Twist‐Compensated Conjugation Enables Efficient and Scalable Semi‐Transparent Organic Solar Cells
ABSTRACT Semi‐transparent organic solar cells (ST‐OSCs) are promising for lightweight, color‐tunable, solution‐processed window‐ and building‐integrated photovoltaics. However, narrow‐bandgap acceptors for near‐infrared (NIR) harvesting often exhibit excessive aggregation, poor coating tolerance, and reduced visible transparency, hindering the simultaneous realization of high efficiency, high average visible transmittance (AVT), and scalable fabrication. Here, we develop a twist‐compensated conjugation strategy to design the NIR acceptor GJ‐2, paired with the visible‐window donor PCE10. Peripheral steric twisting within a highly delocalized framework suppresses over‐aggregation and broadens the crystallization window while maintaining suitable energy levels and strong NIR absorption. The PCE10:GJ‐2 blend reduces non‐radiative recombination and enables balanced charge transport without external optical management layers. Opaque devices achieve a record PCE of 14.93%, while semi‐transparent devices deliver a benchmark PCE of 10.40%, a device AVT of 42.89% (active‐layer AVT: 57.68%), and a light utilization efficiency (LUE) of 4.50%. Scalable modules reach efficiencies of 12.66% (opaque) and 9.44% (semi‐transparent), with a module LUE of 4.05%. These results demonstrate twist‐compensated conjugation as an effective strategy for efficient, scalable ST‐OSCs.
Authors
- Mengmeng Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9060-5940)
- Ziyi Ge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3656-6017)
- Ruixiang Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8461-1225)
- Wei Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6674-9589)
- Jing Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0227-0392)
- Fangfeng Li
- Mengle Liang
- Yaqin Gong
- Jingyu Shi
- Haotian Hu
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (CN)
- Wuhan Engineering Science & Technology Institute (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Published
- 2026-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.71513
- Primary Topic
- Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
- Type
- article
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