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Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics (IPEROP19)

31 Jan 2019

Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Chemical Science and Energy & Environmental Science are delighted to support the Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics (IPEROP19) conference that took place in Kyoto, Japan from 28th to 29th of January 2019. On behalf of the Royal Society of Chemistry, we would like to congratulate the following prize winners who won a £200 book voucher each:

Yamaguchi, Mayu (Waseda University)
“Perovskite Precursor Solution Tuned with Polymer Addition for Effective Formation of the Photovoltaic Layer”

James Durrant (Sustainable Energy & Fuels Editor-in-Chief), Mayu Yamaguchi, Juan Bisquert (Energy & Environmental Fuels and Sustainable Energy & Fuels Advisory Board member)

Mantulnikovs, Konstantins (EPFL)
“Differential Response of the Photoluminescence and Photocurrent of Polycrystalline CH3NH3PbI3 and CH3NH3PbBr3 to the Exposure to Oxygen and Nitrogen”

Juan Bisquert (Energy & Environmental Fuels and Sustainable Energy & Fuels Advisory Board member), James Durrant (Sustainable Energy & Fuels Editor-in-Chief), Konstantins Mantulnikovs, Hideo Ohkita and Atsushi Wakamiya

Lin, Chieh-Ting (Imperial College London)
“Probing the Enhanced Stability Against Oxygen Induced Photodegradation by Selection of Transport Layer and Defect Passivation”

Awards presented by James Durrant, Editor-in-Chief of Sustainable Energy & Fuels

Congratulations to all Awardees

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Perovskites Solar Cells Themed Issue

21 Dec 2018

By Daphne Houston.

We are delighted to announce that the Sustainable Energy & Fuels themed collection on Perovskite Solar Cells is now online.

Guest-edited by Nam-Gyu Park, Associate Editor for Sustainable Energy and Fuels (Sungkyunkwan University), Jinsong Huang (University of North Carolina) and Yabing Qi (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University), the goal of this themed issue is to present recent progress and challenges in the field of perovskite solar cell research, as well as to provide insights regarding future directions.

Read the full collection online

Editorial
Themed issue on perovskite solar cells: research on metal halide perovskite solar cells towards deeper understanding, upscalable fabrication, long-term stability and Pb-free alternatives
Nam-Gyu Park, Jinsong Huang and Yabing Qi
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 2378-2380. DOI: 10.1039/C8SE90060D

Perspective
Building bridges between halide perovskite nanocrystals and thin-film solar cells
Hanjun Yang, Yi Zhang, Katie Hills-Kimball, Yuanyuan Zhou and Ou Chen
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 2381-2397. DOI: 10.1039/C8SE000315G

Communication
Encapsulating perovskite solar cells to withstand damp heat and thermal cycling
Rongrong Cheacharoen, Caleb C. Boyd, George F. Burkhard, Tomas Leijtens, James A. Raiford, Kevin A. Bush, Stacey F. Bent and Michael D. McGehee
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 2398-2406. DOI: 10.1039/C8SE000250A

Paper
Influence of doped charge transport layers on efficient perovskite solar cells
Jorge Avila, Lidon Gil-Escrig, Pablo P. Boix, Michele Sessolo, Steve Albrecht and Henk J. Bolink
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 2429-2434. DOI: 10.1039/C8SE000218E

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Introducing Sustainable Energy & Fuels Associate Editor: Professor Andrea Kruse

13 Nov 2018

By Annika Friberg.

We are delighted to welcome Professor Andrea Kruse as our newest Editorial Board member and Associate Editor.

Andrea Kruse, University Hohenheim, Germany

ORCiD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8156-139X

Andrea Kruse has studied chemistry at the University of Heidelberg and specialized in Chemical Engineering. After and during her PhD, she worked in the Research Centre Karlsruhe, now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in the field of hydrothermal biomass conversion, mainly. She did her Habilitation with her studies in Supercritical Water Gasification at the Technical University Darmstadt, getting the “venia legendi” in chemical engineering.

Since 2012, she is holding the chair of Conversion Technologies of Biobased Resources at University of Hohenheim. Her main activities are the production of platform chemicals and materials from biomass, and the development of advanced separation processes for biorefineries. The focus is here to develop the whole value chain “from the field to the product”.

