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Visibly Transparent Monolithic Perovskite/Organic Tandem Solar Cells Achieving Over 6% Light‐Utilization Efficiency

Jun Ryu, Seojun Lee, Un‐Hak Lee, Yeonsu Choi, Tae‐Gyeong Lee, Se Jeong Park, Sumin An, Seunghyun Rhee, Han‐Gyun Lim, Inho Bae, Jong H. Kim, Bo Ram Lee, Gyu Min Kim, Jincheol Kim, Seo‐Jin Ko, Dong‐Won Kang

Advanced Materials· Volume 38· Issue 10

Abstract

ABSTRACT Transparent photovoltaics for solar‐window applications must balance human‐visible clarity with meaningful power output. Here, we report a selectively absorbing, monolithic perovskite/organic tandem that decouples visible transmittance from photocurrent generation and minimizes voltage loss delivering record light‐utilization efficiency (LUE) for visibly transparent (VT) tandem devices. An ultra‐wide‐bandgap, DMA‐alloyed perovskite top sub‐cell harvests primarily <∼530 nm, achieving, as a single junction, AVT 65.68% and power conversion efficiency (PCE) 8.23% (LUE 5.46%). Complemented by a ternary PCE10‐2Cl:Y6:Y12 bottom stack that minimizes visible absorption while harvesting in the NIR, the tandem reaches PCE 10.91% at AVT 55.39%, yielding LUE 6.04%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first VT monolithic perovskite/organic tandem to surpass 6% LUE at AVT ≥ 50%, while delivering a record‐high open circuit voltage ( V OC ) of 2.38 V. These results establish optical–electrical co‐design guidelines for high‐clarity, power‐generating glazing, which explicitly connect materials and interface choices in both sub‐cells to energetic disorder, built‐in potential, and recombination.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics · Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies

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Affiliations

Department of Smart Cities Chung‐Ang University Seoul Republic of Korea

Department of Energy Science and Engineering Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) Daegu Republic of Korea

Photoenergy Research Center Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) Daejeon Republic of Korea

Department of Energy Systems Engineering Chung‐Ang University Seoul Republic of Korea

School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Suwon Republic of Korea

Department of Molecular Science and Technology Ajou University Suwon Republic of Korea

Faculty Of Food Biotechnology & Chemical Engineering Hankyong National University Anseong Gyeonggi‐Do Republic of Korea

School of Engineering Macquarie University Sydney New South Wales Australia

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