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Development of adaptive thermal comfort model for urban park based on field survey and literature review

Frontiers in Built Environment
Global warming has caused an increase in extreme heatwaves. Research on outdoor thermal comfort in urban parks has been carried out in different countries under various climatic conditions. However, there is lack of information on outdoor thermal comfort
Rupendra Subedi, Hom B. Rijal, Supriya Khadka, Naja Aqilah, Prativa Lamsal   +4 more
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Boosting Bifacial Output Power of Ag‐CIGS Solar Cells by Optimizing ITO Back‐Contact Thickness for Tandem Applications

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
Optimized ITO back contact with pre‐Ga supply growth and Ag incorporation suppresses GaOx formation and interface recombination in bifacial CIGS solar cells. The devices achieve 17.25% front and 5.77% rear efficiency, delivering record bifacial power density up to 32.26 mW cm−2 in 4T perovskite/CIGS tandem architectures under enhanced albedo ...
Amanat Ali, Dae‐Ho Son, Wook Hyun Kim, Hyo Jeong Jo, Dong‐Hwan Jeon, Won‐Joon Kim, Van‐Quy Hoang, Jaebaek Lee, Bashiru Kadiri‐English, Jin‐Kyu Kang, Kee‐Jeong Yang, Shi‐Joon Sung, Dae‐Kue Hwang, Dae‐Hwan Kim   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Operation of Photovoltaic‐Driven Electrocatalytic Water Splitting for Hydrogen Production

EcoEnergy, EarlyView.
Photovoltaic‐driven electrocatalytic water splitting offers a scalable route to green hydrogen. This review introduces fundamental photovoltaic principles and key PV performance metrics, compares different PV–EC configurations, and provides practical guidance on design, operation, and PV–EC matching. Key bottlenecks and future directions for efficiency
Zhenlan Dou, Ying Zhang, Chunyan Zhang, Jieshi Shen, Miaoqiu Hu, Haifei Wang, Lei Guo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introducing the T-MCCR Index for Evaluating Urban Thermal Comfort and Morphological Performance

Urban Science
Urban morphology plays a key role in shaping outdoor thermal comfort, especially as cities experience increasing heat stress under climate change. While the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) is widely applied in outdoor thermal comfort studies ...
Hossein Abdeyazdan, Daniele Santucci
doaj   +1 more source

Directly Sunlight‐Chargeable Core‐Shell Azobenzene Fabric via Coaxial Electrospinning with Tunable Personal Thermal Management

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This work presents a leakage‐free, sunlight‐chargeable core‐shell Azo‐based textile that effectively bridges molecular photothermal storage with wearable functionality, offering a robust platform for on‐demand solar‐powered personal thermal management.
Yating Zhang, Liqi Dong, Hua Pan, Mo Zhou, Fei Zhai, Zhiping Ye, Wei Feng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Performance Analysis of Various Flat Plate Solar Collectors Incorporating Spiral and Square Arrangement of Circular Type Riser Tube

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Three flat‐plate collectors with spiral and square coiled riser tubes were tested and it was found that the spiral type provides the best results with a thermal efficiency of 66.98% for a mass flow rate of 0.4 kg/min. Riser tube geometry is a key factor in optimizing flat‐plate collector output.
Sakhail Islam Biaz, Golam Sharoar Fahim, Md Akib Ul Islam, Nahyan Ahnaf Pratik, Md. Hasan Ali   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavioural Perspectives of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Urban Areas: A Critical Review

Atmosphere, 2019
The thermal characteristics of outdoor urban spaces and the street networks connecting them are vital to the assessment of the liveability and sustainability of cities.
Mohamed H. Elnabawi, Neveen Hamza
doaj   +1 more source

Temperature Coefficient Analysis of Polycrystalline PV Modules Under Field Conditions in Ghana

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Field measurements from a commercial PV plant in Ghana show polycrystalline module temperature coefficients of −0.473%/°C—31% higher than manufacturer values—highlighting the risk of underestimating energy losses and degradation in fast‐growing West African solar deployments.
Emmanuel Akono Sarsah, Abdul‐Rahim Bawa   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Graph Neural Network‐Based Prediction of Building Energy Consumption

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
A graph neural network that encodes a multi‐zone building as a graph accurately predicts hourly cooling and heating loads across three distinct climates, outperforming Random Forest and XGBoost baselines and serving as a fast surrogate to EnergyPlus simulations for scalable building energy management.
Ali Maboudi Reveshti, Jamal Dabbagh, Jhila Nasiri Reveshti, Karim Farajeyan Bonab, Farid Hosseini Mansoub   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying priority areas for optimizing the urban thermal environment by considering the impacts of the built environment on outdoor thermal comfort

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
The thermal environment effect poses great threats to the sustainable development of cities. It is crucial to identify the priority areas for optimizing the urban thermal environment as a strategy to mitigate this effect effectively.
Ninglong You
doaj   +1 more source