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Reliability and temperature limits of the focal spot of a primary optical component for an ultra-high concentrated photovoltaic system (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ahmed, A., Alzahrani, M., Shanks, K., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021, April). Reliability and temperature limits of the focal spot of a primary optical component for an ultra-high concentrated photovoltaic system. Presented at 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS (CPV-17), Freiburg, Germany [online]

Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) are competent systems for generating electrical power as they depend on a highly efficient semiconducting material. In this paper, we study the indoor thermal and electrical performances of silicon on glass Fresnel le... Read More about Reliability and temperature limits of the focal spot of a primary optical component for an ultra-high concentrated photovoltaic system.

The Opportunity of Cadmium Stannate as Transparent Conducting Oxide for Perovskite-Based Concentrated Photovoltaic System (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khalid, M., Roy, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021, September). The Opportunity of Cadmium Stannate as Transparent Conducting Oxide for Perovskite-Based Concentrated Photovoltaic System. Presented at 38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition 2021, Online

The relative scarcity and high cost associated with indium or fluorine, fabrication approaches surface roughness, and low adhesion to polymeric materials are significant drawbacks for indium tin oxide (ITO) and fluorine tin oxide (FTO)-based transpar... Read More about The Opportunity of Cadmium Stannate as Transparent Conducting Oxide for Perovskite-Based Concentrated Photovoltaic System.

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., Rangasamy, B., Sundaram, S., & Velauthapillai, D. (2019, February). Synthesis and Characterization of Electro-spin Deposited Perovskite Nanostructures for Solar Cell Application. Presented at AMCEHA 2019: Symposium on Solar Energy Applications, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

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.

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., Foster, N., Ball, S., Sun, Y., Wu, Y., Senthilarasu, S., & Mallick, T. (2018, August). The Assembly of Embedded Systems for Integrated Photovoltaic windows in Rural Buildings (E-IPB). Presented at 9th edition of the international SOLARIS conference, Chengdu, China

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).

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., Rangasamy, B., Sundaram, S., Uthayaraj, S., & Velauthapillai, D. (2019, February). 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. Presented at AMCEHA 2019: Symposium on Solar Energy Applications, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

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.

Thermal performance analysis of BIPV-PDLC window (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghosh, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2015, March). Thermal performance analysis of BIPV-PDLC window. Presented at IEA SHC International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry 2019, Santiago, Chile

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.

Electricity enhancement and thermal energy production from concentrated photovoltaic integrated with a 3-layered stacked micro-channel heat sink (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siyabi, I. A., Khanna, S., Mallick, T., & Sundaram, S. (2018, April). Electricity enhancement and thermal energy production from concentrated photovoltaic integrated with a 3-layered stacked micro-channel heat sink. Presented at The 14th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-14), Puertollano, Spain

The thermal effectiveness of three types of heat sink hsssas been investigated experimentally using a flexible kapton heater to simulate the generated heat from a CPV system for various heating loads. The three heat sinks are an air cooled flat alumi... Read More about Electricity enhancement and thermal energy production from concentrated photovoltaic integrated with a 3-layered stacked micro-channel heat sink.

The effect of sun altitude and orientation on the performance of Embedded Systems for Integrated Photovoltaics in Rural Buildings (E-IPB) (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shanks, K., Baig, H., Sun, Y., Wu, Y., Knowles, A., Brierley, A., Orr, H., Senthilarasu, S., & Mallick, T. (2018, April). The effect of sun altitude and orientation on the performance of Embedded Systems for Integrated Photovoltaics in Rural Buildings (E-IPB). Poster presented at 14th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, London

Reliability investigation for a built ultrahigh concentrator prototype (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shanks, E., Senthilarasu, S., & Mallick, T. (2017, May). Reliability investigation for a built ultrahigh concentrator prototype. Presented at 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS (CPV-13), Ottawa, Canada

Ultrahigh concentrator photovoltaics hold a great potential in both reducing the cost of photovoltaic energy and to higher conversion efficiencies. The challenges in their design and manufacturing however have not yet permitted a reliable ultrahigh (... Read More about Reliability investigation for a built ultrahigh concentrator prototype.

Thermal analysis of a multi-layer microchannel heat sink for cooling concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siyabi, I. A., Shanks, K., Mallick, T., & Sundaram, S. (2017, May). Thermal analysis of a multi-layer microchannel heat sink for cooling concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells. Presented at 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS (CPV-13), Ottawa, Canada

Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) technology is increasingly being considered as an alternative option for solar electricity generation. However, increasing the light concentration ratio could decrease the system output power due to the increase in the... Read More about Thermal analysis of a multi-layer microchannel heat sink for cooling concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells.

