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Phase Stability and Electronic Properties of Hybrid Organic--Inorganic Perovskite Solid Solution (CH (NH2) 2) x (CH3NH3) 1--x Pb (Br y I1--y) 3 as a Function of Composition (2022)
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Chan, T. H., Taylor, N. T., Sundaram, S., & Hepplestone, S. P. (2022). Phase Stability and Electronic Properties of Hybrid Organic--Inorganic Perovskite Solid Solution (CH (NH2) 2) x (CH3NH3) 1--x Pb (Br y I1--y) 3 as a Function of Composition. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126(32), 13640-13648. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03555

Compositional mixing provides the means to maintain the structural stability of a hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite for efficient and robust photovoltaic applications. Here we present a theoretical, first-principles study of the electronic and ener... Read More about Phase Stability and Electronic Properties of Hybrid Organic--Inorganic Perovskite Solid Solution (CH (NH2) 2) x (CH3NH3) 1--x Pb (Br y I1--y) 3 as a Function of Composition.

Soiling mapping through optical losses for Nigeria (2022)
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Chanchangi, Y. N., Ghosh, A., Micheli, L., Fernández, E. F., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2022). Soiling mapping through optical losses for Nigeria. Renewable Energy, 197, 995-1008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.07.019

Soiling consists of the accumulation of dust on the solar panel's surface and has a deleterious effect on solar photovoltaic devices' performance, which varies with location. However, soiling losses and rates are significantly under-reported or under... Read More about Soiling mapping through optical losses for Nigeria.

Morphology modulated brookite TiO2 and BaSnO3 as alternative electron transport materials for enhanced performance of carbon perovskite solar cells (2022)
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Bhandari, S., Roy, A., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2022). Morphology modulated brookite TiO2 and BaSnO3 as alternative electron transport materials for enhanced performance of carbon perovskite solar cells. Chemical Engineering Journal, 446(5), Article 137378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.137378

Designing alternatives to TiO2 electron-transport layers (ETLs) for facile electron extraction and transport to enhance the efficiency of n-i-p structured carbon perovskite solar cells (CPSC) is still a less explored research interest. In this work,... Read More about Morphology modulated brookite TiO2 and BaSnO3 as alternative electron transport materials for enhanced performance of carbon perovskite solar cells.

High Open-Circuit Voltage in Double Perovskite Oxide A2NdSbO6 (A= Ba, Sr) Photoanode-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (2022)
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Sheikh, M. S., Ghosh, A., Roy, A., Bhandari, S., Sundaram, S., Mallick, T. K., Ghosh, H., & Sinha, T. (2022). High Open-Circuit Voltage in Double Perovskite Oxide A2NdSbO6 (A= Ba, Sr) Photoanode-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Journal of Electronic Materials, 51, 4281-4287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-022-09681-w

Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technology, with its low-cost simple fabrication process and promising photovoltaic performance, has become a potential candidate for solar energy conversion. Recently, perovskite oxide-based photoanodes, with the pot... Read More about High Open-Circuit Voltage in Double Perovskite Oxide A2NdSbO6 (A= Ba, Sr) Photoanode-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

Experimental study of temperature distribution effect on proton exchange membrane fuel cell using multi-pass serpentine channels (2022)
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Ponnaiyan, D., Chandran, M., Kumaresan, T., Ramasamy, J., Palaniswamy, K., & Sundaram, S. (2022). Experimental study of temperature distribution effect on proton exchange membrane fuel cell using multi-pass serpentine channels. Materials Letters, 320, Article 132361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2022.132361

The uniform temperature distribution is one of the key features to consider in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) to increase performance and minimize the local hot spot formation on the membrane for longer membrane life. This work experimen... Read More about Experimental study of temperature distribution effect on proton exchange membrane fuel cell using multi-pass serpentine channels.

