Publications
Principal investigators of the Solar Energy Research Institute for India and the United States (SERIIUS) publish results of their scientific research as articles in journals and conference proceedings. Below are citations of the most recent SERIIUS publications, with links, where appropriate, to the abstracts and full papers. Non-peer-reviewed SERIIUS milestone reports are also available below.
- PV Activity 1: Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- PV Activity 2: Advanced Process / Manufacturing Technology
- PV Activity 3: Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- CSP Activity 1: High-Temperature, High-Pressure, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton
- CSP Activity 2: Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- CSP Activity 3: Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- SEI Activity 1: Roadmapping & Assessment
- SEI Activity 2: Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- PV Activity 1: Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- PV Activity 2: Advanced Process / Manufacturing Technology
- PV Activity 3: Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- CSP Activity 1: High-Temperature, High-Pressure, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton
- CSP Activity 2: Low-Temperature, Organic Rankine Cycle
- CSP Activity 3: Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- SEI Activity 1: Roadmapping & Assessment
- SEI Activity 2: Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
Journals (178):
PV Activity 1: Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Strategic Review of Interface Carrier Recombination in Earth Abundant Cu-Zn-Sn-S-Se Solar Cells: Current Challenges and Future Prospects
K. Kaur, N. Kumar, and M. Kumar, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5, 3069–3090 (2017).
DOI: 10.1039/C6TA10543B
PV-1 - Model Based Prediction of Nanostructured Thin Film Morphology in an Aerosol Chemical Vapor Deposition Process
T. S. Chadha, M. Yang, K. Haddad, V. B. Shah, S. Li, and P. Biswas, Chemical Engineering Journal, 310, 102–113 (2017).
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.10.105
PV-3 - Band Diagram of Heterojunction Solar Cells through Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
U. Dasgupta, A. Bera, and A. J. Pal, ACS Energy Letters, 2, 582–591 (2017).
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00635
PV-3 - Promoting Morphology with a Favorable Density of States Using Diiodooctane to Improve Organic Photovoltaic Device Efficiency and Charge Carrier Lifetimes
L. E. Garner, A. Bera, B. W. Larson, D. P. Ostrowski, A. J. Pal, and W. A. Braunecker, ACS Energy Letters, 2, 1556–1563 (2017)
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00315
PV-2 - Stable p–i–n FAPbBr3 Devices with Improved Efficiency Using Sputtered ZnO as Electron Transport Layer
S. Subbiah, S. Agarwal, N. Mahuli, P. Nair, M. van Hest, and S. K. Sarkar, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 4, 1601143 (2017).
DOI: 10.1002/admi.201601143
PV-3; PV-4 - Influence of Flame-Generated Ions on the Simultaneous Charging and Coagulation of Nanoparticles during Combustion
Y. Wang, G. Sharma, C. Koh, V. Kumar, R. Chakrabarty, and P. Biswas, Aerosol Science and Technology, 1–12, (2017).
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2017.1304635
PV-3 - Towards All Inorganic Transport Layers for Wide-Band Gap FaPbBr3 Based Planar Photovoltaics
S. K. Sarkar, A. S. Subbiah, N. Mahuli, S. Agarwal, and M. van Hest, Energy Technology, manuscript accepted (2017).
DOI: 10.1002/ente.201700361
PV-3 - Electrospray-Assisted Fabrication of Moisture-Resistant and Highly Stable Perovskite Solar Cells at Ambient Conditions
S. Kavadiya, D. M. Niedzwiedzki, S. Huang, and P. Biswas, Advanced Energy Materials, 1700210 (2017).
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201700210
PV-3 - Model Based Analysis of One-Dimensional Oriented Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes
T. S. Chadha, B. Suthar, D. Rife, V. R. Subramanian, and P. Biswas, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164, E3114–E3121 (2017).
DOI: 10.1149/2.0141711jes
PV-3 - Radiative Thermal Annealing/in Situ X-ray Diffraction Study of Methylammonium Lead Triiodide: Effect of Antisolvent, Humidity, Annealing Temperature Profile, and Film Substrates,
B. Dou, V. L. Pool, M. F. Toney, and M. F. A. M. van Hest, Chemistry of Materials, 29, 5931–5941 (2017).
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01467
PV-3 - Atomic Layer Deposition of p-Type Bi2S3
N. Mahuli, D. Saha, and S. K. Sarkar, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, 8136–8144 (2017).
DOI: https://de.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12629
PV-3 - A Complete Quantitative Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Excitons in Functional Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
