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Self-powered sensing systems with learning capability Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Avinash Alagumalai, Wan Shou, Omid Mahian, Mortaza Aghbashlo, Meisam Tabatabaei, Somchai Wongwises, Yong Liu, Justin Zhan, Antonio Torralba, Jun Chen, ZhongLin Wang, Wojciech Matusik
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A high-voltage and stable zinc-air battery enabled by dual-hydrophobic-induced proton shuttle shielding Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Yang-feng Cui, Yun-hai Zhu, Jia-yi Du, Yong-lai Zhang, Kai Li, Wan-qiang Liu, Gang Huang, Xin-bo Zhang
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Identifying soft breakdown in all-solid-state lithium battery Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-17 Changhong Wang, Tao Deng, Xiulin Fan, Matthew Zheng, Ruizhi Yu, Qingwen Lu, Hui Duan, Huan Huang, Chunsheng Wang, Xueliang Sun
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Design principles for zero-strain Li-ion cathodes Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-17 Xinye Zhao, Yaosen Tian, Zhengyan Lun, Zijian Cai, Tina Chen, Bin Ouyang, Gerbrand Ceder
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We need a broader debate on the sustainability of blockchain Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-15 Alexander Rieger, Tamara Roth, Johannes Sedlmeir, Gilbert Fridgen
Alexander Rieger is a postdoctoral researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) at the University of Luxembourg. His research interests include innovative digital technologies such as blockchain, decentralized digital identities, and artificial intelligence. Alex leads the scientific advisory team for the FLORA blockchain project of Germany’s Federal Office for
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Co-benefits of renewable energy development: A brighter sky brings greater renewable power Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-15 Haoran Zhang, Jinyue Yan
Air pollution reduction is one of the most straightforward co-benefits of PV development, but its mechanism is complex. In a recent One Earth paper, Chen et al. analyzed the respective effects of different factors on solar power performance and show that the co-benefits of air pollution control policies for PV over the past decade would be grossly underestimated.
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Nexus of solar and thermal photovoltaic technology could help solve the energy storage problem Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-15 Andrej Lenert, Stephen R. Forrest
Writing recently in Nature, LaPotin et al. introduce a tandem photovoltaic cell that converts thermal radiation into electricity with efficiencies exceeding 40%, clearly surpassing the thermoelectric efficiency of steam turbines. The cell blurs the lines between solar and thermal photovoltaic technology and could help make solar energy more dispatchable.
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Surface engineering with oxidized Ti3C2Tx MXene enables efficient and stable p-i-n-structured CsPbI3 perovskite solar cells Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-14 Jin Hyuck Heo, Fei Zhang, Jin Kyoung Park, Hyong Joon Lee, David Sunghwan Lee, Su Jeong Heo, Joseph M. Luther, Joseph J. Berry, Kai Zhu, Sang Hyuk Im
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Tailoring electric dipole of hole-transporting material p-dopants for perovskite solar cells Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-14 Jianxing Xia, Yi Zhang, Chuanxiao Xiao, Keith Gregory Brooks, Min Chen, Junsheng Luo, Hua Yang, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Jihua Zou, Yu Shi, Xiaojun Yao, Jiangzhao Chen, Joseph M. Luther, Hongzhen Lin, Abdullah M. Asiri, Chunyang Jia, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
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Bifacial perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-14 Michele De Bastiani, Anand S. Subbiah, Maxime Babics, Esma Ugur, Lujia Xu, Jiang Liu, Thomas G. Allen, Erkan Aydin, Stefaan De Wolf
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The promise of alloy anodes for solid-state batteries Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-09 John A. Lewis, Kelsey A. Cavallaro, Yuhgene Liu, Matthew T. McDowell
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Diversity of options to eliminate fossil fuels and reach carbon neutrality across the entire European energy system Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Bryn Pickering, Francesco Lombardi, Stefan Pfenninger
