Emerging Semitransparent Solar Cells: Materials and Device Design
- 6 July 2017
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 29 (34)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201700192
Abstract
Semitransparent solar cells can provide not only efficient power-generation but also appealing images and show promising applications in building integrated photovoltaics, wearable electronics, photovoltaic vehicles and so forth in the future. Such devices have been successfully realized by incorporating transparent electrodes in new generation low-cost solar cells, including organic solar cells (OSCs), dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) and organometal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this review, the advances in the preparation of semitransparent OSCs, DSCs, and PSCs are summarized, focusing on the top transparent electrode materials and device designs, which are all crucial to the performance of these devices. Techniques for optimizing the efficiency, color and transparency of the devices are addressed in detail. Finally, a summary of the research field and an outlook into the future development in this area are provided.Keywords
Funding Information
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1‐ZVGH)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21403089, 61575085)
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