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 …

Potential of phase change materials and their effective use in solar thermal applications: A critical review

V Goel, A Saxena, M Kumar, A Thakur… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Potential of the thermal energy storage materials especially phase change materials (PCM)
is great support to the thermal systems for their performance enhancement especially for …

Experimental study for the application of different cooling techniques in photovoltaic (PV) panels

F Bayrak, HF Oztop, F Selimefendigil - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article contains the experimental investigations of different cooling methods used for
photovoltaic (PV) panels. Phase change material (PCM), thermoelectric (TE) and aluminum …

Increasing the efficiency of PV panel with the use of PCM

U Stritih - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The article presents how to increase electrical efficiency and power output of photovoltaic
(PV) panel with the use of a phase change material (PCM). The focus of the work is in …

A review of the composite phase change materials: Fabrication, characterization, mathematical modeling and application to performance enhancement

P Zhang, X **ao, ZW Ma - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) are frequently and widely used in latent thermal energy
storage (LTES) system and thermal management (TM) system due to their large latent heats …

Phase change materials based on nanoparticles for enhancing the performance of solar photovoltaic panels: A review

HM Maghrabie, K Elsaid, ET Sayed, A Radwan… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) are one of the promising materials in thermal energy
storage (TES) systems, while commonly utilized PCMs have weak thermal conductivity …

Experimental investigation of water based photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system with and without phase change material (PCM)

S Preet, B Bhushan, T Mahajan - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Electrical efficiency of photovoltaic panel depends upon material of photovoltaic panel and
its operating temperature. Electricity generation of photovoltaic cell drops with rise in …

Selection principles and thermophysical properties of high temperature phase change materials for thermal energy storage: A review

G Wei, G Wang, C Xu, X Ju, L **ng, X Du… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Phase change thermal energy storage (TES) is a promising technology due to the large heat
capacity of phase change materials (PCM) during the phase change process and their …

Biomass-derived porous carbons support in phase change materials for building energy efficiency: a review

T Jiang, Y Zhang, S Olayiwola, CK Lau, M Fan… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change materials have been used in buildings as effective latent energy storage
elements because of their remarkable capability of storing thermal energy and thus have …

Phase change materials integrated solar thermal energy systems: Global trends and current practices in experimental approaches

B Kalidasan, AK Pandey, S Shahabuddin… - Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar thermal systems (STSs) are gaining boom in the globalized market since last two
decades to combat the menace of global warming. Considerable research has been carried …