High-performance perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells enabled by multifunctional titanium oxynitride recombination layers

By: Fengxian Cao · Yao Li · Shibo Wang · Kin Long Wong · Cao Yu · Xinya Niu · Bo Gao · Wenhao Li · Jianwei Yu · Yue Zhang · Yiliang Wu · Jun Zhu · Wei Shi · Kun Gao · Liu Yang · Bowen Yang · Wenzhen An · Shifeng Deng · Lei Shi · Shaofei Yang · Xi Chen · Fei Wang · Hanlin Hu · Ruy Sebastian Bonilla · Jian Zhou · Jun Yin · Xiaohong Zhang · Xinbo Yang

24 July 2026 at 01:00

Nature Energy, Published online: 24 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41560-026-02116-4

The interconnected recombination layer is key to advance perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. Cao et al. show that titanium oxynitride reconciles the requirements for recombination layers, improving the efficiency and stability for tandem solar cells and modules.

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Built-In Electric Fields and Ir-Cl Motifs at Heterointerfaces Enable Selective and Durable Seawater Electrolysis 25 June 2026 at 00:00

Built-In Electric Fields and Ir-Cl Motifs at Heterointerfaces Enable Selective and Durable Seawater Electrolysis

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By: Yaohai Cai · Di Liu · Dong Liu · Haoqiang Ai · Kai Liu · Xiaotian Wei · Yingwei Qi · Hui Pan · Lei Wang · Zhenbo Wang

25 June 2026 at 00:00

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE02150F, Paper

Yaohai Cai, Di Liu, Dong Liu, Haoqiang Ai, Kai Liu, Xiaotian Wei, Yingwei Qi, Hui Pan, Lei Wang, Zhenbo Wang
Alkaline seawater electrolysis is fundamentally constrained by intrinsic trade-offs among oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity, selectivity, and durability, arising from sluggish OER kinetics, parasitic chloride oxidation, and catalyst degradation. Here,...
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Efficient and accurate neural-field reconstruction using resistive memory 10 June 2026 at 01:00

Efficient and accurate neural-field reconstruction using resistive memory

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By: Yifei Yu · Xinyuan Zhang · Shaocong Wang · Woyu Zhang · Xiuzhe Wu · Yangu He · Jichang Yang · Yue Zhang · Ning Lin · Bo Wang · Xi Chen · Songqi Wang · Xiaoshan Wu · Shihao Han · Yi Li · Meng Xu · Hegan Chen · Wenkui Zhang · Jingyi Chen · Xumeng Zhang · Xiaojuan Qi · Dashan Shang · Qi Liu · Zhongrui Wang · Kwang-Ting Cheng · Ming Liu

10 June 2026 at 01:00

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10646-w

A co-optimized AI hardware–software system using resistive-memory computing improves energy efficiency and parallelism for sparse signal reconstruction in imaging and three-dimensional vision applications.

Conformal hetero-electrolyte interface between soft oxyhalides and garnet enables low-pressure lithium-reservoir-free solid-state batteries

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By: Max Palmer · Vipin K. Singh · Leonardo Merola · Karthikeyen Natarajan Pugazhendhi · Pallab Barai · Insang You · Yubo Wang · Eric Carlson · Cathy Wang · Hao Zheng · Venkat Srinivasan · Jürgen Janek · Jeff Sakamoto · Linda F. Nazar

14 April 2026 at 00:00

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,3283-3299
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07777J, Paper

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Max Palmer, Vipin K. Singh, Leonardo Merola, Karthikeyen Natarajan Pugazhendhi, Pallab Barai, Insang You, Yubo Wang, Eric Carlson, Cathy Wang, Hao Zheng, Venkat Srinivasan, Jürgen Janek, Jeff Sakamoto, Linda F. Nazar
Soft oxyhalide electrolytes enable low hetero-electrolyte (H-E) resistance with garnet at low stack pressures for “reservoir-free” dual electrolyte batteries.
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