Overview of DC/DC Converters for Concentrating Photovoltaics (CPVs)

P Camail, B Allard, M Darnon, C Joubert, C Martin… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
With energy efficiencies close to two times higher than traditional photovoltaic (PV),
concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems represent a promising solution for solar power …

Microbial Fuel Cell as Battery Range Extender for Frugal IoT

CA Berlitz, A Pietrelli, F Mieyeville, G Pillonnet, B Allard - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The simplest DC/DC converter for supplying an Internet-of-Things device is definitely a
switched-capacitor converter. The voltage from a mere 1.2 V battery may be stepped up to 2 …

[PDF][PDF] Integrated energy management converter based on maximum power point tracking for photovoltaic solar system

M Ouremchi, S El Mouzouade, K El Khadiri… - International Journal of …, 2022 - academia.edu
This paper presents an integrated power control system for photovoltaic systems based on
maximum power point tracking (MPPT). The architecture presented in this paper is designed …

A Compact Cuk-Based Differential Power Processing IC with Integrated Magnetics and Soft-Switching Controller for Maximized Cell-Level Power Extraction

A Amoorezaei, SA Khajehoddin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a cell-level differential power processing integrated circuit (IC) is presented to
perform maximum power point tracking on photovoltaic cells under mismatch conditions …

Impact of DC-DC Converters on the Energy Performance of a Dense Concentrator PV Array under Nonuniform Irradiance and Temperature Profiles

Á Fernández, J Rosell-Mirmi, D Regany, M Vilarrubí… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Efficiency losses resulting from electrical mismatching in densely packed photovoltaic arrays
present a significant challenge, particularly exacerbated in nonuniformly illuminated …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-input single-output Dickson-type AC/DC converter for vibration energy harvesting

K Eguchi, D Nakashima, T Ishibashi, I Oota - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
To achieve efficient vibration energy harvesting, we propose a new inductor-less ac/dc
converter with multiple-input single-output (MISO) structure in this paper. Unlike existing …

A low-cost cell-level differential power processing CMOS IC for single junction photovoltaic cells

A Amoorezaei, SA Khajehoddin… - … on Power Electronics, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a cell-level differential power processing IC to maximize the power yield
under partial shading and mismatch condition in series-connected single junction …

[HTML][HTML] Design of a multi-input single-output step-up ac/dc converter with bipolar structure

K Eguchi, D Nakashima, A Shibata, F Asadi - Energy Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
For vibration energy harvesting, we propose a multiple-input single-output (MISO) step-up
ac/dc converter with bipolar structure in this paper. Unlike existing ac/dc converters for …

Vibration energy harvesting using a MISO converter employing hybrid Cockcroft-Walton/Dickson multipliers

K Eguchi, A Shibata, T Ishibashi… - 2021 IEEE 4th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vibration energy harvesting is the concept to convert vibrations in an electrical power. For
the vibration energy harvesting, a multiple-input single-output (MISO) ac/dc converter is …

[PDF][PDF] A MULTI-INPUT SINGLE OUTPUT (MISO) BUCK CONVERTER DESIGN BY SWITCHED-CAPACITOR (SC) TECHNIQUES

D Nakashima, W Do, T Ishibashi, K Eguchi - scholar.archive.org
This paper presents a multi-input single output (MISO) buck converter designed by switched-
capacitor (SC) techniques. Unlike existing MISO buck converters, the proposed converter is …