Exploring lanthanide light upconversion(UC)has emerged as a promising strategy to enhance the near-infrared(NIR)responsive region of silicon solar cells(SSCs).However,its practical application under normal sunlight co...
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Exploring lanthanide light upconversion(UC)has emerged as a promising strategy to enhance the near-infrared(NIR)responsive region of silicon solar cells(SSCs).However,its practical application under normal sunlight conditions has been hindered by the narrow NIR excitation bandwidth and the low UC efficiency of conventional ***,we report the design of an efficient multiband UC system based on Ln^(3+)/Yb^(3+)-doped core-shell upconversion nanoparticles(Ln/Yb-UCNPs,Ln^(3+)=Ho^(3+),Er^(3+),Tm^(3+)).In our design,Ln^(3+)ions are incorporated into distinct layers of Ln/Yb-UCNPs to function as near-infrared(NIR)absorbers across different spectral *** design achieves broad multiband absorption withtin the 1100 to 2200 nm range,with an aggregated bandwidth of~500 *** have identified a synthetic electron pumping(SEP)effect involving Yb^(3+)ions,facilitated by the synergistic interplay of energy transfer and cross-relaxation between Yb^(3+)and other ions Ln^(3+)(Ho^(3+),Er^(3+),Tm^(3+)).This SEP effect enhances the UC efficiency of the nanomaterials by effectively transferring electrons from the low-excited states of Ln^(3+)to the excited state of Yb^(3+),resulting in intense Yb^(3+)luminescence at~980 nm within the optimal response region for SSCs,thus markedly improving their overall *** SSCs integrated with Ln/Yb-UCNPs with multiband excitation demonstrate the largest reported NIR response range up to 2200 nm,while enabling the highest improvement in absolute photovoltaic efficiency reported,with an increase of 0.87%(resulting in a total efficiency of 19.37%)under standard AM 1.5 G *** work tackles the bottlenecks in UCNP-coupled SSCs and introduces a viable approach to extend the NIR response of SSCs.
Surface 4-trifluoromethylphenylacetylene (4-TFMA) functionalization enables inert Cu2O cubes to exhibit a good photocatalytic activity. The modified rhombic dodecahedra also showed enhanced photocatalytic activity, bu...
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In this study, we focused on depositing a target material, cobalt-iron-dysprosium (Co60Fe20Dy20), onto silicon (Si) (100) substrates with thickness varying from 10 nm to 50 nm through a direct-current (DC) m...
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This work aims to systematically examine the topology effect on the self-assembly of block copolymers. Compositionally, symmetric polystyrene-block-polydimethylsiloxane block copolymers (BCPs) with different chain top...
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Hydrogen is considered one of the most ideal future energy *** safe storage and convenient transportation of hydrogen are key factors for the utilization of hydrogen *** the current investigation,two-dimensional vanad...
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Hydrogen is considered one of the most ideal future energy *** safe storage and convenient transportation of hydrogen are key factors for the utilization of hydrogen *** the current investigation,two-dimensional vanadium carbide(VC) was prepared by an etching method using V_(4)AlC_(3) as a precursor and then employed to enhance the hydrogen storage properties of MgH_(2).The studied results indicate that VC-doped MgH_(2) can absorb hydrogen at room temperature and release hydrogen at 170℃. Moreover,it absorbs 5.0 wt.%of H_(2) within 9.8 min at 100℃ and desorbs 5.0 wt.% of H_(2) within 3.2 min at 300℃.The dehydrogenation apparent activation energy of VC-doped MgH_(2) is 89.3 ± 2.8 kJ/mol,which is far lower than that of additive-free MgH_(2)(138.5 ± 2.4 kJ/mol),***-initio simulations showed that VC can stretch Mg-H bonds and make the Mg-H bonds easier to break,which is responsible for the decrease of dehydrogenation temperature and conducive to accelerating the diffusion rate of hydrogen atoms,thus,the hydrogen storage properties of MgH_(2) are remarkable improved through addition of VC.
The growing demand for electric vehicles highlights the need for energy storage solutions with higher densities,spotlighting Li metal anodes as potential successors to traditional Li-ion batteries(LIBs).Achieving long...
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The growing demand for electric vehicles highlights the need for energy storage solutions with higher densities,spotlighting Li metal anodes as potential successors to traditional Li-ion batteries(LIBs).Achieving longer calendar aging life for Li metal anodes is crucial for their practical use,given their propensity for corrosion due to a low redox potential,which leads to compromised cycling stability and significant capacity loss during *** research investigated that this susceptibility is mainly dependent on the surface area of Li metal anode and the properties of the solid electrolyte interphase(SEI),particularly its stability and growth *** research adds to this understanding by demonstrating that the amount of Li plating is a key factor in its corrosion during open-circuit storage,as assessed across various *** discovered that increasing the Li plating amount effectively reduces Coulombic efficiency(C.E.)loss during aging,due to a lower surface area-to-Li *** implies that the choice of electrolyte for optimal storage life should consider the amount of Li plating,with higher capacities promoting better storage characteristics.
