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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Photovoltaic technologies"”.
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Evaluation of the commercial potential of novel organic photovoltaic technologies
Photovoltaic cells based on organic semiconducting materials have the potential to compete with the more mature crystalline and thin film based photovoltaic technologies in the future primarily due to the expectation of significantly reduced manufacturing costs. Stabilized power conversion …
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Ultra-thin photovoltaic technologies with nanophotonic textures for enhanced solar energy harvesting
Ultra-thin solar cells are a nascent photovoltaic strategy that holds ample advantages compared to conventional thick technologies, spanning from cost and material savings to low weight and flexibility. Solar cells on this length-scale also exhibit intrinsic tolerance to radiation damage, thus …
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Advancing the treatment of relativistic theory within the OLCAO package and with application to solar photovoltaic technologies
Methylammonium lead bromide, known as CH3NH3PbBr3, is a promising perovskite material for the absorption layer in solar cells. While its bulk electronic structure is favorable, its long-term stability and interface design remain as primary concerns before it can be used for commercial production. …
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Evaluation of the commercial potential of organic photovoltaics
… in the record efficiencies achieved by organic photovoltaics. These have stimulated further interests and pursuit among the enthusiasts, in terms of both academic research and commercialization efforts. Indeed, organic photovoltaics offer a wide range of unique advantages, such as mechanical …
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Copper(I) phenanthroline complexes and supramolecular systems containing fullerenes: Photophysics, photochemistry and potential applications in sustainable energy technologies.
… materials in LEC, OLED, WOLED devices. These technologies may provide substantial energy savings in the lighting sector. Moreover, recently, copper complexes have been used as light harvesting compounds in dye sensitized photoelectrochemical solar cells, which offer a viable alternative to …
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Commercialization potential of dye-sensitized mesoscopic solar cells
… sun is the champion of all energy sources and photovoltaic cell production is currently the world's fastest growing energy market. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are photoelectrochemical cells which mimic the natural photosynthesis process to generate solar electricity. Typically, a …
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Nanostructural engineering of vapor-processed organic photovoltaics for efficient solar energy conversion from any Surface
… and lightweightrenewable energy conversion technologies that can be easily transported with high yield from our manufacturing centers to their (often) rural homes. Few conventional photovoltaic technologies are robust enough to fill this need, however organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are ideal …
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Optimal sensor placement in structural health monitoring (SHM) with a field application on a RC bridge
… Gate Array (FPGA) and wireless communication technologies. The new SHM system was installed to monitor a reinforced concrete (RC) bridge on interstate I-40 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. The new monitoring system is powered with renewable solar energy. The integration of FPGA and photovoltaic …
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Investing in Decentralised Power Generation – Financial Success Factors in South Africa's C&I Sector
… results indicate that (1) the reducing costs of photovoltaic technologies, (2) the emergence of specialised financial arrangements, such as Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), and (3) tax incentives, enable investment by the C&I sector into DG by lowering financial barriers. Similarly, (4) …
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Full spectrum utilization for high-efficiency solar energy conversion
… solar energy harvesting exist: solar thermal and photovoltaic. Solar thermal energy harvesting offers the distinct ability to both utilize the full solar spectrum and provide dispatchable electrical power to the grid. By contrast, the generation of power via the photovoltaic effect can reduce the …
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A methodology to study photovoltaics and storage system interactions
… is developed to study the interrelations between photovoltaics (PV) and storage systems in the context of demand side management. This study concentrates on the most prominent types of storage systems and photovoltaic technologies, which are lead acid batteries and single crystalline silicon cells …
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Systems for pervasive electronics and interfaces
… testbed. The current prototypes use thin-film photovoltaics optimized for indoor light harvesting, form multihop networks using ultra-low-power Ultra-Wideband Impulse Radio (UWB-IR) transceivers, and implement energy harvesting adaptive networking protocols. The current testbed enables the …
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Investigation of Group V doping and passivating oxides to reduce the voltage deficit in CdTe solar cells
… cadmium telluride is one of the most successful photovoltaic technologies on the market today. Second only to silicon in yearly output and accounting for 40% of U.S. utility-scale photovoltaic installation, CdTe is known for its ease of manufacture, ideal bandgap, and low levelized cost of …
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Engineering nanocarbon interfaces for electron transfer
… are important for emerging optoelectronic and photovoltaic technologies. Electron transfer also governs a primary means by which these interfaces are chemically functionalized and subsequently manipulated. This thesis explores several chemical approaches to understanding and controlling charge …
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Solution-Processed Thin Film Deposition and Characterization of Multinary Chalcogenides: Towards Highly Efficient Cu2BaSn(S,Se)4 Solar Devices
… issues for environmentally benign, low-cost photovoltaic (PV) and photoelectrochemical (PEC) applications. However, the significant degree of detrimental defect formation associated with near identical coordination and atomic size for all the Cu/Zn/Sn cations involved in the structure prevent …