Advances in approaches and methods for self-cleaning of solar photovoltaic panels

A Syafiq, AK Pandey, NN Adzman, N Abd Rahim - Solar Energy, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) installations in desert areas such as Middle East, Africa, four-season
countries and industrial areas suffers from loss in efficiency due to accumulation of dust …

Recent progress on transparent and self-cleaning surfaces by superhydrophobic coatings deposition to optimize the cleaning process of solar panels

B Nomeir, S Lakhouil, S Boukheir, MA Ali… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic transparent coatings have recently gained significant attention in the
solar energy field due to their ease of preparation, low cost, self-cleaning process, and high …

Non-fluorinated flexible superhydrophobic surface with excellent mechanical durability and self-cleaning performance

C Lu, Y Gao, S Yu, H Zhou, X Wang… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Although plenty of superhydrophobic surfaces have been developed owing to their
tremendous potential applications, it is still a great challenge for the superhydrophobic …

Green preparation of transparent superhydrophobic coatings with persistent dynamic impact resistance for outdoor applications

J Lyu, B Wu, N Wu, C Peng, J Yang, Y Meng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Transparent superhydrophobic surfaces are employed in a wide range of outdoor
applications, such as windshields and house windows. However, micro-nano hierarchical …

Candle soot: Journey from a pollutant to a functional material

MR Mulay, A Chauhan, S Patel, V Balakrishnan… - Carbon, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Candle soot, traditionally considered as an unwanted source of air-pollution, has slowly
been phased out by modern lighting techniques. However, a 2007 study by Liu and co …

Fabrication of transparent wear-resistant superhydrophobic SiO2 film via phase separation and chemical vapor deposition methods

J Zheng, J Yang, W Cao, Y Huang, Z Zhou… - Ceramics …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Glass with superhydrophobic, transparent, and wear-resistant properties are quite desirable
for the applications in high building glass curtain, wind shield glass, and solar cell cover …

Fabrication of stable fluorine-free superhydrophobic fabrics for anti-adhesion and self-cleaning properties

S Foorginezhad, MM Zerafat - Applied Surface Science, 2019‏ - Elsevier
This study is aimed at the fabrication of superhydrophobic fluorine-free films on cotton
fabrics through incorporating a rough sub-structure followed by chemical modification …

Fluorine-free superhydrophobic PET fabric with high oil flux for oil–water separation

G Huang, L Huo, Y **, S Yuan, R Zhao, J Zhao… - Progress in Organic …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic fabrics with high oil–water separation efficiencies have recently attracted
considerable attention because of the frequent oil pollution created by industry. However …

Facile fabrication of durable superhydrophobic silica/epoxy resin coatings with compatible transparency and stability

M Zhong, Y Zhang, X Li, X Wu - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2018‏ - Elsevier
It is a practical route for taking advantage of the high binding force of epoxy resin to fabricate
mechanically robust superhydrophobic surfaces. However, this kind of superhydrophobic …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication of polypyrrole coated superhydrophobic surfaces for effective oil/water separation

S Fan, Z Wang, P Liang, H Li, Y Zhang, W Fan… - Journal of Materials …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In order to remove/collect oils from polluted water, polypyrrole (PPy) nanoparticles have
been loaded onto different substrates (cotton, corn stalk, sawdust, metal, fabric and sponge) …