Energy Advances Blog

We’re pleased to share this great infographic detailing the use of density functional theory calculations to predict an increase in catalytic activity by doping anatase TiO₂ with manganese atoms (Mn), which was published in Issue 1 of Energy Advances. Read the entire open-access article at:

‘Effect of doping TiO₂ with Mn for electrocatalytic oxidation in acid and alkaline electrolytes’

 Samira Siahrostami and Xiaolin Zheng et al., Energy Adv., 2022, 1, 357-366

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2YA00027J

We’re delighted to share this great infographic detailing a roadmap for automotive battery technology and its production process throughout 2030 based on market expectations and expert knowledge, which was published in Issue 1 of Energy Advances. Read the entire open-access article at:

‘Technological innovation vs. tightening raw material markets: falling battery costs put at risk’

Lukas Mauler et al., Energy Adv., 2022, 1, 136-145

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1YA00052G

We’re excited to share this latest eye-catching infographic about employing polyacrylonitrile (PAN) as a defect passivator for CsPbI₃ perovskite films where the unencapsulated CsPbI₃ perovskite cells exhibited superior thermal and humidity stability with 16.21% power conversion efficiency, which was published in Issue 1 of Energy Advances. Read the entire open-access article at:

‘Stabilizing all-inorganic CsPbI₃ perovskite films with polyacrylonitrile for photovoltaic solar cells’

Ke-Jian Jiang, Yiqiang Zhang and Yanlin Song et al., Energy Adv., 2022, 1, 62-66

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1YA00068C

We’re excited to share this fantastic new infographic about a new method to create an efficient vacuum deposited electron extraction layer (EEL) using a mixture of conventional organic small molecules, C₆₀ and bathocuproine (BCP), which was published in Issue 1 of Energy Advances. Read the entire open-access article at:

‘Simple approach for an electron extraction layer in an all-vacuum processed n-i-p perovskite solar cell’

Beom-Soo Kim and Henk J. Bolink et al., Energy. Adv., 2022, 1, 252-257

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1YA00084E

We are very pleased to announce that You Han (Tianjin University, China) has joined the Energy Advances team as an Associate Editor.

Dr. You Han is currently an Associate Dean and Excellence Professor at School of Chemical Engineering & Technology of Tianjin University, China. She obtained her PhD in Chemical Technology from Tianjin University in 2008, before working in Tianjin University, becoming a full professor in 2019.

She worked with Prof. William A. Goddard III at California Institute of Technology as a visiting scholar from 2014 to 2015. Her research expertise lies in catalysis for environment protection and energy utilization, with a focus on ReaxFF forcefield development and DFT calculations for understanding catalytic reaction mechanisms and designing novel catalysts.

She has published more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including PNAS, JACS, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Phys. Rev. Lett., Adv. Energy Mater., ACS Catal., and Chem. Eng. J. She has received many awards such as Future Chemical Engineering Scholar by the Global Academy of Chinese Chemical Engineering, for which only 8 people globally were selected in 2021, as well as being named National Famous Young Teacher in Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Education (2021) and Top Ten Outstanding Young Teacher of Tianjin University (2020).

Read her latest work in related RSC Energy and Catalysis journals:

Titanium and fluorine synergetic modification improves the electrochemical performance of Li(Ni_0.8Co_0.1Mn_0.1)O₂
Zheng Si, Baozhao Shi, Jin Huang, Ye Yu, You Han, Jinli Zhang and Wei Li*
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 9354-9363

Intensifying strategy of ionic liquids for Pd-based catalysts in anthraquinone hydrogenation
Fuying Wang, Yiming Jia, Jingyue Liang, You Han, Jinli Zhang, Xiaoyan Li* and Wei Li*
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2022, 12, 1766-1776

We are delighted to share with you the most popular advances published in Energy Advances so far in 2022. Congratulations to all of the authors whose articles are featured below!

The Royal Society of Chemistry is a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and is committed to assessing research outputs in a fair and balanced manner. One of the tools we can use to do this is Altmetrics, which provide a range of article-level metrics, for example citations and social media mentions, and assign an overall Altmetric score to measure the impact that each individual paper has. This is what we have used to gauge the most ‘talked about’ articles and we also wanted to highlight the top three downloaded articles that Energy Advances has published so far.

Top 3 most talked about articles

Technological innovation vs. tightening raw material markets: falling battery costs put at risk by Lukas Mauler et al.

Assessing the effect of surface states of mesoporous NiO films on charge transport and unveiling an unexpected light response phenomenon in tandem dye-sensitized solar cells by Haining Tian et al.

Dynamic acoustic emission analysis of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells by M.-O. Coppens, D. J. L. Brett et al.

Top 3 most downloaded articles

Production of jet fuel-range hydrocarbon biofuel by hydroxyalkylation–alkylation of furfural with 2-methylfuran and hydrodeoxygenation of C15 fuel precursor over a Ni/γ-Al2O3 catalyst: a reaction mechanism by Sunil K. Maity et al.

Low-temperature annealed methylammonium-free perovskites prepared under ambient conditions in C electrode-based perovskite solar cells by Maria Bidikoudi, Elias Stathatos et al.

A sulfonated polyethylene–styrene cation exchange membrane: a potential separator material in vanadium redox flow battery applications by Rajaram K Nagarale et al.

The team at Energy Advances is looking forward to publishing more exciting work that gets people talking, thinking and collaborating. Could your paper be featured in our next popular advances roundup?