A. Dey, A. Rao, and D. Kabra, Advanced Optical Materials 5, 1600678 (2017).
DOI: 10.1002/adom.201600678
PV-2 - The High Charge Fraction of Flame-Generated Particles in the Size Range Below 3 Nm Measured by Enhanced Particle Detectors
Y. Wang, J. Kangasluoma, M. Attoui, J. Fang, H. Junninen, M. Kulmala, et al., Combustion and Flame 176, 72–80 (2017).
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.10.003
PV-3 - A Solution Approach to p-Type Cu2FeSnS4 Thin-Films and pn-Junction Solar Cells: Role of Electron Selective Materials on Their Performance
S. Chatterjee and A.J. Pal, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 160, 233–240 (2017).
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.10.037
PV-3 - Highly Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Fabricated under Humid Ambient Conditions
B.A. d. Carvalho, S. Kavadiya, S. Huang, D.M. Niedzwiedzki, and P. Biswas, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 99, 1–7 (2017).
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2642639
PV-3 - Quasiparticle Band Structure and Optical Properties of Hexagonal-YMnO3
T. Biswas and M. Jain, Journal of Applied Physics 120, 155102 (2016).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4964690
PV-3 - Graded Morphology in Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Colloidal Semiconductor Nanostructures: Directed Charge-Separation and Facile Carrier Transport
U. Dasgupta and A.J. Pal, Journal of Applied Physics 120, 084503 (2016).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4961399
PV-3 - Band Gap Insensitivity to Large Chemical Pressures in Ternary Bismuth Iodides for Photovoltaic Applications
X. Huang, S. Huang, P. Biswas, and R. Mishra, The Journal of Physical Chemistry 120, 28924–28932 (2016).
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09567
PV-3 - Crumpling of Graphene Oxide through Evaporative Confinement in Nano-Droplets Produced by Electro-hydrodynamic Aerosolization
S. Kavadiya, R. Raliya, M. Schrock, and P. Biswas, Journal of Nanoparticle Research 19, 43 (2017).
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-017-3738-5
PV-3 - Si Heterojunction Solar Cells: A Simulation Study of the Design Issues
R. Islam, K. N. Nazif, and K. C. Saraswat, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 63, 4788-4795 (2016).
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2016.2613057
PV-3 - Growth of Single Crystal, Oriented SnO2 Nanocolumn Arrays by Aerosol Chemical Vapour Deposition
K. Haddad, A. Abokifa, S. Kavadiya, T. S. Chadha, P. Shetty, Y. Wang, et al., CrystEngComm 18, 7544-7553 (2016).
DOI: 10.1039/C6CE01443G
PV-3 - Introducing Cu2O Thin Films as a Hole-Transport Layer in Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cell Structures
S. Chatterjee and A. J. Pal, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 3, 1428–1437 (2016).
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11540
PV-1 - Generalized Quantum Efficiency Analysis for Non-Ideal Solar Cells: Case of Cu2ZnSnSe4
C. J. Hages, N. J. Carter, and R. Agrawal, Journal of Applied Physics 119, 014505 (2016).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4939487
PV-1 - Heterodimers Formed Through a Partial Anionic Exchange Process: Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy to Monitor Bands Across the Junction vis-à-vis Photoinduced Charge Separation
A Bera, S. K. Saha, and A. J. Pal, Nanoscale 7, 17366-17374 (2015).
DOI: 10.1039/c5nr05785j
PV-3 - Schottky Barrier Height Reduction for Holes by Fermi Level Depinning Using Metal/Nickel Oxide/Silicon Contacts
R. Islam, G. Shine, and K. C. Saraswat, Applied Physics Letters 105, 182103 (2015).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4901193
PV-3 - Formation of All-Oxide Solar Cells in Atmospheric Condition Based on Cu2O Thin-Films Grown Through SILAR Technique
S. Chatterjee, S. K. Saha, and A. J. Pal, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 147, 17-26 (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.11.045
PV-3 - Directed Assembly of the Thylakoid Membrane on Nanostructured TiO2 for a Photo-Electrochemical Cell
