Photovoltaic power plants nowadays play an important role in the context of energy
generation based on renewable sources. With the purpose of obtaining maximum efficiency …

Today's research on concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) cells focuses on creating multi-
junction semiconductor solar cells capable of withstanding high temperatures without losing …

Enhancing the performance of a concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system by integrating a
solar tracker to concentrate the solar irradiance on the target area is important. Thus, a dual …

A solar tracker based on shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators has been developed with the
purpose of its future integration within a CPV/PV hybrid module. The use of SMAs allows …

The worldwide use of renewable energy sources has been growing significantly year by
year, accompanied by continuous technological development. In addition to addressing …

Featured Application The model developed in this work has practical applications for
simulating the operation of non-standard multi-junction photovoltaic modules with radiation …

The solar spectrum contains a fraction of ultraviolet radiations that can cause serious health
issues. A novel system is proposed and investigated to harness the terrestrial ultraviolet …