1. 9 August 2024, Luis Lanzetta&Derya Baran Team, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, JACS, Published Triiodide Formation Governs Oxidation Mechanism of Tin-Lead Perovskite Solar Cels via A-Site Choice, The key role of A-site cation selection on oxidation stability of tin-lead mixed perovskite was revealed, and the strategy of improving antioxidant stability by CsI and RbI coating and Na2S2O3 additive was proposed.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.4c01919?ref=PDF

2. August 10, 2024, Wang Tao Team, Wuhan University of Technology, Nature Communications, Published Molecular interaction induced dual fibrils towards organic solar cells with certified efficiencyover20%, By synthesizing L8-ThCl receptors to induce fibrosis, significantly improve the efficiency of organic solar cells by more than 20%, the highest record for single-junction cells.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51359-w

3. Synchronized crystallization in tin-lead perovskite solar cells, Nature Communications, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, August 12, 2024. By introducing non-covalent binders to synchronize Sn-Pb crystallization kinetics, the efficiency of tin-lead perovskite solar cells is improved to 24.13% and high stability is maintained.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51361-2

4. August 13, 2024, Ma Wanli and Yuan Jianyu Team, Soochow University, Nature Energy, Published Conductive colloidal perovskite quantum dot inks towards fast printing of solar cells, studied the sequential acylation coordination scheme, developed conductive perovskite quantum dot inks, Fast one-step printing of solar cells with an efficiency of 16.61% and compatible with large area scraper coating technology.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01608-5

5. August 14, 2024, Li Changzhi from Zhejiang University and Zhang Lijun from Jilin University, AM, Published "High-Efficiency Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells via In Situ Passivation Directed Crystallization", developed in situ passivation method to regulate crystal growth. Significantly improve the performance of trans-perovskite solar cells, with a maximum efficiency of 26.7% and good stability.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202408101

6. August 15, 2024, Northwestern University, Bin Chen, Edward H. Sargent and Yan Yan's team, University of Toledo, Nature Energy, Published "Diamine chelates for increased stability in mixed Sn-Pb and all-perovskite tandem solar cells", found that diamine chelates can optimize tin lead perovskite films, Significantly improve the stability and efficiency of series laminated solar cells up to 28.8%.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01613-8

7. August 15, 2024, Chen Qi Team, Beijing Institute of Technology, Nature Communications, Published "A binary2D perovskite passivation for efficient and stable perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells", developed binary two-dimensional perovskite passivation technology, Significantly increased the efficiency of wide-band gap perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells to 30.65% and demonstrated excellent stability.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51345-2

1. On August 8, 2024, the team of Yang Kuluo and Huang Zhongyan of Shenzhen University, Advanced Functional Material, Published Planar Expansion Enhances Horizontal Orientation of Multi-Resonance TADF Emitter Toward Highly Efficient Narrowband Blue OLEDs, an effective method to enhance the electroluminescence (EL) performance of MR-TADF emitters by expanding the molecular plane through peripheral modification strategies, developed excellent blue OLED with high purity and reduced efficiency, with an external quantum efficiency of 34.8% EQE.

https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202409244

2. On August 12, 2024, Academician Huang Wei and Chen Runfeng of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Yuan Jie's team of Nanjing Polytechnic University, Advanced Materials, Exciton Dissociation and Recombination Afford Narrowband Organic Afterglow Through Efficient FRET, A narrow band, long life and panchromatic organic LPL with narrow band emission, long life and panchromatic range is achieved by isolating multiple resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) fluorophore in a vitreous steroid type body through a simple melt cooling treatment for applications in flexible optical waveguides and cryptographic devices.

