• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 37, Issue 2, 204 (2022)
Yongji JI, Dong LIU*, and Qiang LI*
Author Affiliations
  • School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20210167 Cite this Article
    Yongji JI, Dong LIU, Qiang LI. Thermodynamic Efficiency Limits of Semitransparent Solar Cells[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(2): 204 Copy Citation Text show less
    AM1.5G solar spectrum and photopic luminosity[20,22]
    1. AM1.5G solar spectrum and photopic luminosity[20,22]
    Efficiencies of black opaque and neutral transparent solar cells varied with the semiconductor bandgap
    2. Efficiencies of black opaque and neutral transparent solar cells varied with the semiconductor bandgap
    Efficiency limits of neutral semitransparent solar cells varied with AVT
    3. Efficiency limits of neutral semitransparent solar cells varied with AVT
    Efficiencies of neutral as well as blue and red (additive colors) semitransparent solar cells varied with the semiconductor bandgap
    4. Efficiencies of neutral as well as blue and red (additive colors) semitransparent solar cells varied with the semiconductor bandgap
    Efficiencies of yellow, magenta and cyan (subtractive colors) semitransparent solar cells varied with the semiconductor bandgap
    5. Efficiencies of yellow, magenta and cyan (subtractive colors) semitransparent solar cells varied with the semiconductor bandgap
    Semitransparent solar cells, their corresponding PCE and Eg,op for colored building envelops
    6. Semitransparent solar cells, their corresponding PCE and Eg,op for colored building envelops
    STPVAbsorption bandPCE/%Jsc/(mA∙cm-2) Voc/V FF/%Eg,op/eV
    Neutral>720 nm18.130.640.7084.40.94
    Blue>500 nm28.337.000.8886.91.13
    Red<600 nm21.413.181.7692.32.06
    Yellow<500 nm13.06.482.1493.72.48
    Magenta500-600 nm10.96.761.7492.72.06
    Cyan>600 nm23.130.790.8786.21.12
    Table 1. Parameters for semitransparent solar cells
    ColorMaterialPCE/%AVT/%Ref.
    BlueBT-CIC7.143.0[7]
    Bluea-Si7.214.2[10]
    RedCH3NH3PbI3-xClx7.541.7[11]
    Table 2. Materials and performance of typical colored STPV
    Yongji JI, Dong LIU, Qiang LI. Thermodynamic Efficiency Limits of Semitransparent Solar Cells[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(2): 204
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