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Tailoring solvent-mediated ligand exchange for CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dot solar cells with efficiency exceeding 16.5% Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-06 Donglin Jia, Jingxuan Chen, Junming Qiu, Huili Ma, Mei Yu, Jianhua Liu, Xiaoliang Zhang
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The timescale identification decoupling complicated kinetic processes in lithium batteries Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-06 Yang Lu, Chen-Zi Zhao, Jia-Qi Huang, Qiang Zhang
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Overcoming the disconnect between energy system and climate modeling Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-02 Michael T. Craig, Jan Wohland, Laurens P. Stoop, Alexander Kies, Bryn Pickering, Hannah C. Bloomfield, Jethro Browell, Matteo De Felice, Chris J. Dent, Adrien Deroubaix, Felix Frischmuth, Paula L.M. Gonzalez, Aleksander Grochowicz, Katharina Gruber, Philipp Härtel, Martin Kittel, Leander Kotzur, Inga Labuhn, David J. Brayshaw
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Industrial viability of single-component organic solar cells Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-03 Yakun He, Ning Li, Thomas Heumüller, Jonas Wortmann, Benedict Hanisch, Anna Aubele, Sebastian Lucas, Guitao Feng, Xudong Jiang, Weiwei Li, Peter Bäuerle, Christoph J. Brabec
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Reversible anionic redox chemistry in layered Li4/7[□1/7Mn6/7]O2 enabled by stable Li–O-vacancy configuration Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-02 Xin Cao, Haifeng Li, Yu Qiao, Ping He, Yumin Qian, Xiyan Yue, Min Jia, Jordi Cabana, Haoshen Zhou
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Determinants of Chinese and Western-backed development finance in the global electricity sector Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-06-01 Jürgen M.T. Sauer, Laura Díaz Anadón, Julian Kirchherr, Judith Plummer Braeckman, Vera Schulhof
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Heat transfer innovations and their application in thermal desalination processes Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-30 Tanya Liu, Meagan S. Mauter
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Over 24% efficient MA-free CsxFA1−xPbX3 perovskite solar cells Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-25 Siyang Wang, Liguo Tan, Junjie Zhou, Minghao Li, Xing Zhao, Hang Li, Wolfgang Tress, Liming Ding, Michael Graetzel, Chenyi Yi (易陈谊)
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A microchanneled solid electrolyte for carbon-efficient CO2 electrolysis Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-25 Yi Xu, Rui Kai Miao, Jonathan P. Edwards, Shijie Liu, Colin P. O’Brien, Christine M. Gabardo, Mengyang Fan, Jianan Erick Huang, Anthony Robb, Edward H. Sargent, David Sinton
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Automated efficiency loss analysis by luminescence image reconstruction using generative adversarial networks Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-24 Yoann Buratti, Arcot Sowmya, Robert Dumbrell, Priya Dwivedi, Thorsten Trupke, Ziv Hameiri
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Biological hydrogen storage and release through multiple cycles of bi-directional hydrogenation of CO2 to formic acid in a single process unit Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-20 Fabian M. Schwarz, Jimyung Moon, Florian Oswald, Volker Müller
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The rise of polythiophene photovoltaics Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Kaihu Xian, Yanhou Geng, Long Ye
Compared with prevailing photovoltaic polymers with complex structures and tedious synthesis, polythiophenes possess a greater commercial promise. However, their photovoltaic performances are rather poor due to mismatched energy levels and unfavorable mixing with state-of-the-art non-fullerene acceptors. In a recent Joule article, Duan and colleagues developed a new series of polythiophene-based donors
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Extraterrestrial artificial photosynthesis Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Rong Chen, Lili Wan, Jingshan Luo
In this issue of Joule, Zou et al. studied the lunar soil sample brought back by Chang’E mission 5 for artificial photosynthesis in different approaches, which opens up new possibilities for in situ resource utilization on the moon.
