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- Klionsky, Daniel J., et al.
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Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy
- 2012
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Ingår i: Autophagy. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1554-8635 .- 1554-8627. ; 8:4, s. 445-544
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2008 we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy. Since then, research on this topic has continued to accelerate, and many new scientists have entered the field. Our knowledge base and relevant new technologies have also been expanding. Accordingly, it is important to update these guidelines for monitoring autophagy in different organisms. Various reviews have described the range of assays that have been used for this purpose. Nevertheless, there continues to be confusion regarding acceptable methods to measure autophagy, especially in multicellular eukaryotes. A key point that needs to be emphasized is that there is a difference between measurements that monitor the numbers or volume of autophagic elements (e.g., autophagosomes or autolysosomes) at any stage of the autophagic process vs. those that measure flux through the autophagy pathway (i.e., the complete process); thus, a block in macroautophagy that results in autophagosome accumulation needs to be differentiated from stimuli that result in increased autophagic activity, defined as increased autophagy induction coupled with increased delivery to, and degradation within, lysosomes (in most higher eukaryotes and some protists such as Dictyostelium) or the vacuole (in plants and fungi). In other words, it is especially important that investigators new to the field understand that the appearance of more autophagosomes does not necessarily equate with more autophagy. In fact, in many cases, autophagosomes accumulate because of a block in trafficking to lysosomes without a concomitant change in autophagosome biogenesis, whereas an increase in autolysosomes may reflect a reduction in degradative activity. Here, we present a set of guidelines for the selection and interpretation of methods for use by investigators who aim to examine macroautophagy and related processes, as well as for reviewers who need to provide realistic and reasonable critiques of papers that are focused on these processes. These guidelines are not meant to be a formulaic set of rules, because the appropriate assays depend in part on the question being asked and the system being used. In addition, we emphasize that no individual assay is guaranteed to be the most appropriate one in every situation, and we strongly recommend the use of multiple assays to monitor autophagy. In these guidelines, we consider these various methods of assessing autophagy and what information can, or cannot, be obtained from them. Finally, by discussing the merits and limits of particular autophagy assays, we hope to encourage technical innovation in the field.
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- Cai, Bin, et al.
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Unveiling the light soaking effects of the CsPbI3 perovskite solar cells
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Power Sources. - : Elsevier BV. - 0378-7753 .- 1873-2755. ; 472
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Pure inorganic perovskite of CsPbI3 attracts great attentions due to its excellent thermal stability and more suitable bandgap for tandem solar cells. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of CsPbI3 perovskite solar cells has swiftly increased to 19.03%. However, extensive researches on the material property and photovoltaic characterization are rather rare in the literatures. In this study, a remarkable light soaking effect is found in the CsPbI3 based perovskite solar cells as the PCE increases from 10.8% to 18.3% after 180 s soaking under AM 1.5G sunlight. Mechanisms behind this reproducible soaking effect have also been studied. It reveals that the depressed dark current caused by a stronger built-in field and the decreased defects density passivated by the photogenerated electrons result in the enhanced PCE after light soaking. Moreover, we carefully characterize that the supposed "HPbI3" should be "DMAPbI(3)" synthesized through anti-solvent vapor recrystallisation method.
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- Liang, Yongqi, et al.
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Achieving High Open-Circuit Voltages up to 1.57 V in Hole-Transport-Material-Free MAPbBr(3) Solar Cells with Carbon Electrodes
- 2018
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Ingår i: Advanced Energy Materials. - : Wiley-VCH Verlagsgesellschaft. - 1614-6832 .- 1614-6840. ; 8:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- An open-circuit voltage (V-oc) of 1.57 V under simulated AM1.5 sunlight in planar MAPbBr(3) solar cells with carbon (graphite) electrodes is obtained. The hole-transport-material-free MAPbBr(3) solar cells with the normal architecture (FTO/TiO2/MAPbBr(3)/carbon) show little hysteresis during current-voltage sweep under simulated AM1.5 sunlight. A solar-to-electricity power conversion efficiency of 8.70% is achieved with the champion device. Accordingly, it is proposed that the carbon electrodes are effective to extract photogenerated holes in MAPbBr(3) solar cells, and the industry-applicable carbon electrodes will not limit the performance of bromide-based perovskite solar cells. Based on the analysis of the band alignment, it is found that the voltage (energy) loss across the interface between MAPbBr(3) and carbon is very small compared to the offset between the valence band maximum of MAPbBr(3) and the work function of graphite. This finding implies either Fermi level pinning or highly doped region inside MAPbBr(3) layer exists. The band-edge electroluminescence spectra of MAPbBr(3) from the solar cells further support no back-transfer pathways of electrons across the MAPbBr(3)/TiO2 interface.
