The study presented in this paper is based on a detailed review of the literature focused on
the use of phase change materials (PCM) for photovoltaic (PV) module thermal regulation …

Photovoltaic panels are semiconductor materials having electrical efficiency in between 4%
and 46% depending upon its material. About 50% of total solar radiation absorb by …

Abstract A novel PV/T/PCM system that generates electricity, stores heat and pre-heats
water was characterised under outdoor conditions in Dublin, Ireland. The system design …

The performance of building integrated photovoltaic modules (PV) situated outdoors suffers
from attained high temperatures due to irradiation as a negative temperature coefficient of …

Photovoltaics (PV) is the most established renewable energy technology of sunrays to
electricity conversion, which converts only a fraction of the solar radiation to electricity. The …

The target of the current study was to review and analyze the research activities of previous
studies on cooling techniques for thermal photovoltaic (PV) systems using phase-change …

In this work we evaluate the experimental behaviour of several photovoltaic-thermal panels
(PVT) and its energy performance after adding a layer of phase change material (PCM) …

This work is a long-term, interannual, and experimental study conducted in multiple
locations. It studies the effects of phase change materials (PCMs) on photovoltaic modules' …

In this work, we developed a coupled thermal-optical-electrical model for a concentrator
photovoltaic system integrated with a phase change material. We investigated the effect of …

Use of solar energy for electric power generation by means of photovoltaic (PV) cells have
shown tremendous growth in recent years due to increased effort to decarbonise the …