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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Photovoltaic power generation"”.
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Comparative analysis of surface power system architectures for human Mars exploration
… provides a comprehensive analysis of surface power generation and energy storage architectures for human Mars surface missions, including tracking and non-tracking photovoltaic power generation, nuclear fission power, dynamic radioisotope power generation, and battery and regenerative fuel …
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Rural electrification in Ghana: issues of photovoltaic energy technology utilisation
Energy plays a pivotal role in human development. Not only is it sine qua non for national economic development, but it also provides services that enhance social development including, health and sanitation, education, potable water, cooking. In spite of this, at present, there are about two …
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Processes and Materials for Organic Photovoltaics
The field of organic photovoltaics is driven by the desire for better and cheaper solar cells. While showing much promise, current generations of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices do not exhibit properties that are suited for wide scale commercialization. While much research has been dedicated …
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Ultra thin micro solar cells with concentration optics: fabrication, modeling and characterization
By directly converting sun light to electricity, photovoltaic technology is of great importance as part of a sustainable energy solution. Currently the challenge for utility scale photovoltaic power generation is the cost – efficiency dilemma. For high efficiency cells, made of high quality …
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Power processing and active protection for photovoltaic energy extraction
Solar photovoltaic power generation is a promising clean and renewable energy technology that can draw upon the planet's most abundant power source - the sun. However, relatively high levelized cost of energy (LCOE), the ratio of the total cost of ownership to the total energy extracted over the …
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Silicon nanowires : photovoltaic and thermoelectric applications
Örtækni gegnir þýðingarmiklu og vaxandi hlutverki við nútíma orkuöflun og orkuvinnslu. Markmið þessa verkefnis er að beita örtækni til að framleiða sólarhlöð og varmahlöð (e. thermoelectric cell), byggð á örgrönnum kísilvírum, til orkuvinnslu. Kostir nanóvíra í sólarhlöðum eru m.a. stórt …
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Algorithm and Design Tool Development of Sizing a Stand-Alone Pv/Wt/Electrolyzer/Hydrogen/Fuelcell Power Generation System for Electricity Supply Under Weatherrelated Uncertainty Considerations and Thermo-Fluid Effects
… gas emissions and decentralizing the electrical power plantshas become a worldwide target, which, in turns, helps in avoiding causing any damage to the environment and increasing and easing the accessibility to the network, respectively, especially at remote areas. One of the most promising ways …
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Stand-alone solar-pv hydrogen energy systems incorporating reverse osmosis
… One solution is to utilise small-scale renewably powered stand-alone energy systems to help supply power for everyday utilities and to operate desalination systems serving potable water (drinking) needs reducing diesel generator dependence. In such systems, on-site water production is essential so …
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Capability building for the manufacture of photovoltaic system components in developing countries
The manufacture of photovoltaic (PV) system components has a role to play in the industrialisation and poverty reduction strategies of developing countries. It has also been suggested that small scale local manufacture of balance of systems components has the potential to improve the maintenance, …
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Electronic and optical characterisations of silicon quantum dots and its applications in solar cells
In this thesis, the structural, optical and electrical properties of crystalline silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) are examined for application to silicon based tandem cells. The approach has been to concentrate on all silicon devices by taking advantage of quantum confinement in low-dimensional Si. RF …