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- Liang, Yongqi, et al.
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Improving BiVO4 photoanodes for solar water splitting through surface passivation
- 2014
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Ingår i: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 1463-9076 .- 1463-9084. ; 16:24, s. 12014-12020
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BiVO4 has shown great potential as a semiconductor photoanode for solar water splitting. Significant improvements made during recent years allowed researchers to obtain a photocurrent density of up to 4.0 mA cm(-2) (AM1.5 sunlight illumination, 1.23 V-RHE bias). For further improvements of the BiVO4 photoelectrodes, a deep understanding of the processes occurring at the BiVO4-H2O interface is crucial. Employing an electrochemical loading and removal process of NiOx, we show here that carrier recombination at this interface strongly affects the photocurrents. The removal of NiOx species by electrochemical treatment in a phosphate electrolyte leads to significantly increased photocurrents for BiVO4 photoelectrodes. At a bias of 1.23 V-RHE, the Incident Photon-to-Current Efficiency (IPCE) at 450 nm reaches 43% for the passivated BiVO4 electrode under back side illumination. A model incorporating heterogeneity of NiOx centers on the BiVO4 surface (OER catalytic centers, recombination centers, and passivation centers) is proposed to explain this improved performance.
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- Sun, Ke, et al.
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Enabling silicon for solar-fuel production
- 2014
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Ingår i: Chemical Reviews. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0009-2665 .- 1520-6890. ; 114:17, s. 8662-8719
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- Wang, Yajuan, et al.
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Pushing the Envelope : Achieving an Open-Circuit Voltage of 1.18 V for Unalloyed MAPbI(3) Perovskite Solar Cells of a Planar Architecture
- 2018
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Ingår i: Advanced Functional Materials. - : Wiley-VCH Verlagsgesellschaft. - 1616-301X .- 1616-3028. ; 28:30
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- After an overwhelmingly fast increase during the period from 2009 to 2016, the power conversion efficiency of hybrid perovskite solar cells levels at approximate to 22% during the past two years. Every small advance to theoretical limits of the photovoltaic metrics will significantly deepen the understanding of internal processes inside the perovskite solar cells. Here, by introducing chloroform as the antisolvent, the one-step deposition method to fabricate methylammonium lead tri-iodide (MAPbI(3)) perovskite films under ambient air condition is optimized. With MAPbI(3) solar cells of a planar architecture, a record high V-oc of 1.18 V is obtained under simulated AM1.5 sunlight. The achievement helps pure MAPbI(3) to reestablish its potential as a model compound for research in hybrid perovskite solar cells. After systematic comparison on different electron transport layers (SnO2 and TiO2) and fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates of different roughness for photon trapping inside MAPbI(3) solar cells, the remaining 0.14 V V-oc loss is elucidated to be due to the poor luminescent property of the MAPbI(3) films.
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- Zhang, Yongfei, et al.
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Planar FAPbBr(3) Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency above 10%
- 2018
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Ingår i: ACS Energy Letters. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 2380-8195. ; 3:8, s. 1808-1814
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Bromide-based hybrid perovskites are of particular interest not only due to the fact that they offer a way to go beyond the Shockley-Queisser limit via the tandem cell scheme but single junction devices of them can also achieve reasonably high efficiency with high stability for solar energy conversion. However, the highest power conversion efficiency achieved up to now for FAPbBr(3) single-junction solar cells is only 8.2%, which is far below the efficiency of-17% predicted from detailed balance analysis. Here, a two-step method (the intermolecule exchange pathway) was systematically optimized for the fabrication of high quality FAPbBr(3) films. A molecule of urea, structurally similar to formamidinium, is introduced as an additive to tune the intermolecular ion exchange procedure. SnO2 is introduced as an electron-selective contact to the planar structured FAPbBr(3) solar cells. As a result, a power conversion efficiency of 10.61% and a V-oc of 1.56 V are achieved with planar structured solar cells, both of which represent the highest value ever reported for FAPbBr(3) solar cells.
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