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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.

Thickness dependence on structural, dielectric and AC conduction studies of vacuum evaporated Sr doped BaTiO3 thin films (2015)
Journal Article
Raja, S., Bellan, C. S., Sundaram, S., subramani, G., & Rajamani, R. (2016). Thickness dependence on structural, dielectric and AC conduction studies of vacuum evaporated Sr doped BaTiO3 thin films. Optik, 127(6), 3200-3205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2015.12.072

Barium titanate (BaTiO3) doped with Strontium (BST) nanoparticles prepared by using wet chemical method were thermally evaporated on to well cleaned glass substrates under the vacuum of 2 × 10−5 Torr, using 12A4 Hind Hivac coating unit. The thickness... Read More about Thickness dependence on structural, dielectric and AC conduction studies of vacuum evaporated Sr doped BaTiO3 thin films.

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.

D–π–A system based on zinc porphyrin dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: Combined experimental and DFT–TDDFT study (2015)
Journal Article
Narra, V. K., Ullah, H., Singh, V. K., Giribabu, L., Senthilarasu, S., Karazhanov, S., Tahir, A. A., Mallick, T. K., & Upadhyaya, H. M. (2015). D–π–A system based on zinc porphyrin dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: Combined experimental and DFT–TDDFT study. Polyhedron, 100, 313-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2015.08.035

A series of four new porphyrin-furan dyads were designed and synthesized by having anchoring group either at meso-phenyl or pyrrole-β position of a zinc porphyrin based on donor–π–acceptor (D–π–A) approach. The porphyrin macrocycle acts as donor, fur... Read More about D–π–A system based on zinc porphyrin dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: Combined experimental and DFT–TDDFT study.

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.

White butterflies as solar photovoltaic concentrators (2015)
Journal Article
Shanks, K., Senthilarasu, S., Ffrench-Constant, R. H., & Mallick, T. K. (2015). White butterflies as solar photovoltaic concentrators. Scientific Reports, 5, Article 12267. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep12267

Man’s harvesting of photovoltaic energy requires the deployment of extensive arrays of solar panels. To improve both the gathering of thermal and photovoltaic energy from the sun we have examined the concept of biomimicry in white butterflies of the... Read More about White butterflies as solar photovoltaic concentrators.

Review on natural dye sensitized solar cells: Operation, materials and methods (2015)
Journal Article
Shalini, S., Balasundara prabhu, R., Prasanna, S., Mallick, T. K., & Senthilarasu, S. (2015). Review on natural dye sensitized solar cells: Operation, materials and methods. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 51, 1306-1325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.052

Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) have become a topic of significant research in the last two decades because of their fundamental and scientific importance in the area of energy conversion. Ease of fabrication with widely available materials coupled... Read More about Review on natural dye sensitized solar cells: Operation, materials and methods.

Inkjet-printed TiO2 nanoparticles from aqueous solutions for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) (2015)
Journal Article
Cherrington, R., Hughes, D. J., Senthilarasu, S., & Goodship, V. (2015). Inkjet-printed TiO2 nanoparticles from aqueous solutions for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Energy Technology, 3(8), 866-870. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201500096

This work reports on the formulation of suitable ink for inkjet printing of TiO2 by investigating the critical parameters of particle size, pH, viscosity, and stability. Aqueous suspensions of TiO2 nanoparticles (Degussa, P25) were prepared with the... Read More about Inkjet-printed TiO2 nanoparticles from aqueous solutions for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).

Effect of spectral irradiance variations on the performance of highly efficient environment-friendly solar cells (2015)
Journal Article
Fernández, E. F., Cruz, F. A., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2015). Effect of spectral irradiance variations on the performance of highly efficient environment-friendly solar cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5(4), 1150-1157. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2434593

The increasing environmental concerns on photovoltaic (PV) materials have attracted much attention to environment-friendly materials for solar energy conversion. In this paper, the environment-friendly materials based on dye-sensitized solar cells (D... Read More about Effect of spectral irradiance variations on the performance of highly efficient environment-friendly solar cells.

Applicability of silicon micro-finned heat sinks for 500× concentrating photovoltaics systems (2015)
Journal Article
Micheli, L., Senthilarasu, S., Reddy, K., & Mallick, T. K. (2015). Applicability of silicon micro-finned heat sinks for 500× concentrating photovoltaics systems. Journal of Materials Science, 50, 5378-5388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9065-2

In concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) applications, the sunlight is focused onto solar cells up to thousands of times and, without an adequate cooling system, the cell’s temperature can dangerously raise over the operating temperature range in few seco... Read More about Applicability of silicon micro-finned heat sinks for 500× concentrating photovoltaics systems.

Natural dye sensitized TiO2 nanorods assembly of broccoli shape based solar cells (2015)
Journal Article
Yuvapragasam, A., Muthukumarasamy, N., Agilan, S., Velauthapillai, D., Senthil, T., & Sundaram, S. (2015). Natural dye sensitized TiO2 nanorods assembly of broccoli shape based solar cells. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 148, 223-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.04.017

TiO2 nanorods based thin films with rutile phase have been synthesized using template free low temperature hydrothermal method. The scanning electron microscope images showed that the prepared TiO2 samples were made of TiO2 nanorods and the nanorods... Read More about Natural dye sensitized TiO2 nanorods assembly of broccoli shape based solar cells.

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.