Abstract: Bifacial solar cells can be encapsulated in modules with either a glass/glass or a glass/backsheet structure. A glass/backsheet structure provides additional module current under standard ...

Abstract: This paper presents a MATLAB-based modeling and simulation scheme suitable for studying the I-V and P-V characteristics of a PV under a nonuniform insolation due to partial shading. In the ...

There is a need to design DC-DC converters capable of handling high voltages and that employ single-stage conversion to integrate renewable energy resources, such as solar photovoltaic cells and fuel ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Carbon black is the most frequently applied conductive additive in rubber and polymer ...

1 Department of Mechanical, Energy and Industrial Engineering, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana. 2 Botswana Institute for Technology Research and ...

We demonstrate a semitransparent organic photovoltaic cell that achieves a power conversion efficiency of 10.8% and visible transparency of ∼50% using a nonfullerene acceptor (NFA) featuring strong ...

Particle-in-Cell (PIC) methods are widely used computational tools for fluid and kinetic plasma modeling. While both the fluid and kinetic PIC approaches have been successfully used to target either ...

1 Research Unit of Photovoltaic, Wind and Geothermal Systems, National Engineering School of Gabes (ENIG), University of Gabes, Rue Omar Ibn-Elkhattab, Zrig, Gabes, Tunisia. 2 Hatem Bettaher Research ...

Noble metal nanoparticles have unique localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), leading to their strong absorption and scattering in the visible light range. Up to date, the common practice in the ...