TY - JOUR
T1 - Indoor application of emerging photovoltaics - Progress, challenges and perspectives
AU - Hou, Xueyan
AU - Wang, Yiwen
AU - Lee, Harrison Ka Hin
AU - Datt, Ram
AU - Uslar Miano, Nicolas
AU - Yan, Dong
AU - Li, Meng
AU - Zhu, Fu Rong
AU - Hou, Bo
AU - Tsoi, Wing Chung
AU - Li, Zhe
N1 - Funding Information:
XH, YW and ZL acknowledge the funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S020748/1). BH would like to acknowledge the nancial support from Cardiff University. HL, RD and WT would like to thank Airbus Endeavr Wales for the nancial support and the SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre (EP/N020863/1) for funding.
PY - 2020/11/7
Y1 - 2020/11/7
N2 - The development of solution-processed photovoltaic (PV) devices for indoor applications has recently attracted widespread attention owing to their outstanding potential in harvesting energy efficiently for low-power-consumption electronic devices, such as wireless sensors and internet of things (IoT). In particular, organic PVs (OPVs), perovskite PVs (PPVs) and quantum dot PVs (QDPVs) are among the most promising emerging photovoltaic technologies that have already demonstrated strong commercialisation potential for this new market, owing to their excellent yet highly tuneable optoelectronic properties to meet the demands for specific applications. In this review, we summarise the recent progress in the development of OPVs, PPVs and QDPVs for indoor applications, showing the rapid advances in their device performance in conjunction with highly diverse materials and device designs, including semi-transparent, flexible and large-area devices. The remaining challenges of these emerging indoor PV technologies that need to be urgently addressed toward their commercialisation, including, in particular, their limited stability and high ecotoxicity, will be discussed in detail. Potential strategies to address these challenges will also be proposed.
AB - The development of solution-processed photovoltaic (PV) devices for indoor applications has recently attracted widespread attention owing to their outstanding potential in harvesting energy efficiently for low-power-consumption electronic devices, such as wireless sensors and internet of things (IoT). In particular, organic PVs (OPVs), perovskite PVs (PPVs) and quantum dot PVs (QDPVs) are among the most promising emerging photovoltaic technologies that have already demonstrated strong commercialisation potential for this new market, owing to their excellent yet highly tuneable optoelectronic properties to meet the demands for specific applications. In this review, we summarise the recent progress in the development of OPVs, PPVs and QDPVs for indoor applications, showing the rapid advances in their device performance in conjunction with highly diverse materials and device designs, including semi-transparent, flexible and large-area devices. The remaining challenges of these emerging indoor PV technologies that need to be urgently addressed toward their commercialisation, including, in particular, their limited stability and high ecotoxicity, will be discussed in detail. Potential strategies to address these challenges will also be proposed.
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U2 - 10.1039/d0ta06950g
DO - 10.1039/d0ta06950g
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85094881881
SN - 2050-7488
VL - 8
SP - 21503
EP - 21525
JO - Journal of Materials Chemistry A
JF - Journal of Materials Chemistry A
IS - 41
ER -
