Global perspectives on advancing photovoltaic system performance—A state-of-the-art review

T Rehman, MA Qaisrani, MB Shafiq, YF Baba… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Due to their rapid commercialisation, Photovoltaic (PV) systems are considered the
foundation of present and future renewable energy. Nonetheless, the full potential of this …

Advancements in foam-based phase change materials: Unveiling leakage control, enhanced thermal conductivity, and promising applications

A Islam, AK Pandey, R Saidur, B Aljafari… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, phase change materials (PCMs) have attracted considerable interest due to
their capacity to store and release enormous energy during phase transitions. However, low …

Impact of hybrid nano PCM (paraffin wax with Al2O3 and ZnO nanoparticles) on photovoltaic thermal system: energy, exergy, exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic …

MG Kibria, MS Mohtasim, UK Paul, BK Das… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Impacts of hybrid nano–PCM on the PVT system performance have been
examined.•Characterization of hybrid nano–PCM is performed for thermophysical …

Heat transfer and fluid flow in a PCM-filled enclosure: effect of heated wall configuration

AH Vakilzadeh, AB Sarvestani, K Javaherdeh… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
A detailed numerical investigation was conducted to scrutinize the impact of heated wall
configurations, serving as a primary heat source, on the melting process of phase change …

Influence of self-cleaning coating on performance of photovoltaic solar system utilizing mixture of phase change material and Graphene nanoparticle

M Sheikholeslami, Z Khalili, SJ Mousavi - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Improvement of electrical efficiency of photovoltaic systems with utilizing self-cleaning
approach has been scrutinized in present work. The dust accumulation has a negative …

Development of a novel form-stable phase change material based on alkali activated date seed biochar to harvest solar thermal energy

D Gowthami, RK Sharma, VV Tyagi, PKS Rathore… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The current experimental investigation intends to develop leak-resistant form-stable phase
change materials (FSPCM) to promote solar energy storage performance implementing …

[HTML][HTML] Thermo-optical characterization of novel MXene/Carbon-dot hybrid nanofluid for heat transfer applications

S Sreekumar, A Ganguly, S Khalil, S Chakrabarti… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanofluid has emerged as a promising heat transfer fluid (HTF) due to their significant
thermophysical, and optical characteristics enhancement over base fluids. Hybrid nanofluids …

Magnetically assembled flexible phase change composites with vertically aligned structures for thermal management and electromagnetic interference shielding

H Guo, B Hu, H Shan, Z Li, W Qi, B Li - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM) is promising in achieving zero-energy thermal management
because of its prominent thermal storage capacity and steady phase-change temperature …

A novel bio-based composite phase change material with excellent photo-thermal conversion capability for solar energy harvesting and energy storage

G Zhu, W Chen, Y Liu, X Hu, Y Ma, W Luo, L Luo… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Organic solid-liquid phase change materials (PCMs) have been widely studied in the field of
photo-thermal conversion and thermal energy storage. However, problems such as easy …