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. 2024 Jan 23;18(5):3871–3915. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10033

Table 2. Performance of Some Recent Textile-Based SCs.

Type Substrate Jsc (mA/cm2) Voc (V) FF (%) PCE (%) Stability/Durability Wearability Ref
DSSCs Poly/cotton textile 36.56 0.3 25 2.78 _ The device comprises both flexible fabric and rigid glass parts (510)
Polyester fabric 12.4 0.7 72 6.26 Decline in PCE over time, indicating an 18% reduction after 4 weeks. Bending the CE at various angles showed no significant changes in resistance. But overall the device consists of a FTO coated glass as well (511)
Polyester fabric 11.92 0.69 69 5.69 CE exhibited stability, showing no notable resistance changes across varying bending angles and cycles. Devices consist of both flexible polyester fabric and rigid glass (512)
Cotton fabric 14.75 0.66 71 6.93 The stability of the graphene-coated fabric remained consistent across various bending angles, a resistance change of less than 1.5%. Consists of both fabric and rigid glass (339)
Cotton/Silk 15.59 0.67 47 5 Capable of enduring thousands of deformation cycles. Durable, highly flexible, and stretchable, with a bending curvature radius of 4 mm (493)
Cotton fabric 9.6 0.65 52 3.3 _ Consists of flexible cotton fabric and rigid glass (373)
Glass fiber textile 10.24 0.73 54 4.04 The device maintained a stable PCE up to 8 weeks. Remains functional even when bent around a 5 mm radius rod (470)
5.1 0.79 27.4 1.1 Remains stable for over 7 weeks. Flexible substrates such as glass fiber and PEN-ITO was utilized (170)
5.2 0.31 25 0.4 Stable for 2 weeks with minimal PCE reduction in an open-air environment without encapsulation Highly flexible and bendable (469)
Flexible Plastic 12.03 0.76 79 7.29 _ _ (513)
CNTs Yarn 10.06 0.64 45 2.94 Found to be stable without any packaging for several hours Can be woven as a fabric to make textile (354)
8.32 0.67 71.79 4 Found to be stable for more than 35 days. Wearable, maintained 90% PCE for 600 bending cycles (514)
19.43 0.73 71 10 PCE reduced by 18% after 2000 cycles at 90-degree bending. Maintained 86% under bending from 0 to 180 deg (515)
Carbon fiber 15.3 0.68 68 7.03 _ _ (516)
Rubber yarn 16 0.71 61 7.13 Maintained 90% output after stretching 30% 50 times. _ (517)
Pt wire 12.34 0.69 74 6.29 _ Bent 1 cm, resulting in a PCE change from 1.0 to 0.85 (518)
Ti wire textile 7.89 0.53 64 2.7 _ _ (519)
Stainless steel wire 20.02 0.45 28 2.57 _ Woven structure and bendable (491)
4.63 0.64 56 1.7 Specific power decreased 50% in 7 days Wearable device made with Jacquard weaving machine (492)
PSC Polyester Textile 12.91 0.89 51 5.72 Device retains 83% of initial PCE after 300 h. Wearable, as fabricated on a textile substrate (458)
polyethylene naphthalate Textile 20.53 1.06 66 14.3 Maintained 70% of initial PCE in ambient environment for 425 h. Flexible and wearable (294)
CNT 8.75 0.615 56.4 3.03 Stable for more than 96 h in ambient conditions. Excellent flexibility, enduring over 1000 bending cycles without degradation (520)
2.165 0.82 35.3 0.631 _ _ (498)
Stainless Steel wire 10.2 0.664 48.7 3.3 Maintained stable PCE (95%) upon 50 bending cycles. Bendable in various shapes with negligible reduction in output (200)
Ti wire 11.23 0.67 58 5.3 _ _ (496)
_ 0.85 _ 7.1 Maintained 90% of the initial results upon 400 twisting cycles. Can be woven into a textile (521)
11.97 0.731 44 3.85 Over 93% PCE retained after 50 bending cycles. Bendable (497)
OSC Poly/cotton Fabric 6.05 0.54 37 1.23 Lost photonic functionalities after ten cycles at 2.5 cm radius. Bendable (483)
Integrated to Textile 2.15 0.769 70.8 8.7 Found to be stable after bending 100 cycles of radius 2.5 mm. Flexible and wearable (131)
Gold based textile 13.11 0.57 24 1.8 To some extent found to be durable and reliable under mechanical stress. Wearable and integrated with clothing (266)
Graphene sheet 8.14 0.57 54.5 2.53 Found to be stable with 5% degradation in PCE after 8 days. _ (522)
CNT yarn 8.1 0.55 50 2.30 PEC dropped from 2.26% to 1.77% within the first 5 days. Found stable upon bending to 45 and 90 degrees (523)
Stainless steel wire 16.6 0.55 50 _   Flexible and wearable (508)
Ti Mesh 5.2 _   1.08 More than 80% PCE retained after 10 days. Flexible and wearable (462)
Ti and TiO2 wire 0.98 0.42 36 0.15 Found to be stable with no change in output in 5 days. Showed high flexibility and ease of weaving (524)
TiO2/Ti wire 9.06 0.52 38 1.78 Maintained over 70% PCE in air after 16 days. Flexible and wearable (478)