Up-to-date literature review on Solar PV systems: Technology progress, market status and R&D

A Allouhi, S Rehman, MS Buker, Z Said - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) technologies have achieved commercial acceptance, technological
maturity and foresee a leading role in the current energy transition to combat the adverse …

[HTML][HTML] Latent thermal energy storage technologies and applications: A review

H Jouhara, A Żabnieńska-Góra, N Khordehgah… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The achievement of European climate energy objectives which are contained in the
European Union's (EU)“20–20–20 ″targets and in the European Commission's (EC) …

Numerical analysis and optimization of a novel photovoltaic thermal solar unit improved by Nano-PCM as an energy storage media and finned collector

H Shakibi, A Shokri, B Sobhani, M Yari - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
An increment in temperature will deteriorate the efficiency of photovoltaic systems
dramatically. The application of a cooling mechanism can reduce the operating temperature …

Recent advances on the applications of phase change materials for solar collectors, practical limitations, and challenges: A critical review

A Mourad, A Aissa, Z Said, O Younis, M Iqbal… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming is the most serious problem humanity faces in the twenty-first century. To
avoid additional global warming, the world must transition away from fossil fuels and toward …

Metal foam-phase change material composites for thermal energy storage: a review of performance parameters

M Aramesh, B Shabani - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Many efforts have been made to improve the weak thermal performance of phase change
materials (PCMs). Among the common methods of such, embedment of open-cell metal …

Inorganic phase change materials in thermal energy storage: A review on perspectives and technological advances in building applications

MF Junaid, Z ur Rehman, M Čekon, J Čurpek… - Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reutilization of thermal energy according to building demands constitutes an important step
in a low carbon/green campaign. Phase change materials (PCMs) can address these …

[HTML][HTML] From nearly zero energy buildings (NZEB) to positive energy buildings (PEB): The next challenge-The most recent European trends with some notes on the …

A Magrini, G Lentini, S Cuman, A Bodrato… - Developments in the Built …, 2020 - Elsevier
The European energy policies introduced the Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB) objective
(Directive, 2010/31/EU and 2018/844/UE) to stimulate the energy transition of the …

A comprehensive review of the current status, developments, and outlooks of heat pipe photovoltaic and photovoltaic/thermal systems

Y Gao, D Wu, Z Dai, C Wang, B Chen, X Zhang - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Harvesting energy from the sun is a promising technology to resolve the ongoing energy
crisis. Solar photovoltaic (PV) and photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems are mainstream solar …

Potential of phase change materials and their effective use in solar thermal applications: A critical review

V Goel, A Saxena, M Kumar, A Thakur… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Potential of the thermal energy storage materials especially phase change materials (PCM)
is great support to the thermal systems for their performance enhancement especially for …

Recent advances and impact of phase change materials on solar energy: A comprehensive review

S Sikiru, TL Oladosu, TI Amosa, SY Kolawole… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change metals (PCM) with high latent heat during the solid-liquid phase transition are
promising for thermal energy storage applications. However, popular PCM have low thermal …