EES Solar Blog

We are delighted to welcome Professor Yingping Zou, Central South University, China, as Associate Editor for EES Solar.

Learn more about Yingping Zou

Yingping Zou received her Ph. D. degree from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) in 2008. In the following years she performed her postdoctoral research at Laval University and was a visiting researcher at Stanford University. She was promoted to full professor in 2014 at Central South University (CSU). Currently her research focuses on organic small molecules/polymers for high performance optoelectronic devices. She has published more than 300 peer-review papers including in Joule, Nat.Photon., Energy Environ. Sci., Adv. Mater. and J. Am. Chem. Soc.

Read some of her recent publications:

Atomically precise Ag₃₀Pd₄ nanocluster as efficient polysulfides redox catalyst in Li-S batteries

Bin Fan, Lubing Qin, Weikun Chen, Qian He, Qingya Wei, Zhenghua Tang, Yingping Zou

J. Energy Chem., 2024, 99, 512-521

Asymmetric Alkylthio Branched Chain on Pentacyclic Small Molecular Acceptors Enables High Efficiency Organic Solar Cells

Bigui Zhou, Songting Liang, Weikun Chen, Bin Fan, Qingya Wei, Qinhao Shi, Jun Yuan, Yingping Zou

Solar RRL, 2024, 8, 2400356

Multiscale computational analysis of the effect of end group modification on PM6:BTP-x OSCs performance

Qingxing Wu, Chongchen Xiang, Guangjun Zhang, Yingping Zou, Wanqiang Li

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12, 13311-13324

Solar technology is filled with potential. Scientists working in chemistry, energy, materials science and engineering are discovering new ways to convert light energy and generate electricity. EES Solar, part of the EES family, gives this influential research a home.  Our authors rely on us for a seamless publishing experience: regular communication during the submission process, meaningful feedback at peer review, and worthwhile guidance post-publication. Work with our expert editorial boards. Get support from our in-house energy team. Make a difference to the world with your publications.   Find out more about the journal Submit your manuscript today Sign up for email alerts Follow us on social media

We are delighted to welcome Professor Junwang Tang, Tsinghua University, China, as Associate Editor for EES Solar.

Learn more about Junwang Tang

Professor Junwang (John) Tang is a Member of the Academy of Europe, a Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow, a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Fellow of IMMM and an Honorary Fellow of CCS. He was the Director of UCL Materials Hub and Chair of Materials Chemistry and Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCL. He is currently the Founding Director of the Industrial Catalysis Center in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry and Catalysis at Tsinghua University, China and a Visiting Professor at University College London, UK.

Tang is one of the pioneers to couple photons with phonons for small molecule activation to produce zero-carbon fuels (eg. H2O to H2, N2 to NH3) and valuable chemicals (CO2 to alcohols and CH4 to long chain hydrocarbons) as well as microwave catalysis (e.g. chemical plastic recycling), together with the investigation of the underlying charge dynamics and kinetics by state-of-the-art spectroscopic, resulting in >250 papers published in Nature Energy, Nature Catalysis, Nature Materials, Nature Sustainability, Nature Review Materials, Chemical Reviews etc. He is also Editor / Editor-in-Chief / Associate Editor of 5 journals, including Applied Catalysis B, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, and EES Solar. Prof. Tang has received many awards, the latest of which are the 2022 IChemE Oil and Gas Global Awards (Methane conversion), 2021 IChemE Andrew Medal (due to his contribution to heterogeneous catalysis), the RSC Corday-Morgan Prize 2021 (due to innovative photocatalysts discovered), 2021 Royal Society-Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship and 2021 IChemE Innovative Product Award (thanks to successful microwave technology transfer).

Read some of his recent publications:

Converting Glycerol into Valuable Trioses by Cu^δ+-Single-Atom-Decorated WO₃ under Visible Light

Lunqiao Xiong, Zhounan Yu, Hongchen Cao, Weixiang Guan, Yang Su, Xiaoli Pan, Leilei Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu, Aiqin Wang, Junwang Tang

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202318461

PdCu nanoalloy decorated photocatalysts for efficient and selective oxidative coupling of methane in flow reactors

Xiyi Li, Chao Wang, Jianlong Yang, Youxun Xu, Yi Yang, Jiaguo Yu, Juan J. Delgado, Natalia Martsinovich, Xiao Sun, Xu-Sheng Zheng, Weixin Huan, Junwang Tang

Nat. Commun., 2023, 14, 6343

Highly Selective Conversion of CH₄ to High Value-Added C₁ Oxygenates over Pd Loaded ZnTi-LDH

