Micro-Segregated Liquid Crystal Haze Films for Photovoltaic Applications: A Novel Strategy to Fabricate Haze Films Employing Liquid Crystal Technology [PDF]
, 2018 Herein, a novel strategy to fabricate haze films employing liquid crystal (LC) technology for photovoltaic (PV) applications is reported. We fabricated a high optical haze film composed of low-molecular LCs and polymer and applied the film to improve the
Bae, Jae-Hyun +7 more
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Exergy analysis of a solar photovoltaic module [PDF]
, 2016 PV energy is the direct conversion of solar radiation into electricity. In this paper, an analysis of the influence of parameters such as global irradiance or temperature in the performance of a PV installation has been carried out.
Serrano-Casares, Francisco Victor +1 more
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Charge Measurement of Dust Particles on Photovoltaic Module [PDF]
, 2013 Photovoltaic (PV) systems are one of the most promising renewable energy sources in the world, and hence it is important to explore the factors that affect the working / operational efficiency of this source.
Al-Shabaan, G. +4 more
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Experimental and economic analysis of passive cooling PV module using fins and planar reflector
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021 This study aims to experimentally investigate the passive cooling performance of a concentrated PV module, using two different designs of novel passive fin heat sinks namely, lapping and longitudinal.
A.M. Elbreki +5 more
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Analysis of Photovoltaic String Failure and Health Monitoring with Module Fault Identification
Energies, 2019 In this paper, photovoltaic (PV) string failure analysis and health monitoring of PV modules based on a low-cost self-powered wireless sensor network (WSN) are presented.
Ahmad Rivai +3 more
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Investigating the Effect of Inclination Angle of Magnetic Field Vector on Silicon PV Modules
International Journal of Photoenergy, 2021 In earlier studies, we have shown theoretically and experimentally that magnetic fields (MFs) have negative impact on silicon PV module (photovoltaic module). A noticeable decline in photocurrent with a slight increase in photovoltage was observed. Also,
Dioari Ulrich Combari +5 more
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Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2021 The purpose of this study is to improve the electrical performance of the photovoltaic (PV) module by using the sunlight concentration and cooling technique.
Swar A. Zubeer, Omar Mhohammed Ali
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Reduction of temperature in silicon photovoltaic module using thermal radiation coating
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016 The temperature of solar cells increases under the actual operating conditions, and the conversion efficiency of solar cells decreases with increasing temperature.
Nakamura Satoshi, Nishioka Kensuke
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Performance analysis of thermosyphon hybrid photovoltaic thermal collector
Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 2016 The conversion of solar irradiance into electricity by a photovoltaic module (PV) is 6– 7% of the incoming energy from the sun depending on the type of technology and the environmental parameters.
N. Marc-Alain Mutombo +2 more
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Temperature based maximum power point tracking for photovoltaic modules
Scientific Reports, 2020 In this article authors propose a temperature based Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithm (MPPT). Authors show that there is an optimal current vs maximum power curve that depends on photovoltaic (PV) module temperature.
Josean Ramos-Hernanz +5 more
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