With performance improvements,organic photovoltaics(OPVs)are an increasingly competitive technology for renewable energy.However,most high-performance OPVs are small-area devices processed from toxic halogenated solve...With performance improvements,organic photovoltaics(OPVs)are an increasingly competitive technology for renewable energy.However,most high-performance OPVs are small-area devices processed from toxic halogenated solvents via spin-coating,posing a challenge for mass production.We study a low-cost polymer donor(PTQ10)and a nonfullerene acceptor(DTY6)in a halogen-free solvent using industrially relevant blade coating.The non-inverted architecture performed best,achieving 12%efficiency,with the blade-coating deposition surpassing spin-coating.Active layers processed from the two coating techniques exhibited similar exciton quenching,likely due to the same measured nanodomain size and purity.However,blade-coated devices exhibited a higher charge carrier lifetime correlated with increased acceptor pi-stacking despite decreased donor pi-stacking.This suggests that optimizing crystallinity in bladecoated devices could result in even higher performance.Additionally,high performance in upscaled blade-coated devices(1 cm2)processed in air with a green solvent demonstrated the industrial potential of this system.展开更多
In this viewpoint,recent hot topics in the photovoltaic community,interdigitated back contact(IBC)cells,are systematically reviewed from the view of device configuration.Two categories of IBC designs on the most popul...In this viewpoint,recent hot topics in the photovoltaic community,interdigitated back contact(IBC)cells,are systematically reviewed from the view of device configuration.Two categories of IBC designs on the most popular perovskite solar cells(PSCs)were discussed,and a planar back-contact perovskite module was first proposed.The device configuration,fabrication methods,working mechanism,optimization strategies,and future development directions of this novel PSC module were put forward to show its superiorities in the module performance,processing difficulty,and extensible functionality among present perovskite modules,presenting promising potential to improve the competitiveness of perovskite technology in the photovoltaic market.展开更多
Cancer has emerged as a critical global health concern due to its elevated heterogeneity and mortality rate.Despite the continuous efforts put into medical research,current clinical approaches still face limitations,i...Cancer has emerged as a critical global health concern due to its elevated heterogeneity and mortality rate.Despite the continuous efforts put into medical research,current clinical approaches still face limitations,including dependency on costly facilities,trained operators and suboptimal diagnostic precision.Therefore,innovative strategies for accurate,personalized and patient-friendly cancer theranostic solutions are urgently required.Among all the platforms,wearable bioelectronics stand out for advantages such as non-invasive detection,responsive therapy and long-term monitoring,owing to their functional bioelectronic interfaces.This review summarizes the latest advances in wearable bioelectronics,aiming to provide a new strategy for cancer theranostics.Initially,the clinical status and emerging wearable bioelectronics are briefly described to provide a general overview.The subsequent contents focus on the implementation of wearable bioelectronics across early diagnosis,treatment,prognostic monitoring and rehabilitation with multiple device configurations.Finally,we discuss the current challenges and prospective future development in advanced cancer theranostics.展开更多
Flexible energy storage devices are becoming indispensable new elements of wearable electronics to improve our living qualities.As the main energy storage devices,lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)are gradually approaching t...Flexible energy storage devices are becoming indispensable new elements of wearable electronics to improve our living qualities.As the main energy storage devices,lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)are gradually approaching their theoretical limit in terms of energy density.In recent years,lithium metal batteries(LMBs)with metallic Li as the anode are revived due to the extremely high energy density,and are considered to be one of the ideal alternatives for the next generation of flexible power supply.In this review,key technologies and scientific problems to be overcome for flexible LMBs are discussed.Then,the recent advances in flexible LMBs,including the design of flexible Li metal anodes,electrolytes,cathodes and interlayers,are summarized.In addition,we have summed up the research progress of flexible device configurations,and emphasized the importance of flexibility evaluation and functionality integration to ensure the wearing safety in complex environment.Finally,the challenges and future development of flexible LMBs are summarized and prospected.展开更多
