Search Results - "Solar energy"

A review on the complementarity of renewable energy sources: Concept, metrics, application and future research directions by Jurasz, J., Canales, F.A., Kies, A., Guezgouz, M., Beluco, A.

“…[Display omitted] •Pearson correlation is most common metric of complementarity quantification.•Concept of complementarity is often mentioned but clear…”
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Modeling of solar energy systems using artificial neural network: A comprehensive review by Elsheikh, Ammar H., Sharshir, Swellam W., Abd Elaziz, Mohamed, Kabeel, A.E., Guilan, Wang, Haiou, Zhang

“…The development of different solar energy (SE) systems becomes one of the most important solutions to the problem of the rapid increase in energy demand. This…”
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Recent advancements in PV cooling and efficiency enhancement integrating phase change materials based systems – A comprehensive review by Ali, Hafiz Muhammad

“…In recent years, researchers are fascinated to counter problem of PV-efficiency decline arising from high operating temperatures, especially in hot climates…”
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A review on perovskite solar cells: Evolution of architecture, fabrication techniques, commercialization issues and status by Roy, Priyanka, Kumar Sinha, Numeshwar, Tiwari, Sanjay, Khare, Ayush

“…•Discussion on why the material perovskite is an ideal choice of researchers these days.•The details on progress in efficiency and stability within a…”
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A review and recent advances in solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion based on photocatalytic water splitting over doped-TiO2 nanoparticles by Ismael, Mohammed

“…Photocatalytic hydrogen production under solar light irradiation is an attractive and appealing technology to produce green and renewable hydrogen fuel to…”
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A review of Sb2Se3 photovoltaic absorber materials and thin-film solar cells by Mavlonov, Abdurashid, Razykov, Takhir, Raziq, Fazal, Gan, Jiantuo, Chantana, Jakapan, Kawano, Yu, Nishimura, Takahito, Wei, Haoming, Zakutayev, Andriy, Minemoto, Takashi, Zu, Xiaotao, Li, Sean, Qiao, Liang

“…Energy generated from environmentally friendly, cost-effective solar cells is a key aspect for developing a clean renewable-energy economy. Non-toxic and…”
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Tabulated values of the Shockley–Queisser limit for single junction solar cells by Rühle, Sven

“…The values of the theoretical maximum light to electric power conversion efficiency of single junction solar cells, also known as detailed balance or…”
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Automatic classification of defective photovoltaic module cells in electroluminescence images by Deitsch, Sergiu, Christlein, Vincent, Berger, Stephan, Buerhop-Lutz, Claudia, Maier, Andreas, Gallwitz, Florian, Riess, Christian

“…•We classify defects of solar cells in electroluminescence images with two methods.•One approach uses a support vector machine for fast results on mobile…”
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Review of photovoltaic power forecasting by Antonanzas, J., Osorio, N., Escobar, R., Urraca, R., Martinez-de-Pison, F.J., Antonanzas-Torres, F.

“…•The most up-to-date review on photovoltaic power forecasting.•Economic assessments of forecasts are collated.•Guidelines for comparability of studies are…”
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History and trends in solar irradiance and PV power forecasting: A preliminary assessment and review using text mining by Yang, Dazhi, Kleissl, Jan, Gueymard, Christian A., Pedro, Hugo T.C., Coimbra, Carlos F.M.

“…•More than 1000 publications on the topic of solar forecasting are reviewed and analyzed.•A text mining approach is used to provide thorough literature review…”
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Comprehensive device modelling and performance analysis of MASnI3 based perovskite solar cells with diverse ETM, HTM and back metal contacts by Deepthi Jayan, K., Sebastian, Varkey

“…•Six ETMs, nine HTMs and ten back contacts were used for the modelling of solar cell.•Non-toxic lead free perovskite absorber layer was used for modelling.•A…”
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Performance improvement of solar thermal systems integrated with phase change materials (PCM), a review by Javadi, F.S., Metselaar, H.S.C., Ganesan, P.

“…The present review is an extensive overview of the research progress obtained in the field of Phase Change Material (PCM) integrated with solar thermal…”
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Optimal sizing of an autonomous photovoltaic/wind/battery/diesel generator microgrid using grasshopper optimization algorithm by Bukar, Abba Lawan, Tan, Chee Wei, Lau, Kwan Yiew

“…•Development of a robust rule-based energy management strategy.•Grasshopper optimization algorithm is used for the optimal sizing microgrid.•GOA is applied to…”
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Electron and hole transport layers optimization by numerical simulation of a perovskite solar cell by Azri, Faiza, Meftah, Afak, Sengouga, Nouredine, Meftah, Amjad

“…•An n-i-p perovskite solar cell was studied using SCAPS simulator.•Several materials were suggested as electron and hole transport (ETL, HTL)•Best ETL…”
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Effect of absorber layer, hole transport layer thicknesses, and its doping density on the performance of perovskite solar cells by device simulation by Bag, Atanu, Radhakrishnan, R., Nekovei, Reza, Jeyakumar, R.

“…•An ideal thickness for absorber and hole transport layer is reported for high efficiency.•An optimum doping density has been found for absorber and hole…”
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Applications of hybrid nanofluids in solar energy, practical limitations and challenges: A critical review by Shah, Tayyab Raza, Ali, Hafiz Muhammad

“…•Short lookback of the applications of mono-nanofluids in solar energy systems is presented.•Fabrication methods and characteristics of hybrid nanofluids are…”
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Experimental and SCAPS simulated formamidinium perovskite solar cells: A comparison of device performance by Karthick, S., Velumani, S., Bouclé, J.

“…•The fabricated FA-cation based solar cell performances were studied and presented.•Numerical SCAPS-1D simulated ideal device performance was systematically…”
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Verification of deterministic solar forecasts by Yang, Dazhi, Alessandrini, Stefano, Antonanzas, Javier, Antonanzas-Torres, Fernando, Badescu, Viorel, Beyer, Hans Georg, Blaga, Robert, Boland, John, Bright, Jamie M., Coimbra, Carlos F.M., David, Mathieu, Frimane, Âzeddine, Gueymard, Christian A., Hong, Tao, Kay, Merlinde J., Killinger, Sven, Kleissl, Jan, Lauret, Philippe, Lorenz, Elke, van der Meer, Dennis, Paulescu, Marius, Perez, Richard, Perpiñán-Lamigueiro, Oscar, Peters, Ian Marius, Reikard, Gordon, Renné, David, Saint-Drenan, Yves-Marie, Shuai, Yong, Urraca, Ruben, Verbois, Hadrien, Vignola, Frank, Voyant, Cyril, Zhang, Jie

“…•This review aims at standardizing the forecast verification approaches used in deterministic solar forecasting.•The distribution-oriented forecast…”
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World estimates of PV optimal tilt angles and ratios of sunlight incident upon tilted and tracked PV panels relative to horizontal panels by Jacobson, Mark Z., Jadhav, Vijaysinh

“…•Solar PV optimal tilt angles are estimated for all countries of the world.•Tracked and tilted PV increase output over flat panels with increasing…”
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Device simulation of 17.3% efficient lead-free all-perovskite tandem solar cell by Madan, Jaya, Shivani, Pandey, Rahul, Sharma, Rajnish

“…•All-perovskite tandem solar cell is designed and simulated.•10.1% efficient, lead (Pb) free perovskite, Cs2AgBi0.75Sb0.25Br6 (1.8 eV) based cell is used for…”
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