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Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector
About: Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 8688 publications have been published within this topic receiving 232734 citations.
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TL;DR: The factors determining the efficiency of a single-effect, horizontal solar still are presented in terms of component efficiencies in this paper, which indicates that an efficiency of about 60 per cent is the upper limit.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a review of cooling techniques for solar photovoltaic (PV) cells is presented, which includes natural and forced air cooling, hydraulic cooling, heat pipe cooling, cooling with phase change materials and thermoelectric cooling of PV panels.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the design of a building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPVT) solar collector was theoretically analyzed through the use of a modified Hottel-Whillier model and was validated with experimental data from testing on a prototype BIPVT collector.
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TL;DR: In this article, the heat pipe is immersed inside the phase change material, where heat is effectively accumulated and stored for an extended period of time due to thermal insulation of evacuated tubes.
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TL;DR: In this article, the most efficient technology for the generation of electricity from solar radiation is the use of multi-junction solar cells made of III-V compound semiconductors.
Abstract: Today's most efficient technology for the generation of electricity from solar radiation is the use of multi-junction solar cells made of III-V compound semiconductors. Efficiencies up to 39% have already been reported under concentrated sunlight. These solar cells have initially been developed for powering satellites in space and are now starting to explore the terrestrial energy market through the use of photovoltaic concentrator systems. This opens a huge potential market for the application of compound semiconductor materials due to the large areas that are necessary to harvest sufficient amounts of energy from the sun. Concentrator systems using III-V solar cells have shown to be ecological and could play an important role for the sustainable energy generation of the future. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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