{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Huaulme Q"],"funding":["European Research Council"],"pagination":["468-477"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7612663"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["5(6)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Semi-transparent photovoltaics only allows for the fabrication of solar cells with an optical transmission that is fixed during their manufacturing resulting in a trade-off between transparency and efficiency. For the integration of semi-transparent devices in building, ideally solar cells should generate electricity while offering the comfort for users to self-adjust their light transmission with the intensity of the daylight. Here we report a photochromic dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) based on donor-π-conjugated bridge-acceptor structures where the π-conjugated bridge is substituted for a diphenyl-naphthopyran photochromic unit. DSSCs show change in colour and self-adjustable light transmittance when irradiated with visible light and a power conversion efficiency up to 4.17%. The colouration-decolouration process is reversible and these DSSCs are stable over 50 days. We also report semi-transparent photo-chromo-voltaic mini-modules (23 cm<sup>2</sup>) exhibiting a maximum power output of 32.5 mW after colouration."],"journal":["Nature energy"],"pubmed_title":["Photochromic dye-sensitized solar cells with light-driven adjustable optical transmission and power conversion efficiency."],"pmcid":["PMC7612663"],"funding_grant_id":["832606"],"pubmed_authors":["Riquelme AJ","Joly D","Kervella Y","Anta JA","Huaulme Q","Mwalukuku VM","Liotier J","Maldivi P","Demadrille R","Narbey S","Oswald F"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Photochromic dye-sensitized solar cells with light-driven adjustable optical transmission and power conversion efficiency.","description":"Semi-transparent photovoltaics only allows for the fabrication of solar cells with an optical transmission that is fixed during their manufacturing resulting in a trade-off between transparency and efficiency. For the integration of semi-transparent devices in building, ideally solar cells should generate electricity while offering the comfort for users to self-adjust their light transmission with the intensity of the daylight. Here we report a photochromic dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) based on donor-π-conjugated bridge-acceptor structures where the π-conjugated bridge is substituted for a diphenyl-naphthopyran photochromic unit. DSSCs show change in colour and self-adjustable light transmittance when irradiated with visible light and a power conversion efficiency up to 4.17%. The colouration-decolouration process is reversible and these DSSCs are stable over 50 days. We also report semi-transparent photo-chromo-voltaic mini-modules (23 cm<sup>2</sup>) exhibiting a maximum power output of 32.5 mW after colouration.","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Jun","modification":"2025-04-04T02:25:08.95Z","creation":"2025-04-04T02:25:08.95Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7612663","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35475116"],"doi":["10.1038/s41560-020-0624-7"]}}