We analyze the co-seismic groundwater level responses to four great earthquakes recorded by China's network of groundwater monitoring wells. The large number of operational wells (164 wells for the 2007 Mw 8.5 Sumatra earthquake, 245 wells for the Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, 228 wells for the Mw 9.0 Tohoku earthquake and 223 wells for 2012 Mw 8.6 Sumatra earthquake) and co-seismic responses provide an opportunity to test hypotheses on mechanisms for co-seismic water level changes. Overall, the co-seismic water level responses are complex over large spatial scales, and there is great variability both in the sign and amplitude of water level responses in the data set. As shown in previous studies, permeability change, rather than static strain, is a more plausible mechanism to explain most of the coseismic responses. However, we find through tidal analysis of water level responses to solid Earth tide that only one third of these wells that showed a sustained post-seismic response can be explained by earthquake-induced permeability change in aquifers, and these wells had sustained (>30 days) water level changes. Wells that did not show sustained changes are more likely affected by permeability changes only immediately adjacent to the wellbore.
Surface passivation is increasingly one of the most prominent strategies to promote the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, most passivation molecules hinder carrier extraction due to poorly conductive aggregation between perovskite surface and carrier transportation layer. Herein, a novel molecule: p-phenyl dimethylammonium iodide (PDMAI) with ammonium group on both terminals is introduced, and its passivation effect is systematically investigated. It is found that PDMAI can mitigate defects at the surface and promote carrier extraction from perovskite to the hole transporting layer, leading to a lift of open-circuit voltage of 40 mV. Profiting from superior PDMAI passivation, the average efficiency of PSCs has been elevated from 19.69% to 20.99%. As demonstrated with density functional theory calculations, PDMAI probably tends to anchor onto the perovskite surface with both NH 3 I tails, and enhances the adhesion and contact to perovskite layer. The exposed hydrophobic aryl core protects perovskite against detrimental environmental factors. In addition, the alkyl component between aryl and ammonium groups is demonstrated to be essentially vital in triggering passivation function, which offers the guidance for the design of passivation molecules.
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