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Thermal performance of semitransparent CdTe BIPV window at temperate climate (2019)
Journal Article
Alrashidi, H., Ghosh, A., Issa, W., Sellami, N., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2020). Thermal performance of semitransparent CdTe BIPV window at temperate climate. Solar Energy, 195, 536-543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.11.084

Semi-transparent photovoltaic (PV) technology is attractive for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) due to its ability to lower the admitted solar heat gain, to control the penetrating daylight and to generate onsite benevolent direct current po... Read More about Thermal performance of semitransparent CdTe BIPV window at temperate climate.

Performance assessment of cadmium telluride-based semi-transparent glazing for power saving in façade buildings (2019)
Journal Article
Alrashidi, H., Issa, W., Sellami, N., Ghosh, A., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2020). Performance assessment of cadmium telluride-based semi-transparent glazing for power saving in façade buildings. Energy and Buildings, 215, Article 109585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109585

Façade buildings are generally highly glazed and energy-intensive especially in countries with hot weather. Power consumption in these buildings is even more significant when air conditioning (AC) is added to the figures. Building with semi-transpare... Read More about Performance assessment of cadmium telluride-based semi-transparent glazing for power saving in façade buildings.

Evaluation of solar factor using spectral analysis for CdTe photovoltaic glazing (2018)
Journal Article
Alrashidi, H., Ghosh, A., Issa, W., Sellami, N., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2019). Evaluation of solar factor using spectral analysis for CdTe photovoltaic glazing. Materials Letters, 237, 332-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.11.128

Solar and luminous light transmission control using Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) based PV glazing systems (15cm × 15cm × 0.6cm) were evaluated in this work. Indoor spectral characterisation showed that average solar transmission for investigated three di... Read More about Evaluation of solar factor using spectral analysis for CdTe photovoltaic glazing.

Design and Fabrication of Absorptive/Reflective Crossed CPC PV/T System (2018)
Journal Article
Aykapadathu, M., Nazarinia, M., & Sellami, N. (2018). Design and Fabrication of Absorptive/Reflective Crossed CPC PV/T System. Designs, 2(3), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/designs2030029

A crossed compound parabolic concentrator (CCPC) is a non-imaging concentrator which is a modified form of a circular 3D compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) obtained by orthogonal intersection of two 2D CPCs that have an optical efficiency in line... Read More about Design and Fabrication of Absorptive/Reflective Crossed CPC PV/T System.

A unified global investigation on the spectral effects of soiling losses of PV glass substrates: preliminary results (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Micheli, L., Fernández, E. F., Smestad, G. P., Alrashidi, H., Sarmah, N., Sellami, N., Hassan, I. A., Kasry, A., Nofuentes, G., Sood, N., & et al. (2017, June). A unified global investigation on the spectral effects of soiling losses of PV glass substrates: preliminary results. Presented at 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), Washington, DC, USA

The present work reports on the initial results of an international collaboration aiming to investigate the spectral effects of soiling losses. Identical glass coupons have been exposed outdoors for eight weeks in different locations worldwide, and w... Read More about A unified global investigation on the spectral effects of soiling losses of PV glass substrates: preliminary results.

Natural convective heat transfer in a walled CCPC with PV cell (2017)
Journal Article
Li, W., Paul, M. C., Sellami, N., Mallick, T. K., & Knox, A. (2017). Natural convective heat transfer in a walled CCPC with PV cell. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 10, 499-516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2017.10.009

The natural convective heat transfer phenomenon in an isolated, walled CCPC with PV cell is studied experimentally at 1000 W/m2 irradiance and 28.5 °C ambient temperature as well as 0°, 10°, 20°, 30° and 40° incidences in indoor laboratory by using s... Read More about Natural convective heat transfer in a walled CCPC with PV cell.

Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, W., Paul, M., Sellami, N., Mallick, T., & Knox, A. (2016, July). Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell. Presented at 12th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Malaga, Spain

Crossed compound parabolic concentrator (CCPC) is a solar energy device used to increase the photovoltaic (PV) cell electrical power output. CCPC’s thermal and optical performance issues are equally important for a PV cell or module to work under a f... Read More about Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell.

