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

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

Black carbon and dust in the Third Pole glaciers: revaluated concentrations, mass absorption cross-sections and contributions to glacier ablation

Yang Li, Julia Schmale, Xinyang Li

In snow and ice, light-absorbing particles (LAPs), such as black carbon (BC) and dust, accelerate the melting of Third Pole glaciers (TPGs). In this study, we revaluated LAP concentrations in the snow pits of TPGs (SP-TPGs), measured LAP mass absorption cr ...

2021

Gold-in-copper at low *CO coverage enables efficient electromethanation of CO2

Michael Graetzel, Pengfei Ou, Xiaoyan Wang, Dan Ren, Yang Li, Jun Li, Ziyun Wang, Yongfeng Xie, Yi Xu, Yiping Wang

The renewable-electricity-powered CO2 electroreduction reaction provides a promising means to store intermittent renewable energy in the form of valuable chemicals and dispatchable fuels. Renewable methane produced using CO2 electroreduction attracts inter ...

Nature Research2021

Controllable CO adsorption determines ethylene and methane productions from CO2 electroreduction

Yang Li, Jun Li, Zhiwen Zhou, Hao Yang, Bo Zhang

Among all CO2 electroreduction products, methane (CH4) and ethylene (C2H4) are two typical and valuable hydrocarbon products which are formed in two different pathways: hydrogenation and dimerization reactions of the same CO intermediate. Theoretical studi ...

ELSEVIER2021

Strong plasmon-exciton coupling in transition metal dichalcogenides and plasmonic nanostructures

Yang Li, Wen Chen

Achieving strong coupling between emitters and cavity photons holds an important position in the light-matter interaction due to its applications such as polariton lasing, all-optical switches, and quantum information processing. However, room-temperature ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2021

How free exciton-exciton annihilation lets bound exciton emission dominate the photoluminescence of 2D-perovskites under high-fluence pulsed excitation at cryogenic temperatures

Michael Graetzel, Jovana Milic, Yang Li, Algirdas Ducinskas

Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of atomically thin 2D lead iodide perovskite films are shown to depend on excited-state density, especially at cryogenic temperatures. At high excited-state densities and low temperatures, free exciton (FE) emission is so sup ...

AMER INST PHYSICS2021

Efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells with very high fill factors via incorporation of star-shaped polymer

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jiabao Yang, Xiong Li, Ting Xu, Yang Li, Hong Zhang, Shilong Wang, Ziyun Wang

Stabilizing high-efficiency perovskite solar cells (PSCs) at operating conditions remains an unresolved issue hampering its large-scale commercial deployment. Here, we report a star-shaped polymer to improve charge transport and inhibit ion migration at th ...

2021

Ultrasoft Liquid Metal Elastomer Foams with Positive and Negative Piezopermittivity for Tactile Sensing

Jianhang Yang, Yegor Piskarev, Yang Li, Michael Dickey

Soft, capacitive tactile (pressure) sensors are important for applications including human-machine interfaces, soft robots, and electronic skins. Such capacitors consist of two electrodes separated by a soft dielectric. Pressing the capacitor brings the el ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Quasi-Heteroface Perovskite Solar Cells

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

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

Macroscopic polarization in the nominally ergodic relaxor state of lead magnesium niobate

Dragan Damjanovic, Brahim Dkhil, Lukas Riemer, Yang Li, Kanghyun Chu

Macroscopic polarity and its dynamic response to external electric fields and temperature in the nominally ergodic relaxor phase of pristine lead magnesium niobate crystals and ceramics, Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 (PMN), were investigated. Dynamic pyroelectric measu ...

