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<p>This study attempted to fabricate heating fabrics using thin-film solar cells. A lightweight and flexible thin-film solar cell was used as the power supply, and fabric samples made of carbon fiber heating lines were used as heating elements. Single-factor experiments of three factors (solar cell voltage, heating time, and carbon fiber heating line arrangement) were conducted, and their influence on the heating effect was analysed. Orthogonal experiments and variance tests were used to determine the influence of the three factors and the optimal heating process. All influential factors were shown to be statistically significant. This kind of heating fabric can be used in warm clothing or for heated clothing.</p>
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This study attempted to fabricate heating fabrics using thin-film solar cells. A lightweight and flexible thin-film solar cell was used as the power supply, and fabric samples made of carbon fiber heating lines were used as heating elements. Single-factor experiments of three factors (solar cell voltage, heating time, and carbon fiber heating line arrangement) were conducted, and their influence on the heating effect was analysed. Orthogonal experiments and variance tests were used to determine the influence of the three factors and the optimal heating process. All influential factors were shown to be statistically significant. This kind of heating fabric can be used in warm clothing or for heated clothing.

Research on the Heating of Woven Carbon Fiber Fabrics Using Thin-Film Solar Cells

Fujian Key Laboratory of Novel Functional Textile Fibers and Materials

Key Lab for Sport Shoes Upper Materials of Fujian Province

College of Textile Science and Engineering

Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe

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This study attempted to fabricate heating fabrics using thin-film solar cells. A lightweight and flexible thin-film solar cell was used as the power supply,...

Factors	Voltage A [V]	Time B [s]	Empty column	Density C [ends/10cm]	Temperature [°C]
Test number	1	2	3	4	Temperature [°C]
1	1	1	1	1	4.7
2	1	2	2	2	6.9
3	1	3	3	3	6.4
4	2	1	2	3	5.4
5	2	2	3	1	6.2
6	2	3	1	2	7.6
7	3	1	3	2	6.8
8	3	2	1	3	7.5
9	3	3	2	1	7.1

Level Factors	1	2	3
	1	2	3
Voltage [V]	10	12	14
Time [s]	240	360	480
Density [ends/10cm]	4	5	6

Category	Voltage A	Time B	Empty column	Density C
K_1j	6.000	5.633	6.600	6.000
K_2j	6.400	6.867	6.467	7.100
K_3j	7.133	7.033	6.467	6.433
K_1j(一)	2.000	1.877	2.200	2.000
K_2j(二)	2.133	2.289	2.156	2.367
K_3j(三)	2.377	2.344	2.156	2.144
Range R_j	0.337	0.467	0.044	0.367
Main factors→ minor factors		BAC
Optimal scheme		A₃ B₃ C₂

Source of variance	Sum of squared deviation S_j	Degrees of freedom f_j	Mean square ${\bar{S}}_{j}$ {\rm \bar S}_{\rm j}	F_j value	Significance
A Voltage	1.982222	2	0.991111	55.7493	Significant
B Time	3.508889	2	1.754444	9.868624	Significant
C Density	1.842222	2	0.921111	5.181185	Significant
e Error	0.035556	2	0.017778

Research on the Heating of Woven Carbon Fiber Fabrics Using Thin-Film Solar Cells

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 02, 2022

Page range: 61 - 67

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ftee-2022-0008

Keywords
thin-film solar cells, woven sample, heating carbon fiber lines, fabric density

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Experimental scheme and results

Three-factor level table

Analysis of influential factors

Analysis of variance

Research on the Heating of Woven Carbon Fiber Fabrics Using Thin-Film Solar Cells

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 02, 2022

Page range: 61 - 67

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ftee-2022-0008

Keywordsthin-film solar cells, woven sample, heating carbon fiber lines, fabric density

© 2022 Taohai Yan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Fig. 1

Fig. 2

Fig. 3

Fig. 4

Fig. 5

Fig. 6

Experimental scheme and results

Three-factor level table

Analysis of influential factors

Analysis of variance

Keywords
thin-film solar cells, woven sample, heating carbon fiber lines, fabric density