Progress of PV cell technology: Feasibility of building materials, cost, performance, and stability

MA Fazal, S Rubaiee - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, the demand for PV technology by various sectors, including the public domain,
industry, and space technology, has significantly increased. The feasibilities of existing PV …

Potential environmental risk of solar cells: Current knowledge and future challenges

JI Kwak, SH Nam, L Kim, YJ An - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) technology such as solar cells and devices convert solar energy directly
into electricity. Compared to fossil fuels, solar energy is considered a key form of renewable …

Sustainable green process for environmentally viable perovskite solar cells

HS Kim, YJ An, JI Kwak, HJ Kim, HS Jung… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Persistent efforts toward an implementation of green chemistry are highly encouraged in
perovskite solar cells (PSCs) research not only because the sustainable chemistry is ideally …

A state-of-art review on end-of-life solar photovoltaics

P Nain, A Kumar - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
In last two decades, solar photovoltaic industry has shown tremendous growth among all
renewable energy sectors, as a result, the concern of their end-of-life waste management …

High-yield recycling and recovery of copper, indium, and gallium from waste copper indium gallium selenide thin-film solar panels

FW Liu, TM Cheng, YJ Chen, KC Yueh, SY Tang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
A separation process for Cu, In, Ga, and Se (CIGS)-based thin-film solar panels is proposed
in this study. Initially, the separation process, by peeling off the panels in a layer-by-layer …

Ecological and human health risk assessment of metals leached from end-of-life solar photovoltaics

P Nain, A Kumar - Environmental pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic industry has shown tremendous growth among renewable energy sector.
Though, this high installation rate will eventually result in generation of large volume of end …

Initial metal contents and leaching rate constants of metals leached from end-of-life solar photovoltaic waste: An integrative literature review and analysis

P Nain, A Kumar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The photovoltaic (PV) technology is one of the fastest growing renewable and environmental
friendly sources of electricity. However, this huge deployment rate is associated with …

Metal dissolution from end-of-life solar photovoltaics in real landfill leachate versus synthetic solutions: One-year study

P Nain, A Kumar - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
To investigate the after end-of-life concerns of solar panels, four commercially available
photovoltaics (reduced to 15× 15 cm 2 size) in broken and unbroken conditions were …

Performance of solar photovoltaic modules under arid climatic conditions: A review

M Mussard, M Amara - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Arid and semi-arid climates are blessed with abundant sunshine, and photovoltaic (PV)
modules are now widely used under these climatic conditions. The aim of this paper is to put …

[HTML][HTML] Performance and economic evaluation of solar rooftop systems in different regions of Thailand

S Yoomak, T Patcharoen, A Ngaopitakkul - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Solar rooftop systems in the residential sector have been rapidly increased in the term of
installed capacity. There are various factors, such as climate, temperature, and solar …