Recent advancements in PV cooling and efficiency enhancement integrating phase change materials based systems–A comprehensive review

HM Ali - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, researchers are fascinated to counter problem of PV-efficiency decline
arising from high operating temperatures, especially in hot climates. This article conducts a …

A review of the concentrated photovoltaic/thermal (CPVT) hybrid solar systems based on the spectral beam splitting technology

X Ju, C Xu, X Han, X Du, G Wei, Y Yang - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This article presents a review on the research and development of spectral beam splitting
concentrated photovoltaic/thermal (SBS CPVT) hybrid solar systems. The investigations on …

Solar energy systems–potential of nanofluids

A Wahab, A Hassan, MA Qasim, HM Ali, H Babar… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Global warming escalation has extended average temperature of earth beyond its safe limit.
To avert this environmental-threat, solar energy has acquired substantial attention of …

A review of nanofluid-based direct absorption solar collectors: Design considerations and experiments with hybrid PV/Thermal and direct steam generation collectors

N Goel, RA Taylor, T Otanicar - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the last 100 plus years, solar thermal energy has been used for residential heating
applications, industrial process heating, electricity generation, and thermochemical …

A hybrid PV/T collector using spectrally selective absorbing nanofluids

F Crisostomo, N Hjerrild, S Mesgari, Q Li, RA Taylor - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is a rapidly developing field with a wide range of potential applications.
One such application is using nanoparticles to selectively absorb and transmit light. By …

Concentrating photovoltaic thermal (CPVT) collectors and systems: Theory, performance assessment and applications

R Daneshazarian, E Cuce, PM Cuce, F Sher - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
Concentrating photovoltaic thermal (CPVT) collectors and systems are very popular in both
domestic and industrial solar energy applications. CPVT collectors provides incomparably …

Recent progress in thermal energy recovery from the decoupled photovoltaic/thermal system equipped with spectral splitters

W Hong, B Li, H Li, X Niu, Y Li, J Lan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal decoupling of the photovoltaic (PV) and photothermal (PT) modules has been
successfully implemented by employing the spectral separation technique, which is …

Detailed performance model of a hybrid photovoltaic/thermal system utilizing selective spectral nanofluid absorption

N Brekke, J Dale, D DeJarnette, P Hari, M Orosz… - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This work explores recent advancements of a concentrating hybrid photovoltaic/thermal
(CPV/T) system, with an emphasis on detailed modeling and parametric performance …

Filtering light with nanoparticles: a review of optically selective particles and applications

TP Otanicar, D DeJarnette, Y Hewakuruppu… - Advances in Optics …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
The ability to selectively and controllably interact with light is useful to a wide range of
devices. With the advent of nanotechnology, we now have the ability to create optical …

A critical review of concentrating and nanofluid-based hybrid PV/T systems utilizing beam splitting technique: Progress, challenges, and way forward

M Kumar, S Kumar, S Singh - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The utilization of nanofluids and concentrating techniques in solar photovoltaic/thermal
(PV/T) systems, to enhance the overall system performance, have been analysed explicitly …