Scaled up on direct methanol fuel cell under different operating conditions (2022)
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Kumaresan, T., Ponniyan, D., Chandran, M., Ramasamy, J., Venkatachalam, V., Palaniswamy, K., & Sundaram, S. (2022). Scaled up on direct methanol fuel cell under different operating conditions. Materials Letters, 319, Article 132283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2022.132283

A direct methanol fuel cell with an active area of 100 cm2 was tested experimentally under a variety of operating situations to determine its overall performance. Different operational parameters, such as anode flow rate (1–5 ml/min), cathode reactan... Read More about Scaled up on direct methanol fuel cell under different operating conditions.

Review on solar dryers for drying fish, fruits, and vegetables (2022)
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Natarajan, S. K., Elangovan, E., Elavarasan, R. M., Balaraman, A., & Sundaram, S. (2022). Review on solar dryers for drying fish, fruits, and vegetables. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 40478-40506. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19714-w

India is one of the highly developing countries in the world and it has the second-largest agricultural source of income, which covers 61% of the entire income of the country. The most valuable income group, by giving the appropriate training in this... Read More about Review on solar dryers for drying fish, fruits, and vegetables.

Microbial fuel cells for mineralization and decolorization of azo dyes: Recent advances in design and materials (2022)
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Yadav, A., Kumar, P., Rawat, D., Garg, S., Mukherjee, P., Farooqi, F., Roy, A., Sundaram, S., Sharma, R. S., & Mishra, V. (2022). Microbial fuel cells for mineralization and decolorization of azo dyes: Recent advances in design and materials. Science of the Total Environment, 826, Article 154038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154038

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) exhibit tremendous potential in the sustainable management of dye wastewater via degrading azo dyes while generating electricity. The past decade has witnessed advances in MFC configurations and materials; however, compreh... Read More about Microbial fuel cells for mineralization and decolorization of azo dyes: Recent advances in design and materials.

Electrochemical analysis of nano-electro fuels based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets for vanadium redox flow batteries (2022)
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Arumughan, J., Vijayakrishnan, M. K., Palaniswamy, K., Alam, T., Kumaresan, T., Angappamudaliar, S. K. P., & Sundaram, S. (2022). Electrochemical analysis of nano-electro fuels based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets for vanadium redox flow batteries. Materials Letters, 315, Article 131939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2022.131939

The limited energy performance of vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) prevents their commercialization on a large scale. Active research is conducted aiming enhancement of electrochemical properties of VRFBs, nanotechnology is constantly penetratin... Read More about Electrochemical analysis of nano-electro fuels based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets for vanadium redox flow batteries.

Thermal performance evaluation and energy saving potential of semi-transparent CdTe in Façade BIPV (2021)
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Alrashidi, H., Issa, W., Sellami, N., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. (2022). Thermal performance evaluation and energy saving potential of semi-transparent CdTe in Façade BIPV. Solar Energy, 232, 84-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.12.037

Semi-transparent PV glazing are promising in Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) applications. They provide daylight control, energy saving and power generation. The selection of optimal Photovoltaic (PV) glazing requires the accounting for vario... Read More about Thermal performance evaluation and energy saving potential of semi-transparent CdTe in Façade BIPV.

The emergence of concentrator photovoltaics for perovskite solar cells (2021)
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Sadhukhan, P., Roy, A., Sengupta, P., Das, S., Mallick, T. K., Nazeeruddin, M. K., & Sundaram, S. (2021). The emergence of concentrator photovoltaics for perovskite solar cells. Applied Physics Reviews, 8(4), Article 041324. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0062671

The emergence of high-efficiency photovoltaic research is undergoing intense study and is technologically desirable to meet sustainable energy and environmental demand. However, every single solar cell has a theoretical power conversion efficiency li... Read More about The emergence of concentrator photovoltaics for perovskite solar cells.

