Review and perspective of materials for flexible solar cells
February 2021
Thin-film flexible solar cells are lightweight and mechanically robust. Along with rapidly advancing battery technology, flexible solar panels are expected to create niche products that require lightweight,...
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CO2 electrolysis: Advances and challenges in electrocatalyst engineering and reactor design
May 2023
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) coupled with renewable electrical energy is an attractive way of upgrading CO2 to value-added chemicals and closing the carbon cycle. However, CO2RR electrocatalysts...
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Advances and challenges of electrolyzers for large-scale CO2 electroreduction
February 2023
CO2 electroreduction (CO2ER) to high value-added chemicals is considered as a promising technology to achieve sustainable carbon neutralization. By virtue of the progressive research in recent years...
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Porous carbon materials for CO2 capture, storage and electrochemical conversion
May 2023
Continuous accumulation and emission into the atmosphere of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), a major greenhouse gas, has been recognized as a primary contributor to climate change associated with...
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Recent advances of bismuth-based electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction: Strategies, mechanism and applications
May 2023
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), driven by clean electric energy such as solar and wind, can not only alleviate environmental greenhouse effect stemming from excessive CO2 emissions,...
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Computational design of promising 2D electrode materials for Li-ion and Li–S battery applications
August 2023
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and lithium-sulfur (Li–S) batteries are two types of energy storage systems with significance in both scientific research and commercialization. Nevertheless, the rational...
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Towards a bright future: The versatile applications of organic solar cells
November 2021
Due to the mechanical flexibility, light weight, aesthetics, absorption tunability and environmental friendliness, organic solar cells (OSCs) have superior application potential over their inorganic...
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Defect engineering of high-loading single-atom catalysts for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction
May 2023
Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) provides an attractive approach to carbon capture and utilization for the production high-value-added products. However, CO2RR still suffers...
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Advances in CIGS thin film solar cells with emphasis on the alkali element post-deposition treatment
August 2023
In the past tens of years, the power conversion efficiency of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) has continuously improved and been one of the fastest growing photovoltaic technologies that can also help us achieve...
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Organic electrode materials for fast-rate, high-power battery applications
February 2021
The development of new battery materials with fast charging/discharging capabilities is necessary to meet the growing demands of modern technologies. While counter ion transport in inorganic materials...
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A density-functional-theory-based and machine-learning-accelerated hybrid method for intricate system catalysis
August 2021
Being progressively applied in the design of highly active catalysts for energy devices, machine learning (ML) technology has shown attractive ability of dramatically reducing the computational cost...
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Development of nickel based cermet anode materials in solid oxide fuel cells – Now and future
February 2021
High temperature solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is the most efficient and clean energy conversion technology to electrochemically convert the chemical energy of fuels such as hydrogen, natural gas and...
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Designing single-atom catalysts toward improved alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction
August 2022
Electrochemical water splitting powered by renewables-generated electricity represents a promising approach for green hydrogen production. However, the sluggish kinetics for the hydrogen evolution reaction...
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Emerging rechargeable aqueous magnesium ion battery
November 2022
Recently, aqueous rechargeable batteries have played an essential role in developing renewable energy due to the merits of low cost, high security, and high energy density. Among various aqueous-based...
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Current state and prospect on the development of advanced nuclear fuel system materials: A review
February 2021
The intricate balance between reactor economics and safety necessitates the emergence of new and advanced nuclear systems and, very importantly, advanced materials, which can overcome current shortcomings...
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Copper foam-derived electrodes as efficient electrocatalysts for conventional and hybrid water electrolysis
May 2022
Electrochemical water splitting has been demonstrated as a promising technology for the renewable generation of green hydrogen from water. Despite the extensive progress in materials science, one particular...
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction: Progress and opportunity with alloying copper
February 2023
Electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added chemicals offers an entrancing approach to maintaining the global carbon cycle and eliminating environmental threats. A key obstacle to achieving...
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Recent update on electrochemical CO2 reduction catalyzed by metal sulfide materials
May 2023
Seeking and developing efficient CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) electrocatalysts is a hot topic in this era of global warming. Among material candidates for sustainable and cost-effective applications,...
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Electrolyte materials for protonic ceramic electrochemical cells: Main limitations and potential solutions
November 2022
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and electrolysis cells (SOECs) are promising energy conversion devices, on whose basis green hydrogen energy technologies can be developed to support the transition to...
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Advanced semiconductor catalyst designs for the photocatalytic reduction of CO2
May 2023
Using clean solar energy to reduce CO2 into value-added products not only consumes the over-emitted CO2 that causes environmental problems, but also generates fuel chemicals to alleviate energy crises....
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A porous Co3O4-carbon paper electrode enabling nearly 100% electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate to ammonia
August 2023
Co3O4 was synthesized on carbon paper (CP) using a facile method to improve electrochemical nitrate-to-ammonia conversion efficiency. The resulting Co3O4-CP electrode demonstrated an exceptional Faradaic...
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Interface passivation engineering for hybrid perovskite solar cells
November 2021
The allure of high efficiency and low-temperature solution-processed organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are inspiring scientists to seek for its commercialization. Interface passivation...
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MXenes for metal-ion and metal-sulfur batteries: Synthesis, properties, and electrochemistry
February 2022
In 2011, a new class of 2D materials was discovered; after 2012, they began to be concerned; in 2017, the “gold rush” of the materials was triggered, and they are exactly MXenes. 2D MXenes, a new class...
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Hybrid water electrolysis: Replacing oxygen evolution reaction for energy-efficient hydrogen production and beyond
February 2021
Renewable energy-driven hydrogen generation from water electrolysis has been widely recognized as a promising approach to utilize sustainable energy resources, reduce our dependence on legacy fossil...
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MXenes with applications in supercapacitors and secondary batteries: A comprehensive review
February 2022
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have received tremendous attention because they possess a set of merits not available in bulk materials, such as large specific surface area, low energy barrier for electron...
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