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High-performance colorful semitransparent perovskite solar cells with phase-compensated microcavities

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We demonstrate highly efficient multi-colored semitransparent perovskite solar cells that can create high angular tolerant controllable transmissive colors up to 60°, based on phase-compensated microcavities. The efficiency of the semitransparent colors was improved by impedance matching, which was enabled by placing a dielectric functional layer on top of traditional optical microcavities, with negligible influence on color pureness. The vast majority of the visible part of solar radiation is efficiently utilized for solar energy harvesting, achieving 10.47%, 10.66%, and 11.18% of efficiency for red, green, and blue (RGB) colored solar cells, respectively, while a very small proportion of the visible solar spectrum is used for structural coloration that can be readily tuned by altering the cavity medium thickness. The approach described herein can be suitable for a variety of applications such as display systems with ultra-low power consumption, highly efficient colorful solar panels, low-power wearable electronics, and energy-efficient optoelectronics.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE, No. 10051565) and Korea Display Research Corporation (KDRC) support program for the development of future devices technology for display industry. This work was partially supported by the GRRC program of Gyeonggi province (GRRC AJOU 2016B03, Photonics-Medical Convergence Technology Research Center). This research was also supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (No. NRF-2017R1D1A1B03034711).

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    Kyu-Tae Lee

  2. Department of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University, Suwon, 16499, Republic of Korea

    Ji-Yun Jang, Na Young Ha, Soonil Lee & Hui Joon Park

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, 16499, Republic of Korea

    Hui Joon Park

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Lee, KT., Jang, JY., Ha, N.Y. et al. High-performance colorful semitransparent perovskite solar cells with phase-compensated microcavities. Nano Res. 11, 2553–2561 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1880-0

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