Fiber Solar Cells: Materials, Processing and Devices

✍ Scribed by Shaocong Hou (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 122
• Series: Springer Theses
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This thesis presents the fundamental research and latest findings on novel flexible/wearable photovoltaic technology, and comprehensively summarizes the rapid developments in flexible photovoltaics, from traditional planar solar cells to fiber solar cells. It discusses the rational design of fiber solar cell materials, electrodes and devices, as well as critical factors including cost, efficiency, flexibility and stability . Furthermore, it addresses fundamental theoretical principles and novel fabrication technologies and their potential applications. The book provides practical information for university researchers and graduate students interested in flexible fiber photovoltaics, and inspires them to design other novel flexible/wearable electronics and textiles.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Overview of Solar Photovoltaic Technology....Pages 1-30
Film Deposition on a Wire/Fiber via In Situ Joule Heating Process....Pages 31-41
Fiber Solar Cells Utilizing Polymer Fibers....Pages 43-52
Carbon Fibers as Versatile Substrates for Fiber Solar Cells....Pages 53-77
Graphene Electrocatalysts for Fiber Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells....Pages 79-105
Architectures and Working Principles of Fiber Solar Cells....Pages 107-112
Conclusion....Pages 113-114

✦ Subjects

Renewable and Green Energy;Energy Harvesting;Optical and Electronic Materials;Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices;Nanotechnology;Electrochemistry