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Outstanding Reviewers for EES Solar in 2025

EES Sol., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EL90010K, Editorial

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We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for EES Solar in 2025, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal.
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Efficient inverted FA-Cs perovskite solar modules fabricated by blade-coating on PET foil with robust encapsulation

EES Sol., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00050A, Paper

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Anna Wąsiak-Maciejak, Mateusz Ścigaj, Klaas Bakker, Dorrit Roosen-Melsen, Łukasz Przypis, Konrad Dyk, Patrycja Janicka, Kinga Rycek, Daimiota Takhellambam, Aldo Di Carlo, Konrad Wojciechowski
Scalable blade-coating of flexible perovskite photovoltaics achieves 20.4% efficiency. Crucially, a robust vacuum-lamination process secures environmental stability, retaining 80% efficiency after 1026 h of damp-heat aging (85 °C/85% RH).
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In situ measurement of mass transport in (photo)electrochemical water splitting at device scale

EES Sol., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00057F, Paper

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Feng Liang, Fatwa Abdi, Roel van de Krol
Understanding the transport of ions and dissolved gasses in aqueous solutions is crucial for the scaling-up of photoelectrochemical (PEC) energy conversion devices. In this study, we performed in situ measurements...
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Energetics and chemistry at the electron selective interfaces for p-i-n perovskite solar cells: an in situ investigation

EES Sol., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00029K, Paper

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Karen Radetzky, Alberto Garcia-Fernandez, Birgit Kammlander, Evelyn Johannesson, Brian Rydgren, Rahul Mahavir Varma, Hakan Rensmo, Ute B. Cappel
Perovskite solar cells in an inverted p-i-n architecture are of high interest for developing efficient and affordable single junction photovoltaics and tandem devices. However, commercialization efforts are hampered by low...
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Suppressing thermal evaporation-induced iodine outgassing and interfacial degradation in perovskite solar cells

EES Sol., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00062B, Paper

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Danqing Ma, Kanak Kanti Bhowmik, Lin Zhu, Anton V. Ievlev, Yongtao Liu, Lianfeng Zhao
Thermal radiation during vacuum thermal evaporation triggers iodine outgassing and interfacial degradation in perovskite solar cells. L-ascorbic acid treatment suppresses this loss, preserving surface energetics and device performance.
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Boosting Z-scheme water splitting via increasing electron transport by manipulating multiple redox-active sites and potentials in metal hexacyanoferrate modifiers

EES Sol., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00066E, Paper

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Harutaka Ninomiya, Osamu Tomita, Hajime Suzuki, Akinobu Nakada, Rie Haruki, Shunsuke Nozawa, Ryu Abe
Redox potential alignment of MHCF cocatalysts enables selective mediator oxidation for Z-scheme water splitting.
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Probing encapsulation-induced changes in 2D/3D perovskite heterostructures for perovskite solar cells

EES Sol., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00069J, Communication

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Xin Liu, Tai Wu, Jingwen Cao, Xiaoran Sun, Meng Zhang, Xiaojing Hao
2D/3D heterostructures grown on the (111) facet exhibit markedly higher resistance to encapsulation-induced degradation compared to those on the (100) facet.
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Characterization of ionic–electronic transport and recombination in perovskite solar cells under multi-biasing conditions

EES Sol., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00034G, Paper

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Juan Pablo Medina Flechas, Dounya Barrit, Raj Dashrath Patel, Tianfang Li, Estelle Cariou, Marion Provost, Leonardo Kopprio, Sylvain Le Gall, Jean-Paul Kleider, Osbel Almora, Camille Bainier, Pilar López-Varo, Philip Schulz
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are among the most promising photovoltaic technologies, offering high efficiencies and low fabrication costs. However, their widespread deployment is hindered by fundamental challenges limiting performance stability.
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Defect passivation of perovskites for higher efficiency and enhanced stability: applications in solar cells, photoluminescence, and photocatalysis

EES Sol., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00019C, Review Article

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Thi Hieu HOANG, Mahdi Khorsand Riabi, Mahmoud Zendehdel, Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi, Mohamed Nawfal Ghazzal
Metal halide perovskites have gained great attention for their distinctive photoelectrical properties. However, their sensitivity to some stability stressors has reduced their performance in many fields. The generation of defects...
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Tailoring crystallization dynamics and phase evolution of co-evaporated pure α-FAPbI3 for enhanced device performance

EES Sol., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5EL00193E, Paper

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Francesca Zarotti, Erica Magliano, Suresh Podapangi, Federico Trezzini, Elham Ghavidel, Venanzio Raglione, Marco Di Giovannantonio, Francesco Di Giacomo, Alessandro Coati, Roberto Felici, Aldo Di Carlo
The optimized growth protocol, combining controlled substrate temperature, multiple FAI sources, and intermediate annealing, enables the fabrication of thermally evaporated pure FAPbI₃ p–i–n solar cells with a power conversion efficiency of 18.5%.
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Interplay of diffusion and crystallization in sequentially evaporated lead tin perovskites

EES Sol., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00044D, Paper

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Lara M. van der Poll, Moisés Cámara Díaz, Reinder K. Boekhoff, Poojalakshmi Vageeswaran, Niels van Silfhout, Luana Mazzarella, Swapna Ganapathy, Lars J. Bannenberg, Dibyajyoti Ghosh, Arno H. M. Smets, Tom J. Savenije
Scalable sequential thermal evaporation produces uniform PbSn perovskite films up to 700 nm with stoichiometric uniformity and columnar grains. Annealing improves homogeneity and crystallinity, and reduces defects, boosting the mobility and lifetime.
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Supramolecular engineering-empowered safe, efficient, and stable perovskite solar cells

EES Sol., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00065G, Review Article

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Jiarong Wang, Xian-Yin Dai, Leyu Bi, Qiang Fu, Alex K.-Y. Jen
A review on how supramolecular chemistry addresses PSC bottlenecks. Its noncovalent, programmable nature enables new photovoltaic designs and broadens the field. Advances in mechanisms, materials, and manufacturing could accelerate PSC commercialization for clean energy and carbon neutrality.
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A new era in solar fuels: a battery pushes PV-driven CO2 reduction beyond its limits

EES Sol., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00076B, Paper

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Thérèse Cibaka, Tsvetelina Merdzhanova, Oleksandr Astakhov, Robert Zandonella, Sergey Shcherbachenko, Paul Paciok, Marc Heggen, Rafal Dunin-Borkowski, Christoph Brabec, Peter Strasser
Battery integration improves diurnal PV energy utilisation in CO₂ conversion, increasing solar-to chemical efficiency from 10.2% to 12.5%.
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