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*use of organic semiconductors in PV modules.
*Materials, device structured, device operation, performance.


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Photovoltaic Technology: The case for thin film Solar cells

Shah, A., Torres, P., Tscharner, R., Wyrsch, N. and Keppner, H., 1999. Photovoltaic technology: the case for thin-film solar cells. science, 285(5428), pp.692-698. [1]


Solar feasibility- Can solar energy compete economically?

A. T. Furman and M. H. Rashid, "Solar feasibility- Can solar energy compete economically?," CONIELECOMP 2011, 21st International Conference on Electrical Communications and Computers, San Andres Cholula, 2011, pp. 10-13. doi: 10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2011.5749323 [2]


Molecular Design of Photovoltaic Materials

Li, Y., 2012. Molecular design of photovoltaic materials for polymer solar cells: toward suitable electronic energy levels and broad absorption. Accounts of Chemical Research, 45(5), pp.723-733. [3]


Floating Solar Cell power generation

S. F. Hui, H. F. Ho, W. W. Chan, K. W. Chan, W. C. Lo and K. W. E. Cheng, "Floating solar cell power generation, power flow design and its connection and distribution," 2017 7th International Conference on Power Electronics Systems and Applications - Smart Mobility, Power Transfer & Security (PESA), Hong Kong, 2017, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/PESA.2017.8277783 [4]


Improvement of Energy Efficiency of Solar Hybrid Water Collectors

K. Touafek et al., "Improvement of Energy Efficiency of Solar Hybrid Water Collectors," 2017 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC), Tangier, 2017, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/IRSEC.2017.8477382 [5]


Advances in solar thermal electricity technology

Mills, D., 2004. Advances in solar thermal electricity technology. Solar energy, 76(1-3), pp.19-31. [6]


Powering the planet: Chemical challenges in solar energy utilization

Lewis, N.S. and Nocera, D.G., 2006. Powering the planet: Chemical challenges in solar energy utilization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103(43), pp.15729-15735. [7]


Powering the planet with solar fuel

Gray, H.B., 2009. Powering the planet with solar fuel. Nature chemistry, 1(1), p.7. [8]


A review of floating photovoltaic installations: 2007–2013

Trapani, K. and Redón Santafé, M., 2015. A review of floating photovoltaic installations: 2007–2013. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 23(4), pp.524-532. [9]


Photovoltaic materials, past, present, future

Goetzberger, A. and Hebling, C., 2000. Photovoltaic materials, past, present, future. Solar energy materials and solar cells, 62(1-2), pp.1-19. [10]


An active cooling system for photovoltaic modules

Teo, H.G., Lee, P.S. and Hawlader, M.N.A., 2012. An active cooling system for photovoltaic modules. Applied Energy, 90(1), pp.309-315. [11]


Solar power generation by PV (photovoltaic) technology: A review

Singh, G.K., 2013. Solar power generation by PV (photovoltaic) technology: A review. Energy, 53, pp.1-13. [12]


Research on solar energy technologies for the ecological architecture

Wu Zhao and Yan Ma, "Research on solar energy technologies for the ecological architecture," Proceedings of 2011 6th International Forum on Strategic Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 2011, pp. 452-455. doi: 10.1109/IFOST.2011.6021061 [13]


Energy assessment of floating photovoltaic system

Yadav, N., Gupta, M. and Sudhakar, K., 2016, December. Energy assessment of floating photovoltaic system. In Electrical Power and Energy Systems (ICEPES), International Conference on (pp. 264-269). IEEE. [14]


Solar cell efficiency tables (version 37)

Green, M.A., Emery, K., Hishikawa, Y. and Warta, W., 2011. Solar cell efficiency tables (version 37). Progress in photovoltaics: research and applications, 19(1), pp.84-92. [15]


Impact of Snow and Ground Interference on Photovoltaic Electric System Performance

N. Heidari, J. Gwamuri, T. Townsend and J. M. Pearce, "Impact of Snow and Ground Interference on Photovoltaic Electric System Performance," in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 1680-1685, Nov. 2015. doi: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2466448 [16]