Thermal regulation of building-integrated concentrating photovoltaic system using phase change material (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al Siyabi, I., Sharma, S., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2016, April). Thermal regulation of building-integrated concentrating photovoltaic system using phase change material. Presented at 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS (CPV-12), Freiburg, Germany

Thermal regulation of building-integrated concentrating photovoltaic (BICPV) systems have a direct influence on the photovoltaic performance. This paper investigates the thermal behavior of a BICPV and phase change material (PCM) system through numer... Read More about Thermal regulation of building-integrated concentrating photovoltaic system using phase change material.

500x CPV Receiver with Integrated Micro-Finned Heat Sink (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Micheli, L., Sundaram, S., Reddy, K., & Mallick, T. K. (2015, April). 500x CPV Receiver with Integrated Micro-Finned Heat Sink. Presented at 11th Photovoltaic Science, Applications & Technology Conference (PVSAT-11), Leeds

Introduction The main aim of concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) is reducing the amount of the expensive semicondutive material by replacing part of it with a reflecting optics and, thus, increasing the density of the sunlight hitting a smaller cell. C... Read More about 500x CPV Receiver with Integrated Micro-Finned Heat Sink.

Spectral coupling of atmosphere and the performance of perovskite solar cells (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fernandez, E. F., Senthilarasu, S., Garcia-Loureiro, A., Almonacid, F., & Mallick, T. (2015, February). Spectral coupling of atmosphere and the performance of perovskite solar cells. Presented at 2015 10th Spanish Conference on Electron Devices (CDE), Aranjuez - Madrid, Spain

Perovskite solar cells have opened a potential market for the low cost manufacturing technics based solar cells which can change the photovoltaic (PV) production road map. Apart from the demonstrated high conversion efficiencies, these cells need to... Read More about Spectral coupling of atmosphere and the performance of perovskite solar cells.

Compound Parabolic Concentrator Design for Equatorial Africa (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Naman, G. Z., Sellami, N., Sarmah, N., Ivaturi, A., Senthilarasu, S., Bobbili, P., Upadhyaya, H., & Mallick, T. (2014, March). Compound Parabolic Concentrator Design for Equatorial Africa. Presented at 1st Africa Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Durban, South Africa

Compound Parabolic Concentrators (CPC) design uses interposed optical devices (such as parabolic trough, parabolic dish, linear Fresnel reflectors, etc) between the source of radiation (Sun in this case) and the energy absorbing surface (solar cell).... Read More about Compound Parabolic Concentrator Design for Equatorial Africa.

Development of a concentrated photovoltaic thermal hybrid system for heat and power generation in Nigeria (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zamani Naman, G., Ivaturi, A., Sundaram, S., Bobbili, P., Sellami, N., Sarmah, N., Mallick, T. K., & Upadhyaya, H. (2014, April). Development of a concentrated photovoltaic thermal hybrid system for heat and power generation in Nigeria. Presented at PVSAT-10: 10th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, Loughborough University

Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Zinc Phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Senthilarasu, S., Sathyamoorthy, R., Kanmani, K., Lalitha, S., & Subbarayan, A. (2003, December). Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Zinc Phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films. Presented at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore

In this article, we have reported the structural, optical and electrical properties of ZnPc thin films. The samples were prepared by thermal evaporation method. The thickness of the samples were measured by the quartz crystal monitor. The structural... Read More about Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Zinc Phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films.

Optical Properties of Vacuum Evaporated amorphous CdTe Thin Films (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sathyamoorthy, R., Lalitha, S., Senthilarasu, S., Subbarayan, A., & Natarajan, K. (2003, December). Optical Properties of Vacuum Evaporated amorphous CdTe Thin Films

In this paper, we have reported the optical properties of vacuum evaporated CdTe thin films. Thin films have been prepared from the polycrystalline powder of CdTe on well-cleaned glass substrate under the vacuum of 10−6 Torr. The thicknesses of the f... Read More about Optical Properties of Vacuum Evaporated amorphous CdTe Thin Films.

Structural, optical and thermal properties of flash evaporated zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Senthilarasu, S., Sathyamoorthy, R., Subbarayan, A., Sebastian, P., Matthew, X., & Velumani, S. (2002, August). Structural, optical and thermal properties of flash evaporated zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films. Presented at International Materials Research Congress Cancun 2002, Cancun, Mexico

Today is the age of solar cells or solar panels. Development of an efficient and economical solar cell module is the dream of the photovoltaic community. During the last three decades considerable development has been achieved in the field of solar e... Read More about Structural, optical and thermal properties of flash evaporated zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films.