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Another view of oxygen in cathodes for high energy batteries Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Wanli Yang
The concept of utilizing anionic redox reactions to achieve high energy batteries has been revived for almost a decade by now; however, both its fundamental mechanism and practical implementation remain elusive and highly debated. In this issue of Joule, Weixin Song, Peter D. Nellist, and co-workers utilized electron ptychography to image the oxygen sublattice distortion of a Li-rich material that
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Battery anode interphase construction via carbon capture Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Yuan Shang, Dipan Kundu
In the April 15, 2022 issue of One Earth, Borodin, Xu, and colleagues introduce a hybrid electrolyte with a supporting salt for rechargeable Zn metal batteries, which helps construct a unique solid electrolyte interphase at the Zn anode through the reaction between additive cations and dissolved CO2 in the electrolyte. The interphase boosts the Zn anode reversibility and cyclability remarkably by taming
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Soft perovskites stabilized by robust heterojunctions Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Zhifang Wu, Abdullah Y. Alsalloum, Omar F. Mohammed, Osman M. Bakr
Rapid progress has recently been made in the development of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) that are now comparable with those of crystalline Si, the traditional and well-established solar cell technology. Recently in Science, Fang and co-workers reported a PSC in an inverted configuration with a high efficiency of >24% (23.5% certified) and remarkable operational
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Advanced pressure-upgraded dynamic phase change materials Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Xiao Chen, Panpan Liu, Yan Gao, Ge Wang
Conventional phase change materials undergo reduced energy density and power density as transient melt front moves away from heat sources. In Nature Energy, Nenad Miljkovic et al. recently proposed an insightful pressure-enhanced close contact melting approach to realize spatial control of melt-front location of pristine phase change materials, thereby upgrading their effective energy density and power
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Speed of technological transformations required in Europe to achieve different climate goals Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Marta Victoria, Elisabeth Zeyen, Tom Brown
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Highly reversible Zn anode with a practical areal capacity enabled by a sustainable electrolyte and superacid interfacial chemistry Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Chang Li, Abhinandan Shyamsunder, Alexis Grace Hoane, Daniel M. Long, Chun Yuen Kwok, Paul G. Kotula, Kevin R. Zavadil, Andrew A. Gewirth, Linda F. Nazar
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Triple-junction solar cells with 39.5% terrestrial and 34.2% space efficiency enabled by thick quantum well superlattices Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Ryan M. France, John F. Geisz, Tao Song, Waldo Olavarria, Michelle Young, Alan Kibbler, Myles A. Steiner
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The future of green energy and chemicals: Rational design of catalysis routes Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Renyang Zheng, Zhicheng Liu, Yangdong Wang, Zaiku Xie, Mingyuan He
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Perovskite hetero-bilayer for efficient charge-transport-layer-free solar cells Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-13 Xiaoyu Yang, Qiuyang Li, Yifan Zheng, Deying Luo, Yuzhuo Zhang, Yongguang Tu, Lichen Zhao, Yanju Wang, Fan Xu, Qihuang Gong, Rui Zhu
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Misreported non-aqueous reference potentials: The battery research endemic Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-09 Beth E. Murdock, Craig G. Armstrong, Daniel E. Smith, Nuria Tapia-Ruiz, Kathryn E. Toghill
Beth E. Murdock is a PhD student working across the Chemistry Department and Materials Science Institute at Lancaster University, under the supervision of Dr. Nuria Tapia-Ruiz and Dr. Kathryn Toghill. Her current research is focused on understanding the structure-property relationships in high-voltage substituted spinel cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries using X-ray and neutron diffraction
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Direct imaging of oxygen shifts associated with the oxygen redox of Li-rich layered oxides Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-06 Weixin Song, Miguel A. Pérez-Osorio, John-Joseph Marie, Emanuela Liberti, Xiaonan Luo, Colum O’Leary, Robert A. House, Peter G. Bruce, Peter D. Nellist
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The demand-side resource opportunity for deep grid decarbonization Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-06 Eric O'Shaughnessy, Monisha Shah, David Parra, Kristen Ardani
