Synergistic defect passivation and strain compensation toward efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Rational interface engineering is essential for minimizing interfacial nonradiative recombination losses and enhancing device performance.Herein,we report the use of bidentate diphenoxybenzene(DPOB)isomers as surface modifiers for perovskite films.The DPOB molecules,which contain two oxygen(O)atoms,chemically bond with undercoordinated Pb^(2+) on the surface of perovskite films,resulting in compression of the perovskite lattice.This chemical interaction,along with physical regulations,leads to the formation of high-quality perovskite films with compressive strain and fewer defects.This compressive strain-induced band bending promotes hole extraction and transport,while inhibiting charge recombination at the interfaces.Furthermore,the addition of DPOB will reduce the zero-dimensional(OD) Cs_4PbBr_6 phase and produce the two-dimensional(2D) CsPb_(2)Br_5 phase,which is also conducive to the improvement of device performance.Ultimately,the resulting perovskite films,which are strain-released and defect-passivated,exhibit exceptional device efficiency,reaching 10.87% for carbon-based CsPbBr_(3) device,14.86% for carbon-based CsPbI_(2)Br device,22,02% for FA_(0.97)Cs_(0.03)PbI_(3) device,respectively.Moreover,the unencapsulated CsPbBr_(3) PSC exhibits excellent stability under persistent exposure to humidity(80%) and heat(80℃) for over 50 days.

EEG connectivity analysis in infants:A Beginner's Guide on Preprocessing and Processing Techniques

Over the last decades,infantile brain networks have received increased scientific attention due to the elevated need to understand better the maturational processes of the human brain and the early forms of neural abnormalities.Electroencephalography(EEG)is becoming a popular tool for the investigation of functional connectivity(FC)of the immature brain,as it is easily applied in awake,non-sedated infants.However,there are still no universally accepted standards regarding the preprocessing and processing analyses which address the peculiarities of infantile EEG data,resulting in comparability difficulties between different studies.Nevertheless,during the last few years,there is a growing effort in overcoming these issues,with the creation of age-appropriate pipelines.Although FC in infants has been mostly measured via linear metrics and particularly coherence analysis,non-linear methods,such as cross-frequency-coupling(CFC),may be more valuable for the investigation of network communication and early network development.Additionally,graph theory analysis often accompanies linear and non-linear FC computation offering a more comprehensive understanding of the infantile network architecture.The current review attempts to gather the basic information on the preprocessing and processing techniques that are usually employed by infantile FC studies,while providing guidelines for future studies.

Incubation of PbSe Thin Films in a Tin(Ⅱ) Salt Aqueous Solution:Modification and Ion-Exchange Reactions

Topochemical ion-exchange reactions between solid micro- and nanostructured metal chalcogenides and aqueous salt solutions are generally used for formation of composite structures based on initial metal chalcogenides and products of their ion-exchange transformation. However, ion exchange has promises as a route to obtaining both composites and solid solutions based on the initial and the end chalcogenide phases. With the help of the ion-exchange technique, single-phase films of Phi xSnxSe substitutional solid solutions with a tin content up to -2 at.%, which are promising for mid- and long-wavelength infrared radiation （IR） optoelectronics, have been obtained at the interface between PbSe poly- crystalline thin films and SnCl2 aqueous solutions containing sodium citrate. It has been shown that the pH value and temperature of the reaction system play an important role in the ion-exchange process. Incubation of lead selenide （PbSe） films in a tin（II） salt aqueous solution also leads to their modification with oxygen-containing tin compounds to a depth of-3 nm. Differences in the film structure, such as changes in the coherent scattering region sizes and orientation of crystallites along the [220] direction, which arise during the contact with citrate-containing SnCl2 solutions, have also been revealed. For the first time, an idea of the existence of a relatively wide reaction zone of an intragranular topochemical ion-exchange reaction in an aqueous solution, within which substitutional solid solutions can form in micro- and nanostructured systems, has been set forth.

Global wood anatomical perspective on the onset of the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA) in the mid-6th century CE

Linked to major volcanic eruptions around 536 and 540 CE, the onset of the Late Antique Little Ice Age has been described as the coldest period of the past two millennia. The exact timing and spatial extent of this exceptional cold phase are, however, still under debate because of the limited resolution and geographical distribution of the available proxy archives. Here, we use 106 wood anatomical thin sections from 23forest sites and 20 tree species in both hemispheres to search for cell-level fingerprints of ephemeral summer cooling between 530 and 550 CE. After cross-dating and double-staining, we identified 89Blue Rings(lack of cell wall lignification), nine Frost Rings(cell deformation and collapse), and 93Light Rings(reduced cell wall thickening) in the Northern Hemisphere. Our network reveals evidence for the strongest temperature depression between mid-July and early-August 536 CE across North America and Eurasia, whereas more localised cold spells occurred in the summers of 532, 540–43, and548 CE. The lack of anatomical signatures in the austral trees suggests limited incursion of stratospheric volcanic aerosol into the Southern Hemisphere extra-tropics, that any forcing was mitigated by atmosphere-ocean dynamical responses and/or concentrated outside the growing season, or a combination of factors. Our findings demonstrate the advantage of wood anatomical investigations over traditional dendrochronological measurements, provide a benchmark for Earth system models, support cross-disciplinary studies into the entanglements of climate and history, and question the relevance of global climate averages.