New Solar Textile Technologies Developed In The US

Researchers are working together to develop a new type of solar energy.

Technology, they claim, integrates technology and overcomes many challenges of the manufacturing process.

With donations from WARF, the energy researcher and assistant professor TrishaAndrew of Wisconsin-Madison University, MarianneFairbanks, assistant professor of design and research program of the Department of human ecology, and NoonSolar, co-founder of solar energy charging handbags, have jointly developed solar textiles.

Although it is not the first time to create solar textiles, Andrew said, in the process of cooperation, integration of technology and

The challenge to overcome is to gradually reduce the price of solar cells that are attractive to consumers.

Andrew and her team are currently using polymers to coat different fabric types and structures, which can increase the electrical conductivity of cloth by 10 times.

Once fully coated, the fabric will be used as the bottom electrode, and the base layer on it will be the rest of the construction of the solar cell.

By this time next year, researchers hope to use the coating technology to develop prototypes, and their goal is to verify the feasibility of the concept, weaving each element together and using two kinds.

The two electrodes make a fully functional connection point.