Development of wearable photovoltaic textile and electro-optical analysis

Abstract

In this study, photovoltaic textile structures were obtained by applying organic solar cell materials to flexible structures and textiles. For this purpose, materials suitable for flexible structures were optimized as the bottom electrode (anode) to replace ITO (indium tin oxide), and the most efficient bottom electrode was used in solar cell fabrication. ITO-coated PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PET, and textile/PET carrier layers were used as flexible structures. The photovoltaic properties of the obtained flexible structures were compared with those of solar cells made from rigid layers such as FTO (fluorine doped tin oxide) coated glass and standard glass.