, Kai Wang, Dayong Jin, Shengzhong Liu, Dong Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2025.101919","url":null,"abstract":"Ambient blade coating of perovskite solar modules shows great potential for large-scale manufacture and commercialization. However, blade coating nanometer-thick buffer layers typically results in a nonuniform surface due to particle instability and aggregation, often leading to insufficient integration and destabilization of the crystallographic lattice in the overlying perovskite layer. Herein, we introduce a layer of “molecular glue” that can effectively anchor the solute that suspends the monodisperse SnO₂ nanoparticles into a uniform thin film and adhere it to the top perovskite during the mechanical blading process. Leveraging this holistic nanoparticle-anchoring strategy, we have achieved a seamlessly bonded cathode heterojunction, resulting in a record efficiency of 26.11% for small cells and the highest efficiency so far of 22.76% (certified at 21.60%) for mini-modules. Importantly, these ambiently all-blade-coated devices exhibit an extended lifetime of approximately 1,500 h, as verified by ISOS-O testing, indicating great promise for commercialization.","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"90 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143827397","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}

{"title":"Harnessing triboiontronic Maxwell’s demon by triboelectric-induced polarization for efficient energy-information flow","authors":"Xiang Li, Yu Wei, Xiang Gao, Zhongqiang Zhang, Zhong Lin Wang, Di Wei","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2025.101888","url":null,"abstract":"Maxwell’s demon seemingly violates the second law of thermodynamics, but in reality, it requires external energy for information processing and particle control, thereby ensuring an overall increase in system entropy. Here, triboiontronic Maxwell’s demon was established by triboelectric-induced polarization, enabling remote regulation of charge migration within electrical double layers (EDLs). For energy flow, an enhanced physical-adsorption triboiontronic nanogenerator (EP-TING) achieved a remarkable transferred charge density of 2,347.12 mC/m², surpassing conventional EDL-based technologies by several orders of magnitude. Furthermore, the advanced synergy-enhanced strategy TING (ES-TING), integrating redox reactions, further increased the charge density to 5,237.51 mC/m², marking a significant breakthrough in energy conversion efficiency. For information flow, bionic neural circuits utilizing EP-TINGs/ES-TINGs enabled highly portable, interference-resistant underwater transmission systems with minimal energy consumption, effectively addressing challenges of acoustic multipath interference, environmental noise, and severe signal attenuation. Therefore, harnessing triboiontronic Maxwell’s demon provides an efficient energy-information flow, proving crucial in the post-Moore era.","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143737271","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}

{"title":"Systematic feature design for cycle life prediction of lithium-ion batteries during formation","authors":"Jinwook Rhyu, Joachim Schaeffer, Michael L. Li, Xiao Cui, William C. Chueh, Martin Z. Bazant, Richard D. Braatz","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2025.101884","url":null,"abstract":"Optimization of the formation step in lithium-ion battery manufacturing is challenging due to limited physical understanding of solid-electrolyte interphase formation and the long testing time (∼100 days) for cells to reach the end of life. We propose a systematic feature-design framework that requires minimal domain knowledge for accurate cycle life prediction during formation. By only using two simple <span><span style=\"\"></span><span data-mathml='&lt;math xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"&gt;&lt;mrow is=\"true\"&gt;&lt;mi is=\"true\"&gt;Q&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mrow is=\"true\"&gt;&lt;mo is=\"true\"&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;mi is=\"true\"&gt;V&lt;/mi&gt;&lt;mo is=\"true\"&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/mrow&gt;&lt;/math&gt;' role=\"presentation\" style=\"font-size: 90%; display: inline-block; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"2.779ex\" role=\"img\" style=\"vertical-align: -0.812ex;\" viewbox=\"0 -846.5 2506.7 1196.3\" width=\"5.822ex\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\"><g fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 -1 0 0)\"><g is=\"true\"><g is=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#MJMATHI-51\"></use></g><g is=\"true\" transform=\"translate(958,0)\"><g is=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#MJMAIN-28\"></use></g><g is=\"true\" transform=\"translate(389,0)\"><use xlink:href=\"#MJMATHI-56\"></use></g><g is=\"true\" transform=\"translate(1159,0)\"><use xlink:href=\"#MJMAIN-29\"></use></g></g></g></g></svg><span role=\"presentation\"><math xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"><mrow is=\"true\"><mi is=\"true\">Q</mi><mrow is=\"true\"><mo is=\"true\">(</mo><mi is=\"true\">V</mi><mo is=\"true\">)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span></span><script type=\"math/mml\"><math><mrow is=\"true\"><mi is=\"true\">Q</mi><mrow is=\"true\"><mo is=\"true\">(</mo><mi is=\"true\">V</mi><mo is=\"true\">)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></script></span> features designed from our framework, extracted from formation data without any additional diagnostic cycles, we achieved an average of 9.87% error for cycle life prediction. The physics-based investigation guided by the two designed features shows that the voltage ranges identified by our framework capture the effects of formation temperature and microscopic-particle resistance heterogeneity. By designing highly predictive, robust, and interpretable features, our approach can accelerate industrial battery formation research, leveraging the interplay between data-driven feature design and mechanistic understanding.","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143723841","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}