An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharma, S., Sellami, N., Tahir, A., & Mallick, T. (2016, June). An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material. Presented at 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Munich, Germany

A novel Window-Integrated Concentrated Photovoltaic (WICPV) system proposed suitable for window integration, has been fabricated and characterised at 1000 Wm-2 (higher irradiance)and 500 Wm-2 (lower irradiance). This paper investigates the use of a c... Read More about An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material.

Six-parameter electrical model for photovoltaic cell/module with compound parabolic concentrator (2016)
Journal Article
Li, W., Paul, M. C., Sellami, N., Sweet, T., Montecucco, A., Siviter, J., Baig, H., Gao, M., Mallick, T., & Knox, A. (2016). Six-parameter electrical model for photovoltaic cell/module with compound parabolic concentrator. Solar Energy, 137, 551-563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.08.050

It is known that compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs) can improve electrical performance of a photovoltaic (PV) flat-plate system. However, a lumped electrical model of a PV cell/module with CPC for assessing performance under different operating... Read More about Six-parameter electrical model for photovoltaic cell/module with compound parabolic concentrator.

Scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics (SUNTRAP) (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sweet, T. K., Rolley, M., Min, G., Knox, A., Gregory, D., Paul, D., …et al. (2016). Scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics (SUNTRAP). In AIP Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962105

This paper presents the design, manufacture and electrical test of a novel integrated III:V low concentrator photovoltaic and thermoelectric device for enhanced solar energy harvesting efficiency. The PCB-based platform is a highly reliable means of... Read More about Scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics (SUNTRAP).

Experimental performance of concentrating photovoltaic thermal module (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adeilla, S., Sellami, N., & Tapas, M. (2016). Experimental performance of concentrating photovoltaic thermal module. In 2016 7th International Renewable Energy Congress (IREC). https://doi.org/10.1109/IREC.2016.7478862

A concentrating photovoltaic thermal system is composed of multiple concentrator modules which designed with wide acceptance angle such (Hyperbolic Profile) to collect high illumination flux that can be used for building integrated applications, in o... Read More about Experimental performance of concentrating photovoltaic thermal module.

Facile Surfactant-Free Synthesis of p-Type SnSe Nanoplates with Exceptional Thermoelectric Power Factors (2016)
Journal Article
Han, G., Popuri, S. R., Greer, H. F., Bos, J. G., Zhou, W., Knox, A. R., Montecucco, A., Siviter, J., Man, E. A., Macauley, M., & others. (2016). Facile Surfactant-Free Synthesis of p-Type SnSe Nanoplates with Exceptional Thermoelectric Power Factors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(22), 6433-6437. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201601420

A surfactant-free solution methodology, simply using water as a solvent, has been developed for the straightforward synthesis of single-phase orthorhombic SnSe nanoplates in gram quantities. Individual nanoplates are composed of {100} surfaces with {... Read More about Facile Surfactant-Free Synthesis of p-Type SnSe Nanoplates with Exceptional Thermoelectric Power Factors.

A novel absorptive/reflective solar concentrator for heat and electricity generation: An optical and thermal analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Meng, X., Sellami, N., Knox, A. R., Montecucco, A., Siviter, J., Mullen, P., Ashraf, A., Samarelli, A., Llin, L. F., Paul, D. J., & et al. (2016). A novel absorptive/reflective solar concentrator for heat and electricity generation: An optical and thermal analysis. Energy Conversion and Management, 114, 142-153

The crossed compound parabolic concentrator (CCPC) is one of the most efficient non-imaging solar concentrators used as a stationary solar concentrator or as a second stage solar concentrator. In this study, the CCPC is modified to demonstrate for th... Read More about A novel absorptive/reflective solar concentrator for heat and electricity generation: An optical and thermal analysis.

Unsteady optical and thermal behaviour of crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, W., Paul, M. C., Sellami, N., Mallick, T. K., & Knox, A. R. (2015, April). Unsteady optical and thermal behaviour of crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell. Presented at 11th Photovoltaic Science Application and Technology (PVSAT-11), Leeds

In reality, a solar panel with concentrator is subject to variable sunlight radiation, wind speed and environmental air temperature in a day, accordingly the solar output power is changed in a wide range of 2W-13W, causing a degraded electric perform... Read More about Unsteady optical and thermal behaviour of crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell.