S. Kavadiya, T. S. Chadha, H. Liu, V. B. Shah, R. E. Blankenship, and P. Biswas, Nanoscale 8, 1868-1872 (2016).
DOI: 10.1039/C5NR08178E
PV-3 - Size Dependence of the Bandgap of Plasma Synthesized Silicon Nanoparticles Through Direct Introduction of Sulfur Hexafluoride
S. Theingi, T. Y. Guan, C. Kendrick, G. Klafehn, B. P. Gorman, P. C. Taylor, et al., Applied Physics Letters 107, 163111 (2016).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4934570
PV-3 - Enhanced Photoresponse of Cu(In,Ga)Se2/CdS Heterojunction Fabricated Using Economical Non-Vacuum Methods
S. Mandati, B.V. Sarada, S.R. Dey, and S.V. Joshi, Electronic Materials Letters 11(4) 618-624 (2015).
DOI: 10.1007/s13391-014-4387-9
PV-1 - Fabrication of CIGS Thin Film Absorber by Laser Treatment of Pre-Deposited Nano-Ink Precursor Layer
S. Dhage, M. Tak, and S. Joshi, Materials Letters 134, 302 (2014).
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.07.107
PV-1 - Photoelectrochemistry of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin-Films Fabricated by Sequential Pulsed Electrodeposition
S. Mandati, B. V. Sarada, S. R. Dey, and S. V. Joshi, Journal of Power Sources 273, 149–157 (1 Jan 2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.09.036
PV-1 - CuIn1-xGaxSe2 Thin-Film Absorber Layers for Solar Photovoltaics Fabricated by Two-Stage Pulsed Current Electrodeposition
Sreekanth Mandati, Bulusu V. Sarada, Suhash R. Dey, and Shrikant V. Joshi, Materials Letters (2014)
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2013.12.063
PV-01 - pn-Junction Nanorods in a Polymer Matrix: A Paradigm Shift from Conventional Hybrid Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells
U. Dasgupta, A. Bera, A. J. Pal, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 143, 319-325 (2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.07.020
PV-2 - Improvement in PbS-Based Hybrid Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells through Band Alignment via Bismuth Doping in the Nanocrystals
S.K. Saha, A. Bera, and A.J. Pal, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7(16) 8886-8893 (2015).
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01521
PV-2 - Schottky Diodes Between Bi2S3 Nanorods and Metal Nanoparticles in a Polymer Matrix as Hybrid Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells
S.K. Saha and A.J. Pal, Journal of Applied Physics 118 014503 (2015).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4923348
PV-2 - Titanium Dioxide Whispering Gallery Microcavities
J. Park, S. K. Ozdemir, F. Monifi, T. S. Chadha, S. H. Huang, P. Biswas, et al., Advanced Optical Materials 2, 711-717 (2014).
DOI: 10.1002/adom.201400107
PV-3 - Fully-Depleted pn-Junction Solar Cells Based on Layers of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) and Copper-Diffused AgInS2 Ternary Nanocrystals
U. Dasgupta, S. K. Saha and A. J. Pal, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells (2014)
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.041
PV-2 - Hybrid pn-Junction Solar Cells Based on Layers of Inorganic Nanocrystals and Organic Semiconductors: Optimization of Thickness of the Layers by Considering Width of the Depletion Region
S. K. Saha , A. Guchhait, and A. J. Pal, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16, 4193-4201 (2013).
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP52227J
PV-2 - Copper-Diffused AgInS2 Ternary Nanocrystals in Hybrid Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells: Near-IR Active Nanophotovoltaics
A. Guchhait and A. J. Pal, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 5, 4181 (2013).
DOI: 10.1021/am400322a
PV-2 - Solution-Processed Reduced Graphene Oxide in Light-Emitting Diodes and Photovoltaic Devices with the Same Pair of Active Materials
S. K Saha, S Bhaumik, T Maji, T. K Mandal, A. J Pal, RSC Advances 4, 67, 35493–35499 (2014).
DOI: 10.1039/C4RA03913K
PV-2 - Self-Assembled, Aligned ZnO Nanorod Buffer Layers for High-Current-Density, Inverted Organic Photovoltaics
A. D. Rao, S. Karalatti, T. Thomas, and P. C. Ramamurthy, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6(19), 16792–16799 (2014).
DOI: 10.1021/am503955k
PV-2 - Substrate-Controlled Band Positions in CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Films
E. M. Miller, Y. Zhao, C. C. Mercado, S. K. Saha, J. M. Luther, K. Zhu, V. Stevanovic, C. L. Perkins, and J. van de Lagemaat, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.16, 22122–22130 (2014).
DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03533j
PV-2 - Kinetics of Sub 2 nm TiO2 Particle Formation in an Aerosol Reactor during Thermal Decomposition of Titanium Tetraisopropoxide
Y. Wang, P. Liu, J. Fang, W.-N. Wang, and P. Biswas, Journal of Nanoparticle Research 17, 147 (2015).
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-015-2964-y
PV-3 - Plasmonic Effect in pn-junction Solar Cells Based on Layers of Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Where to Introduce Metal Nanoparticles?
