Over the past two decades, scientific communities and coating manufacturers have
presented superhydrophobic coatings for various applications such as automotive, marine …

With the recent progress in nanotechnology and material engineering, nano-based coatings
have become multifunctional, smarter, efficient, versatile and durable. Superhydrophobic …

Distributed photovoltaic (PV) power stations are installed in high-elevation locations and
various configurations. Traditional manual cleaning methods suffer from low cleaning …

Photovoltaic (PV) installations in desert areas such as Middle East, Africa, four-season
countries and industrial areas suffers from loss in efficiency due to accumulation of dust …

Self-cleaning surfaces are nature-inspired and based on the surface processes occurring on
butterfly wings and lotus leaves. Owing to their unique characteristics, they are usable in a …

Thin film solar cells are one of the important candidates utilized to reduce the cost of
photovoltaic production by minimizing the usage of active materials. However, low light …

Superhydrophobic transparent coatings have recently gained significant attention in the
solar energy field due to their ease of preparation, low cost, self-cleaning process, and high …

This paper aims to examine deposition reduction performance of different types of dust on
solar PV cells by the self-cleaning coatings. Four types of dust were obtained from the …

Due to their useful atomic structure, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have fascinating chemical
and physical properties, as exemplified by graphite and diamond. They have enabled major …

Two-dimensional transition metal disulfide (TMD) nanosheets, including MoS2, WS2, TaS2,
and TiS2, were used to catalyze the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The TMDs were …