Application of MSVPC- 5G Multicast SDN Network Eminence Video Transmission in Drone Thermal Imaging for Solar Farm Monitoring (2021)
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Rajagopal, T., Balakrishnan, A., Valsalakumar, S., Rajagopal, T., & Sundaram, S. (2021). Application of MSVPC- 5G Multicast SDN Network Eminence Video Transmission in Drone Thermal Imaging for Solar Farm Monitoring. Energies, 14(24), Article 8255. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14248255

The impact of multimedia in day-to-day life and its applications will be increased greatly with the proposed model (MSVPC)–5G Multicast SDN network eminence video transmission obtained using PSO and cross layer progress in wireless nodes. The drone i... Read More about Application of MSVPC- 5G Multicast SDN Network Eminence Video Transmission in Drone Thermal Imaging for Solar Farm Monitoring.

A Review on Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicle Anatomy, Technology Evolution and Policy Drivers towards EVs and FCEVs Market Propagation (2021)
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Chandran, M., Palanisamy, K., Benson, D., & Sundaram, S. (2022). A Review on Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicle Anatomy, Technology Evolution and Policy Drivers towards EVs and FCEVs Market Propagation. Chemical Record, 22(2), Article e202100235. https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202100235

The transportation sector is the largest consumer of fossil fuels; making it a major producer of greenhouse gases. Due to declining fossil fuel reserves and increasingly stringent vehicle emission regulations globally, it is essential to shift to alt... Read More about A Review on Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicle Anatomy, Technology Evolution and Policy Drivers towards EVs and FCEVs Market Propagation.

Opportunities of copper addition in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite and their photovoltaic performance evaluation (2021)
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Khalid, M., Roy, A., Bhandari, S., Selvaraj, P., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2022). Opportunities of copper addition in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite and their photovoltaic performance evaluation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 895, Article 162626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.162626

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have encountered a fulgurant development in their power-conversion efficiency (PCEs) generation in the drive to provide a facile, cheap and clean source of energy over just a few years. The most efficient PSCs are fabric... Read More about Opportunities of copper addition in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite and their photovoltaic performance evaluation.

Surface Treatment of Industrial-Grade Magnetite Particles for Enhanced Thermal Stability and Mitigating Paint Contaminants (2021)
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Sinhababu, M., Roy, A., Kumar, N., Dutta, M., Sundaram, S., Karazhanov, S., & Udayabhanu, G. (2021). Surface Treatment of Industrial-Grade Magnetite Particles for Enhanced Thermal Stability and Mitigating Paint Contaminants. Nanomaterials, 11(9), Article 2299. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11092299

Pigments can retain their color for many centuries and can withstand the effects of light and weather. The paint industry suffers from issues like aggressive moisture, corrosion, and further environmental contamination of the pigment materials. Low-c... Read More about Surface Treatment of Industrial-Grade Magnetite Particles for Enhanced Thermal Stability and Mitigating Paint Contaminants.

A New Model for Estimation of Energy Extraction from Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules (2021)
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Sahu, P. K., Roy, J. N., Chakraborty, C., & Sundaram, S. (2021). A New Model for Estimation of Energy Extraction from Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules. Energies, 14(16), Article 5089. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14165089

The energy yield from bifacial solar photovoltaic (PV) systems can be enhanced by optimizing the tilt angle. Bifacial modules boost the energy yield by 4% to 15% depending on the module type and ground reflectivity with an average of 9%. The selectio... Read More about A New Model for Estimation of Energy Extraction from Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules.

Investigation of Thermal Stress Arising in a Graphene Neutral Density Filter for Concentrated Photovoltaic System (2021)
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Alzahrani, M. M., Roy, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). Investigation of Thermal Stress Arising in a Graphene Neutral Density Filter for Concentrated Photovoltaic System. Energies, 14(12), Article 3515. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14123515

As an excellent heat spreader candidate, graphene attracts considerable interest concerning its application in concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems. The consequences of employing a graphene-coated neutral density (GCND) filter to mitigate concentr... Read More about Investigation of Thermal Stress Arising in a Graphene Neutral Density Filter for Concentrated Photovoltaic System.