Ultraviolet radiation as a stress factor for the PV-modules — Global approach

K. Slamova, J. Wirth, C. Schill and M. Koehl, "Ultraviolet radiation as a stress factor for the PV-modules — Global approach," 2013 IEEE 39th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Tampa, FL, 2013, pp. 1594-1599. doi: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744450 [17]

  • Different irradiance data sources have been compared.
  • UV irradiance is performed on two test sites- Gran Canaria(Spain) and Zugspitze(Germany)

Improvement of Energy Efficiency of Solar Hybrid Water Collectors

K. Touafek et al., "Improvement of Energy Efficiency of Solar Hybrid Water Collectors," 2017 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC), Tangier, 2017, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/IRSEC.2017.8477382 [18]

  • Concept of Hybrid photovoltaic thermal collector (PVT) has been described in detail.
  • How the thermal and electrical efficiency is improved using PVT is described.

Floating photovoltaic power plant: A review

Sahu, A., Yadav, N. and Sudhakar, K., 2016. Floating photovoltaic power plant: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 66, pp.815-824. [19]

  • Insights about Floating PV Technology, status and design options.
  • Advantages and disadvantages of different Floating PV installations.
  • Components of floating PV system.
  • Companies who installed FPV worlwide.


A new photovoltaic floating cover system for water reservoirs

Ferrer-Gisbert, C., Ferrán-Gozálvez, J.J., Redón-Santafé, M., Ferrer-Gisbert, P., Sánchez-Romero, F.J. and Torregrosa-Soler, J.B., 2013. A new photovoltaic floating cover system for water reservoirs. Renewable energy, 60, pp.63-70. [20]

  • The Photovoltaic Floating Cover System (PFCS) and its advantages and purpose is described in this paper.
  • Construction and components of PFCS is described in detail.
  • Use of PFCS in agriculture industries.


Floating photovoltaic plants: Performance analysis and design solutions

Cazzaniga, R., Cicu, M., Rosa-Clot, M., Rosa-Clot, P., Tina, G.M. and Ventura, C., 2018. Floating photovoltaic plants: Performance analysis and design solutions. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 81, pp.1730-1741. [21]

  • Limitations of further development of PV installations are described.
  • Advantages of PV floating solutions.
  • Supporting structures of FPV are described.
  • Cooling and cleaning in FPV is described.


Floating solar photovoltaic systems: An overview and their feasibility at Kota in Rajasthan

D. Mittal, B. K. Saxena and K. V. S. Rao, "Floating solar photovoltaic systems: An overview and their feasibility at Kota in Rajasthan," 2017 International Conference on Circuit ,Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT), Kollam, 2017, pp. 1-7. doi: 10.1109/ICCPCT.2017.8074182 [22]

  • Floating PV technology is discussed in this paper.
  • Advantages and components of FPV has been dsiscussed.
  • FPV Installations in India have been discussed.

Potential of floating photovoltaic system for energy generation and reduction of water evaporation at four different lakes in Rajasthan

D. Mittal, B. Kumar Saxena and K. V. S. Rao, "Potential of floating photovoltaic system for energy generation and reduction of water evaporation at four different lakes in Rajasthan," 2017 International Conference On Smart Technologies For Smart Nation (SmartTechCon), Bangalore, 2017, pp. 238-243. doi: 10.1109/SmartTechCon.2017.8358376 [23]

  • Detailed description on FPV, its advantages are discussed.
  • For study of FPV, four lakes of Rajasthan, India are considered.

A study on power generation analysis of floating PV system considering environmental impact

Choi, Y.K., 2014. A study on power generation analysis of floating PV system considering environmental impact. Republic of Korea. [24]

  • Concept of FPV.
  • Comparison and anaysis of 100 KW, 500KW FPV system installed by K-Water.
  • Comparison of performance of floating PV and Overland PV.
  • Wind and wave effect on the structure has been discussed.

Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices

Atwater, H.A. and Polman, A., 2010. Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices. Nature materials, 9(3), p.205. [25]

  • Plasmonic solar cell designs.
  • Difficult to understand the concept

Organic photovoltaics

Kippelen, B. and Brédas, J.L., 2009. Organic photovoltaics. Energy & Environmental Science, 2(3), pp.251-261. [26]

  • use of organic semiconductors in PV modules.
  • Materials, device structured, device operation, performance.

Toward cost-effective solar energy use

Lewis, N.S., 2007. Toward cost-effective solar energy use. science, 315(5813), pp.798-801. [27]

  • Cost-effective solar energy system techniques discussed
  • Efficiency can be improved, but manufacturing costs of these system must be reduced
  • Working methods and limitations of these techniques is discussed

Efficiency improvements of photo-voltaic panels using a Sun-tracking system

Al-Mohamad, A., 2004. Efficiency improvements of photo-voltaic panels using a Sun-tracking system. Applied Energy, 79(3), pp.345-354. [28]

  • Sun-tracking mechanism to collect maximum solar radiation is discussed.
  • Use of Programmable logic Controller in the system.
  • System is divided into 2- System Hardware and system Software
  • System HArdware consists of Programmable logic controller, photovoltaic panel and electro-mechanical movement mechanism, system power supply,sensor ad signal processing unit,and PC monitoring and data handling rogram.
  • System software consists of PLC control and monitoring program and PC monitoring and data handling program
  • The output power from the PV module is more when the tracking system is used.
  • Use of PLC allows many PV module connection in series and parallel which reduces cos of tracking system.

Solar Tracking System: More Efficient Use of Solar Panels

Rizk, J.C.A.Y. and Chaiko, Y., 2008. Solar tracking system: more efficient use of solar panels. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 41, pp.313-315. [29]

  • Simple solar tracking system is designed and constructed.
  • Light Dependant Resistor is is used in this tracking system.

Two axes sun tracking system with PLC control

Abdallah, S. and Nijmeh, S., 2004. Two axes sun tracking system with PLC control. Energy conversion and management, 45(11-12), pp.1931-1939. [30]

  • Construction of 2 axes sun tracking system
  • Use of PLC system which controls the work of actuator so that it track the sun's position.
  • Use of two axes tracking system result in increase in the output.

Integrated photovoltaic maximum power point tracking converter

J. H. R. Enslin, M. S. Wolf, D. B. Snyman and W. Swiegers, "Integrated photovoltaic maximum power point tracking converter," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 769-773, Dec. 1997. doi: 10.1109/41.649937 [31]

  • Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) is integrated in PV module.
  • Details and performance of MPPT Converter is discussed.
  • How this MPPT is better than other ones and how the cost and efficiency gets better is discussed.

Solar panel racking system

Eide, K., 2014. Solar panel racking system. U.S. Patent 8,661,747. [32]

  • This paper concerns about the racking/Mounting system for PV solar panels which are typically roof-mounted in a tilted up array.
  • Racking system reduces the cost and weight of an installation.
  • Different drawings of the racking system and their decriptions have been mentioned.

A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films

O'regan, B. and Grätzel, M., 1991. A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films. nature, 353(6346), p.737. [33]

  • A photovoltaic cell created from medium purity materials through low cost processes is described.
  • need more information on this- could not understand in depth.

Impact of dust on solar photovoltaic (PV) performance: Research status, challenges and recommendations

Mani, M. and Pillai, R., 2010. Impact of dust on solar photovoltaic (PV) performance: Research status, challenges and recommendations. Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 14(9), pp.3124-3131. [34]

  • Characteristics of dust settlement on PV systems are described in detail.
  • research on impact of dust on PV system is explained in 2 phases.
  • phase 1 comprised research carried out from 1940 to 1990.
  • phase 2 comprised fo research carried out fro 1990 and represented detailed study on dust deposition.


The Market Value and Cost of Solar Photovoltaic Electricity Production

Borenstein, S., 2008. The market value and cost of solar photovoltaic electricity production. [35]

  • Market Valuation of Solar PV
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