Energy-Economic-Environmental Analysis of On-Grid Solar System for Electricity and Hydrogen Production at Homemade Scale: Effect of Different Shades by H. A. Raeisi, S. M. Sadeghzadeh

“…As an energy source, solar cells can be central to peak load control in different power companies. …”
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A Review on Factors Influencing the Mismatch Losses in Solar Photovoltaic System by A. D. Dhass, N. Beemkumar, S. Harikrishnan, Hafiz Muhammad Ali

“…Solar photovoltaic systems have made topical advances in the use of highly effective solar cell materials to achieve high efficiency. In this analysis, performance parameters are influenced by the internal and external conditions of the solar photovoltaic systems and they lead to an increase in the loss of the system. …”
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Long Wavelength Plasmonic Absorption Enhancement in Silicon Using Optical Lithography Compatible Core-Shell-Type Nanowires by Mohammed Shahriar Sabuktagin, Khairus Syifa Hamdan, Khaulah Sulaiman, Rozalina Zakaria, Harith Ahmad

“…Plasmonic properties of rectangular core-shell type nanowires embedded in thin film silicon solar cell structure were characterized using FDTD simulations. …”
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Fabrication of p-NiO/n-TiO2 Solar Device for Photovoltaic Application by R. T. Mouchou, K. O. Ukoba, O. T. Laseinde, T. C. Jen

“…Energy demand is increasing globally owing to population growth. Solar cell development has gained considerable attention because of its potential to provide everyone with sustainable, affordable, clean, and globally accessible energy. …”
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New Microporous Polymer Electrolyte Based on Polysiloxane Grafted with Imidazolium Iodide Moieties for DSSC by Yan Yang, Jie Tao, Xin Jin, Qi Qin

“…Two types of polysiloxane grafted with different ratio of imidazolium iodide moieties (IL-SiO2) have been synthesized to develop a micro-porous polymer electrolyte for quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. The samples were characterized by 1HNMR, FT-IR spectrum, XRD, TEM and SEM, respectively. …”
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Development of Low Energy Gap and Fully Regioregular Polythienylenevinylene Derivative by Tanya M. S. David, Cheng Zhang, Sam-Shajing Sun

“…This polymer appears very promising for cost-effective solar cell applications.…”
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Design and Optimization of Fresnel Lens for High Concentration Photovoltaic System by Lei Jing, Hua Liu, Yao Wang, Wenbin Xu, Hongxin Zhang, Zhenwu Lu

“…The calculation results show that this novel Fresnel lens achieves an enhancement of energy efficiency of about 10% compared with conventional Fresnel lens for a given solar spectrum, solar cell response, and corrected sunshine hours of different ambient temperature intervals.…”
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Optical Absorption and Electron Injection of 4-(Cyanomethyl)benzoic Acid Based Dyes: A DFT Study by Yuehua Zhang, Penghui Ren, Yuanzuo Li, Runzhou Su, Meiyu Zhao

“…Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations were carried out to study the ground state geometries, electronic structures, and absorption spectra of 4-(cyanomethyl)benzoic acid based dyes (AG1 and AG2) used for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The excited states properties and the thermodynamical parameters of electron injection were studied. …”
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A Review of End‐of‐Life Silicon Solar Photovoltaic Modules and the Potential for Electrochemical Recycling by Jackson Lee, Noel Duffy, Jessica Allen

“…Disassembly has been commercially established; delamination has experienced some progression with further development required to liberate the valuable solar cell material, while extraction has had more limited exploration, predominantly through a hydrometallurgical lens. …”
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Electrochemical Coprecipitation of Zinc and Aluminum in Aqueous Electrolytes for ZnO and AZO Coverage Deposition by Natalia A. Martynova, Viktor N. Svishchev, Leonid S. Lepnev, Shakhnozabonu R. Alieva, Elena G. Chertorylskaya, Mikhail E. Vishnevskiy, Alexey D. Bozhko, Anastasia V. Grigorieva

“…The aim of this study is to examine the technological challenge of the electrochemical formation of zinc oxide and Al-doped ZnO films (ZnO:Al, AZO) as transparent conductive oxide coatings with complex architectures for solar cell photoanode materials. A cathodic electrodeposition of AZO was performed using aqueous nitrate electrolytes at 25°C. …”
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PSO Based PI Controller Design for a Solar Charger System by Her-Terng Yau, Chih-Jer Lin, Qin-Cheng Liang

