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Tri-Band Regulation and Split-Type Smart Photovoltaic Windows for Thermal Modulation of Energy-Saving Buildings in All-Season

Wang, Qi
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Na, Zongxu
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Gao, Jianfei
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January 5, 2026
Nano-Micro Letters

Energy-saving buildings (ESBs) are an emerging green technology that can significantly reduce building-associated cooling and heating energy consumption, catering to the desire for carbon neutrality and sustainable development of society. Smart photovoltaic windows (SPWs) offer a promising platform for designing ESBs because they present the capability to regulate and harness solar energy. With frequent outbreaks of extreme weather all over the world, the achievement of exceptional energy-saving effect under different weather conditions is an inevitable trend for the development of ESBs but is hardly achieved via existing SPWs. Here, we substantially reduce the driving voltage of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) by 28.1 % via molecular engineering while maintaining their high solar transmittance ( T sol = 83.8 %, transparent state) and solar modulating ability (Δ T sol = 80.5 %). By the assembly of perovskite solar cell and a broadband thermal-managing unit encompassing the electrical-responsive PDLCs, transparent high-emissivity SiO 2 passive radiation-cooling, and Ag low-emissivity layers possesses, we present a tri-band regulation and split-type SPW possessing superb energy-saving effect in all-season. The perovskite solar cell can produce the electric power to stimulate the electrical-responsive behavior of the PDLCs, endowing the SPWs zero-energy input solar energy regulating characteristic, and compensate the daily energy consumption needed for ESBs. Moreover, the scalable manufacturing technology holds a great potential for the real-world applications.

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DOI
10.1007/s40820-025-01985-w
Author(s)
Wang, Qi

University of Science and Technology Beijing

Na, Zongxu

University of Science and Technology Beijing

Gao, Jianfei

University of Science and Technology Beijing

Liu, Yu

Wuhan Institute of Technology

Chen, Yuanwei

University of Science and Technology Beijing

Gao, Peng

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ding, Yong

Hohai University

Dai, Songyuan

North China Electric Power University

Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Yang, Huai

Peking University

Date Issued

2026-01-05

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published in
Nano-Micro Letters
Volume

18

Issue

1

Article Number

132

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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January 7, 2026
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