U. Dasgupta, S.K. Saha, and A.J. Pal, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 136, 106-112 (2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.01.004
PV-3 - Gold Nanocage Coupled Single Crystal TiO2 Nanostructures for Near-Infrared Water Photolysis
T.S. Chadha, J. Park, W.J. An, and P. Biswas, Journal of Nanoparticle Research 16(11), 2696 (2014).
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2696-4
PV-3 - p-i-n Heterojunctions with BiFeO3 Perovskite Nanoparticles and p- and n-Type Oxides: Photovoltaic Properties
S. Chatterjee, A. Bera, and A.J. Pal, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6, 20479−20486 ( 2014).
DOI: 10.1021/am506066m
PV-3 - Synergistic Effect of Mo+Cu Co-Doping on the Photocatalytic Behavior of Metastable TiO2 Solid Solutions
Chaudhary, M.P. Nag, N. Ravishankar, T. Thomas, M. Jain, and S. Raghavan, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118(51), 29788–29795 (2014).
DOI: 10.1021/jp507843c
PV-3 - Measurement of Sub 2 nm Clusters of Pristine and Composite Metal Oxides during Nanomaterial Synthesis in Flame Aerosol Reactors
J. Fang, Y. Wang, M. Attoui, T. S. Chadha, J. R. Ray, W. N. Wang, Y. S. Jun and P. Biswas, Analytical Chemistry (2014)
DOI: 10.1021/ac5012816
PV-3 - Single Step Synthesis of Chalcogenide Nanoparticles Cu2ZnSnS4, Cu2FeSnS4 by Thermal Decomposition of Metal Precursors
K. Mokurala, P. Bhargava and S. Mallick, Materials Chemistry and Physics (2014)
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2014.06.049
PV-3 - Application of Half Mini DMA for Sub 2 nm Particle Size Distribution Measurement in an Electrospray and a Flame Aerosol Reactor
Y. Wang, J. Fang, M. Attoui, T. Chadha, W. Wang and P. Biswas, Journal of Aerosol Science (2014)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2014.01.007
PV-3 - Analysis of Light Harvest in Terms of Current per Mole of Dye in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Made with Opaque and Transparent Photoanodes
A.K. Jena and P. Bhargava, Renewable Energy 53, 265–270 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.11.017
PV-3
PV Activity 2: Advanced Process / Manufacturing Technology
- Carbon Elimination from Silicon Kerf: Thermogravimetric Analysis and Mechanistic Considerations
M. Vazquez-Pufleau, T.S. Chadha, G. Yablonsky, and P. Biswas, Scientific Reports 7, 40535 (2017).
DOI: 10.1038/srep40535
PVCore-1 - Nanoscale Matrix Topography Influences Microscale Cell Motility through Adhesions, Actin Organization, and Cell Shape
S. Nasrollahi, S. Banerjee, B. Qayum, P. Banerjee, and A. Pathak, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering: American Chemical Society, online (2016).
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00554
PVCore-1 - Doping Mechanism in Transparent, Conducting Tantalum Doped ZnO Films Deposited Using Atomic Layer Deposition
Z. Gao, Y. Myung, X. Huang, R. Kanjolia, J. Park, R. Mishra, et al., Advanced Materials Interfaces 3, 1600496 (2016).
DOI: 10.1002/admi.201600496
PVCore-1 - Indirect Phase Transformation of CuO to Cu2O on a Nanowire Surface
F. Wu, S. Banerjee, H. Li, Y. Myung, and P. Banerjee, Langmuir 32, 4485-4493 (2016).
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00915
PVCore-1 - Phase and Stress Evolution of Si Swarf in the Diamond-Coated Wire Sawing of Si Ingots
S. Banerjee, J. Yang, J. Wu, M. Heredia, Z. Gao, Y. Myung, et al., The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, online, 1-8, (2016).
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-016-9102-6
PVCore-1 - Direct Growth of Flexible and Scalable Photocathodes from α-Brass Substrates
S. Banerjee, Y. Myung, S. Raman, and P. Banerjee, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 3, 3197-3204 (2015).
