ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY AND TEXTILE APPLICATIONS

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 188 - 196, 29.12.2023

Buket Turak Tacer , Ayşe Bedeloğlu , Reşat Selbaş

Abstract

Photovoltaics can be defined as the ability to make a voltage difference when exposed to sunlight. Photovoltaic solar cells are also classified as 1st Generation, 2nd Generation and 3rd Generation. 1st generation solar cells are expensive, hard, requiring a lot of energy to manufacture, while 2nd generation solar cells are batteries with production techniques that require high temperature. However, organic solar cells, one of the 3rd generation solar cells, are polymer-based, flexible and low-cost batteries. Within the scope of this study, photovoltaic technology and organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar cells were examined and the parameters to be used to calculate the power conversion efficiency of the solar cells were mentioned. Wearable textile-based organic solar cells, which is one of the flexible organic solar cells that researches are increasingly intensifying, are also mentioned and the studies of the researchers are included. As a result of the study, we see that the power conversion efficiency values of textile-based organic solar cells have not yet reached as high as the efficiency values of inorganic solar cells, but efficiency improvement studies continue day by day.

Keywords

Photovoltaic technology, organic photovoltaic solar cells, organic photovoltaic textiles

ORGANİK FOTOVOLTAİK TEKNOLOJİSİ VE TEKSTİL UYGULAMALARI

Abstract

Fotovoltaik, güneş ışığına maruz kaldığında, gerilim farkı yapabilme kabiliyeti olarak tanımlanabilmektedir. Fotovoltaik güneş pilleri de 1. Nesil, 2. Nesil ve 3. Nesil olarak sınıflandırılmaktadır. 1. Nesil piller pahalı, sert, üretimi çok enerji gerektiren, 2. Nesil piller ise yüksek sıcaklık gerektiren üretim tekniklerine sahip pillerdir. Ancak 3. Nesil güneş pillerinden biri olan organik güneş pilleri, polimer esaslı olup, esnek ve maliyeti düşük pillerdir. Bu çalışma kapsamında da fotovoltaik teknolojisi ve organik fotovoltaik (OPV) güneş pilleri incelenmiş olup, pillerin güç dönüşüm verimliliklerini hesaplamak için kullanılacak parametrelerden bahsedilmiştir. Araştırmaların gittikçe yoğunlaştığı esnek organik güneş pillerinden biri olan giyilebilir tekstil esaslı organik güneş pillerinden de bahsedilmiş olup, araştırmacıların yaptıkları çalışmalara yer verilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda, tekstil esaslı organik güneş pillerinin güç dönüşüm verimlilik değerlerinin henüz inorganik güneş pillerinin verimlilik değerleri kadar yüksek değerlere ulaşamadığı, ancak gün geçtikçe verim iyileştirme çalışmalarının devam ettiğini görmekteyiz.

Keywords

Fotovoltaik teknolojisi, organik fotovoltaik güneş pilleri, organik fotovoltaik tekstiller

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