Article
Energy & Fuels
Ya Brigitte Assoa, Philippe Thony, Paul Messaoudi, Emmanuel Schmitt, Olivier Bizzini, Stephane Gelibert, Didier Therme, Julie Rudy, Fabien Chabuel
Summary: The study validated the mid-term performance of building integrated bifacial photovoltaic modules in real conditions, showing expected results. A significant thermal gradient along the facade was observed in warm season, while the innovative facade achieved a significant reduction in energy consumption compared to reference in winter.
Article
Thermodynamics
Omer Ahmed Qureshi, Ansari Aadil Shahzad, Ahmer A. B. Baloch, Edwin Rodriguez-Ubinas, Juan David Barbosa, Vivian Alberts, Sgouris Sgouridis
Summary: The authors conducted a comparative parametric study to determine the most effective rear-side utilization method for photovoltaic modules. They found that using bifacial modules is the best way to increase electricity generation. The study also introduced a new parameter called critical bifaciality, which serves as a design rule for selecting bifacial system specifications based on climate and site conditions.
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
Zihao Li, Wei Zhang, Bo He, Lingzhi Xie, Mo Chen, Jianhui Li, Oufan Zhao, Xin Wu
Summary: This article applies the bifacial photovoltaic (BPV) module to buildings and establishes a life cycle assessment method for BPV modules applied on buildings. The research finds that BPV modules have higher power generation efficiency, economic benefits, and advantages in energy and environmental aspects compared to mono-facial modules.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
MyeongGeun Ko, Gunhee Lee, Chungil Kim, Yeonhee Lee, Jaehwan Ko, Hyung-Jun Song
Summary: The study proposes a selective reflector structure to increase the power output of bifacial photovoltaic modules, ensuring clear views through windows and improved transparency. The reflectors have high transmittance in the visible-light region and high reflectance in the near-infrared region, leading to enhanced power output by recycling unabsorbed photons.
CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Sangho Kim, Junsin Yi, Joondong Kim
Summary: Transparent photovoltaics (TPVs) have shown high efficiency and color tunability, but challenges such as device size and stability need to be addressed. A new bifacial color-tunable (BCT) TPV using indium tin oxide (ITO) thickness tuning has been demonstrated. Batch production with dry plasma fabrication process and efficiency improvement with various background colors show promise for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) applications.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Yating Zhang, Jason Qi Gao, Youlin Yu, Qiang Shi, Zhengxin Liu
Summary: This study aims to improve the accuracy of performance evaluation for bifacial photovoltaic (PV) devices and advance the development of bifacial PV technology by investigating the incidence angle effect (IAE). A mathematical model and a simulation model were proposed to evaluate the performance of bifacial PV modules under different incidence angles. The results showed that the rear-side IAE is more sensitive to the surrounding and installation conditions.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Shuto Tsuchida, Yuki Tsuno, Daisuke Sato, Takashi Oozeki, Noboru Yamada
Summary: This study analyzes the albedo dependence of the bifacial gain losses in bifacial PV modules due to inherent partial shading caused by rear-side support structures. The results demonstrate that the bifacial gain decreases nonlinearly at high albedo when the beam is closely attached to the rear side of the module. The study also identifies the mismatch loss caused by each part of the module's support structure.
IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Giuseppe Marco Tina, Fausto Bontempo Scavo, Stefano Aneli, Antonio Gagliano
Summary: This study evaluates the energy balance of BIPV facades through simulations, finding that glass-glass bifacial photovoltaic facades yield about 5% more energy than mono facial BIPV facades.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jianming Ding, Shuai Zou, Leilei Shen, Jonghyung Choi, Junhu Cui, Dichun Yuan, Chengkun Wu, Zheng Lu, Yulian Zeng, Ronglei Fan, Yadong Xu, Baochen Liao, Mingrong Shen, Xiaodong Su
Summary: This paper studied the influence of rear pyramid morphologies with different slope angles on the optical and electrical properties of bi-PERC solar cells. The results showed that a smoother rear surface was favorable for rear passivation but unfavorable for rear-side light trapping. Rear surface morphologies also influenced the front-side light trapping. The highest front-side average efficiency of 22.86% was achieved using a modified acidic polishing process.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chunying Li, Wankun Zhang, Juhu Wu, Yuanli Lyu, Haida Tang
Summary: BIPV technology can convert solar energy into electricity while reducing cooling energy consumption. The use of PV modules as a sunshade also prevents glare. This study evaluated the thermal, light, and electrical performance of a vertically mounted bifacial photovoltaic sunshade (BiPVS) and suggested improvement solutions, showing the energy-saving potential of BiPVS in building designs.