基金the US National Science Foundation(NSF),Division of Materials Research,Electronic and Photonic Materials Program under grant#2247711support from the Bio Voltaico project n.A0613-2023-078175 of the POR FESR 2021/2027 Riposizionamento Competitivo RSI-Economia del Mare,Green Economy e Agrifood initiative,and Integrated Terrestrial And Non-Terrestrial Networks(ITANTN)project under the Research and innovation on future Telecommunications systems and networks,to make Italy more smart(RESTART)initiative of the PNRRsupported by the NSF Division of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates under grant#2349426。
文摘With performance improvements,organic photovoltaics(OPVs)are an increasingly competitive technology for renewable energy.However,most high-performance OPVs are small-area devices processed from toxic halogenated solvents via spin-coating,posing a challenge for mass production.We study a low-cost polymer donor(PTQ10)and a nonfullerene acceptor(DTY6)in a halogen-free solvent using industrially relevant blade coating.The non-inverted architecture performed best,achieving 12%efficiency,with the blade-coating deposition surpassing spin-coating.Active layers processed from the two coating techniques exhibited similar exciton quenching,likely due to the same measured nanodomain size and purity.However,blade-coated devices exhibited a higher charge carrier lifetime correlated with increased acceptor pi-stacking despite decreased donor pi-stacking.This suggests that optimizing crystallinity in bladecoated devices could result in even higher performance.Additionally,high performance in upscaled blade-coated devices(1 cm2)processed in air with a green solvent demonstrated the industrial potential of this system.
基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2023M731476,2023T160286)Beijing Postdoctoral Research Foundation.
文摘In this viewpoint,recent hot topics in the photovoltaic community,interdigitated back contact(IBC)cells,are systematically reviewed from the view of device configuration.Two categories of IBC designs on the most popular perovskite solar cells(PSCs)were discussed,and a planar back-contact perovskite module was first proposed.The device configuration,fabrication methods,working mechanism,optimization strategies,and future development directions of this novel PSC module were put forward to show its superiorities in the module performance,processing difficulty,and extensible functionality among present perovskite modules,presenting promising potential to improve the competitiveness of perovskite technology in the photovoltaic market.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,China(2025A1515010362)City University of Hong Kong(9382003,7020123)+1 种基金the University Grants Committee’s Teaching Start-up Grant(6000908)National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding(BJ-2023-194).
文摘Cancer has emerged as a critical global health concern due to its elevated heterogeneity and mortality rate.Despite the continuous efforts put into medical research,current clinical approaches still face limitations,including dependency on costly facilities,trained operators and suboptimal diagnostic precision.Therefore,innovative strategies for accurate,personalized and patient-friendly cancer theranostic solutions are urgently required.Among all the platforms,wearable bioelectronics stand out for advantages such as non-invasive detection,responsive therapy and long-term monitoring,owing to their functional bioelectronic interfaces.This review summarizes the latest advances in wearable bioelectronics,aiming to provide a new strategy for cancer theranostics.Initially,the clinical status and emerging wearable bioelectronics are briefly described to provide a general overview.The subsequent contents focus on the implementation of wearable bioelectronics across early diagnosis,treatment,prognostic monitoring and rehabilitation with multiple device configurations.Finally,we discuss the current challenges and prospective future development in advanced cancer theranostics.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1804138,U1904195,and 22104079)the Program for Science&Technology Innovative Research Team(20IRTSTHN007)+2 种基金the Innovation Talents(22HASTIT028)Key Scientific Research(22A150052)in the Universities of Henan Provincethe Key Science and Technology Research of Henan Province(212102210654)。
文摘Flexible energy storage devices are becoming indispensable new elements of wearable electronics to improve our living qualities.As the main energy storage devices,lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)are gradually approaching their theoretical limit in terms of energy density.In recent years,lithium metal batteries(LMBs)with metallic Li as the anode are revived due to the extremely high energy density,and are considered to be one of the ideal alternatives for the next generation of flexible power supply.In this review,key technologies and scientific problems to be overcome for flexible LMBs are discussed.Then,the recent advances in flexible LMBs,including the design of flexible Li metal anodes,electrolytes,cathodes and interlayers,are summarized.In addition,we have summed up the research progress of flexible device configurations,and emphasized the importance of flexibility evaluation and functionality integration to ensure the wearing safety in complex environment.Finally,the challenges and future development of flexible LMBs are summarized and prospected.
