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Renewable Energy Powered Plugged-In Hybrid Vehicle Charging System for Sustainable Transportation (2020)
Journal Article
Devaraj, E., Joseph, P. K., Karuppa Raj Rajagopal, T., & Sundaram, S. (2020). Renewable Energy Powered Plugged-In Hybrid Vehicle Charging System for Sustainable Transportation. Energies, 13(8), Article 1944. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13081944

Energy transformation by power electronic converters is not feasible without the efficient use of renewable energy. The article tries to extend the use of renewable energy to PHEV battery charging. In PHEV, the battery is one of the major sources of... Read More about Renewable Energy Powered Plugged-In Hybrid Vehicle Charging System for Sustainable Transportation.

Theoretical Investigation of the Temperature Limits of an Actively Cooled High Concentration Photovoltaic System (2020)
Journal Article
Ahmed, A., Shanks, K., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2020). Theoretical Investigation of the Temperature Limits of an Actively Cooled High Concentration Photovoltaic System. Energies, 13(8), Article 1902. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13081902

Concentrator photovoltaics have several advantages over flat plate systems. However, the increase in solar concentration usually leads to an increase in the solar cell temperature, which decreases the performance of the system. Therefore, in this pap... Read More about Theoretical Investigation of the Temperature Limits of an Actively Cooled High Concentration Photovoltaic System.

Indoor and outdoor characterization of concentrating photovoltaic attached to multi-layered microchannel heat sink (2020)
Journal Article
Al Siyabi, I., Shanks, K., Mallick, T., & Sundaram, S. (2020). Indoor and outdoor characterization of concentrating photovoltaic attached to multi-layered microchannel heat sink. Solar Energy, 202, 55-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.03.101

Concentrating Photovoltaic technology is a promising option in power generation using the photovoltaics compared to the conventional flat PV system. This study investigates the performance of a high concentrated photovoltaic single solar cell module... Read More about Indoor and outdoor characterization of concentrating photovoltaic attached to multi-layered microchannel heat sink.

Synergistic effect of nanoflower-like CdS for removal of highly toxic aqueous Cr (VI) (2020)
Journal Article
Roy, A., Velusamy, S., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2020). Synergistic effect of nanoflower-like CdS for removal of highly toxic aqueous Cr (VI). Materials Letters, 270, 127734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127734

Thiourea assisted hydrothermal preparation of nanoflower-like CdS (NFs) synthesis and its efficient performance to remove toxic Cr (VI) in aqueous solution has been reported in this article. CdS NFs show synergistic behaviour via photo-catalytic redu... Read More about Synergistic effect of nanoflower-like CdS for removal of highly toxic aqueous Cr (VI).

Impact of different light induced effect on organic hole-transporting layer in perovskite solar cells (2020)
Journal Article
Bhandari, S., Roy, A., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2020). Impact of different light induced effect on organic hole-transporting layer in perovskite solar cells. Materials Letters, 268, Article 127568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127568

Here, we report two different light sources such as UV-ozone and visible light to treat the graphene-PEDOT:PSS [Poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly (styrenesulfonate)] layer, which acts as an organic hole-transporting layer (HTL) for the CH3NH3Pb... Read More about Impact of different light induced effect on organic hole-transporting layer in perovskite solar cells.

Dust and PV Performance in Nigeria: A review (2020)
Journal Article
Chanchangi, Y. N., Ghosh, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2020). Dust and PV Performance in Nigeria: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 121, Article 109704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.109704

The accumulation of dust on photovoltaic (PV) devices has an adverse impact by degrading their performance. In this work, a review of the effects of dust accumulation on PV module performance and measures to mitigate them have been provided. Energy l... Read More about Dust and PV Performance in Nigeria: A review.

The Assembly of Embedded Systems for Integrated Photovoltaic windows in Rural Buildings (E-IPB) (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shanks, K., Baig, H., Knowles, A., Brierley, A., Orr, H., Patel, J., …Mallick, T. (2019). The Assembly of Embedded Systems for Integrated Photovoltaic windows in Rural Buildings (E-IPB). In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (0120

Embedded PV systems are required to help improve the synergy of renewable energy and smart buildings. A novel concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system embedded as a window for integration into buildings is presented. The system is made up of crossed co... Read More about The Assembly of Embedded Systems for Integrated Photovoltaic windows in Rural Buildings (E-IPB).

Synthesis and Characterization of Electro-spin Deposited Perovskite Nanostructures for Solar Cell Application (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pitchaiya, S., Natarajan, M., Santhanam, A., Asokan, V., Ramakrishnan, V., Palanichamy, P., …Velauthapillai, D. (2019). Synthesis and Characterization of Electro-spin Deposited Perovskite Nanostructures for Solar Cell Application. In AMCEHA 2019: Sympo

Perovskite nanostructures have been prepared via electrospinning technique using polyvinyl alcohol and methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3 – perovskite). In the electrospinning experiment, the formation of different nanostructures was observed for... Read More about Synthesis and Characterization of Electro-spin Deposited Perovskite Nanostructures for Solar Cell Application.

Thermal performance analysis of BIPV-PDLC window (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghosh, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2019). Thermal performance analysis of BIPV-PDLC window. In ISES SWC2019 / SHC2019 Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.18086/swc.2019.36.01

Electrically activated switchable glazing is potential to control excessive entering solar gain to an indoor space by altering its state from transparent to opaque or translucent. Electrically operated polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) glazing... Read More about Thermal performance analysis of BIPV-PDLC window.

Bio-based Carbon Hole Transporting Material Obtained from the Extract of Invasive Species of Aagaya Thamarai Plant (Eichhornia crassipes) for Cost-Effective Carbon Based Perovskite Solar Cells (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pitchaiya, S., Natarajan, M., Santhanam, A., Asokan, V., Ramakrishnan, V., Palanichamy, P., …Velauthapillai, D. (2019). Bio-based Carbon Hole Transporting Material Obtained from the Extract of Invasive Species of Aagaya Thamarai Plant (Eichhornia crassi

Herein, we report a novel and naturally extracted carbon based hole transporting material (HTM) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) synthesized using an eco-friendly and cost-effective ancient Indian method. Also in this work, the low-cost and bio-base... Read More about Bio-based Carbon Hole Transporting Material Obtained from the Extract of Invasive Species of Aagaya Thamarai Plant (Eichhornia crassipes) for Cost-Effective Carbon Based Perovskite Solar Cells.