Submit your best sustainable energy and fuels research to Andrea Kruse now!

Read Andrea’s recent work here:

The effect of different Brønsted acids on the hydrothermal conversion of fructose to HMF. Paul Körner, Dennis Jung and Andrea Kruse. Green Chem., 2018, 20, 2231-2241. DOI: 10.1039/C8GC00435H

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Artificial Photosynthesis themed collection now online

12 Sep 2018

By Daphne Houston.

We are delighted to announce that the Sustainable Energy & Fuels (SE) themed collection on Artificial Photosynthesis – From Sunlight to Fuels and Valuable Products for a Sustainable Future is now online and free to access until the end of 2018.

Guest Edited by Johannes Messinger (Uppsala University), Osamu Ishitani (Tokyo Institute of Technology) and Dunwei Wang (Boston College), this collection of articles covers a wide range of topics related to artificial photosynthesis.

Read the full collection online

Editorial
Artificial photosynthesis – from sunlight to fuels and valuable products for a sustainable future
Johannes Messinger, Osamu Ishitani and Dunwei Wang
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 1891-1892. DOI: 10.1039/C8SE90049C

Perspective
Hydrogen evolution catalysis by molybdenum sulfides (MoS_x): are thiomolybdate clusters like [Mo₃S₁₃]²⁻ suitable active site models?
Marie-Luise Grutza, Ashwene Rajagopal, Carsten Streb and Philipp Kurz
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 1893-1904. DOI: 10.1039/C8SE00155C

Review Article
Organic chemistry at anodes and photoanodes
Lacey M. Reid, Tengfei Li, Yang Cao and Curtis P. Berlinguette
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 1905-1927. DOI: 10.1039/C8SE00175H

Communication
Proton coupled electron transfer from Co₃O₄ nanoparticles to photogenerated Ru(bpy)₃³⁺: base catalysis and buffer effect
Giulia Alice Volpato, Alessandro Bonetto, Antonio Marcomini, Pierre Mialane, Marcella Bonchio, Mirco Natali and Andrea Sartorel
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 1951-1956. DOI: 10.1039/C8SE00275D

Paper
Multi-phase real-time monitoring of oxygen evolution enables in operando water oxidation catalysis studies
Fabian L. Huber, Sebastian Amthor, Benjamin Schwarz, Boris Mizaikoff, Carsten Streb and Sven Rau
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 1974-1978. DOI: 10.1039/C8SE00328A

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ICCE 2018: 7th International Conference & Exhibition on Clean Energy

24 Jul 2018

By Sian Carrington, Editorial Assistant.

Sustainable Energy & Fuels is pleased to support ICCE 2018: 7th International Conference & Exhibition on Clean Energy, 30 July – 3 August 2018

ICCE2018 is an international conference focused on clean and renewable energy. The 7th International Conference aims to bring together leading academic scientists, industrialists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Clean Energy. It provides a platform for researchers and scientists to share their research work while the participants from industry can promote their products. This is an excellent opportunity for the delegates from universities and industry to interact with the their colleagues. ICCE2018 will include keynotes & plenary talks, invited lectures, contributed papers, poster presentations, workshops, exhibitions and tours. More info can be found at http://ICCE2018.iaemm.com

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19 Apr 2018

By Ellis McGlone.

The 2nd Asia-Pacific Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (AP-HOPV18) was held in Kitakyushu, Japan between 28-30 January 2018. Both Sustainable Energy & Fuels and Energy & Environmental Science, along with Materials Chemistry Frontiers and Journal of Materials Chemistry A supported the event by offering prizes for the best posters. These prizes were awarded to:

Sustainable Energy & Fuel Award
Hong Duc (David) Pham, Queensland University of Technology

“Novel Low Cost Triphenylamine Derivatives based Hole Transporting Organic Materials for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells”

Materials Chemistry Frontiers Award
Yuta Shirogane, Waseda University

“Perovskite Layer Formation with Polymer-Scaffold: Grain Structure Analysis and in-situ Conductive AFM Characterization”

Journal of Materials Chemistry A Award
Molang Cai, National Institute for Materials Science

“Electrical Potential Distribution for High Performance Perovskite Solar Cells”

Energy & Environmental Science Award
Zeguo Tang, The University of Tokyo

“Optical properties of organometal halide perovskite with different composition of A-site cations”

L-R: Juan Bisquert, Hiromitsu Urakami, Molang Cai (5th left), Hong Duc (David) Pham (6th left), Yuta Shirogane (far right).

