Recent advancements in PV cooling and efficiency enhancement integrating phase change materials based systems–A comprehensive review

HM Ali - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, researchers are fascinated to counter problem of PV-efficiency decline
arising from high operating temperatures, especially in hot climates. This article conducts a …

Recent advances on the applications of phase change materials for solar collectors, practical limitations, and challenges: A critical review

A Mourad, A Aissa, Z Said, O Younis, M Iqbal… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming is the most serious problem humanity faces in the twenty-first century. To
avoid additional global warming, the world must transition away from fossil fuels and toward …

Concentrated photovoltaics as light harvesters: Outlook, recent progress, and challenges

A Ejaz, H Babar, HM Ali, F Jamil, MM Janjua… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) is a dawn technology in the field of photovoltaic that helps
in escalating the effective use of solar energy. Nowadays, applications of photovoltaic solar …

Inorganic phase change materials in thermal energy storage: A review on perspectives and technological advances in building applications

MF Junaid, Z ur Rehman, M Čekon, J Čurpek… - Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reutilization of thermal energy according to building demands constitutes an important step
in a low carbon/green campaign. Phase change materials (PCMs) can address these …

Phase change material based advance solar thermal energy storage systems for building heating and cooling applications: A prospective research approach

VV Tyagi, K Chopra, B Kalidasan, A Chauhan… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper explicitly deals with the role of thermal energy storage (TES) with respect to
energy performance measures in buildings. Buildings constitute about 50% of the total …

Photovoltaic panel integrated with phase change materials (PV-PCM): technology overview and materials selection

T Ma, Z Li, J Zhao - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, the utilization of phase change materials (PCMs) in photovoltaic (PV)
module for thermal regulation has attracted wide attention in this field, as the hybrid PV-PCM …

A new approach for employing multiple PCMs in the passive thermal management of photovoltaic modules

JM Mahdi, HI Mohammed, P Talebizadehsardari - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Employing PCMs for thermal management of photovoltaic modules (PVs) is reported as a
cost-effective, sustainable approach to overcome the decline in PV conversion efficiency at …

A detailed review on the performance of photovoltaic/thermal system using various cooling methods

SK Pathak, PO Sharma, V Goel, S Bhattacharyya… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
As an emerging technology, photovoltaic (PV) panels have made a vital energy source to
meet increased energy consumption demand and to replace the associated scarcity of …

A novel heat sink for cooling concentrator photovoltaic system using PCM-porous system

J Duan - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel heat sink composed of phase change material (PCM) and metal foam (porous) is
investigated in this study, which is used to cool the concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) at a …

[HTML][HTML] Nano-enhanced phase change material for thermal management of BICPV

S Sharma, L Micheli, W Chang, AA Tahir, KS Reddy… - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Building-Integrated Concentrated Photovoltaics (BICPV) is based on Photovoltaic
(PV) technology which experience a loss in their electrical efficiency with an increase in …