Integrating Concentrated Optics for Ambient Perovskite Solar Cells (2021)
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Khalid, M., Roy, A., Bhandari, S., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). Integrating Concentrated Optics for Ambient Perovskite Solar Cells. Energies, 14(9), Article 2714. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092714

Metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are considered an effectual way to enhance photovoltaic (PV) properties, leading to low-cost and high efficiency. PSCs have experienced rapid improvement in the last ten years. The device’s energy production... Read More about Integrating Concentrated Optics for Ambient Perovskite Solar Cells.

Scaling up Studies on PEMFC Using a Modified Serpentine Flow Field Incorporating Porous Sponge Inserts to Observe Water Molecules (2021)
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Marappan, M., Narayanan, R., Manoharan, K., Vijayakrishnan, M. K., Palaniswamy, K., Karazhanov, S., & Sundaram, S. (2021). Scaling up Studies on PEMFC Using a Modified Serpentine Flow Field Incorporating Porous Sponge Inserts to Observe Water Molecules. Molecules, 26(2), Article 286. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26020286

Flooding of the cathode flow channel is a major hindrance in achieving maximum performance from Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) during the scaling up process. Water accumulated between the interface region of Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) and... Read More about Scaling up Studies on PEMFC Using a Modified Serpentine Flow Field Incorporating Porous Sponge Inserts to Observe Water Molecules.

Perceiving the temperature coefficients of carbon-based perovskite solar cells (2020)
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Bhandari, S., Roy, A., Ghosh, A., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2020). Perceiving the temperature coefficients of carbon-based perovskite solar cells. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 4(12), 6283-6298. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0se00782j

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged in a “catfish effect” of other established photovoltaic technologies with the rapid development of high-power conversion efficiency (PCE) and low-cost fabrication. Among various kinds of PSCs, organic hole t... Read More about Perceiving the temperature coefficients of carbon-based perovskite solar cells.

Perovskite Solar Cells for BIPV Application: A Review (2020)
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Roy, A., Ghosh, A., Bhandari, S., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2020). Perovskite Solar Cells for BIPV Application: A Review. Buildings, 10(7), Article 129. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10070129

The rapid efficiency enhancement of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) make it a promising photovoltaic (PV) research, which has now drawn attention from industries and government organizations to invest for further development of PSC technology. PSC tech... Read More about Perovskite Solar Cells for BIPV Application: A Review.

Renewable Energy Powered Plugged-In Hybrid Vehicle Charging System for Sustainable Transportation (2020)
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Devaraj, E., Joseph, P. K., Karuppa Raj Rajagopal, T., & Sundaram, S. (2020). Renewable Energy Powered Plugged-In Hybrid Vehicle Charging System for Sustainable Transportation. Energies, 13(8), Article 1944. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13081944

Energy transformation by power electronic converters is not feasible without the efficient use of renewable energy. The article tries to extend the use of renewable energy to PHEV battery charging. In PHEV, the battery is one of the major sources of... Read More about Renewable Energy Powered Plugged-In Hybrid Vehicle Charging System for Sustainable Transportation.

Theoretical Investigation of the Temperature Limits of an Actively Cooled High Concentration Photovoltaic System (2020)
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Ahmed, A., Shanks, K., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2020). Theoretical Investigation of the Temperature Limits of an Actively Cooled High Concentration Photovoltaic System. Energies, 13(8), Article 1902. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13081902

Concentrator photovoltaics have several advantages over flat plate systems. However, the increase in solar concentration usually leads to an increase in the solar cell temperature, which decreases the performance of the system. Therefore, in this pap... Read More about Theoretical Investigation of the Temperature Limits of an Actively Cooled High Concentration Photovoltaic System.