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202404769

3. On August 12, 2024, Hao Erhong, Wei Yaxiong, Yu Changjiang from Anhui Normal University, Li Jiazhu from Yantai University, Gui-Shuang-Ying Joint Team of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Chemical Communication, Published "Heavy-atom-free triplet benzothiophene-fused BODIPY derivatives for lipid droplets-specific biomaging and. photodynamic therapy developed a new type of asymmetric heavy atom-free PS (BSBDP), which achieves fluorescence and ROS generation enhancement through structural twist fusion and electron donor introduction, and has the ability of lipid drop targeting to improve the therapeutic effect of PDT.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC02551B

4. August 12, 2024, Zhu Jing, Zhang Hongzhi, Yunnan University/Huang Shuping, Fuzhou University, Laser & Photonics Reviews, Published Unraveling the Remarkable Influence of Square Antiprism Geometry on Highly Efficient Far-red Emission of Eu3+ in Borotellurate Phosphors for Versatile Utilizations, a highly efficient fluorescent material LnTeBO5:Eu3+ with strong 5D0→7F4 transition and high doping concentration was reported. The luminescence efficiency and thermal stability are significantly improved by regulating the composition and configuration distortion, and its application potential in many fields is discussed.

https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202400843

5. 14 August 2024, Team of Ranjan Sing and Wenhao Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Nature, Published "On-chip topological beamformer for multi-link terahertz 6G to XG wireless", using topological valley photonic crystal and neural network design, It achieves efficient guided wave, beam splitting, channel isolation and omnidirectional beamforming of terahertz signals, and supports high-speed wireless transmission. A single wireless link with 72 Gbit/s transmission rate and 8 wireless links with 40 Gbit/s transmission rate are realized based on the topology beamforming device, and real-time HD video wireless transmission is demonstrated.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07759-5

1. August 12, 2024, Qu Songnan Team, University of Macau, Advanced materials, Published Photocatalytic Carbon Dots-Triggered Pyroptosis for Whole Cancer Cell Vaccines, It is reported that photocatalytic CDs can effectively induce cell pyroptosis through ros-mitochondria-Caspase3-GSDME pathway and proton-driven mitochondrial ATP synthesis pathway after exposure to white LED (WLED) lamps. An efficient photocatalytic method based on non-toxic CDs to induce cell pyroptosis is developed. And explore the application of WCCV in tumor prevention, to provide a new direction for nanomedicine research.

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202408685

2. August 12, 2024, Hailong Jiang and Jun Jiang Team, University of Science and Technology of China, Nature Chemistry, Published Dynamic structural twist in metal - organic frameworks enhances solar overall water splitting, and proposed a new MOF (CFA-Zn) structure. Efficient integral water cracking in visible light. CFA-Zn inhibits radiation relaxation through dynamic excited state structure distortion, thus achieving a long-lived charge separation state. At visible light at 365 nm wavelength, the apparent quantum efficiency reaches 3.09%, which provides a new strategy for photocatalytic overall water cracking.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-024-01599-6

1. On August 8, Ali released the Qwen2-Math (1.5B/7B/72B) series. Qwen2-math is a series of language models built based on Qwen2 LLM for mathematical problem solving, and the mathematical reasoning ability is the first in the world.

2. On August 13, the General Office of the Ministry of Science and Technology issued a notice on the Work Guidelines of the "Innovation Credit System" (National Trial version).

3. On August 16, the winners of the Future Science Prize were announced. Deng Hongkui (who pioneered the use of chemical methods to reprogram somatic cells into pluripotent stem cells) won the Life Science Award 2024 Future Science Award, Tao Zhang and Yadong Li (development and application of single atom catalysis) won the Material Science Award 2024 Future Science Award, and Binyong Sun (Li Qun Representation) won the Mathematics and Computer Science Award 2024 Future Science Award.

1. National Energy Administration: Promote the construction of large-scale wind power photovoltaic base in the Taklimakan Desert in southern Xinjiang.

2. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and The State Council: Opinions on Accelerating the Comprehensive Green Transformation of Economic and Social Development.

3. Tianjin Beichen District Development and Reform Commission issued the Announcement on the List of New Energy Key Project Opportunities in Beichen District, with a development scale of about 300,000 kilowatts and an estimated total investment of about 1.4 billion yuan.

4. The U.S. Department of Energy has provided Korea's Qcells with a conditional loan guarantee of up to $1.45 billion to support the company's photovoltaic manufacturing facility in Cartersville, Georgia.

5. US President Joe Biden announced that the number of solar cells allowed to be imported without tariffs will more than double, and the tariff quota for solar cells will be increased from 5GW to 12.5GW, with the tariff currently set at 14.25%.