A review of solar energy harvesting electronic textiles
- Submitting institution
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Nottingham Trent University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 3- 1380802
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.3390/s20205938
- Title of journal
- Sensors
- Article number
- 5938
- First page
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- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 20
- ISSN
- 1424-8220
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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C - Fashion and Textiles Research Centre
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The proliferation of wearable and mobile technologies over recent years has resulted in a user demand for these devices to be continuously powered without the need for frequent recharging or bulky energy storage. This is particularly true for electronic textile (E-textile) garments where the need for a power source that does not interfere with the comfort of the wearer is paramount. This has resulted in many investigations into textile-based energy harvesting, with solar energy harvesting being one of the most investigated avenues due to the abundance of solar energy and maturity of solar technologies. This review provides a comprehensive, contemporary, and accessible overview of electronic textiles that are capable of harvesting solar energy. The review incorporate an overview to other energy harvesting textiles as well as a background to solar technologies to ensure that it will be assessable to readers from a range of fields. Unlike other reviews on the topic, this work focusses on the suitability of the solar energy harvesting textiles for wearable garment-based applications. As such the textile properties (i.e. bend, drape, stretch) and durability testing necessary for garment use (i.e. washability) of the devices presented in the literature have been highlighted and summarised. This provides a critical resource to anyone wishing to design a solar E-textile that will have the correct feel to the wearer. The review highlights the lack of rigorous textile testing of the solar E-textiles presented in the literature and the generally unfavourable textile properties possessed by many of the proposed designs, with bend and durability to repeated bending often being the main factors considered.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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