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01226
PVCore-1 - Highly Conducting, n-Type Bi12O15Cl6 Nanosheets with Superlattice-like Structure
Y. Myung, F. Wu, S. Banerjee, A. Stoica, H. Zhong, S. S. Lee, et al., Chemistry of Materials 27, 7710-7718 (2015).
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03345
PVCore-1 - Standing and Sitting Adlayers in Atomic Layer Deposition of ZnO
Z. Gao, F. Wu, Y. Myung, R. Fei, R. Kanjolia, L. Yang, et al., Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films 34, 01A143 (2016).
DOI: 10.1116/1.4938080
PVCore-1 - Deposition Reactors for Solar Grade Silicon: Comparative Analysis of Siemens and Fluid Bed Reactors
A. Ramos, W.O. Filtved, D. Lindholm, P.A. Ramachandran, and A. Rodrigues, Journal of Crystal Growth 431 1-9 (2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2015.08.023
PVCore-1 - Elimination of Carbon Contamination from Silicon Kerf Using a Furnace Aerosol Reactor Methodology
M. Vazquez-Pufleau, T.S. Chadha, G. Yablonsky, H.F. Erk, and P. Biswas, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 54(22) 5914-5920 (2015).
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b00577
PVCore-1 - Phase and Stress Evolution in Diamond Microparticles during Diamond Coated Wire Sawing of Si Ingots
J. Yang, S. Banerjee, J. Wu, Y. Myung, O. Rezvanian, and P. Banerjee, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (online, 10 July 2015).
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-015-7446-y
PVCore-1 - Charge Transport in Single CuO Nanowires
J. Wu, B. Yin, F. Wu, Y. Myung, and P. Banerjee, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 183506 (2014).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4900966
PVCore-1 - Correlated Nonideal Effects of Dark and Light I–V Characteristics in a-Si/c-Si Heterojunction Solar Cells
R. V. K. Chavali, S. Khatavkar, C. V. Kannan, V. Kumar, P. R. Nair, J. L. Gray, and M. A. Alam, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 4(3), (2014).
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2307171
PVCore-1
PV Activity 3: Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- A Generalized Theory Explains the Anomalous Suns–Voc Response of Si Heterojunction Solar Cells
R. V. K. Chavali, J. V. Li, C. Battaglia, S. De Wolf, J. L. Gray, and M. A. Alam, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 7, 169 (2017)
10.1109/jphotov.2016.2621346
PV-4 - Efficient Organic Photovoltaics with Improved Charge Extraction and High Short-Circuit Current
M. Mohan, V. Nandal, S. Paramadam, K. P. Reddy, S. Ramkumar, S. Agarwal, et al., The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, 5523–5530 (2017).
10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b01314
PV-4 - Thermodynamic Efficiency Limits of Classical and Bifacial Multi-Junction Tandem Solar Cells: An Analytical Approach
M. A. Alam, and R. Khan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 173504 (2016)
10.1063/1.4966137
PV-4 - Comparative Investigation on Cation-Cation (Al-Sn) and Cation-Anion (Al-F) Co-Doping in RF Sputtered ZnO Thin Films: Mechanistic Insight
A. Mallick and D. Basak, Applied Surface Science, 410, 540–546 (2017).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.03.092
PV-6 - Uncharacteristic Effect on the Ultraviolet and Visible Photoluminescence Properties of ZnO:Cl Films: A Physical Insight
A. Mallick and D. Basak, Journal of Luminescence, 187, 528–534 (2017).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.03.018
PV-6 - Wide Band-Gap BaSnO3 Films with Room Temperature Conductivity Exceeding 104 S/cm
A. Prakash, P. Xu, A. Faghaninia, S. Shukla, J. W. Ager III, C. S. Lo, et al., Nature Communications, 8, 15167 (2017).
10.1038/ncomms15167
PV-6 - Comprehensive Study of Performance Degradation of Field-Mounted Photovoltaic Modules in India
R. Dubey, S. Chattopadhyay, V. Kuthanazhi, A. Kottantharayil, C.S. Solanki, B.M. Arora, et al., Energy Science & Engineering 5, 51–64 (2017).
