Light sources of solar simulators for photovoltaic devices: A review

V Esen, Ş Sağlam, B Oral - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
As solar power usage is increasing nowadays, performance tests have become one of the
most important topics in order to guarantee the security of photovoltaic tools. For …

Plasmonic nanofluids for high photothermal conversion efficiency in direct absorption solar collectors: fundamentals and applications

AR Mallah, MNM Zubir, OA Alawi, KMS Newaz… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
With growing interest in the use of solar thermal applications to produce renewable and
sustainable energy, coupled with the remarkable progress being made in nanotechnology …

Enabling Martian habitability with silica aerogel via the solid-state greenhouse effect

R Wordsworth, L Kerber, C Cockell - Nature Astronomy, 2019 - nature.com
The low temperatures, and high ultraviolet radiation levels at the surface of Mars today
currently preclude the survival of life anywhere except perhaps in limited subsurface niches …

High flux solar simulators for concentrated solar thermal research: A review

A Gallo, A Marzo, E Fuentealba, E Alonso - Renewable and sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
When the availability of solar radiation is not enough to develop experimental investigation
in the field of concentrating solar energy, solar simulators are a widely employed solution …

Experimental and numerical characterization of a new 45 kWel multisource high-flux solar simulator

G Levêque, R Bader, W Lipiński, S Haussener - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
The performance of a new high-flux solar simulator consisting of 18× 2.5 kW_el radiation
modules has been evaluated. Grayscale images of the radiative flux distribution at the focus …

A high-performance solar simulator pursuing high flux and fine uniformity: Modelling, optimization, and experiment

J Wang, Y Qiu, Q Li - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The high flux solar simulator is a significant experimental tool in concentrated solar power
applications. For a simulator, the uniformity of its light spot is as vital as high flux, since …

Design and experimental study of a 30 kWe adjustable solar simulator delivering high and uniform flux

J Wang, Y Qiu, Q Li, M Xu, X Wei - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
To make a good compromise between the flux uniformity and the high peak flux of the light
spot, a new high-flux solar simulator (HFSS) with the continuously adjustable input power of …

High-flux optical systems for solar thermochemistry

G Levêque, R Bader, W Lipiński, S Haussener - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
High-flux optical systems (HFOSs) are optical concentrators used to increase the radiative
flux of the natural terrestrial solar irradiation. High radiative flux concentration leads to high …

Experimental study on concentrated light photothermal catalytic glycerol for hydrogen production using a novel linear concentrated light flow reactor

L Wang, D Lei, P Ren, Y Lv, N Luo, Z Wang - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Develo** a suitable scale-up photothermal reactor is important for the application of solar
photothermal catalytic hydrogen (H 2) production from biomass. Herein, Ru nanoparticles …

A small heat capacity solar distiller with extra effective discharge for brine by the siphoning of a hydrophilic membranous wick

X Ma, L Wang, Z Zhao, S Liang, H Zheng - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
As an efficient method of seawater desalination, multi-stage solar distillation based on
interfacial heat localization is facing to the problems of salt ions accumulation and …