Review on passive daytime radiative cooling: Fundamentals, recent researches, challenges and opportunities

JP Bijarniya, J Sarkar, P Maiti - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Passive radiative sub-ambient cooling is an emerging field of futuristic research and
development and has the potential to reduce water and electricity demands, and the …

Tunable photovoltaics: adapting solar cell technologies to versatile applications

H Meddeb, M Götz‐Köhler… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar photovoltaics (PV) offer viable and sustainable solutions to satisfy the growing energy
demand and to meet the pressing climate targets. The deployment of conventional PV …

A review on the integration of radiative cooling and solar energy harvesting

S Ahmed, Z Li, MS Javed, T Ma - Materials Today Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
With developments in material science and thermal engineering, radiative sky cooling has
received renewed interest as it provides passive cooling energy during both day and night …

Spectrally selective approaches for passive cooling of solar cells: A review

B Zhao, M Hu, X Ao, Q Xuan, G Pei - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Waste heat is generated in solar cells during the daytime because they operate with a
limited electrical efficiency. Moreover, the generated heat increases the solar cells' operating …

Radiative cooling of commercial silicon solar cells using a pyramid-textured PDMS film

K Wang, G Luo, X Guo, S Li, Z Liu, C Yang - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Radiative cooling is an electricity-free method for solar cells to dissipate waste heat, which
has drawn much attention in recent years. In this paper, a periodic pyramid-textured …

Thermodynamic limits for simultaneous energy harvesting from the hot sun and cold outer space

W Li, S Buddhiraju, S Fan - Light: Science & Applications, 2020 - nature.com
The sun and outer space are two of the most important fundamental thermodynamic
resources for renewable energy harvesting. A significant amount of work has focused on …

Heat generation and mitigation in silicon solar cells and modules

L Xu, W Liu, H Liu, C Ke, M Wang, C Zhang, E Aydin… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Cost-effective photovoltaics (PVs) require a high energy yield with a long system lifetime.
However, both are adversely affected by temperature. Here, we assess the economic impact …

Submicron organic–inorganic hybrid radiative cooling coatings for stable, ultrathin, and lightweight solar cells

G Perrakis, AC Tasolamprou, G Kenanakis… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar cell technology requires materials that are efficient, lightweight, and stable. Organic–
inorganic lead halide perovskite-and polymer-based bulk heterojunction solar cells have …

Pathways for mitigating thermal losses in solar photovoltaics

R Vaillon, O Dupré, RB Cal, M Calaf - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
To improve the performance of solar photovoltaic devices one should mitigate three types of
losses: optical, electrical and thermal. However, further reducing the optical and electrical …

Passive Photovoltaic Cooling: Advances Toward Low‐Temperature Operation

J Liu, Y Zhou, Z Zhou, Y Du, C Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With the great increase in installation, photovoltaics will develop as the main power supply
source for the world shortly. However, the actual power generation and lifetime of …