Themed collection EES Solar Recent HOT Articles, 2025


How to design active sites for tailoring the C1 and C2 products of CO2 photoreduction
The design of active sites is crucial for CO2 photoreduction. This review focuses on tailoring C1 and C2 products by strategically modulating light absorption, charge separation, and protonation processes.
EES Sol., 2025, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EL00082C

More junctions is not always better: mapping optimal bandgap partners for tandem and triple-junction solar cells
Power conversion efficiency gain of tandem solar cells as a function of bottom and top sub-cell bandgap energy compared to single junction counterparts.
EES Sol., 2025, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EL00118H

Coating dynamics in two-step hybrid evaporated/blade-coated perovskites for scalable fully-textured perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells
Fully-textured perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells hold great promise for wide-scale photovoltaic deployment.
EES Sol., 2025,1, 419-430
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EL00073D

Industrialization of perovskite solar cell fabrication: strategies to achieve high-throughput vapor deposition processes
Vapor phase deposition processes hold great potential for industrializing the deposition of perovskite-based absorbers, offering a pathway to commercialization.
EES Sol., 2025,1, 404-418
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EL00069F

Long-term outdoor performance of a solar farm enabled by graphene-perovskite panels: investigating degradation mechanisms, dark storage recovery, and visual defects
Seasonal effect on the degradation and performance recovery of graphene-perovskite solar panels in dark conditions.
EES Sol., 2025,1, 295-309
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EL00042D

Photocatalyst sheet performance under intense UV irradiation and increased temperatures
Immobilised nano-particulate photocatalyst sheets under concentrated solar conditions could offer a competitive approach to scaling water-splitting photocatalytic systems for low-emission hydrogen production.
EES Sol., 2025, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EL00059A

Interdiffusion control in sequentially evaporated organic–inorganic perovskite solar cells
Humid atmosphere annealing enhances interdiffusion in sequentially evaporated perovskites, leading to improved crystallinity and reduced non-radiative recombination. This boosts PLQY and raises PCE to 21.0%, while enhancing stability under 85 °C and full-spectrum illumination.
EES Sol., 2025,1, 129-138
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EL00017C

The promise of operational stability in pnictogen-based perovskite-inspired solar cells
The co-alloying of antimony and bismuth in a new CsMAFA-Sb:Bi perovskite-inspired material leads to enhanced microstructure, reduced ion migration, increased solar cell power conversion efficiency, and impressive operational stability.
EES Sol., 2025,1, 139-156
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EL00029G