Solar textile-based

Arbab, A.A., Sun, K.C., Sahito, lA., Qadir, M.B., Jeong, S.H., 2015. Multiwalled carbon nanotube coated polyester fabric as textile based flexible counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cell. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17,12957-12969. 

Moreover, natural disaster extensively introduces the huge potential needs the formulation of unusual energy package based on natural source. Over the past 5 yr, more than 13 million people have lost their home and possessions because of earthquake, bush fire, flooding or other natural disaster. The victims of these disasters are commonly housed in tents until they are able to rebuild their homes. Whether they stay in tented accommodation for a short or long time, tents constructed from solar textile fabrics could provide a source of much needed power. This power could be stored in daytime and used at night, when the outdoor temperature can often fall. There are also a number of other important potential applications. The military would benefit from tents and field hospitals, especially those in remote areas, where electricity could be generated as soon as the structure is assembled. 

Shtein M. (2008), Toward textile-based solar cells, SPIE Newsroom, Ml. 

Functional fibres, filaments and yams are the basic building blocks of electrotextiles. The textile industry has demonstrated a remarkable capability to incorporate both natural and man-made filaments into yarns and fabrics to satisfy a wide range of physical parameters which survive the manufacturing process and are tailored to specific application environments. Electronic components can be fabricated within and/or on the surface of filaments and can subsequently be processed into functional yams and woven into fabrics. Passive components such as resistors, capacitors and inductors can be fabricated in several different manners. Diodes and transistors can be made on long, thin, flat strands of silicon or formed in a coaxial way. Progress has been made in the development of fibre batteries and fibre-based solar cells. In addition, a variety of actuated materials (piezoelectric, etc.) can be made into multiple long strands (filaments) and subsequently be woven into fabric. 

A reasonable goal of electrochemical science in the twenty-first century is the large-scale fixing of atmospheric C02 by photoelectrochemical reaction to form MeOH. A still further goal would be based upon synthetic food and textile production from water (hence H2 by means of electrolysis), atmospheric C02, and N2. The basic materials are all available from the constituents of the atmosphere, bacteria, solar light, and the electricity obtained from them. 

The ITO free hole collecting layer was realized using highly conductive solution of PEDOT PSS as a polymer anode that is more convenient for textile substrates in terms of flexibility, material cost, and fabrication processes compared with ITO material. Based on procedure described in reference 25 a sophisticated and simple design was presented to show how thin and flexible could be a solar cell panel. 

Bahners, T Schlosser, U. Gutmann, R. SchoUmeyer, E. Textile solar hght collectors based on models for polar bear hair, Sol. Energ. Mat Sol. C., 2008, 92,1661-1667. 

FTL Solar LLC Company based in Austin, Texas, developed tents and shelters with solar cells. Amorphous silicon flexible cells are integrated to textile stmctures. Those products are dedicated to military applications or shelters used in case of great catastrophes. 

Lightguide fibres—based textile for solar energy collection and propagation... 

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