DOI: 10.1002/ese3.150
PV-5 - Surface Disruption Method with Flexible Glass to Prevent Potential-Induced Degradation of the Shunting Type in PV Modules
J. Oh, G. TamizhMani, and S. Bowden, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 7, 62–67 (2017).
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2618606
PV-5 - Surface Disruption Method with Flexible Glass to Prevent Potential-Induced Degradation of the Shunting Type in PV Modules
J. Oh, G. TamizhMani, S. Bowden, and S. Garner, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 99, 1-6 (2016).
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2618606
PV-5 - Alloying ZnS in the Hexagonal Phase to Create High-Performing Transparent Conducting Materials
A. Faghaninia, K. R. Bhatt, and C. S. Lo, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, 22628-22635, (2016).
DOI: 10.1039/C6CP01278G
PV-6 - Transparent Metal–Organic Framework/Polymer Mixed Matrix Membranes as Water Vapor Barriers
Y.J. Bae, E.S. Cho, F. Qiu, D.T. Sun
, T.E. Williams, J.J. Urban, et al., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 10098–10103 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b01299
PV-6 - Solar-DC Microgrid for Indian Homes: A Transforming Power Scenario
Ashok Jhunjhunwala, A. Lolla, and P. Kaur, IEEE Electrification Magazine 2, 10–19 (2016).
DOI: 10.1109/MELE.2016.2543950
PV-5 - Study of the VHF Plasma Etching of Micro/Nano Patterned PMMA Coated on Ultra-Thin Flexible Glass Substrates
Aparajita Mandal, A. Kole, S.M. Garner, and P. Chaudhuri, Plasma Processes and Polymers (2016).
DOI: 10.1002/ppap.201600016
PV-6; PVCore-3 - Million-Fold Decrease in Polymer Moisture Permeability by a Graphene Monolayer
S. Seethamraju, S. Kumar, K. Bharadwaj B, G. Madras, S. Raghavan, and P.C. Ramamurthy, ACS Nano 10, 6501–6509 (2016).
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b02588
PV-6 - P-Type Transparent Cu-Alloyed ZnS Deposited at Room Temperature
R. Woods-Robinson, J.K. Cooper, X. Xu, L.T. Schelhas, V.L. Pool, A. Faghaninia, et al., Advanced Electronic Materials 2, 1500396 (2016).
DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201500396
PV-6 - Climate Specific Thermomechanical Fatigue of Flat Plate Photovoltaic Module Solder Joints
N. Bosco, T. J. Silverman, and S. Kurtz, Microelectronics Reliability, in press (2016).
DOI: n/a
PV-3 - Thermodynamic Limit of Bifacial Double-Junction Tandem Solar Cells
M. R. Khan and M. A. Alam, Applied Physics Letters 107, 223502 (2015).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4936341
PV-4 - Study of Soiling Loss on Photovoltaic Modules with Artificially Deposited Dust of Different Gravimetric Densities and Compositions Collected from Different Locations in India
J. J. John, S. Warade, G. Tamizhmani, and A. Kottantharayil, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 6, 236-243 (2016).
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2495208
PV-5 - Device Engineering of Perovskite Solar Cells to Achieve Near Ideal Efficiency
S. Agarwal and P.R. Nair, Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 123901 (2015).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4931130
PV-4 - Ab Initio Electronic Transport Model with Explicit Solution to the Linearized Boltzmann Transport Equation
A. Faghaninia, J.W. Ager III, and C.S. Lo, Physical Review B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 91 235123 (2015).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.235123
PV-4 and PV-6 - Bifacial Si Heterojunction-Perovskite Organic-Inorganic Tandem to Produce Highly Efficient (ηT* ≈33%) Solar Cell
R. Asadpour, R.V.K. Chavali, M.R. Khan, and M.A. Alam, ACS Applied Physics Letters 106 243902 (2015).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4922375
PV-4 - The Frozen Potential Approach to Separate the Photo-Current and Diode Injection Current in Solar Cells
R.V.K. Chavali, J.E. Moore, X. Wang, M.A. Alam, M.S. Lundstrom, and J.L. Gray, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 5(3), 865-873 (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2405757
PV-4; PVCore-2 - Multi-Probe Characterization of Inversion Charge for Self-Consistent Parameterization of HITTM Cells
R.V.K. Chavali, S. Khatavkar, C.V. Kannan, V. Kumar, P.R. Nair, J.L. Gray, and M.A. Alam, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 5(3), 725-735 (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2388072
PV-4; PVCore-2 - On the Uniqueness of Ideality Factor and Voltage Exponent of Perovskite Based Solar Cells
S. Agarwal, M. Seetharaman, N.K. Kumawat, A.S. Subbiah, S.K. Sarkar, D. Kabra, M.A.G. Namboothiry, and P.R. Nair, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 5(23), 4115–4121 (2014).
