Concentrated photovoltaic thermal (CPVT) solar collectors have been gaining ever-
increasing attention from the scientific community and industrial developers due to their …

After a gap of more than two decades, Concentrator Photovoltaics (CPV) technology is once
again under spotlight for making use of the best available solar cell technologies and …

The performance of a parabolic trough photovoltaic/thermal collector with a geometric
concentration ratio of 37× is described. Measured results under typical operating conditions …

This paper investigates the performance of direct and indirect passive cooling systems of
phase change material (PCM)/flat heat pipes (FHP) for low-concentrated photovoltaic solar …

Concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology as a typical PV application is becoming
popular due to its advantages of high conversion efficiency and low cost etc. However an …

Static solar concentrators present a solution to the challenge of reducing the cost of Building
Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) by reducing the area of solar cells. In this study a 3-D ray …

Some of the main bottlenecks for the development and commercialization of
photovoltaic/thermal hybrids are the lack of an internationally recognized standard testing …

Spectral splitting technology that separates solar spectrum into several parts and enables
different energy conversions such as photovoltaic (PV) conversion and photo-thermal …

The electric conversion efficiency of a conventional photovoltaic cell in the market is around
13–22%. The remaining part is converted into heat. It increases the temperature of the …

A three-dimensional (3-D) distributed model for high-concentrator solar cells based on
elementary units made up of electrical circuits is presented. The recombination mechanisms …