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 …

[HTML][HTML] Synergies and potential of hybrid solar photovoltaic-thermal desalination technologies

W He, G Huang, CN Markides - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar desalination has emerged as a sustainable solution for addressing global water
scarcity in the energy-water nexus, particularly for remote areas in developing countries …

Energy, exergy, and economic assessment of thermal regulation of PV panel using hybrid heat pipe-phase change material cooling system

R Gad, H Mahmoud, S Ookawara, H Hassan - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
There has been a theoretical investigation for energy, exergy, and economic evaluation of
thermal regulation of PV panels via an innovative hybrid cooling system of flat heat pipes …

[HTML][HTML] Current status and future development of hybrid PV/T system with PCM module: 4E (energy, exergy, economic and environmental) assessments

Y Cui, J Zhu, F Zhang, Y Shao, Y Xue - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) with phase change material (PCM) technology is one of
the incentive research areas in renewable energy application aspect, which attracts …

State-of-the-art review on performance enhancement of photovoltaic/thermal system integrated with phase change materials

Y Xiao, P Huang, G Wei, L Cui, C Xu, X Du - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) technologies have attracted great attention and have been
widely studied in recent years. Taking phase change material (PCM) as the cooling and …

A novel thermal regulation method for photovoltaic panels using porous metals filled with phase change material and nanoparticle additives

AR Abdulmunem, PM Samin, HA Rahman… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The main problem with different types of PV cells is that they heat up beyond their optimal
working temperature and thereby reduce their power generation efficiency. PV panel's …

Thermal regulation of photovoltaic system for enhanced power production: a review

A Anand, A Shukla, H Panchal, A Sharma - Journal of Energy Storage, 2021 - Elsevier
The efficiency of the photovoltaic (PV) module is drastically decreased when integrated with
building material. This efficiency decrease is mainly caused due to the temperature rise of …

An experimental study on simultaneous use of metal fins and mirror to improve the performance of photovoltaic panels

M Firoozzadeh, M Lotfi, AH Shiravi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The world is inconceivable without an everlasting demand for energy. Nowadays, various
kinds of renewable energies, such as solar energy, are developing rapidly, since they have …

Theoretical modelling and optimization of a geothermal cooling system for solar photovoltaics

D Lopez-Pascual, I Valiente-Blanco… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar cells lose efficiency as the operating temperature increases under normal operating
conditions, resulting in a very significant power output reduction. This issue is most relevant …

[HTML][HTML] Revolutionizing photovoltaic excellence: Unveiling a cutting-edge approach to assessing module enhancers for optimal area and cost efficiency

SM Sultan, CP Tso, RK Ajeel, K Sobayel… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
A photovoltaic module (PV) functions as a device for producing electricity. Increasing the
number of PV units leads to higher power generation, but this also requires a larger land's …