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Should You Really be Writing A(nother) Review Manuscript?
An editorial in the new issue of ACS Energy Articles discusses the relevance of Review Articles in the era of AI.
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October issue of ACS Energy Letters today. Capture the new advances in energy research

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"Review articles are a relic of the past" - overheard in a meeting yesterday. Deep research tools give a focused & referenced report to your specification. @kamat.bsky.social wrote a nice piece (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...), which emphasises that the key ingredient is saying something new #ChemSky

Improved Interconnecting Layer for Perovskite–Organic Tandem Solar Cells Monolithic perovskite–organic tandem solar cells (POTSCs) have attracted considerable attention in recent years due to their compatible fabrication routes and advances in single-cell efficiencies. To ...

Recent work by Henry Snaith and collaborators
Improved Interconnecting Layer for Perovskite–Organic Tandem Solar Cells | ACS Energy Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Should You Really be Writing A(nother) Review Manuscript?

Should You Really be Writing A(nother) Review Manuscript? |

ACS Energy Letters
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Selective Electrochemical Li+ Extraction from Brines Using TiP2O7 | ACS Energy Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Self-Assembled Monolayer: Revolutionizing p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have emerged as a transformative class of hole transport materials for inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs), distinguished by their negligible parasitic absorption, ...

Review article: Self-Assembled Monolayer: Revolutionizing p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells | ACS Energy Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

September issue of ACS Energy Letters is published today
Check out latest advances in energy research
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Long-Term Stability Hurdles of Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

Editorial by Annamaria Petrozza
Long-Term Stability Hurdles of Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
... although the learning curve within the perovskite photovoltaic field has been very steep, we still do not have full control over the systems under investigation . pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Ionic Losses and Gains in Perovskite Solar Cells: Impact on Efficiency and Stability

#OA Article by Wolfgang Tress and coworkers
Ionic Losses and Gains in Perovskite Solar Cells: Impact on Efficiency and Stability | ACS Energy Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Free to Read: Viewpoint by @mariaescesc.bsky.social and coworkers

Why Testing Protocols Matter in Electrochemical Methane Oxidation: Insights from IrOx in Acid

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Viewpoint by @schmidtim.bsky.social and collaborators
Singlet Fission Provides a Scalable Pathway to High Efficiency Silicon Photovoltaics | ACS Energy Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

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Here are some common insecticides and herbicides

Soap water works for grapes -see the resulting color of the water after shaking the grape bunch in soap (1 drop of handwash) water.

If it is a paraquat salt, it will be soluble in water. Most other pesticides/herbicides may not be soluble in water. Many fruits and veggies (cucumber, apple) are also coated with wax!
(Try washing grapes with water +1 drop of hand wash soap. See the color of the water)

Green dry cleaners? 😂

p.s. Why not use dilute soap (hand wash) water to wash fruits and veggies.

Atomic Origins of Roughness-Enhanced Multicarbon Selectivity in Copper-Catalyzed CO2 Electroreduction Surface roughness in copper catalysts has emerged as a critical factor for enhancing the C2+ product selectivity in electrochemical CO2 reduction (eCO2RR), but the underlying mechanistic origins remai...

Atomic Origins of Roughness-Enhanced Multicarbon Selectivity in Copper-Catalyzed CO2 Electroreduction | ACS Energy Letters
by Martin Head-Gordon, Alexis T. Bell, Frank Abild-Pedersen and coworkers @lbnlengineering.lbl.gov @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
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Scalable CO2 Removal Using Electricity: Research Needs in Bipolar Membrane Electrodialysis Electrochemical direct air capture (DAC) potentially represents a transformative solution in the fight against climate change. Herein we provide a critical perspective on pH-swing approaches, which l...

#OA article from @ifanstephens.bsky.social Jovanove and collaborators
Scalable CO2 Removal Using Electricity: Research Needs in Bipolar Membrane Electrodialysis | ACS Energy Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Why China is leading perovskite solar commercialization Existing solar industry and unique business environment enables fast, cheap scale-up

Why China is leading perovskite solar commercialization

Chase from BloombergNEF says she doubts the seriousness of these firms, ... she says. “They are desperate to demonstrate some kind of lead on the rest of the market. It’s like a peacock tail.”
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Optically Determined Hole Effective Mass in Tin-Iodide Perovskite Films Tin-halide perovskites currently offer the best photovoltaic performance of lead-free metal-halide semiconductors. However, their transport properties are mostly dominated by holes, owing to ubiquitou...

Latest from Laura Herz, Henry Snaith and collaborators
Optically Determined Hole Effective Mass in Tin-Iodide Perovskite Films | ACS Energy Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Accelerating Interfacial Electron Extraction for Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution of Pt/Ta3N5:Mg+Hf Promoting bulk charge separation in Ta3N5 through Mg doping was demonstrated as an effective strategy for enhancing photocatalytic water oxidation. However, this strategy exhibits a limited effect in addressing the long-standing issue of poor HER activity of Ta3N5. Herein, the underlying mechanism was first clarified, and a Mg–Hf codoping strategy was developed, which remarkably enhanced the HER activity. Systematic studies revealed that effective interfacial electron transfer between Ta3N5 and Pt was seriously impeded after Mg doping. UPS and DFT calculations demonstrated that Hf codoping significantly accelerates interfacial electron extraction through the modulation of Fermi level. 7.7 and 17.6 times enhancement in HER was achieved over Ta3N5:Mg+Hf as compared with Ta3N5:Mg and Ta3N5, respectively. An outstanding AQY was achieved, ranking among the highest values reported for Ta3N5. This work highlights the importance of effective interfacial electron extraction and presents a feasible approach to rationally designing Ta3N5.

From Jinhua Ye, Lequan Liu and collaborators
Accelerating Interfacial Electron Extraction for Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution of Pt/Ta3N5:Mg+Hf | ACS Energy Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Singlet Fission c-Si Solar Cells: Beyond Tetracene Singlet fission photovoltaics enable the extraction of two electron–hole pairs from each higher-energy photon while leveraging a mature technology such as crystalline silicon (c-Si) as the underlying cell. Significant steps have been made in the development of singlet fission silicon photovoltaics, but all examples reported to date use tetracene as the singlet fission material. Tetracene is photochemically unstable and therefore unsuitable for commercial applications. Here we demonstrate singlet fission-derived triplet exciton transfer to c-Si from photochemically stable dipyrrolonaphthyridinedione (DPND) derivatives, with a thin layer of tin oxide as the passivation layer. An overlayer of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrenesulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) was found to improve interface passivation further. These observations demonstrate that singlet fission photovoltaic devices can be made using stable and commercially viable materials.

Latest work from @schmidtim.bsky.social Tayebjee and collaborators
Singlet Fission c-Si Solar Cells: Beyond Tetracene | ACS Energy Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Iodine’s Wild Ride Leading to Photoinstability in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells Understanding processes that contribute to efficiency losses during long-term operation of perovskite solar cells is crucial for achieving operational stability. Although maximum power point tracking...

Iodine’s Wild Ride Leading to Photoinstability in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells | ACS Energy Letters
Editors' Choice #FreetoRead article from Kamatlab explaining I2 expulsion and its interaction with HTL, spiro-OMeTAD
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2024 Energy and Fuels Community Highlights: Advancing Materials and Technologies in Decarbonization and Renewable Energy Solutions

2024 Energy and Fuels Community Highlights: Advancing Materials and Technologies in Decarbonization and Renewable Energy Solutions | ACS Energy Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...