Four-axis test platform to emulate solar azimuth and elevation for accurate measurement of PV devices (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siviter, J., Ashraf, A., Mullen, P., Montecucco, A., Knox, A., Selami, N., & Mallick, T. (2015, April). Four-axis test platform to emulate solar azimuth and elevation for accurate measurement of PV devices. Presented at Photovoltaic Science, Applications And Technology Conference & Exhibition, Leeds

The use of a solar source simulator in obtaining experimental data for a PV cell is well documented and current solar source technology is advanced in closely reproducing natural light in a laboratory setting. A test system is proposed by the authors... Read More about Four-axis test platform to emulate solar azimuth and elevation for accurate measurement of PV devices.

Coupled heat transfer performance of a high temperature cup shaped porous absorber (2015)
Journal Article
Meng, X., Xia, X., Zhang, S., Sellami, N., & Mallick, T. (2016). Coupled heat transfer performance of a high temperature cup shaped porous absorber. Energy Conversion and Management, 110, 327-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2015.12.034

In this article, a newly designed volumetric solar receiver (VSR) using cup-shaped Al2O3 porous absorber is studied through numerical simulations and experimental verification. The absorber achieves several advantages including lower heat loss and hi... Read More about Coupled heat transfer performance of a high temperature cup shaped porous absorber.

Ba6−3x Nd8+2x Ti18O54 Tungsten Bronze: A New High-Temperature n-Type Oxide Thermoelectric (2015)
Journal Article
Azough, F., Freer, R., Yeandel, S. R., Baran, J. D., Molinari, M., Parker, S. C., Guilmeau, E., Kepaptsoglou, D., Ramasse, Q., Knox, A., & others. (2016). Ba6−3x Nd8+2x Ti18O54 Tungsten Bronze: A New High-Temperature n-Type Oxide Thermoelectric. Journal of Electronic Materials, 45, 1894-1899. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-015-4275-6

Semiconducting Ba6−3x Nd8+2x Ti18O54 ceramics (with x = 0.00 to 0.85) were synthesized by the mixed oxide route followed by annealing in a reducing atmosphere; their high-temperature thermoelectric properties have been investigated. In conjunction wi... Read More about Ba6−3x Nd8+2x Ti18O54 Tungsten Bronze: A New High-Temperature n-Type Oxide Thermoelectric.

Enhancing the performance of BICPV systems using phase change materials (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tahir, A. A., Sharma, S., Sellami, N., Reddy, K., & Mallick, T. K. (2015, April). Enhancing the performance of BICPV systems using phase change materials. Presented at 11 th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-11), Aix-les-Bains, France

Building Integrated Concentrated Photovoltaic (BICPV) systems have three main benefits for integration into built environments, namely, (i) generating electricity at the point of use (ii) allowing light efficacy within the building envelope and (iii)... Read More about Enhancing the performance of BICPV systems using phase change materials.

Optical and heat transfer performance of a novel non-imaging concentrator (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sellami, N., Meng, X., Xia, X., Knox, A. R., & Mallick, T. K. (2015). Optical and heat transfer performance of a novel non-imaging concentrator. In AIP Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4931565

In this study, the Crossed Compound Parabolic Concentrator CCPC is modified to demonstrate for the first time a new generation of solar concentrators working simultaneously as an electricity generator and thermal collector. It is designed to have two... Read More about Optical and heat transfer performance of a novel non-imaging concentrator.

Coupled simulation of performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, W., Paul, M. C., Sellami, N., Meng, X.-L., Mallick, T. K., Fernandez, E. F., Knox, A. R., Montecucco, A., Siviter, J., Mullen, P., & et al. (2015, March). Coupled simulation of performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell. Presented at The 7th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2015), Abu Dhabi, UAE

An optimal installation of a compound parabolic concentrator (CCPC) into a scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics system is desirable by applying analytical tools to improve the optical and thermal performance of a CCPC with a solar cell. I... Read More about Coupled simulation of performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell.