Recent Advances and Challenges Toward Application of Fibers and Textiles in Integrated Photovoltaic Energy Storage Devices

Abstract

Highlights Compelling aspects of fiber- and textile-based flexible electrodes are reviewed in detail from the point of view of fabrication, properties, and devices performance. The advances of fibers and textile-based electrodes employed in flexible solar cells and flexible energy storage devices are discussed. The outlook and challenges in employing and developing textile-based flexible electrodes are highlighted.

Keywords

• Flexible electronics
• Electronic textiles
• Energy harvesting
• Supercapacitors
• Photovoltaic devices