DOI: 10.1021/jz5021636
PV-4 - Lithium Intercalation in Core-Shell Materials—Theoretical Analysis
B. Suthar and V. R. Subramanian, Journal of Electrochemical Society 161(5), A682–A692 (2014).
DOI: 10.1149/2.004405jes
PV-4, PVCore-2 - Effect of Module Temperature and Seasonal Variation Analysis of the Outdoor Performance of CdTe at Composite Climate of India
B. Bora, O.S. Sastry, Y.K. Singh, R. Singh, K. Yadav, V. Sharma, M. Bangar, M. Kumar, Invertis Journal of Renewable Energy 5(3), 2015.
http://www.indianjournals.com/...
PV-5 - Performance Comparison of Controllers for Solar PV Water Pumping Applications
K. Yadav, O.S. Sastry, R. Wandhare, N. Sheth, M. Kumar, B. Bora, R. Singh, R. Dahiya, and A. Kumar, Solar Energy 119 195-202 (2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.06.050
PV-5 - Investigation of Dominant Failure Mode(s) for Field-Aged Crystalline Silicon PV Modules under Desert Climatic Conditions
J. Kuitche, R. Pan, and G. TamizhMani, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 4(3), (2014).
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2308720
PV-5 - Performance Assessment of Different Solar Photovoltaic Technologies Under Similar Outdoor Conditions
Vikrant Sharma, Arun Kumar, O.S. Sastry, and S.S. Chandel, Energy, Elsevier (2013)
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.05.068
PV-5 - An Active Soft Switched Phase Shifted Full Bridge DC-DC Converter: Analysis, Modeling, Design and Implementation
Gorla Brahmendra Yadav, and N. Lakshminarasamma, IEEE Transactions in Power Electronics, vol. 29 (2014)
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2284780
PV-5 - Evolution of Leakage Current Paths in mc-Si PV Modules from Leading Manufacturers Undergoing High Voltage Bias Testing Photovoltaics
N. G. Dhere, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 4(2) 654–658 (2013).
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2294764
PV-5 - Quantification and Modeling of Spectral and Angular Losses of Naturally Soiled PV Modules
J. John, S. Chattopadhyay, A. Kottantharayil, V. Rajasekar, S. Boppana, and G. Tamizhmani, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 5(6), 2015.
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2463745
PV-6 - An Insight into Doping Mechanism in Sn—F Co-Doped Transparent Conducting ZnO Films by Correlating Structural, Electrical and Optical Properties
A. Mallick, S. Sarkar, T. Ghosh, and D. Basak, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 646 56-62 (2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.05.070
PV-6 - Enhanced Water Vapor Blocking in Transparent Hybrid Polymer-Nanocrystal Films
J. Urban, ACS Macro Letters 4(1), 70–74 (2015).
DOI: 10.1021/mz500765y
PV-6 - p-Type Zinc Oxide Spinels: Application to Transparent Conductors and Spintronics
M. Stoica and C. S. Lo, New. J. Phys. 16 (2014)
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/5/055011
PV-6 - Zinc Aluminate Spinel Impurity Phase in Al Doped ZnO Ceramic Target and Pulsed Laser Ablated Films: Curse or Blessing?
A. Mallick, A. Kole, T. Ghosh, P. Chaudhuri, and D. Basak, Solar Energy (2014).
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.05.049
PV-6 - Aminosilane Functionalized Cenosphere in Poly (Vinyl Butyral) Composite Films: Moisture Resistant Encapsulated Schottky Devices
S. Saravananab, Kishorea, P. C. Ramamurthyab, and G. Madras, Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering 53(7), (2014).
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2013.874035
PV-6 - Enhanced Emission Properties of Au/SiO2/ZnO Nanorods' Layered Structure: Effect of SiO2 Spacer Layer and Role of Interfacial Charge Transfer
M. Mahanti and D. Basak, RSC Advances 4(30), 15466–15473 (2014).
DOI: 10.1039/C4RA00950A
PV-6 - Cell (Module) Temperature Regulated Performance of a Building Integrated Photovoltaic System in Tropical Conditions
R. Pillai, G. Aaditya, M. Mani, and P. Ramamurthy, Renewable Energy 72, 140–148 (2014).
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.023
PV-6 - Dielectric Impedance Studies of Poly(vinyl butyral)–Cenosphere Composite Films
A. S. Roy, S. Saravanan, Kishore, P. C. Ramamurthy, and G. Madras
(PC-13-1063.R2) Polymer Composites, online Dec. 18, 2013 (2013).