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Sanchari Chowdhury, Muhammad Quddammah Khokhar, Sunhwa Lee, Youngkuk Kim, Jinjoo Park, Duy Phong Pham, Junsin Yi
Summary: This study fabricated a p-type SHJ bifacial solar cell with a rear MoOx HSC layer, varying the thickness of MoOx and examining its impact on cell efficiency. The results showed the potential of MoOx for p-type bifacial cell fabrication.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Seyedsoroush Sadatifar, Eric Johlin
Summary: This study explores a design framework for optimizing the configuration of BIPV shading devices, considering the combined benefits of power generation, daylighting quality, and radiative heating and cooling loads. The findings highlight the significant influences of location, building geometry, and user preferences on the value of the system.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Digvijay Singh, Rubina Chaudhary, Alagar Karthick
Summary: The review discusses various factors affecting the design and performance of building-attached (BA) and building-integrated (BI) PV system applications, including air gap, ventilation rate, tilt angle of PV shading devices, adjacent shading, semitransparent PV (STPV) glazing design, cell coverage ratio (CCR), transmittance, window to wall ratio (WWR), and glazing orientation. The comparison of results based on these factors to building locations will be beneficial for researchers in designing BAPV/BIPV systems and identifying future research possibilities.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Thermodynamics
T. Hariharasudhan, D. Prince Winston, M. Palpandian, M. Pravin
Summary: This paper compares the effects of partial shading on the performance of PPVM and BPVM, and verifies that BPVM has 26% less loss than polycrystalline under frontside partial shading.
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shayan Umar, Adeel Waqas, Waqas Tanveer, Nadia Shahzad, Abdul Kashif Janjua, Maziar Dehghan, Muhammad Salik Qureshi, Sehar Shakir
Summary: This study investigates the effect of dew on dust and proposes an automated water-based cleaning system for PV modules. Results show that the cleaning system effectively removes dew-induced dust and has a cooling effect on the modules. Financial evaluation indicates that the system is feasible for both domestic and commercial PV systems.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
MyeongGeun Ko, Gunhee Lee, Chungil Kim, Yeonhee Lee, Jaehwan Ko, Hyung-Jun Song
Summary: The study proposes a selective reflector structure to increase the power output of bifacial photovoltaic modules, ensuring clear views through windows and improved transparency. The reflectors have high transmittance in the visible-light region and high reflectance in the near-infrared region, leading to enhanced power output by recycling unabsorbed photons.
CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chungil Kim, Hyung-Jun Song
Summary: Photovoltaic modules and systems in airports are important for achieving self-sustainability, but their reflection of solar light can cause glare accidents. This study calculates the risk of glare from airport-based PVs and proposes a design rule to minimize glare.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cameron Bracken, Nathalie Voisin, Casey D. Burleyson, Allison M. Campbell, Z. Jason Hou, Daniel Broman
Summary: This study presents a methodology and dataset for examining compound wind and solar energy droughts, as well as the first standardized benchmark of energy droughts across the Continental United States (CONUS) for a 2020 infrastructure. The results show that compound wind and solar droughts have distinct spatial and temporal patterns across the CONUS, and the characteristics of energy droughts are regional. The study also finds that compound high load events occur more often during compound wind and solar droughts than expected.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ning Zhang, Yanghao Yu, Jiawei Wu, Ershun Du, Shuming Zhang, Jinyu Xiao
Summary: This paper provides insights into the optimal configuration of CSP plants with different penetrations of wind power by proposing an unconstrained optimization model. The results suggest that large solar multiples and TES are preferred in order to maximize profit, especially when combined with high penetrations of wind and photovoltaic plants. Additionally, the study demonstrates the economy and feasibility of installing electric heaters (EH) in CSP plants, which show a linear correlation with the penetration of variable energy resources.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
M. Szubel, K. Papis-Fraczek, S. Podlasek
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
J. Silva, J. C. Goncalves, C. Rocha, J. Vilaca, L. M. Madeira
Summary: This study investigated the methanation of CO2 in biogas and compared two different methanation reactors. The results showed that the cooled reactor without CO2 separation achieved a CO2 conversion rate of 91.8%, while the adiabatic reactors achieved conversion rates of 59.6% and 67.2%, resulting in an overall conversion rate of 93.0%. Economic analysis revealed negative net present worth values, indicating the need for government monetary incentives.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yang Liu, Yonglan Xi, Xiaomei Ye, Yingpeng Zhang, Chengcheng Wang, Zhaoyan Jia, Chunhui Cao, Ting Han, Jing Du, Xiangping Kong, Zhongbing Chen
