Environmental impacts of solar photovoltaic systems: A critical review of recent progress and future outlook

M Tawalbeh, A Al-Othman, F Kafiah… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) systems are regarded as clean and sustainable sources of energy.
Although the operation of PV systems exhibits minimal pollution during their lifetime, the …

Renewable energies driven electrochemical wastewater/soil decontamination technologies: a critical review of fundamental concepts and applications

SO Ganiyu, CA Martinez-Huitle, MA Rodrigo - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Electrochemical wastewater and soil treatments are exciting set of technologies that has
been well-studied over the recent years as one of the most-effective remediation techniques …

Design of anti-icing surfaces: smooth, textured or slippery?

MJ Kreder, J Alvarenga, P Kim, J Aizenberg - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016 - nature.com
Passive anti-icing surfaces, or icephobic surfaces, are an area of great interest because of
their significant economic, energy and safety implications in the prevention and easy …

[HTML][HTML] A key review of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems

E Biyik, M Araz, A Hepbasli, M Shahrestani… - … science and technology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Renewable and sustainable energy generation technologies have been in the forefront due
to concerns related to environment, energy independence, and high fossil fuel costs. As part …

Energy payback time (EPBT) and energy return on energy invested (EROI) of solar photovoltaic systems: A systematic review and meta-analysis

KP Bhandari, JM Collier, RJ Ellingson… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
There is a fast growing interest in better understanding the energy performance of PV
technologies as evidenced by a large number of recent studies published on this topic. The …

Review on life cycle assessment of energy payback and greenhouse gas emission of solar photovoltaic systems

J Peng, L Lu, H Yang - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper aims to examine the sustainability and environmental performance of PV-based
electricity generation systems by conducting a thorough review of the life cycle assessment …

A review of the recent advances in superhydrophobic surfaces and the emerging energy-related applications

P Zhang, FY Lv - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
A new kind of functional surfaces with particular characteristics, ie, superhydrophobic
surfaces, has recently been developed and applied in many fields, such as airplane, wind …

Review of solar photovoltaic cooling systems technologies with environmental and economical assessment

T Salameh, D Zhang, A Juaidi, AH Alami… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the rapid evolution of photovoltaic systems and technologies, many challenges arise in
their installation and operation. Since both developed and developing countries have a …

Building life cycle assessment research: A review by bibliometric analysis

S Geng, Y Wang, J Zuo, Z Zhou, H Du, G Mao - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study aims to examine the literature related to the building life cycle assessment (LCA)
that are published from 2000 to 2014 by means of bibliometric methods based on databases …

A review on semitransparent solar cells for agricultural application

Y Zhao, Y Zhu, HW Cheng, R Zheng, D Meng… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Modern agriculture dramatically increases food production and continuously plays a critical
role to remit the food crisis in the world. However, agricultural modernization also consumes …