ABSTRACT Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), a significant technological tool to
reduce carbon emissions from buildings, have attracted extensive research attention …

Over the past years, there has been an increasing scientific interest in Low Voltage DC grids
as an alternative to traditional Low Voltage AC grids, driven by the energy transition …

The design of building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems involves a balance among
numerous indicators, particularly in academic buildings with a heightened demand for light …

Due to the promising performance on energy-saving, the building integrated photovoltaic
system (BIPV) has found an increasingly wide utilization in modern cities. For a large-scale …

Future power systems will be increasingly evaluated on their overall efficiency and
sustainable use of raw materials. From this point of view, low-voltage DC networks have …

Building-Integrated Photovoltaics is a key technology for the generation of renewable
energy in the built environment, especially in case of high-rise buildings. A promising …

High-gain converters have been used on many occasions as interfaces for multiple energy
conversions. Among these converters, a family of switching-capacitor high-gain converters is …

Due to the complex surrounding environments, unpredictable occupants' behaviors, and the
photovoltaic (PV) module degradation after years of operation, the fast and accurate …

Needless to say, green buildings have now become an inevitable trend for the sustainable
development of society, and they have paved a way for the harmonious coexistence …

In this paper, the impact of control on lifetime and efficiency will be investigated for the case
of an interleaved boost converter. Firstly, the influence of the conduction mode on losses …