This review comprehensively explores recent advancements in thin c-Si solar energy devices, including techniques for producing thin films, advanced light trapping methods, surface passivation strategies, and thin wafer management approaches. It also explores the wide-ranging applications of thin c-Si solar cells and sheds light on the techno-economic...

Tin selenide (SnSe), as an innovative active multifunctional separator, can provide high conductivity to improve the insulation of the sulfur cathode, and the large interlayer spacing allows lithium, sodium, and potassium ions to migrate quickly between the cathode and anode. In short, the SnSe multifunctional separator provides multiple active sites...

A series of 2,2′-thienoviologens (2,2′-SV2+) that demonstrated superior optoelectronic properties compared to both 4,4′-thienoviologens and parent 2,2′-viologens are synthesized. These 2,2′-thienoviologens are combined with g-C3N4 for visible-light catalytic production, the hydrogen release efficiency of the 2,2′-thienoviologens-modified composites...

A facet-dependent mechanism is demonstrated for highly-reversible and long-term stable ion insertion chemistry in TiS2 anode for the first time. The selective exposure of crystal planes is uncovered to effectively suppress the occurrence of hydrogen evolution reaction and transform the charge storage mechanism from the zinc ion insertion/ extraction...

An organic ionic plastic crystals characteristic salt with intrinsic poor interionic interaction is proposed, it decouples the salt dissociation of 1-ethyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (EMPFSI) from ion-solvation of 1-ethyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium cation (EMP+) and methyl acetate (MA), and enables an effective ion transfer and readily...

It has been observed that highly active electrocatalysts are frequently “disordered” or “amorphous” in nature. Is this structural property is a coincidence, or does it have an important function role?. Using metal oxides as an example, it is explored how amorphous and disordered metal oxides can react by fundamentally different pathways and their...