Solar photovoltaic energy optimization methods, challenges and issues: A comprehensive review

OA Al-Shahri, FB Ismail, MA Hannan, MSH Lipu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The implementation of renewable energy brings numerous advantages including reduction
of power transmission cost and minimization of the global warming problems. The …

Review of cooling techniques used to enhance the efficiency of photovoltaic power systems

M Sharaf, MS Yousef, AS Huzayyin - Environmental science and pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Photovoltaic (PV) panels are one of the most important solar energy sources used to convert
the sun's radiation falling on them into electrical power directly. Many factors affect the …

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 …

Concentrated photovoltaics as light harvesters: Outlook, recent progress, and challenges

A Ejaz, H Babar, HM Ali, F Jamil, MM Janjua… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) is a dawn technology in the field of photovoltaic that helps
in escalating the effective use of solar energy. Nowadays, applications of photovoltaic solar …

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 …

Photovoltaic panel integrated with phase change materials (PV-PCM): technology overview and materials selection

T Ma, Z Li, J Zhao - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, the utilization of phase change materials (PCMs) in photovoltaic (PV)
module for thermal regulation has attracted wide attention in this field, as the hybrid PV-PCM …

Yearly energy performance of a photovoltaic-phase change material (PV-PCM) system in hot climate

A Hasan, J Sarwar, H Alnoman, S Abdelbaqi - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
A photovoltaic-phase change material (PV-PCM) system is employed in extremely hot
environment of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to evaluate its energy saving performance …

Water spray cooling technique applied on a photovoltaic panel: The performance response

S Nižetić, D Čoko, A Yadav, F Grubišić-Čabo - Energy conversion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents an alternative cooling technique for photovoltaic (PV) panels that
includes a water spray application over panel surfaces. An alternative cooling technique in …

A new approach for employing multiple PCMs in the passive thermal management of photovoltaic modules

JM Mahdi, HI Mohammed, P Talebizadehsardari - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Employing PCMs for thermal management of photovoltaic modules (PVs) is reported as a
cost-effective, sustainable approach to overcome the decline in PV conversion efficiency at …