Technological innovations are creating a larger role for demand-side resources in electric grids. The rise of demand-side resources is occurring alongside the efforts to decarbonize grids. The confluence of these two trends has motivated research on the role of demand-side resources in grid decarbonization. Here, we synthesize the demand-side resource literature to develop a coherent and realistic
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Extraterrestrial photosynthesis by Chang’E-5 lunar soil Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Yingfang Yao, Lu Wang, Xi Zhu, Wenguang Tu, Yong Zhou, Rulin Liu, Junchuan Sun, Bo Tao, Cheng Wang, Xiwen Yu, Linfeng Gao, Yuan Cao, Bing Wang, Zhaosheng Li, Wei Yao, Yujie Xiong, Mengfei Yang, Weihua Wang, Zhigang Zou
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Pulsatile therapy for perovskite solar cells Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 Kiwan Jeong, Junseop Byeon, Jihun Jang, Namyoung Ahn, Mansoo Choi
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Realistic pathways to decarbonization of building energy systems Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Srinivas Garimella, Kristian Lockyear, David Pharis, Omar El Chawa, Matthew T. Hughes, Girish Kini
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Rational selection of the polymeric structure for interface engineering of perovskite solar cells Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Minhuan Wang, Yepin Zhao, Xiaoqing Jiang, Yanfeng Yin, Ilhan Yavuz, Pengchen Zhu, Anni Zhang, Gill Sang Han, Hyun Suk Jung, Yifan Zhou, Wenxin Yang, Jiming Bian, Shengye Jin, Jin-Wook Lee, Yang Yang
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Microbial | electrochemical CO2 reduction: To integrate or not to integrate? Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-26 Paniz Izadi, Falk Harnisch
Paniz Izadi is a lead scientist for the H2020-funded project VIVALDI at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany. Her current research focuses on developing methods for electrochemical CO2 reduction and its interfacing to microbiology for industrial applications, following her previous research on microbial CO2 reduction in bio-electrochemical systems. She received her PhD in chemical
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Mechanical properties of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-22 Joe C. Stallard, Laura Wheatcroft, Samuel G. Booth, Rebecca Boston, Serena A. Corr, Michaël F.L. De Volder, Beverley J. Inkson, Norman A. Fleck
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National energy security or acceleration of transition? Energy policy after the war in Ukraine Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Piotr Żuk, Paweł Żuk
Download : Download high-res image (540KB) Download : Download full-size imagePiotr Żuk—professor of sociology and president of the Institute for Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy Foundation. His main research interests are social movements (ecological, labor, climate), obstacles to environmental policy in Eastern Europe, energy policy, and energy transition. He analyzes the decarbonization
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Industrial policies and the competition for low-carbon manufacturing Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Gregor Semieniuk
The low-carbon energy transition sees countries compete about where the low-carbon products are manufactured. In their recent Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews article, Sharma, Surana, and George ask whether imposing unilateral anti-dumping tariffs helps the imposing country move more of the value chain into its own country and answer in the negative. Their analysis raises larger questions about
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Can a shift to electric vehicles fast track Africa’s energy transition? Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Norbert Edomah
Recently in iScience, Dioha et al. used a bottom-up energy modeling framework to generate insights on future electric vehicle penetration and their potential contribution to Africa’s energy transition. In this preview, we discuss electric vehicles within the African context and what it means for Africa’s future energy in the midst of a prevailing energy access crisis.
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SPEEK scaling UP Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Hongli Zhu
In this new issue of Joule, Xianfeng Li and colleagues demonstrated the pilot scale roll-to-roll synthesis of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) membrane and the scaling up of zinc flow batteries (ZFBs) stack 300–4000 W with membrane area up to 3 m2. Compared to expensive Nafion membranes ($500–1500 m−2), cost analysis demonstrated the significant cost reduction of SPEEK membranes to $12 m−2
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Electrochemical CO2 separation by a shorted membrane Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Liuxuan Luo, Xiaohui Yan, Shuiyun Shen, Junliang Zhang
Owing to the alkaline environment, anion-exchange membrane fuel cells allow employing cost-efficient components, but also suffer from the electrolyte carbonation induced by the CO2 in the air feed. Recently in Nature Energy, Shi et al. introduced an anion- and electron-conductive membrane for efficient electrochemical CO2 removal, providing a potential solution.
