Amorphous silicon thin-film solar cells on glass fiber textiles

- Amorphous silicon solar cells on textile glass fiber fabrics are demonstrated.
- Open circuit voltages of 883 mV show shunt-free contacting on non-planar fabrics.
- Short-circuit current densities of 3.7 mA/cm2 are limited by transmission losses.
- Fill factors of 43.1% and pseudo fill factors of 70.2% show high series resistance.
- Efficiencies of 1.4% and pseudo efficiencies of 2.1% realized on textile fabrics.