Conventional fossil fuel‐based power generation is one of the main contributors to global
environmental pollutions. The rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves as well as their adverse …

Despite the technical maturity and substantial potential cost reduction of BIPV technologies,
there are still challenges to overcome for the expansion of BIPV applications and their wider …

Solar building integration, differs from everyday active solar energy systems on a building
envelope, because the active system replaces building elements and are integrated into the …

Phase change materials (PCMs) can be applied to several different solar energy systems for
the extended heat energy storage which is quite useful as the solar energy is intermittent in …

In integrated Photovoltaic (PV) systems, integrating the back side of the PV module with
building wall insulate it from the surrounding air causing a dramatically increase of the PV …

The study presented in this paper is based on a detailed review of the literature focused on
the use of phase change materials (PCM) for photovoltaic (PV) module thermal regulation …

A significant fraction of the solar radiation falling on photovoltaic (PV) panels gets converted
into heat thus reducing the efficiency of photovoltaic power plants. Generally the …

Photovoltaic (PV) cells can absorb up to 80% of the incident solar radiation available in the
solar spectrum, however, only a certain percentage of the absorbed incident energy is …

Integration of photovoltaic (PV) technologies with building envelopes started in the early
1990 to meet the building energy demand and shave the peak electrical load. The PV …

This comprehensive review discusses methods that have been used for the thermal
management of photovoltaic modules. Particular attention has been paid to the use of phase …