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 …

Application of nanofluid in solar energy harvesting devices: A comprehensive review

AK Hamzat, MI Omisanya, AZ Sahin… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increase in energy demand due to population explosion and the recent global
pandemic stressed the need to maximize solar energy harvesting. Nanofluids are used to …

Conceptual analysis framework development to understand barriers of nanofluid commercialization

A Alagumalai, C Qin, KEK Vimal, E Solomin, L Yang… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite massive efforts in the field of nanofluids over the last two decades, nanofluids are
primarily still used in a lab scale due to numerous controllable and uncontrollable barriers …

A review on nanofluids: fabrication, stability, and thermophysical properties

N Ali, JA Teixeira, A Addali - Journal of Nanomaterials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nanofluids have been receiving great attention in recent years due to their potential usage,
not only as an enhanced thermophysical heat transfer fluid but also because of their great …

Applications of nanofluids in solar energy: a review of recent advances

AH Elsheikh, SW Sharshir, ME Mostafa, FA Essa… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Solar energy systems (SESs) are considered as one of the most important alternatives to
conventional fossil fuels, due to its ability to convert solar energy directly into heat and …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Nanofluids: properties and applications

GF Smaisim, DB Mohammed, AM Abdulhadi… - Journal of Sol-Gel …, 2022 - Springer
Nanofluids are liquid suspensions of hard nanometer-sized particles suspended in a base
fluid. The suspension of small solid particles in energy transmission fluids enhances their …

Experimental study of thermo-convection performance of hybrid nanofluids of Al2O3-MWCNT/water in a differentially heated square cavity

SO Giwa, M Sharifpur, JP Meyer - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hybrid nanofluids as a new class of nanofluids known for their improved thermal and flow
properties over single-particle nanofluids. However, experimental studies on the natural …

Nanofluids-based solar collectors as sustainable energy technology towards net-zero goal: Recent advances, environmental impact, challenges, and perspectives

Z Said, M Iqbal, A Mehmood, TT Le, HM Ali… - … and Processing-Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
Renewables are believed to be the future energy sources, given conventional energy
sources' rapid depletion and environmental degradation. Among these, the ones used to …

Effects of variable magnetic field on particle fouling properties of magnetic nanofluids in a novel thermal exchanger system

F Fan, C Qi, J Tu, Z Ding - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Magnetic nanofluids, as a new type of heat transfer media, propose a possible way to
achieve low energy consumption and carbon neutrality, which has attracted a lot of attention …

Effects of uniform magnetic induction on heat transfer performance of aqueous hybrid ferrofluid in a rectangular cavity

SO Giwa, M Sharifpur, JP Meyer - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Utilization of hybrid nanoparticles to formulate nanofluids is one of the ways to improve
nanofluids' thermal and fluid properties. This work attempted to study the free convection …