Visibly Transparent Monolithic Perovskite/Organic Tandem Solar Cells Achieving Over 6% Light‐Utilization Efficiency
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<sub>OC</sub>) 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.
Authors
- Un‐Hak Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6673-2835)
- Junsu Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9583-7978)
- J. S. Park
- Jincheol kim
- Jun Yeong Ryu
- Yeonsu Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4361-084X)
- Gyu Min Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8882-6365)
- Dong‐Won Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2753-1824)
- Seunghyun Rhee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3959-1878)
- Bo Ram Lee
- Seo‐Jin Ko
- Tae‐Gyeong Lee
- Inho Bae
- Seojun Lee
- Sumin An
- Han‐Gyun Lim
Institutions
- Hankyong National University (KR)
- Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
- Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KR)
- Ajou University (KR)
- Chung-Ang University (KR)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2025-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202520278
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.73
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea