Electrical energy is essential for modern society to sustain economic growths.The soaring demand for the electrical energy,together with an awareness of the environmental impact of fossil fuels,has been driving a shif...Electrical energy is essential for modern society to sustain economic growths.The soaring demand for the electrical energy,together with an awareness of the environmental impact of fossil fuels,has been driving a shift towards the utilization of solar energy.However,traditional solar energy solutions often require extensive spaces for a panel installation,limiting their practicality in a dense urban environment.To overcome the spatial constraint,researchers have developed transparent photovoltaics(TPV),enabling windows and facades in vehicles and buildings to generate electric energy.Current TPV advancements are focused on improving both transparency and power output to rival commercially available silicon solar panels.In this review,we first briefly introduce wavelength-and non-wavelengthselective strategies to achieve transparency.Figures of merit and theoretical limits of TPVs are discussed to comprehensively understand the status of current TPV technology.Then we highlight recent progress in different types of TPVs,with a particular focus on solution-processed thin-film photovoltaics(PVs),including colloidal quantum dot PVs,metal halide perovskite PVs and organic PVs.The applications of TPVs are also reviewed,with emphasis on agrivoltaics,smart windows and facades.Finally,current challenges and future opportunities in TPV research are pointed out.展开更多
Highly crystalline perovskite absorbers with low defect-state densities minimizing nonradiative recombination losses are a critical prerequisite for fabricating state-of-the-art photovoltaics.Here,we use a tartaric ac...Highly crystalline perovskite absorbers with low defect-state densities minimizing nonradiative recombination losses are a critical prerequisite for fabricating state-of-the-art photovoltaics.Here,we use a tartaric acid(TA)molecule with two carboxyl and two hydroxyl groups as an additive to improve the performance and stability of the device simultaneously.The strong carboxyl-Pb2+coordination slows nucleation kinetics and passivates Pb-related traps,whereas hydroxyl-I-hydrogen bonding can modulate grain growth and stabilize the lattice structure,collectively enabling low-defect-density and high-quality perovskite films.Besides,we also conducted quantitively loss analysis and confirmed that the TA addition effectively reduces trap-assisted non-radiative recombination.Consequently,the champion efficiency of the n-i-p structure is up to 24.77% with outstanding operational and humidity stability.Remarkably,in the triple-cation perovskite system,the incorporation of the TA additive similarly enabled the fabrication of high-quality films,ultimately yielding a p-i-n configuration with a champion efficiency of 26.11%.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant number W2432035)financial support from the EPSRC SWIMS(EP/V039717/1)+3 种基金Royal Society(RGS\R1\221009 and IEC\NSFC\211201)Leverhulme Trust(RPG-2022-263)Ser Cymru programme–Enhancing Competitiveness Equipment Awards 2022-23(MA/VG/2715/22-PN66)the financial support from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Higher Education.
文摘Electrical energy is essential for modern society to sustain economic growths.The soaring demand for the electrical energy,together with an awareness of the environmental impact of fossil fuels,has been driving a shift towards the utilization of solar energy.However,traditional solar energy solutions often require extensive spaces for a panel installation,limiting their practicality in a dense urban environment.To overcome the spatial constraint,researchers have developed transparent photovoltaics(TPV),enabling windows and facades in vehicles and buildings to generate electric energy.Current TPV advancements are focused on improving both transparency and power output to rival commercially available silicon solar panels.In this review,we first briefly introduce wavelength-and non-wavelengthselective strategies to achieve transparency.Figures of merit and theoretical limits of TPVs are discussed to comprehensively understand the status of current TPV technology.Then we highlight recent progress in different types of TPVs,with a particular focus on solution-processed thin-film photovoltaics(PVs),including colloidal quantum dot PVs,metal halide perovskite PVs and organic PVs.The applications of TPVs are also reviewed,with emphasis on agrivoltaics,smart windows and facades.Finally,current challenges and future opportunities in TPV research are pointed out.
基金funding support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFE0137400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62274040)+3 种基金funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62304046)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB2802802)the Key Laboratory of Rare Earths,Ganjiang Innovation Academy,Chinese Academy of Sciencessupport from the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan 2023 Special Project for Supporting Carbon Peak Carbon Neutrality Project(23DZ1200400)。
文摘Highly crystalline perovskite absorbers with low defect-state densities minimizing nonradiative recombination losses are a critical prerequisite for fabricating state-of-the-art photovoltaics.Here,we use a tartaric acid(TA)molecule with two carboxyl and two hydroxyl groups as an additive to improve the performance and stability of the device simultaneously.The strong carboxyl-Pb2+coordination slows nucleation kinetics and passivates Pb-related traps,whereas hydroxyl-I-hydrogen bonding can modulate grain growth and stabilize the lattice structure,collectively enabling low-defect-density and high-quality perovskite films.Besides,we also conducted quantitively loss analysis and confirmed that the TA addition effectively reduces trap-assisted non-radiative recombination.Consequently,the champion efficiency of the n-i-p structure is up to 24.77% with outstanding operational and humidity stability.Remarkably,in the triple-cation perovskite system,the incorporation of the TA additive similarly enabled the fabrication of high-quality films,ultimately yielding a p-i-n configuration with a champion efficiency of 26.11%.