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Why it is important to determine and report the impact of probe radiation Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Emma N. Antonio, Michael F. Toney
Operando investigations of electrochemical processes using X-rays and other forms of ionizing radiation are widespread and have provided invaluable insight into electrochemical energy storage processes. Writing in ACS Energy Letters, Li et al. highlight that X-ray radiation damage to Li-sulfur batteries can be severe during X-ray fluorescence mapping and demonstrate the importance of determining beam
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China’s decarbonization and energy security plans will reduce seaborne coal imports: Results from an installation-level model Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Jorrit Gosens, Alex B.H. Turnbull, Frank Jotzo
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Batteries for robotic spacecraft Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 John-Paul Jones, Marshall C. Smart, Frederick C. Krause, William C. West, Erik J. Brandon
Dr. John-Paul Jones is a technologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in the electrochemical research, technology, and engineering group with research projects in lithium-ion batteries, primary lithium batteries, atomic layer deposition techniques, molten salt batteries, solid oxide fuel cells, electrochemical CO2 reduction, and astrobiology. He is engaged in fundamental research to develop
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Machine learning with knowledge constraints for process optimization of open-air perovskite solar cell manufacturing Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-13 Zhe Liu, Nicholas Rolston, Austin C. Flick, Thomas W. Colburn, Zekun Ren, Reinhold H. Dauskardt, Tonio Buonassisi
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Origins and influences of metallic lead in perovskite solar cells Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-12 Jiwei Liang, Xuzhi Hu, Chen Wang, Chao Liang, Cong Chen, Meng Xiao, Jiashuai Li, Chen Tao, Guichuan Xing, Rui Yu, Weijun Ke, Guojia Fang
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Countdown to perovskite space launch: Guidelines to performing relevant radiation-hardness experiments Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-04-11 Ahmad R. Kirmani, Brandon K. Durant, Jonathan Grandidier, Nancy M. Haegel, Michael D. Kelzenberg, Yao M. Lao, Michael D. McGehee, Lyndsey McMillon-Brown, David P. Ostrowski, Timothy J. Peshek, Bibhudutta Rout, Ian R. Sellers, Mark Steger, Don Walker, David M. Wilt, Kaitlyn T. VanSant, Joseph M. Luther
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Ammonia eurefstics: Electrolytes for liquid energy storage and conversion at room temperature and ambient pressure Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Chenjia Mi, Reza Ghazfar, Milton R. Smith, Thomas W. Hamann
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Low-cost hydrocarbon membrane enables commercial-scale flow batteries for long-duration energy storage Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Zhizhang Yuan, Lixin Liang, Qing Dai, Tianyu Li, Qilei Song, Huamin Zhang, Guangjin Hou, Xianfeng Li
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Perovskite-based tandem solar cells gallop ahead Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-03-16 Jin Wang, Hui Liu, Ying Zhao, Xiaodan Zhang
Perovskite-based tandem cells as clean photovoltaic conversion devices drive the transition to decarbonized energy. Recently in Nature, Tan and co-workers report a certified efficiency of 26.4%, a record-setting efficiency in all-perovskite tandem solar cells. High photocurrent density is achieved by ammonium cation passivation, addressing the short carrier diffusion length in thick mixed Pb-Sn narrow-bandgap
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Solar energy storage as salt for cooling? Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-03-16 Jaichander Swaminathan
An endothermic solvation reaction coupled with a solar-thermal crystallizer has been proposed as a renewable-energy-driven cooling solution in a recent issue of Energy & Environmental Science. We highlight some challenges that lay ahead if this idea is to be developed into a technology solution.
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Silicon heterojunction solar cells: Techno-economic assessment and opportunities Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-03-16 Arsalan Razzaq, Thomas G. Allen, Wenzhu Liu, Zhengxin Liu, Stefaan De Wolf
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Review of modification strategies in emerging inorganic solid-state electrolytes for lithium, sodium, and potassium batteries Joule (IF 41.248) Pub Date : 2022-03-16 Xuyong Feng, Hong Fang, Nan Wu, Pengcheng Liu, Puru Jena, Jagjit Nanda, David Mitlin