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Phase-stable indium sulfide achieves an energy conversion efficiency of 14.3% for solar-assisted carbon dioxide reduction to formate

Michael Graetzel, Jing Gao, Jingshan Luo, Xiaoyu Zhang, Jun Li, Qixing Zhang

Tremendous efforts have been made in developing highly selective catalysts for electrochemical CO 2 conversion to formate. However, the rapid deactivation resulting from structural reconstruction and phase transition poses considerable challenges to the sy ...

Cell Press2024

Suppressed recombination for monolithic inorganic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with an approximate efficiency of 23%

Michael Graetzel, Peng Wang, Yang Li, Xiaoyu Zhang, Shilong Wang

Potentially temperature-resistant inorganic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells (TSCs) are promising devices for boosting efficiency past the single-junction silicon limit. However, undesirable non-radiative recombination generally leads to a significant ...

Keai Publishing Ltd2022

Regulated CO adsorption by the electrode with OH− repulsive property for enhancing C–C coupling

Michael Graetzel, Jing Gao, Dan Ren, Mingkui Wang, Jingshan Luo, Xiaoyu Zhang, Qixing Zhang, Jialin Wang

Electrochemical CO2 reduction driven by renewable electricity is one of the promising strategies to store sustainable energy as fuels. However, the selectivity of value-added multi-carbon products remains poor for further application of this process. Here, ...

2023

Micro-Electrode with Fast Mass Transport for Enhancing Selectivity of Carbonaceous Products in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

Michael Graetzel, Mingkui Wang, Jingshan Luo, Dan Ren, Xiaoyu Zhang, Qixing Zhang

During electrochemical carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction on copper electrodes in an aqueous electrolyte, one of the key challenges is the competition between hydrogen evolution and CO2 reduction, especially under large current density. Here, micro-electrodes ...

2021

Ligand-Modulated Excess PbI2 Nanosheets for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Jingshan Luo, Zaiwei Wang, Chenyi Yi, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yi Ding, Zhen Yang

Excess lead iodide (PbI2), as a defect passivation material in perovskite films, contributes to the longer carrier lifetime and reduced halide vacancies for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells. However, the random distribution of excess PbI2 also leads ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2020

Quasi-Heteroface Perovskite Solar Cells

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Peng Wang, Yang Li, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yi Ding

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted unprecedented attention due to their rapidly rising photoelectric conversion efficiency (PCE). In order to further improve the PCE of PSCs, new possible optimization path needs to be found. Here, quasi-heterofac ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Guanidinium-Assisted Surface Matrix Engineering for Highly Efficient Perovskite Quantum Dot Photovoltaics

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Xiaoyu Zhang, Jiabao Yang, Chunyang Zhang, Xufeng Ling, Wanli Ma

Metal halide perovskite quantum dots (Pe-QDs) are of great interest in new-generation photovoltaics (PVs). However, it remains challenging in the construction of conductive and intact Pe-QD films to maximize their functionality. Herein, a ligand-assisted s ...

Wiley2020

Ti/Co-S catalyst covered amorphous Si-based photocathodes with high photovoltage for the HER in non-acid environments

Jingshan Luo, Xiaoyu Zhang, Qixing Zhang

Royal Society of Chemistry2018

Dye-sensitized solar cells for efficient power generation under ambient lighting

Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Paul Liska, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Fabrizio Giordano, Joël Teuscher, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yasemin Saygili, Marina Freitag

Solar cells that operate efficiently under indoor lighting are of great practical interest as they can serve as electric power sources for portable electronics and devices for wireless sensor networks or the Internet of Things. Here, we demonstrate a dye-s ...

Nature Publishing Group2017

Elucidating the role of chlorine in perovskite solar cells

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Gang Wang, Jingshan Luo, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yi Ding, Di Zhang, Li Fan

It has been proposed that introducing the chlorine anion into a CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite material can substantially improve the materials properties as well as the solar cell performance. To elucidate the role of chlorine in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), her ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017