“…First, this study designs a DC/DC boost converter of solar power generation, which uses variable step size incremental conductance method (VSINC) to enable the solar cell to track the maximum power point at any time. …”
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Series Resistance Analysis of Passivated Emitter Rear Contact Cells Patterned Using Inkjet Printing by Martha A. T. Lenio, James Howard, Doris (Pei Hsuan) Lu, Fabian Jentschke, Yael Augarten, Alison Lennon, Stuart R. Wenham

“…For higher-efficiency solar cell structures, such as the Passivated Emitter Rear Contact (PERC) cells, to be fabricated in a manufacturing environment, potentially low-cost techniques such as inkjet printing and metal plating are desirable. …”
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Unravelling the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of hydrogenated amorphous silicon cells for photovoltaics by Soni Prayogi, Deril Ristiani, D. Darminto

“…The results show that EIS can identify internal barriers that reduce the efficiency of a-Si: H solar cells, such as dominant recombination mechanisms and inefficient charge transport. …”
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Fabrication and Characterization of CuInSe2 Thin Film Applicable for a Solar Energy Light Absorption Material via a Low Temperature Solid State Reaction by Kuo-Chin Hsu, Yaw-Shyan Fu, Pei-Ying Lin, I-Tseng Tang, Jiunn-Der Liao

“…The CuInSe2 thin film prepared from the solid state reaction did not use the selenide process; its band gap might reach 1.06 eV, which is competent and suitable to be used for a thin film solar cell light absorption layer.…”
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Characterization of Synthetic Ni(II)-Xylenol Complex as a Photosensitizer for Wide-Band Gap ZnO Semiconductor Electrodes by Suman Kushwaha, Lal Bahadur

“…The sandwich-type dye-sensitized solar cell using ZnO semiconducting thin film with test dye anchored onto it showed the cell output as follows: VOC=0.506 V, Jsc=1.68 mA cm−2, and FF=0.41 under illumination with full spectrum of light (intensity 520 mW cm−2), while on illumination with visible light (λ>420 nm, intensity 480 mW cm−2), VOC=0.506 V, Jsc=1.4 mA cm−2, and FF=0.49 were achieved. …”
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Morphological, Structural, and Optical Properties of Single-Phase Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin Films from the Selenization of Thermally Evaporated InSe/Cu/GaSe Precursors by Francis B. Dejene

“…The relatively small band gap values (~1 eV) of CuInSe2 thin films limit the conversion efficiencies of completed CuInSe2/CdS/ZnO solar cell devices. In the case of traditional two-stage growth techniques, limited success has been achieved to homogeneously increase the band gap by substituting indium with gallium. …”
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Application of Supply-Demand-Based Optimization for Parameter Extraction of Solar Photovoltaic Models by Guojiang Xiong, Jing Zhang, Dongyuan Shi, Xufeng Yuan

“…To validate the feasibility and effectiveness of SDO, four PV models with diverse characteristics including RTC France silicon solar cell, PVM 752 GaAs thin film cell, STM6-40/36 monocrystalline module, and STP6-120/36 polycrystalline module are employed. …”
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Enhanced Efficiencies for High-Concentration, Multijunction PV Systems by Optimizing Grid Spacing under Nonuniform Illumination by Pratibha Sharma, Alex W. Walker, Jeffrey F. Wheeldon, Karin Hinzer, Henry Schriemer

“…The design of a triple junction solar cell’s front contact grid can significantly affect cell conversion efficiency under high concentration. …”
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Energy Management System for Smart Grid in the Presence of Energy Storage and Photovoltaic Systems by Alireza Kermani, Amir Mahdi Jamshidi, Zahra Mahdavi, Amir ali Dashtaki, Mohammad Zand, Morteza Azimi Nasab, Tina Samavat, P. Sanjeevikumar, Baseem Khan

“…The proposed controller, while automatically and dynamically adapting to the solar cell output changes, is capable of responding to external requests, such as price signals or satisfying power system constraints or operator requests. …”
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Flexible, Front-Facing Luminescent Solar Concentrators Fabricated from Lumogen F Red 305 and Polydimethylsiloxane by Ian A. Carbone, Katelynn R. Frawley, Melissa K. McCann

“…Bulk-doped devices proved to be less effective than thin-film devices at collecting direct light due to the placement of fluorescent dyes above the front-facing solar cell. Thin-film devices demonstrated less light collection than bulk-doped devices further from the device centers possibly due to quenching and self-absorption losses at higher dye concentrations. …”
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