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Spectral coupling of atmosphere and the performance of perovskite solar cells
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.

Thermal regulation of building-integrated concentrating photovoltaic system using phase change material
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.

Reliability investigation for a built ultrahigh concentrator prototype
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
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.

Electricity enhancement and thermal energy production from concentrated photovoltaic integrated with a 3-layered stacked micro-channel heat sink
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 Assembly of Embedded Systems for Integrated Photovoltaic windows in Rural Buildings (E-IPB)
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).

Reliability and temperature limits of the focal spot of a primary optical component for an ultra-high concentrated photovoltaic system
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.

Thermal performance analysis of BIPV-PDLC window
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.