Switchable photovoltaic windows enabled by reversible photothermal complex dissociation from methylammonium lead iodide

Wheeler, Lance M.; Moore, David T.; Ihly, Rachelle; Stanton, Noah J.; Miller, Elisa M.; Tenent, Robert C.; Blackburn, Jeffrey L.; Neale, Nathan R.

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01842-4

Title: Switchable photovoltaic windows enabled by reversible photothermal complex dissociation from methylammonium lead iodide

Journal Article · Thu Nov 23 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01842-4· OSTI ID:1413185

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National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Materials with switchable absorption properties have been widely used for smart window applications to reduce energy consumption and enhance occupant comfort in buildings. In this work, we combine the benefits of smart windows with energy conversion by producing a photovoltaic device with a switchable absorber layer that dynamically responds to sunlight. Upon illumination, photothermal heating switches the absorber layer - composed of a metal halide perovskite-methylamine complex - from a transparent state (68% visible transmittance) to an absorbing, photovoltaic colored state (less than 3% visible transmittance) due to dissociation of methylamine. After cooling, the methylamine complex is re-formed, returning the absorber layer to the transparent state in which the device acts as a window to visible light. The thermodynamics of switching and performance of the device are described. In conclusion, this work validates a photovoltaic window technology that circumvents the fundamental tradeoff between efficient solar conversion and high visible light transmittance that limits conventional semitransparent PV window designs.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), NREL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1413185

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-68407

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723

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