Solar Textiles: The Flexible Solution for Solar Power

Textile fabrics are a lightweight, flexible solution for solar PV generators, offering a solution to the need for lightweight, flexible solar PV generators. This book discusses the incorporation and operation of solar cells on textile fabrics, combining textile manufacturing and solar PV cell technology. It covers textiles as electrical substrates, the photovoltaic effect, and manufacturing methods outside of semiconductor technology. It also includes applications open only to textiles.

Format: Hardback
Length: 109 pages
Publication date: 21 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations commonly employ heavy conventional glass or polycarbonate panels, and even newly developed thin plastic or metal films for PV cell use may experience fractures during both construction and application. However, textile fabrics, the most widespread flexible materials in everyday use, offer a promising solution to the demand for lightweight, flexible solar PV generators. Solar Textiles: The Flexible Solution for Solar Power delves into the integration and operation of solar cells on textile fabrics. By combining the expertise of textile manufacturing and solar PV cell technology, this book opens up new avenues for both the textile and semiconductor industries. Consequently, this book reflects the growing commercial interest in PV cell technology and the versatility that their integration in textiles provides.

The text discusses textiles as electrical substrates, elucidates the photovoltaic effect and associated parameters, offers specialized consideration of solar cells on textiles, compares fibers and fabrics, and provides insights into implementing PV activity on a textile. Additionally, it explores manufacturing methods beyond semiconductor technology and showcases applications exclusive to textiles. This work is primarily targeted at textile technologists, electronic engineers, solar technologists, civil engineers, and designers involved in building fabrics and architecture.

Weight: 390g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367706050