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Carbon counter electrode mesoscopic ambient processed & characterised perovskite for adaptive BIPV fenestration (2019)
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Ghosh, A., Bhandari, S., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2020). Carbon counter electrode mesoscopic ambient processed & characterised perovskite for adaptive BIPV fenestration. Renewable Energy, 145, 2151-2158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.07.119

In this work, carbon counter electrode perovskite was developed at the laboratory environment and building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) window application using this material was investigated. At 1 sun (1000 W/m2) continuous incident solar radiatio... Read More about Carbon counter electrode mesoscopic ambient processed & characterised perovskite for adaptive BIPV fenestration.

An experimental analysis of the optical, thermal and power to weight performance of plastic and glass optics with AR coatings for embedded CPV windows (2019)
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Shanks, K., Knowles, A., Brierley, A., Baig, H., Orr, H., Sun, Y., Wu, Y., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. (2019). An experimental analysis of the optical, thermal and power to weight performance of plastic and glass optics with AR coatings for embedded CPV windows. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 200, Article 110027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110027

A low concentrator photovoltaic is presented and the optical losses within a double glazed window assembly are described. The use of plastic instead of glass is analyzed for its reduced weight and hence greater power to weight ratios. Although the tr... Read More about An experimental analysis of the optical, thermal and power to weight performance of plastic and glass optics with AR coatings for embedded CPV windows.

Enhanced efficiency of carbon-based mesoscopic perovskite solar cells through a tungsten oxide nanoparticle additive in the carbon electrode (2019)
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Zhou, L., Zuo, Y., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2019). Enhanced efficiency of carbon-based mesoscopic perovskite solar cells through a tungsten oxide nanoparticle additive in the carbon electrode. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 8778. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45374-x

This paper presents perovskite solar cells employed with WO3 nanoparticles embedded carbon top electrode. WO3 nanoparticles works as an inorganic hole-transport material (HTM) to promote the hole-extraction in the perovskite/carbon interface as revea... Read More about Enhanced efficiency of carbon-based mesoscopic perovskite solar cells through a tungsten oxide nanoparticle additive in the carbon electrode.

Use of Nanofluids in Solar PV/Thermal Systems (2019)
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Ahmed, A., Baig, H., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2019). Use of Nanofluids in Solar PV/Thermal Systems. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2019, Article 8039129. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8039129

The continuous growth in the energy demand across the globe due to the booming population, in addition to the harmful effects of the fossil fuels on the environment, has made it essential to harness renewable energy via different technologies and con... Read More about Use of Nanofluids in Solar PV/Thermal Systems.

Analysis of the daylight performance of window integrated photovoltaics systems (2019)
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Sun, Y., Liu, D., Flor, J.-F., Shank, K., Baig, H., Wilson, R., Liu, H., Sundaram, S., Mallick, T. K., & Wu, Y. (2020). Analysis of the daylight performance of window integrated photovoltaics systems. Renewable Energy, 145, 153-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.05.061

Integrating photovoltaics into windows provides the possibility of including an additional function of energy production to a conventional building fenestration component. There is no doubt that electrical power can be generated on-site. However, the... Read More about Analysis of the daylight performance of window integrated photovoltaics systems.

Enhanced efficiency for building integrated concentrator photovoltaic modules based on rare earth doped optics (2019)
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Day, J., Senthilarasu, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2019). Enhanced efficiency for building integrated concentrator photovoltaic modules based on rare earth doped optics. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 199, 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.04.013

A major challenge facing silicon solar cells used in building-integrated concentrator photovoltaics (BICPV) is their reduced electrical response when exposed to light of short or long wavelengths. In an attempt to tackle this problem, single cell sta... Read More about Enhanced efficiency for building integrated concentrator photovoltaic modules based on rare earth doped optics.

Template free synthesis of CdSnO3 micro-cuboids for dye sensitized solar cells (2019)
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Roy, A., Das, P. P., Selvaraj, P., Devi, P. S., & Sundaram, S. (2019). Template free synthesis of CdSnO3 micro-cuboids for dye sensitized solar cells. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 380, Article 111824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.04.035

Mesoporous transparent conducting oxide, CdSnO3 has been synthesized using ultrasonication assisted co-precipitation method. Rather employing any template or structure directing agent, the co-precipitation effect of sodium hydroxide and citric acid w... Read More about Template free synthesis of CdSnO3 micro-cuboids for dye sensitized solar cells.

Investigation of semi-transparent dye-sensitized solar cells for fenestration integration (2019)
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Selvaraj, P., Ghosh, A., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2019). Investigation of semi-transparent dye-sensitized solar cells for fenestration integration. Renewable Energy, 141, 516-525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.03.146

For any particular location glazing transmission varies with season and time of day. Thus, glazing transmission angular behaviour is more crucial than single glazing transmittance value for building energy simulation and design. In this work, the spe... Read More about Investigation of semi-transparent dye-sensitized solar cells for fenestration integration.

An experimental and numerical study on the effect of inclination angle of phase change materials thermal energy storage system (2019)
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Al Siyabi, I., Khanna, S., Mallick, T., & Sundaram, S. (2019). An experimental and numerical study on the effect of inclination angle of phase change materials thermal energy storage system. Journal of Energy Storage, 23, 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2019.03.010

The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the melting characteristics of a PCM cylindrical thermal storage system using experimental and numerical approaches. Three inclination positions are considered from vertical to horizontal. Paraf... Read More about An experimental and numerical study on the effect of inclination angle of phase change materials thermal energy storage system.

Integrated CdTe PV glazing into windows: energy and daylight performance for different window-to-wall ratio (2019)
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Sun, Y., Shanks, K., Baig, H., Zhang, W., Hao, X., Li, Y., He, B., Wilson, R., Liu, H., Sundaram, S., Zhang, J., Xie, L., Mallic, T., & Wu, Y. (2019). Integrated CdTe PV glazing into windows: energy and daylight performance for different window-to-wall ratio. Energy Procedia, 158, 3014-3019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.976

When integrated photovoltaics into building windows, the solar cells will absorb a fraction of solar radiation that hit on the window surface to generate electrical power and thus obstruct the solar energy and natural daylight that would have penetra... Read More about Integrated CdTe PV glazing into windows: energy and daylight performance for different window-to-wall ratio.