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Outstanding Reviewers for Sustainable Energy & Fuels in 2017

22 Mar 2018

By Ellis McGlone.

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Sustainable Energy & Fuels in 2017, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

Dr Tomokazu Fukutsuka, Kyoto University, ORCID: 0000-0002-8731-9078

Dr Akihide Iwase, Tokyo University of Science, ORCID: 0000-0002-6395-9556

Dr Hyun Suk Jung, Sungkyunkwan University, ORCID: 0000-0002-7803-6930

Dr Min Jae Ko, Hanyang University, ORCID: 0000-0002-4842-3235

Dr Ki Tae Nam, Seoul National University, ORCID: 0000-0001-6353-8877

Dr Martin Oschatz, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, ORCID: 0000-0003-2377-1214

Dr Kazuhiro Sayama, National Institute of Advances Industrial Science and Technology

Dr Osamu Tomita, Kyoto University, ORCID: 0000-0002-5910-8732

Dr Masayuki Yagi, Niigata University, ORCID: 0000-0003-4402-6838

Dr Kai Zhu, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, ORCID: 0000-0003-0908-3909

We would also like to thank the Sustainable Energy & Fuels board and the energy community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé. You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre

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Introducing Sustainable Energy & Fuels Associate Editor: Professor Xinchen Wang

01 Mar 2018

By Kathryn L. Gempf.

We are delighted to welcome Professor Xinchen Wang as our newest Editorial Board member and Associate Editor.

Xinchen Wang, Fuzhou University, China

Professor Xinchen Wang is currently the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and the Dean of the College of Chemistry in Fuzhou University. He obtained his BSc and MSc at Fuzhou University, and went to the Chinese University of Hong Kong to pursue his PhD. In 2006, he moved to Tokyo University as a JSPS post-Doctor, then he went to the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, and was promoted to be a Group Leader 2008 until 2012. He started his Professorship in Fuzhou University at 2005. His research interests lie within catalysis and photocatalysis, where he has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and has gained an H-index of 79.

Submit your best sustainable energy and fuels catalysis research to Xinchen Wang now!

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International Conference on Renewable Energy (ICREN 2018)

16 Feb 2018

By Ellis McGlone.

The International Conference on Renewable Energy (ICREN 2018) will be taking place between 25-27 April 2018 in Barcelona. The Royal Society of Chemistry journals Energy & Environmental Science, Sustainable Energy & Fuels and Molecular Systems Design & Engineering are delighted to be supporting the event.

Professor Christoph Brabec, an Advisory Board member for Sustainable Energy & Fuels, will be delivering a speech on “Novel Photovoltaic Materials and Technologies for a Sustainable Energy Supply”, having been invited to ICREN 2018 as a plenary speaker.

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The World Conference on Carbon

13 Feb 2018

By Ellis McGlone.

The World Conference on Carbon (Carbon 2018) is going to be running from 1-6 July 2018 in Madrid, Spain. The Conference aims to provide an innovative and comprehensive overview of the latest research developments on carbon science and applications.

Sustainable Energy & Fuels, along with Energy & Environmental Science, are pleased to be supporting Carbon 2018 and will be providing awards.

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Sustainable Energy & Fuels Blog

Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics (IPEROP19)

Perovskites Solar Cells Themed Issue

Introducing Sustainable Energy & Fuels Associate Editor: Professor Andrea Kruse

Artificial Photosynthesis themed collection now online

ICCE 2018: 7th International Conference & Exhibition on Clean Energy

Outstanding Reviewers for Sustainable Energy & Fuels in 2017

Introducing Sustainable Energy & Fuels Associate Editor: Professor Xinchen Wang

International Conference on Renewable Energy (ICREN 2018)

The World Conference on Carbon

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