Lei Fu, Ruixue Zhang, Jianlong Yang, Jiale Shi, Hai-Ying Jiang, Junwang Tang

Adv. Energy Mater., 2023, 13, 2301118

Solar technology is filled with potential. Scientists working in chemistry, energy, materials science and engineering are discovering new ways to convert light energy and generate electricity. EES Solar, part of the EES family, gives this influential research a home.  Our authors rely on us for a seamless publishing experience: regular communication during the submission process, meaningful feedback at peer review, and worthwhile guidance post-publication. Work with our expert editorial boards. Get support from our in-house energy team. Make a difference to the world with your publications.   Find out more about the journal Submit your manuscript today Sign up for email alerts Follow us on social media

The EES family has grown. In July, we announced two new journals – EES Batteries and EES Solar – which will welcome in a new era of exceptional research.

That era begins now. Join in right from the start by submitting your work today.

The journals

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Exceptional research on batteries and energy storage Editor in Chief: Qiang Zhang EES Batteries welcomes all scales of influential, high impact and quality studies, from impactful fundamental advances to interdisciplinary research across all scientific disciplines, including chemistry, physics, materials science, engineering, and technoeconomic analyses. Submit to EES Batteries

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Exceptional research on solar energy and photovoltaics Editor in Chief: Michael Saliba EES Solar aims to be a leading publication for groundbreaking studies that span a wide range of scientific disciplines, all connected by the thread of solar. The journal considers influential studies across diverse scientific fields, including chemistry, physics, materials science, engineering, computational and physical modelling studies, policy and technoeconomic analyses. Submit to EES Solar

How you can join in

These journals are poised to make a significant impact. Submitting early will not only increase your chances of being featured in our inaugural issues, but your work will also help to lead the way as these exciting new research platforms grow.

EES Batteries and EES Solar will deliver the same impact and influence that you associate with companion journal Energy & Environmental Science. Exceptional research belongs with the EES family.

Article processing charges (APCs) are waived until mid-2027.

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We are delighted to introduce you to our Editors-in-Chief of the two new, recently announced Royal Society of Chemistry journals: EES Batteries and EES Solar, part of the EES family journals.

Dr Qiang Zhang is a full professor in the Chemical Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, China. His group mainly focuses on advanced energy chemistry and energy materials, including dendrite-free lithium metal anodes, lithium sulfur batteries, electrolytes, solid state batteries, and energy electrocatalysis. Find out more here and on Dr Zhang’s group webpage here. You can also read some of Dr Zhang’s recent research below:

A brief history of zinc–air batteries: 140 years of epic adventures
Jia-Ning Liu, Chang-Xin Zhao, Juan Wang, Ding Ren, Bo-Quan Li and Qiang Zhang
Energy Environ. Sci., 2022,15, 4542-4553.

A data-driven bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst with a record-breaking ΔE = 0.57 V for ampere-hour-scale zinc-air batteries
Jia-Ning Liu, Chang-Xin Zhao, Juan Wang, Xuan-Qi Fang, Chen-Xi Bi, Bo-Quan Li, Qiang Zhang
Joule, 2024, 8, 1804-1819.

Prof. Michael Saliba is a full professor and the director of the Institute for Photovoltaics (ipv) at the University of Stuttgart. He holds a dual appointment at the Helmholtz Research Center Jülich, Germany. His research focuses on a fundamental understanding of optoelectronic materials with an emphasis on emerging perovskites for a sustainable energy future. Find out more here and read some of Professor Saliba’s recent research below:

All-perovskite tandem solar cells: from fundamentals to technological progress
Jaekeun Lim, Nam-Gyu Park, Sang Il Seok and Michael Saliba
Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17, 4390-4425.

Overcoming ionic migration in perovskite solar cells through alkali metals
Clara A. Aranda, Agustin O. Alvarez, Vladimir S. Chivrony, Chittaranjan Das, Monika Rai, Michael Saliba
Joule, 2024, 8, 241-254.

EES Batteries and EES Solar open for submissions later this year, sign up for email alerts below to be one of the first to find out news about the journals.

Exceptional research in batteries, energy storage, solar energy and photovoltaics now has a dedicated home with the Royal Society of Chemistry.

EES Batteries and EES Solar are part of the EES journal family, which is known for delivering outstanding publications. This is where progress begins.

“I am delighted to be the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of EES Batteries and intend for this journal to be established as a cornerstone of innovation, and a beacon for sustainable energy solutions that actively shape the future of energy technologies globally.” Qiang Zhang – EES Batteries	“I am driven to advance the global transition to a sustainable energy future, and to shape EES Solar into a premier platform to exchange ideas and drive the progression of solar research.” Michael Saliba – EES Solar