Multimodal Strategy for Efficient Semi‐Transparent Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules with Record Indoor Performance

ABSTRACT Balancing transparency and efficiency remains a key challenge for semi‐transparent perovskite solar cells (ST‐PSCs), restricting their application in building‐integrated photovoltaics and indoor electronics. Here, we present a multimodal strategy combining optical modelling, transparent electrode engineering, and molecular passivation to overcome this transparency‐efficiency trade‐off. Guided by transfer matrix simulations, a 1.7 eV FAMA‐based perovskite layer with a thickness of ∼185 nm was integrated with an optimized MoO 3 /Au/MoO 3 top electrode (59.9% transmittance). Incorporation of the bifunctional molecule 3‐trifluoromethyl‐1H‐1,2,4‐triazole, which coordinates with undercoordinated Pb 2+ via ─CF 3 group and forms N…H interactions with FA + /halide species, effectively suppresses trap‐assisted recombination and stabilizes the lattice. Consequently, the champion ST‐PSC delivers 13.78% power conversion efficiency (PCE), 31.1% average visible transmittance (AVT), and a high light utilization efficiency (LUE) of 4.29%. Notably, this study demonstrates for the first time efficient indoor operation of ST‐PSCs, achieving 22.41% indoor PCE (iPCE) under 1000 lux LED illumination, and further realizes the first scalable 30 × 30 cm 2 semi‐transparent module retaining 8.2% (7.4%) PCE under 1 sun (0.2 sun). The unencapsulated ST‐PSCs retain 79.6% of initial PCE after 268 h of continuous standard light soaking. This integrated framework provides a universal route toward efficient, scalable, transparent photovoltaics for next‐generation indoor and building‐integrated energy harvesting.

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Advanced Energy Materials
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2026-01-04
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https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202505931
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Perovskite Materials and Applications
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ABSTRACT Balancing transparency and efficiency remains a key challenge for semi‐transparent perovskite solar cells (ST‐PSCs), restricting their application in building‐integrated photovoltaics and indoor electronics. Here, we present a multimodal strategy combining optical modelling, transparent electrode engineering, and molecular passivation to overcome this transparency‐efficiency trade‐off. Guided by transfer matrix simulations, a 1.7 eV FAMA‐based perovskite layer with a thickness of ∼185 nm was integrated with an optimized MoO 3 /Au/MoO 3 top electrode (59.9% transmittance). Incorporation of the bifunctional molecule 3‐trifluoromethyl‐1H‐1,2,4‐triazole, which coordinates with undercoordinated Pb 2+ via ─CF 3 group and forms N…H interactions with FA + /halide species, effectively suppresses trap‐assisted recombination and stabilizes the lattice. Consequently, the champion ST‐PSC delivers 13.78% power conversion efficiency (PCE), 31.1% average visible transmittance (AVT), and a high light utilization efficiency (LUE) of 4.29%. Notably, this study demonstrates for the first time efficient indoor operation of ST‐PSCs, achieving 22.41% indoor PCE (iPCE) under 1000 lux LED illumination, and further realizes the first scalable 30 × 30 cm 2 semi‐transparent module retaining 8.2% (7.4%) PCE under 1 sun (0.2 sun). The unencapsulated ST‐PSCs retain 79.6% of initial PCE after 268 h of continuous standard light soaking. This integrated framework provides a universal route toward efficient, scalable, transparent photovoltaics for next‐generation indoor and building‐integrated energy harvesting.

Advanced Energy Materials
London South Bank University (GB), University of Warwick (GB), Edinburgh Instruments (United Kingdom) (GB), Sichuan Research Center of New Materials (CN), Zhejiang Medicine (China) (CN), University College London (GB), Imperial College London (GB), Beihang University (CN)
Indian Institute of Science, UK Research and Innovation, Henry Royce Institute, University of Warwick, University College London, London South Bank University, Korea University, Peking University, HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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