The installation of photovoltaic (PV) systems is continuously increasing in both standalone
and grid‐connected applications. The energy conversion from solar PV modules is not very …

Conventional energy conversion architectures in photovoltaic (PV) systems are often forced
to tradeoff conversion efficiency and power production. This paper introduces an energy …

This article reviews and classifies the representative types of “differential power processing
(DPP)” architectures, focusing on the aspect of how the processed power is reduced with …

Electrochemical energy storage is critical for a range of applications spanning electrified
transportation and grid energy storage, and there is a need to further improve both the active …

When photovoltaic (PV) cells are connected in series, they experience internal and external
mismatch that reduces output power. Differential power processing (DPP) architectures …

This paper presents the analysis of two types of DC/DC converter structures processing
partial input/output power and feeding directly a considerable amount of input power to the …

With inhomogeneous irradiance on photovoltaic (PV) units significantly deteriorating the
effectiveness of solar energy harvest, distributed maximum power point tracking (DMPPT) …

This paper introduces an approach to dc power delivery that reduces power loss by
minimizing redundant energy conversion. Existing power distribution techniques tend to …

Differential power processing (DPP) is regarded as a promising architecture in solving
mismatching issues among photovoltaic (PV) submodules. Although conventional total …

A switched-capacitor based equalization scheme is proposed for overcoming the adverse
effect of shaded panels in a serially connected PV array. The proposed solution is based on …