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Modeling and Simulation of Heterojunction Solar Cell; Determination of Optimal Values (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Lawal, S. M., Fough, N., Sellami, N., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2023). Modeling and Simulation of Heterojunction Solar Cell; Determination of Optimal Values. In NEWCAS 2023: Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1109/newcas57931.2023.10198061

A heterojunction solar cell of ZnSe/ZnO/CIGS/Si structure has been simulated in order to determine the optimal values. The performed modeling and Simulation is used to get an idea and identify the optimal values that can be use in the manufacturing p... Read More about Modeling and Simulation of Heterojunction Solar Cell; Determination of Optimal Values.

Enhancing the appearance of Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) through the application of Traditional Symbols: A Case Study (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Awuku, S. A., Bennadji, A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Sellami, N. (2022). Enhancing the appearance of Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) through the application of Traditional Symbols: A Case Study. In AIP Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0114941

Over the past years, advanced renewable technologies such as Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) has transformed to become more efficient, reliable, less costly and attractive. A migration to Net-Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) and push for Green B... Read More about Enhancing the appearance of Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) through the application of Traditional Symbols: A Case Study.

A unified global investigation on the spectral effects of soiling losses of PV glass substrates: preliminary results (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Micheli, L., Fernández, E. F., Smestad, G. P., Alrashidi, H., Sarmah, N., Sellami, N., …et al. (2017). A unified global investigation on the spectral effects of soiling losses of PV glass substrates: preliminary results. In 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC) (2858-2863). https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366317

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.

Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Li, W., Paul, M., Sellami, N., Mallick, T., & Knox, A. (2016). Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell. In 12th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (911-914)

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)
Conference Proceeding
Sharma, S., Sellami, N., Tahir, A., & Mallick, T. (2016). An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material. In Proceedings of the 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2016) (200-204)

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.

Scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics (SUNTRAP) (2016)
Conference Proceeding
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)
Conference Proceeding
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.

Unsteady optical and thermal behaviour of crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Li, W., Paul, M. C., Sellami, N., Mallick, T. K., & Knox, A. R. (2015). Unsteady optical and thermal behaviour of crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell. In 11th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, PVSAT-11 University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Wednesday 15th - Friday 17th April 2015 - Conference Proceedings

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)
Conference Proceeding
Siviter, J., Ashraf, A., Mullen, P., Montecucco, A., Knox, A., Selami, N., & Mallick, T. (2015). Four-axis test platform to emulate solar azimuth and elevation for accurate measurement of PV devices. In 11th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, PVSAT-11 University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Wednesday 15th - Friday 17th April 2015 - Conference Proceedings

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.

Optical and heat transfer performance of a novel non-imaging concentrator (2015)
Conference Proceeding
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.

Optical performances of refractive Crossed Compound Parabolic Concentrator CCPC (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Sellami, N., & Mallick, T. (2014). Optical performances of refractive Crossed Compound Parabolic Concentrator CCPC. In 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition EU PVSCE 29, Netherlands (2146-2149). https://doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC20142014-4CV.3.36

The design of solar concentrators depends on its application (thermal or PV) and on the tracking system that will be used. Low geometrical concentration ratios (Cg) are

Characterisation of New Generation of Solar Concentrators (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Sellami, N., Meng, X., Knox, A. R., & Mallick, T. (2014). Characterisation of New Generation of Solar Concentrators. In 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (2166-2169). https://doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC20142014-4CV.3.42

The cost of the Concentrated Photovoltaic CPV modules could be reduced by increasing the output per unit solar cell and this could be done by replacing expensive solar cells with a low cost optical material. The problem remains with the increase of t... Read More about Characterisation of New Generation of Solar Concentrators.

Optical analysis of a CPC based CPV/T system for application in the kingdom of saudi arabia (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Baig, H., Sellami, N., Bahaidarah, H., & Mallick, T. (2013). Optical analysis of a CPC based CPV/T system for application in the kingdom of saudi arabia. In Proceedings of the 28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (653-657). https://doi.org/10.4229/28thEUPVSEC2013-1CV.6.42

Saudi Arabia receives an average insolation of 6 kWh/m2/day, making it one of the most likely candidates for a country to be using solar energy for meeting its energy needs in the near future. The energy from the sun can be directly converted into el... Read More about Optical analysis of a CPC based CPV/T system for application in the kingdom of saudi arabia.

Study of CO2 bubble dynamics in seawater from QICS field Experiment (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Chen, B., Dewar, M., Sellami, N., Stahl, H., & Blackford, J. (2013). Study of CO2 bubble dynamics in seawater from QICS field Experiment. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (OS12A-06)

One of the concerns of employing CCS at engineering scale is the risk of leakage of storage CO2 on the environment and especially on the marine life. QICS, a scientific research project was launched with an aim to study the effects of a potential lea... Read More about Study of CO2 bubble dynamics in seawater from QICS field Experiment.

Design of nonimaging static solar concentrator for window integrated photovoltaic (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Sellami, N., & Mallick, T. K. (2012). Design of nonimaging static solar concentrator for window integrated photovoltaic. In AIP Conference Proceedings (106-109). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4753845

The focus of this research is to develop a solar concentrator for the purpose of building integration which is compact, static and, at the same time, able to collect maximum solar energy. The novel concentrator is designed to be used in Window Integr... Read More about Design of nonimaging static solar concentrator for window integrated photovoltaic.

Optical performance modelling of an atypical 3-D cross compound parabolic photovoltaic concentrator using ray trace technique (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Sellami, N., Mallick, T. K., & Mcneil, D. (2010). Optical performance modelling of an atypical 3-D cross compound parabolic photovoltaic concentrator using ray trace technique. In Photovoltaic Science and Technology Conference-6 (PVSAT-6), Southampton, UK (24-26)

The electricity productions by free fuel solar cells represent one of the best solutions for reducing CO 2 emission and surpassing oil crisis. Large scale photovoltaic power generation showed a good efficiency in production, but small scale installat... Read More about Optical performance modelling of an atypical 3-D cross compound parabolic photovoltaic concentrator using ray trace technique.