AIP American Institute of Physics2020

Hybrid 2D [Pb(CH3NH2)I-2](n) Coordination Polymer Precursor for Scalable Perovskite Deposition

Michael Graetzel, Nripan Mathews, Yang Li

A two-dimensional hybrid coordination polymer Pb(CH3NH2)I-2 featuring a well-defined layered structure is reported for scalable perovskite ink and deposition. This coordination polymer exhibits structural, spectroscopic, and physicochemical properties ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

High-valence metals improve oxygen evolution reaction performance by modulating 3dmetal oxidation cycle energetics

Ye Zhang, Yelin Hu, Zhen Cao, Yang Li, Jun Li, Bo Zhang, Ziyun Wang, Likai Zheng

Multimetal oxyhydroxides have recently been reported that outperform noble metal catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In such 3d-metal-based catalysts, the oxidation cycle of 3dmetals has been posited to act as the OER thermodynamic-limiting proc ...

NATURE RESEARCH2020

Formamidinium-Based Dion-Jacobson Layered Hybrid Perovskites: Structural Complexity and Optoelectronic Properties

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Amita Ummadisingu, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Marko Mladenovic, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Farzaneh Jahanbakhshi, Paramvir Ahlawat, Brian Irving Carlsen, Yang Li, Jovana Milic, Yang Li, Algirdas Ducinskas

Layered hybrid perovskites have emerged as a promising alternative to stabilizing hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite materials, which are predominantly based on Ruddlesden-Popper structures. Formamidinium (FA)-based Dion-Jacobson perovskite analogs are de ...

2020

Unravelling the structural complexity and photophysical properties of adamantyl-based layered hybrid perovskites

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Amita Ummadisingu, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Marko Mladenovic, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Farzaneh Jahanbakhshi, Paramvir Ahlawat, Brian Irving Carlsen, Yang Li, Jovana Milic, Yang Li, Algirdas Ducinskas

Layered hybrid perovskites comprising adamantyl spacer (A) cations based on the A(2)FA(n-1)Pb(n)I(3n+1)(n= 1-3, FA = formamidinium) compositions have recently been shown to act as promising materials for photovoltaic applications. While the corresponding p ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2020

Outstanding Reviewers for Biomaterials Science in 2019

Li Tang, Yang Li, Zhen Yang, Peng Huang

We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Biomaterials Science in 2019, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal. ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Volumetric Bioprinting of Complex Living-Tissue Constructs within Seconds

Christophe Moser, Damien Claude-Marie Loterie, Paul Delrot, Yang Li, Yang Li

Biofabrication technologies, including stereolithography and extrusion-based printing, are revolutionizing the creation of complex engineered tissues. The current paradigm in bioprinting relies on the additive layer-by-layer deposition and assembly of repe ...

Wiley2019

SnS Quantum Dots as Hole Transporter of Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Xiaofei Dong, Peng Wang, Zaiwei Wang, Yuhang Liu, Yang Li, Dan Ren, Yang Li

Perovskite solar cells have achieved comparable power conversion efficiencies as commercial silicon cells, making the issue of long-term operation stability as the most critical scientific factor toward industrial realization. In this work, we introduce Sn ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Supramolecular Engineering for Formamidinium-Based Layered 2D Perovskite Solar Cells: Structural Complexity and Dynamics Revealed by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Amita Ummadisingu, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Dominik Józef Kubicki, Jeong-Hyeok Im, David Lyndon Emsley, Jiyoun Seo, Yang Li, Jovana Milic, Yang Li, Marco Alejandro Ruiz Preciado

Perovskite solar cells are one of the most promising photovoltaic technologies, although their molecular level design and stability toward environmental factors remain a challenge. Layered 2D Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite phases feature an organic spacer bi ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2019

An Oxa[5]helicene-Based Racemic Semiconducting Glassy Film for Photothermally Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang, Filippo de Angelis, Yang Li, Yang Li, Jialin Wang

Attaining the durability of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells (PSCs) operated under concomitant light and thermal stresses is still a serious concern before large-scale application. It is crucial to maintain the phase stability of the organic hole-tra ...

2019

A peri-Xanthenoxanthene Centered Columnar-Stacking Organic Semiconductor for Efficient, Photothermally Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Peng Wang, Yang Li, Yang Li, Rui Zhu

Modulating the structure and property of hole-transporting organic semiconductors is of paramount importance for high-efficiency and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). This work reports a low-cost peri-xanthenoxanthene based small-molecule P1, which is ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2019