Using density functional theory calculations and many-body perturbation theory, we investigate the electronic and optical properties of the inverse spinel CoFe2O4, a common anode material for photocatalytic water spli...
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Using density functional theory calculations and many-body perturbation theory, we investigate the electronic and optical properties of the inverse spinel CoFe2O4, a common anode material for photocatalytic water splitting. Starting with different exchange-correlation functionals, at the independent particle (IP) level we obtain a direct band gap of 1.38 eV (PBE+U, U=4 eV) and 1.69 eV (SCAN+ U, U=3 eV), whereas HSE06 renders an indirect band gap of 2.02 eV. Including quasiparticle effects within G0W0, a larger and indirect band gap is obtained for all functionals: 1.78 eV (PBE+U, U=4 eV), 1.95 eV (SCAN+ U, U=3 eV), and 2.17 eV (HSE06). Excitonic effects, taken into account by solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE), lead to a redshift of the optical band gap to 1.50 (SCAN+ U, U=3 eV) and 1.61 eV (HSE06), in good agreement with the reported experimental values 1.50–2.0 eV. We also explored the effect of the degree of inversion: while the band gap decreases at the IP level, including excitonic effects leads to an increase from 1.50 (x=1) to 1.57 (x=0.5), and 1.64 eV (x=0). The lowest optical transitions in the visible range, identified based on the oscillator strength, are at 2.0, 3.5, and 5.0 eV for the inverse spinel, consistent with the experimental values at 2.0, 3.4, and 4.9 eV. Both x=0.0 and x=0.5 exhibit transitions below 1 eV with extremely small oscillator strengths that are absent in the inverse spinel. This corroborates previous suggestions that these transitions are related to the presence of Co2+ cations at the tetrahedral sites.
Resistivity and magnetization have been measured at different temperatures and magnetic fields in organic superconductorsκ-(BEDT-TTF)_(2)Cu[N(CN)_(2)]*** lower critical field and upper critical field are determined,w...
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Resistivity and magnetization have been measured at different temperatures and magnetic fields in organic superconductorsκ-(BEDT-TTF)_(2)Cu[N(CN)_(2)]*** lower critical field and upper critical field are determined,which allow to depict a complete phase *** the comparison between the upper critical fields with magnetic field perpendicular and parallel to the conducting ac-planes,and the scaling of the in-plane resistivity with field along different directions,we find that the anisotropyΓis strongly dependent on *** is realized thatΓis quite large(above 20)near Tc,which satisfies the 2D model,but approaches a small value in the low-temperature *** 2D-Tinkham model can also be used to fit the data at high *** is explained as a crossover from the orbital depairing mechanism in high-temperature and low-field region to the paramagnetic depairing mechanism in the high-field and low-temperature *** temperature dependence of lower critical field,Hc1(T),shows a concave shape in wide temperature *** is found that neither a single d-wave nor a single s-wave gap can fit the Hc1(T),however a two-gap model containing an s-wave and a d-wave can fit the data rather well,suggesting two-band superconductivity and an unconventional pairing mechanism in this organic superconductor.
While waveguide-based light concentrators offer significant advantages,their application has not been considered an interesting option for assisting multijunction or other two-terminal tandem solar *** this study,we p...
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While waveguide-based light concentrators offer significant advantages,their application has not been considered an interesting option for assisting multijunction or other two-terminal tandem solar *** this study,we present a simple yet effective approach to enhancing the output power of transfer-printed multijunction InGaP/GaAs solar *** utilizing a simply combinable waveguide concentrator featuring a coplanar waveguide with BaSO4 Mie scattering elements,we enable the simultaneous absorption of directly illuminated solar flux and indirectly waveguided *** deployment of cells is optimized for front-surface photon collection in monofacial *** systematic comparisons across various waveguide parameters,supported by both experimental and theoretical quantifications,we demonstrate a remarkable improvement in the maximum output power of a 26%-efficient cell,achieving an enhancement of~93%with the integration of the optimal scattering ***,a series of supplementary tests are conducted to explore the effective waveguide size,validate enhancements in arrayed cell module performance,and assess the drawbacks associated with rear *** findings provide a comprehensive understanding of our proposed approach towards advancing multi-junction photovoltaics.
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