Thermal performance of semitransparent CdTe BIPV window at temperate climate (2019)
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Alrashidi, H., Ghosh, A., Issa, W., Sellami, N., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2020). Thermal performance of semitransparent CdTe BIPV window at temperate climate. Solar Energy, 195, 536-543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.11.084

Semi-transparent photovoltaic (PV) technology is attractive for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) due to its ability to lower the admitted solar heat gain, to control the penetrating daylight and to generate onsite benevolent direct current po... Read More about Thermal performance of semitransparent CdTe BIPV window at temperate climate.

Performance assessment of cadmium telluride-based semi-transparent glazing for power saving in façade buildings (2019)
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Alrashidi, H., Issa, W., Sellami, N., Ghosh, A., Mallick, T. K., & Sundaram, S. (2020). Performance assessment of cadmium telluride-based semi-transparent glazing for power saving in façade buildings. Energy and Buildings, 215, Article 109585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109585

Façade buildings are generally highly glazed and energy-intensive especially in countries with hot weather. Power consumption in these buildings is even more significant when air conditioning (AC) is added to the figures. Building with semi-transpare... Read More about Performance assessment of cadmium telluride-based semi-transparent glazing for power saving in façade buildings.

Use of Nanofluids in Solar PV/Thermal Systems (2019)
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Ahmed, A., Baig, H., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2019). Use of Nanofluids in Solar PV/Thermal Systems. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2019, Article 8039129. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8039129

The continuous growth in the energy demand across the globe due to the booming population, in addition to the harmful effects of the fossil fuels on the environment, has made it essential to harness renewable energy via different technologies and con... Read More about Use of Nanofluids in Solar PV/Thermal Systems.

An experimental and numerical study on the effect of inclination angle of phase change materials thermal energy storage system (2019)
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Al Siyabi, I., Khanna, S., Mallick, T., & Sundaram, S. (2019). An experimental and numerical study on the effect of inclination angle of phase change materials thermal energy storage system. Journal of Energy Storage, 23, 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2019.03.010

The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the melting characteristics of a PCM cylindrical thermal storage system using experimental and numerical approaches. Three inclination positions are considered from vertical to horizontal. Paraf... Read More about An experimental and numerical study on the effect of inclination angle of phase change materials thermal energy storage system.

The Performance of CH3NH3PbI3 - Nanoparticles based – Perovskite Solar Cells Fabricated by Facile Powder press Technique (2018)
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Pitchaiya, S., Natarajan, M., Santhanam, A., Asokan, V., Madurai Ramakrishnan, V., Selvaraj, Y., Yuvapragasam, A., Rangasamy, B., Sundaram, S., & Velauthapillai, D. (2018). The Performance of CH3NH3PbI3 - Nanoparticles based – Perovskite Solar Cells Fabricated by Facile Powder press Technique. Materials Research Bulletin, 108, 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2018.08.022

Here, we have introduced a facile solid-state route assisted method to prepare CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite nanoparticles (PNs) and together with a facile - powder press technique, for the deposition of prepared PNs - a solution cum vacuum-free route. The p... Read More about The Performance of CH3NH3PbI3 - Nanoparticles based – Perovskite Solar Cells Fabricated by Facile Powder press Technique.

Multiple Phase Change Material (PCM) Configuration for PCM-Based Heat Sinks—An Experimental Study (2018)
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Al Siyabi, I., Khanna, S., Mallick, T., & Sundaram, S. (2018). Multiple Phase Change Material (PCM) Configuration for PCM-Based Heat Sinks—An Experimental Study. Energies, 11(7), Article 1629. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11071629

A small-scale phase change material (PCM)-based heat sink can regulate the temperature of electronics due to high latent-heat capacity. Three different heat sinks are examined to study the effects of PCM combination, arrangement of PCMs in multiple-P... Read More about Multiple Phase Change Material (PCM) Configuration for PCM-Based Heat Sinks—An Experimental Study.