fi ber-shaped, [ 8 ] wearable, [ 9 ] and even semitransparent [ 10,11 ] perovskite solar cells.In particular, semitransparent solar cells are of great interest for future applications, such as power-generating window panels in buildings or automobiles, which would raise the usage ratio of solar energy without occupying additional space. [ 12,13 ] For example, building-integrated solar cells could lead to the creation of completely self-sustaining, pollution-free buildings. Furthermore, semitransparent solar cells can be stacked in a tandem device architecture in which a cell with a higher bandgap is placed atop another with a lower bandgap. [14][15][16] To date, most demonstrated semitransparent solar cells have been based on high-bandgap absorbers, thin polymers, and amorphous silicon absorbers, which result in critical losses in overall effi ciency. Perovskitebased absorbers possess outstanding lightabsorbing characteristics, and the explicit tradeoff between PCE and transparency can be adjusted by varying the thickness of the absorbing layer. In this strategy, the conventional approach is to form perovskite layers thin enough to attain the desirable high transparency. [17][18][19][20][21][22][23] Uniform, thin perovskite fi lms have been produced via evaporation or gasassisted spin-coating techniques. Roldán-Carmona et al. fabricated semitransparent perovskite solar cells by employing an evaporated 280 nm thick perovskite absorber layer, achieving a PCE of 7.73% and an average visible transmittance (AVT) of 19%. [ 10 ] Additionally, centimeter-scale, 135 nm thick evaporated CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 thin fi lms were reported to have PCEs of 9.9%. [ 18 ] Using a gas-assisted spin-coating process, continuous 107 nm thick CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 thin fi lms were demonstrated with PCEs of 8.1% and AVTs of 19%. [ 24 ] Along with the development of thin perovskite absorber layers, strategies for enhancing the carrier collection effi ciency, including the use of Ag nanowire electrodes, [ 20 ] graphene electrodes, [ 17 ] and atomically thin ZnO cathode buffer layers and Al 2 O 3 capping layers, [ 21 ] have been suggested to compensate for the limited light absorption.Despite the success of these approaches, the practical fabrication of large-scale continuous, thin perovskite fi lms remains challenging, and issues preventing commercial viability, including reproducibility and stability, are unresolved. Obtaining a highly effi cient, moderately thick absorber layer with a restricted open aperture is a prerequisite for achieving practical semitransparent photovoltaic devices. Two suggested Semitransparent solar cells have attracted signifi cant attention for practical applications, such as windows in buildings and automobiles. Here, semitransparent, highly effi cient, 1D nanostructured perovskite solar cells are demonstrated employing anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) as a scaffold layer. The parallel nanopillars in the perovskite layer enable construction of hazefree semitransparent devices without any hysteresis behavior. By controlling the...

We report all-solution-processed transparent conductive electrodes based on Ag nanowire (AgNW)-embedded metal oxide composite films for application in organometal halide perovskite solar cells. To address the thermal instability of Ag nanowires, we used combustive sol-gel derived thin films to construct ZnO/ITO/AgNW/ITO composite structures. The resulting composite configuration effectively prevented the AgNWs from undergoing undesirable side-reactions with halogen ions present in the perovskite precursor solutions that significantly deteriorate the optoelectrical properties of Ag nanowires in transparent conductive films. AgNW-based composite electrodes had a transmittance of ∼80% at 550 nm and sheet resistance of 18 Ω sq(-1). Perovskite solar cells fabricated using a fully solution-processed transparent conductive electrode, Au/spiro-OMeTAD/CH3NH3PbI3 + m-Al2O3/ZnO/ITO/AgNW/ITO, exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 8.44% (comparable to that of the FTO/glass-based counterpart at 10.81%) and were stable for 30 days in ambient air. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of using AgNWs as a transparent bottom electrode in perovskite solar cells produced by a fully printable process.

We demonstrated crystallization retardation of CHNHPbI thin film during single coating of precursor solution by simple addition of NaCl. NaCl was codissolved into a precursor mixture solution containing PbI and methylammonium iodide (MAI). Dissolved NaCl interacted with the PbI in solution and produced a stable intermediate phase, which was converted to a full-coverage uniform perovskite absorber layer via reaction with MAI during a single spin-coating. The resulting planar-structure perovskite solar cell made from NaCl-supplemented precursor solution showed a 48% improvement in power conversion efficiency (PCE) (maximum value 15.16%) over the device fabricated without the additive. Our NaCl-supplemented single coating represents an easy approach to effectively obtain highly reproducible uniform performance at an overall position in 5 cm × 5 cm sized cells (divided into 20 subcells with an active area of 0.06 cm) with average PCEs of 12.00 ± 0.48%.

The effects of La2O3 interface modification of mesoporous TiO2 on the photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells are investigated.

In article number 1601055, Jooho Moon and co‐workers demonstrate efficient semitransparent solar cells based on vertically aligned, one dimensional organic‐inorganic hybrid perovskite using anodized aluminium oxide (AAO) scaffold. This nano‐structuring facilitates achieving the record efficiency of 9.6% at the high average visible transmittance of 33.4%, with the advantages of anti‐reflection effect by AAO template on compact TiO2 layer and vertically restricted carrier transport at nano‐pillar perovskite.

Recently, environmental-friendly, solution-processed, flexible Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 devices have gained significant interest, primarily because the solution deposition method enables large-scale and low-cost production of photovoltaics, and a flexible substrate can be implemented on uneven surfaces in various applications. Here, we suggest a novel green-chemistry aqueous ink that is readily achievable through the incorporation of molecular precursors in an aqueous medium. A copper formate precursor was introduced to lower the fabrication temperature, provide compatibility with a polyimide plastic substrate, and allow for high photovoltaic performance. Through a comparative spectroscopic study on temperature-dependent chemical/crystal structural evolution, the chemical role of copper formate was elucidated, which led to the chalcopyrite framework that was appropriate to low-temperature annealed Cu(In,Ga)S2 absorber layers at 400 °C. This Cu(In,Ga)S2 solar cell exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 7.04% on a rigid substrate and 5.60% on a polymeric substrate. Our cell on the polymeric substrate also demonstrated both acceptable mechanical flexibility and durability throughout a repeated bending test of 200 cycles.