Recent Studies of Semitransparent Solar Cells

It is necessary to develop semitransparent photovoltaic cell for increasing the energy density from sunlight, useful for harvesting solar energy through the windows and roofs of buildings and vehicles. Current semitransparent photovoltaics are mostly based on Si, but it is difficult to adjust the color transmitted through Si cells intrinsically for enhancing the visual comfort for human. Recent intensive studies on translucent polymer- and perovskite-based photovoltaic cells offer considerable opportunities to escape from Si-oriented photovoltaics because their electrical and optical properties can be easily controlled by adjusting the material composition. Here, we review recent progress in materials fabrication, design of cell structure, and device engineering/characterization for high-performance/semitransparent organic and perovskite solar cells, and discuss major problems to overcome for commercialization of these solar cells.

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Recent advances in perovskite solar cells: efficiency, stability and lead-free perovskite

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/c7ta00366h ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (23) ◽

pp. 11462-11482 ◽

Cited By ~ 240

Author(s):

Shida Yang ◽

Weifei Fu ◽

Zhongqiang Zhang ◽

Hongzheng Chen ◽

Chang-Zhi Li

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

High Performance ◽

Recent Progress ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Lead Free ◽

Tandem Solar Cells ◽

Device Stability ◽

Recent Advances ◽

Stability Issue ◽

The Stability

In this review, we first highlighted recent progress in high-performance perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) with a discussion of the fabrication methods and PVSCs-based tandem solar cells. Furthermore, the stability issue of PVSCs and strategies to improve material and device stability have been discussed, and finally, a summary of the recent progress in lead-free perovskites has been presented.

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Recent progress on nanostructured carbon-based counter/back electrodes for high-performance dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells

Nanoscale ◽

10.1039/d0nr04112b ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (34) ◽

pp. 17590-17648 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. Aftabuzzaman ◽

Chunyuan Lu ◽

Hwan Kyu Kim

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

High Performance ◽

Recent Progress ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Nanostructured Carbon ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Paper Review ◽

Function Relationship ◽

Synthetic Approaches ◽

Carbon Based

This paper review the recent progress of carbon-based materials as counter electrode or back electrode in dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells considering their synthetic approaches, modification, and structure-function relationship.

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Application of Two-dimensional Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells; Recent Progress, Challenges and Prospective Solutions

Journal of Materials Chemistry C ◽

10.1039/d1tc02407h ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Syed Ossama Ali Ahmad ◽

Atif Ashfaq ◽

Muhammad Usama Akbar ◽

Mujtaba Ikram ◽

Karim Khan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

High Performance ◽

Recent Progress ◽

Power Conversion ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Effective Solution ◽

The Past ◽

Two Dimensional Materials ◽

Conversion Efficiencies

Perovskite solar cells (per-SCs) with high performance and cost-effective solution processing have been the center of interest for researchers in the past decade. Power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) have been gradually...

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