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Performance analysis of a solar-driven liquid desiccant cooling system with solution storage under adjustable recirculation ratio 10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.061 2018-04-03 Solar cooling is one of the most promising solutions to the worsening energy and climate issues. A solar-driven liquid desiccant evaporative cooling air-conditioning system with solution storage tanks was proposed. The daily performance of the proposed system...
Influence of OLA and FA ligands on the optical and electronic properties of Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)4 thin films and solar cells prepared from nanoparticle inks 10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.065 2018-03-29 The use of formamide (FA) as an alternative capping ligand to oleylamine (OLA) during the preparation of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanoparticle inks was investigated. Photoluminescence properties of the selenised CZTS absorber layers revealed quasi-donor acceptor pair...
Decoupling of optoelectronic properties from morphological changes in sodium treated kesterite thin film solar cells 10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.067 2018-03-29 Sodium is typically used during the synthesis of kesterite thin films to enhance the performance of solar cells. As sodium tends to affect grain growth and morphology, it is difficult to analyse solely the electronic effects of sodium as dopant. To decouple t...
Study on operation strategy of a silica gel-water adsorption chiller in solar cooling application 10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.062 2018-03-28 Conventional operation strategy of silica gel-water adsorption chiller in solar cooling application uses fixed cycle time, but it deviates from real optimal cycle time because of varied solar hot water temperature. Mathematical model and simulation of a solar...
Corrosion of stainless steel 316 in eutectic molten salts for thermal energy storage 10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.053 2018-03-24 Stainless steel 316 was examined for compatibility with the eutectic mixtures of NaCl + Na2CO3 and NaCl + Na2SO4 at 700 °C and Li2CO3 + K2CO3 + Na2CO3 at 450 °C in air for thermal energy storage. Electrochemical measurements combined with advanced microscopy ...
Pump Speed Optimisation for Solar Thermal System 10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.021 2018-03-22 Photovoltaic as well as solar thermal systems have been particularly useful for harvesting the inexhaustible energy from the sun and to reduce the carbon emissions normally produced by burning fossil fuels. In either of these cases, reaching a higher efficien...
Transition metal doped ceria for solar thermochemical fuel production 10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.022 2018-03-17 In this paper, the effect of doping of transition metal cations on thermal reduction and CO2 splitting ability of Ce0.9M0.1O2−δ materials (where, M = Ni, Zn, Mn, Fe, Cu, Cr, Co, Zr) is investigated by performing multiple thermochemical cycles using a thermogr...
Worldwide inter-comparison of clear-sky solar radiation models: Consensus-based review of direct and global irradiance components simulated at the earth surface 10.1016/j.solener.2018.02.008 2018-03-16 Clear-sky irradiance (CSI) modeling constitutes an essential component of the evaluation of the solar resource at any location, and is involved in a large number of applications. In solar applications, most common CSI models provide broadband irradiance predi...
The off-grid PV-battery powered home revisited; the effects of high efficiency air-conditioning and load shifting 10.1016/j.solener.2018.02.051 2018-03-12 The potential for residential households to go ‘off-grid’ with a photovoltaic-battery storage system in a location where a conventional connection to the electricity network is available has received recent attention. Several studies have reported that at pre...
Aluminum-doped ZnO thin films deposited on flat and nanostructured glass substrates: Quality and performance for applications in organic solar cells 10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.007 2018-03-09 Transparent conductive aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films were deposited on a flat and nanostructured borosilicate glass substrates by using DC-magnetron sputtering. The aluminum doping concentration was kept at 3.3 wt% and the film thickness (100–400...

Performance analysis of a solar-driven liquid desiccant cooling system with solution storage under adjustable recirculation ratio

10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.061

2018-04-03

Solar cooling is one of the most promising solutions to the worsening energy and climate issues. A solar-driven liquid desiccant evaporative cooling air-conditioning system with solution storage tanks was proposed. The daily performance of the proposed system...

Influence of OLA and FA ligands on the optical and electronic properties of Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)4 thin films and solar cells prepared from nanoparticle inks

10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.065

2018-03-29

The use of formamide (FA) as an alternative capping ligand to oleylamine (OLA) during the preparation of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanoparticle inks was investigated. Photoluminescence properties of the selenised CZTS absorber layers revealed quasi-donor acceptor pair...

Decoupling of optoelectronic properties from morphological changes in sodium treated kesterite thin film solar cells

10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.067

2018-03-29

Sodium is typically used during the synthesis of kesterite thin films to enhance the performance of solar cells. As sodium tends to affect grain growth and morphology, it is difficult to analyse solely the electronic effects of sodium as dopant. To decouple t...

Study on operation strategy of a silica gel-water adsorption chiller in solar cooling application

10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.062

2018-03-28

Conventional operation strategy of silica gel-water adsorption chiller in solar cooling application uses fixed cycle time, but it deviates from real optimal cycle time because of varied solar hot water temperature. Mathematical model and simulation of a solar...

Corrosion of stainless steel 316 in eutectic molten salts for thermal energy storage

10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.053

2018-03-24

Stainless steel 316 was examined for compatibility with the eutectic mixtures of NaCl + Na2CO3 and NaCl + Na2SO4 at 700 °C and Li2CO3 + K2CO3 + Na2CO3 at 450 °C in air for thermal energy storage. Electrochemical measurements combined with advanced microscopy ...

Pump Speed Optimisation for Solar Thermal System

10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.021

2018-03-22

Photovoltaic as well as solar thermal systems have been particularly useful for harvesting the inexhaustible energy from the sun and to reduce the carbon emissions normally produced by burning fossil fuels. In either of these cases, reaching a higher efficien...

Transition metal doped ceria for solar thermochemical fuel production

10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.022

2018-03-17

In this paper, the effect of doping of transition metal cations on thermal reduction and CO2 splitting ability of Ce0.9M0.1O2−δ materials (where, M = Ni, Zn, Mn, Fe, Cu, Cr, Co, Zr) is investigated by performing multiple thermochemical cycles using a thermogr...

Worldwide inter-comparison of clear-sky solar radiation models: Consensus-based review of direct and global irradiance components simulated at the earth surface

10.1016/j.solener.2018.02.008

2018-03-16

Clear-sky irradiance (CSI) modeling constitutes an essential component of the evaluation of the solar resource at any location, and is involved in a large number of applications. In solar applications, most common CSI models provide broadband irradiance predi...

The off-grid PV-battery powered home revisited; the effects of high efficiency air-conditioning and load shifting

10.1016/j.solener.2018.02.051

2018-03-12

The potential for residential households to go ‘off-grid’ with a photovoltaic-battery storage system in a location where a conventional connection to the electricity network is available has received recent attention. Several studies have reported that at pre...

Aluminum-doped ZnO thin films deposited on flat and nanostructured glass substrates: Quality and performance for applications in organic solar cells

10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.007

2018-03-09

Transparent conductive aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films were deposited on a flat and nanostructured borosilicate glass substrates by using DC-magnetron sputtering. The aluminum doping concentration was kept at 3.3 wt% and the film thickness (100–400...