PVT technology presents many attractive features for a wide application in the building
sector since it is able to produce electricity and thermal energy at the same time with better …

A knowledge gap exists about the actual behavior of PV grid-connected systems (PVGCS)
using various PV technologies in Peru. This paper presents the results of an over three-year …

Multi-junction (MJ) solar cells show an important dependence on the incident spectrum due
to the internal series connection of several cells with different band gap energies. The …

Energy yield (EY) modelling is an indispensable tool to minimize payback time of emerging
perovskite-based multi-junction photovoltaics (PV) but it relies on many assumptions about …

Photovoltaic system performance is affected by changes in the input sunlight spectrum.
Moreover, the different photovoltaic materials employed show different spectral responses …

Photovoltaic materials are spectrally selected and their electrical output is affected by the
spectral distribution of the incident irradiance. The performance of high concentrator …

We introduce a novel simulation tool capable of calculating the energy yield of a PV system
based on its fundamental material properties and using self-consistent models. Thus, our …

This paper presents the IES-UPM experience in the outdoor characterization of PV modules.
On days with clear sky conditions, a rather simple device consisting of a thermally-insulated …

The efficiency of a photovoltaic cell/module changes, as the intensity of incident irradiance
decreases, in a non linear way and these changes are referred to as low irradiance losses …

Performance analysis of real world efficiency of photovoltaic installations is proven to be a
challenging task, as demonstrated by the processing of data from monitoring operation of a …