Summary: This study investigated the effect of using nanofiber membrane composites containing Prussian blue-like compound nanoparticles (PNPs) to relieve ammonia nitrogen inhibition of rural organic household waste during high-solid anaerobic digestion and increase methane production. The results showed that adding NMCs with 15% PNPs can lower the concentrations of volatile fatty acids and ammonia nitrogen, and increase methane yield.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhong Ge, Xiaodong Wang, Jian Li, Jian Xu, Jianbin Xie, Zhiyong Xie, Ruiqu Ma
Summary: This study evaluates the thermodynamic, exergy, and economic performance of a double-stage organic flash cycle (DOFC) using ten eco-friendly hydrofluoroolefins. The influences of key parameters on performance are analyzed, and the advantages of DOFC over single-stage type are quantified.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nicolas Kirchner-Bossi, Fernando Porte-Agel
Summary: This study investigates the optimization of power density in wind farms and its sensitivity to the available area size. A novel genetic algorithm (PDGA) is introduced to optimize power density and turbine layout. The results show that the PDGA-driven solutions significantly reduce the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) compared to the default layout, and exhibit a convex relationship between area and LCOE or power density.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chunxiao Zhang, Dongdong Li, Lin Wang, Qingpo Yang, Yutao Guo, Wei Zhang, Chao Shen, Jihong Pu
Summary: In this study, a novel reversible liquid-filled energy-saving window that effectively regulates indoor solar radiation heat gain is proposed. Experimental results show that this window can effectively reduce indoor temperature during both summer and winter seasons, while having minimal impact on indoor illuminance.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Alessandro L. Aguiar, Martinho Marta-Almeida, Mauro Cirano, Janini Pereira, Leticia Cotrim da Cunha
Summary: This study analyzed the Brazilian Equatorial Shelf using a high-resolution ocean model and found significant tidal variations in the area. Several hypothetical barrages were proposed with higher annual power generation than existing barrages. The study also evaluated the installation effort of these barrages.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Francesco Superchi, Nathan Giovannini, Antonis Moustakis, George Pechlivanoglou, Alessandro Bianchini
Summary: This study focuses on the optimization of a hybrid power station on the Tilos island in Greece, aiming to increase energy export and revenue by optimizing energy fluxes. Different scenarios are proposed to examine the impact of different agreements with the grid operator on the optimal solution.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Peimaneh Shirazi, Amirmohammad Behzadi, Pouria Ahmadi, Sasan Sadrizadeh
Summary: This research presents two novel energy production/storage/usage systems to reduce energy consumption and environmental effects in buildings. A biomass-fired model and a solar-driven system integrated with photovoltaic thermal (PVT) panels and a heat pump were designed and assessed. The results indicate that the solar-based system has an acceptable energy cost and the PVT-based system with a heat pump is environmentally superior. The biomass-fired system shows excellent efficiency.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zihao Qi, Yingling Cai, Yunxiang Cui
Summary: This study aims to investigate the operational characteristics of the solar-ground source heat pump system (SGSHPS) in Shanghai under different operation modes. It concludes that tandem operation mode 1 is the optimal mode for winter operation in terms of energy efficiency.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
L. Bartolucci, S. Cordiner, A. Di Carlo, A. Gallifuoco, P. Mele, V. Mulone
Summary: Spent coffee grounds are a valuable biogenic waste that can be used as a source of biofuels and valuable chemicals through pyrolysis and solvent extraction processes. The study found that heavy organic bio-oil derived from coffee grounds can be used as a carbon-rich biofuel, while solvent extraction can extract xantines and p-benzoquinone, which are important chemicals for various industries. The results highlight the promising potential of solvent extraction in improving the economic viability of coffee grounds pyrolysis-based biorefineries.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Luiza de Queiroz Correa, Diego Bagnis, Pedro Rabelo Melo Franco, Esly Ferreira da Costa Junior, Andrea Oliveira Souza da Costa
Summary: Building-integrated photovoltaics, especially organic solar technology, are important for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the building sector. This study analyzed the performance of organic panels laminated in glass in a vertical installation in Latin America. Results showed that glass lamination and vertical orientation preserved the panels' performance and led to higher energy generation in winter.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhipei Hu, Shuo Jiang, Zhigao Sun, Jun Li
Summary: This study proposes innovative fin arrangements to enhance the thermal performance of latent heat storage units. Through optimization of fin distribution and prediction of transient melting behaviors, it is found that fin structures significantly influence heat transfer characteristics and melting behaviors.
