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Photovoltaic-powered vehicles: Current trends and future prospects (2024)
Book Chapter
Ahmed, J. (2024). Photovoltaic-powered vehicles: Current trends and future prospects. In S. Sundaram, V. Subramaniam, R. P. Raffaelle, M. Khaja Nazeeruddin, A. Morales-Acevedo, M. Bernechea Navarro, & A. F. Hepp (Eds.), Photovoltaics Beyond Silicon: Innovative Materials, Sustainable Processing Technologies, and Novel Device Structures (647-674). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90188-8.00019-1

To reduce the use of fossil fuels and their associated environmental impact, renewable energy sources are now part of the energy landscape. Photovoltaic(s) (PV) systems and technologies are increasingly seen as a viable option to produce energy eithe... Read More about Photovoltaic-powered vehicles: Current trends and future prospects.

Nanotechnology-Based Treatment Strategies for the Removal of Antibiotics and Their By-Products from Wastewater (2022)
Book Chapter
Pachamal, N., Dharmarajan, R., Sundaram, S. S., & Rajendran, S. (2022). Nanotechnology-Based Treatment Strategies for the Removal of Antibiotics and Their By-Products from Wastewater. In P. Chakraborty, & D. Snow (Eds.), Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater: Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Remediation Techniques (339-360). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95443-7_15

Antibiotic resistance has become a serious issue throughout the world due to its inappropriate use and overdosing in pharmaceutical therapies and veterinary and agricultural applications. The cause of increasing antibiotic resistance is the slow and... Read More about Nanotechnology-Based Treatment Strategies for the Removal of Antibiotics and Their By-Products from Wastewater.

Concern for heavy metal ion water pollution: Their strategic detection and removal opportunities (2022)
Book Chapter
Velusamy, S., Roy, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2022). Concern for heavy metal ion water pollution: Their strategic detection and removal opportunities. In M. Kumar, S. Mohapatra, & K. Acharya (Eds.), Contaminants of Emerging Concerns and Reigning Removal Technologies. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003247869-13

Unsatisfactory insubstantial infrastructure and restricted management systems increase the possibility of water stress and may lead to a predictable water crisis in many locations. The water stress arises due to massive urbanisation and industrialisa... Read More about Concern for heavy metal ion water pollution: Their strategic detection and removal opportunities.

Thin Film Photovoltaics (2018)
Book Chapter
Sundaram, S., Shanks, K., & Upadhyaya, H. (2018). Thin Film Photovoltaics. In T. M. Letcher, & V. M. Fthenakis (Eds.), A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Energy Systems (361-370). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/c2016-0-01527-9

Thin film solar cell technology has recently seen some radical advancement as a result of new materials and innovations in device structures. The increase in the efficiency of thin film solar cells and perovskite into 23% mark has created significant... Read More about Thin Film Photovoltaics.

Photovoltaics fundamentals, technology and application (2017)
Book Chapter
Messenger, R., Goswami, D. Y., Upadhyaya, H. M., Sundaram, S., Ivaturi, A., Buecheler, S., & Tiwari, A. N. (2017). Photovoltaics fundamentals, technology and application. In D. Yogi Goswami, & F. Kreith (Eds.), Energy Conversion (765-850). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315374192-20

Photovoltaic (PV) conversion is the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity with no intervening heat engine. This chapter briefly reviews the physics of PV electrical generation, followed by a discussion of the PV system design process. The PV... Read More about Photovoltaics fundamentals, technology and application.

Influence of Nanostructures in Perovskite Solar Cells (2016)
Book Chapter
Ghosh, P., Senthilarasu, S., Nixon, T., & Krishnamurthy, S. (2016). Influence of Nanostructures in Perovskite Solar Cells. In Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-803581-8.04062-5

Inorganic–organic hybrid perovskite solar cells, a low-cost viable substitute to conventional silicon technology, have seen an unparalleled efficiency improvement within a span of few years due to their unique tunable properties. These hybrid structu... Read More about Influence of Nanostructures in Perovskite Solar Cells.

Thin-Film PV Technology (2015)
Book Chapter
Upadhyaya, H. M., Sundaram, S., Ivaturi, A., Buecheler, S., & Tiwari, A. N. (2015). Thin-Film PV Technology. In D. Yogi Goswami, & F. Kreith (Eds.), Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Handbook. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b18947-54

Crystalline silicon (c-Si) technology has a lion’s share in the present photovoltaic (PV) industry, contributing more than 85% through the cells and modules based on poly-, mono-, and multicrystalline wafer technology (Mints and Donnelly 2011). The r... Read More about Thin-Film PV Technology.

High-Concentration Optics for Photovoltaic Applications (2015)
Book Chapter
Shanks, K., Senthilarasu, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2015). High-Concentration Optics for Photovoltaic Applications. In P. Pérez-Higueras, & E. F. Fernández (Eds.), High Concentrator Photovoltaics: Fundamentals, Engineering and Power Plants (85-113). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15039-0_4

The concept of a high-concentration optical system is introduced detailing the various design types and focusing only on those aimed at photovoltaic (PV) applications. This will include point focus, line focus, imaging, nonimaging, and the classical... Read More about High-Concentration Optics for Photovoltaic Applications.