DOI: 10.1002/pc.22817
PV-6 - Enhanced Mobility in Visible-to-Near Infrared Transparent Al-Doped ZnO Films
T. Ghosh and D. Basak, Solar Energy 96, 152 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.07.009
PV-6 - Contribution of Higher Order Plasmonic Modes on Optical Absorption Enhancement in Amorphous Silicon Thin Films
A. Mandal and P. Chaudhur, Optics Communications 300, 77 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2013.03.027
PV-6 - Controlling the Absorption Spectrum within a Thin Amorphous Silicon Layer by Using the Size Dependent Plasmonic Behaviour of Silver Nanoparticles
A.Mandal and P. Chaudhuri, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 5, 031614 (2013).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4809787
PV-6 - Defect Controlled Ultra-High Ultraviolet Photocurrent Gain in Cu Doped ZnO Nanorods Arrays: De-Trapping Yield
S. Sarkar and D. Basak, Applied Physics Letters 103, 041112 (2013).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4816444
PV-6 - A Comprehensive Review of the Impact of Dust on the Use of Solar Energy: History, Investigations, Results, Literature, and Mitigation Approaches
T. Sarver, A. Al-Qaraghuli, and L. L. Kazmerski, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 22, 689–733 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.12.065
PV-6
CSP Activity 1: High-Temperature, High-Pressure, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton
- Carbon Dioxide Based Power Generation in Renewable Energy Systems
P. Kumar and K. Srinivasan, Applied Thermal Engineering, 109 (B), 831–840 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.082
CSP-1 - High Temperature Solar Receiver and Thermal Storage Systems
P. Dutta, Applied Thermal Engineering, 124, 624–632 (2017).
10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.06.028
CSP-1 - Special Issue: Solar Energy Research Institute for India and the United States (SERIIUS), Concentrated Solar Power
S. Srinivasa Murthy, Clifford Ho, and Pradip Dutta, Applied Thermal Engineering, 109 (B), 829–830 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.09.097
CSP-1 - Solar Driven Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle Power Generation with Thermal Compression
P. Kumar, P. Dutta, S. S. Murthy, and K. Srinivasan, Applied Thermal Engineering 109, 854-860 (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.112
CSP-1 - A Review of High-Temperature Particle Receivers for Concentrating Solar Power
C.K. Ho, Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016). Available online 3 May 2016.
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.04.103
CSP-1 - Radiative Heating of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Flowing Through Tubes
S.D. Khivsara, V. Srinivasan, and P. Dutta, Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016). Available online 9 May 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.049
CSP-1 - Modeling and Analysis of a Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger for Supercritical CO2 Power Cycle Applications
Ajinkya Meshram, A.K. Jaiswal, S.D. Khivsara, J.D. Ortega, C. Ho, R. Bapat, et al., Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016). Available online 6 May 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.033
CSP-1 - Coupled Modeling of a Directly Heated Tubular Solar Receiver for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle: Optical and Thermal-Fluid Evaluation
J. Ortega, S. Khivsara, J. Christian, C. Ho, J. Yellowhair, and P. Dutta, Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016). Available online 30 May 2016.
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.178
CSP-1 - Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle for Concentrated Solar Power
P. Garg, P. Kumar, and K. Srinivasan, Journal of Supercritical Fluids 76, 54–60 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2013.01.010
CSP-1
CSP Activity 2: Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Solar Energy Absorption Mediated by Surface Plasma Polaritons in Spectrally Selective Dielectric-Metal-Dielectric Coatings: A Critical Review
A. Dan, H. C. Barshilia, K. Chattopadhyay, and B. Basu, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 79, 1050–1077 (2017).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.062
CSP-3 - Optimum Design of a Hybrid PV–CSP–LPG Microgrid with Particle Swarm Optimization Technique
Sara Ghaem Sigarchian, Matthew S. Orosz, Harry F. Hemond, and Anders Malmquist, Applied Thermal Engineering, 109 (B), 1031–1036 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.119
CSP-4 - Techno-Economic Comparison of Solar Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) and Photovoltaic (PV) Systems with Energy Storage
V. R. Patil, V. I. Biradar, R. Shreyas, P. Garg, M. S. Orosz, and N. C. Thirumalai, Renewable Energy, 113, 1250–1260 (2017).
10.1016/j.renene.2017.06.107
CSP-4 - Spectrally Selective Absorber Coating of WAlN/WAlON/Al2O3 for Solar Thermal Applications
A. Dan, J. Jyothi, K. Chattopadhyay, H. C. Barshilia, and B. Basu, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 157, 716-726 (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.07.018
CSP-3 - Colored Selective Absorber Coating with Excellent Durability
A. Dan, K. Chattopadhyay, H. C. Barshilia, and B. Basu, Thin Solid Films 620, 17-22 (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2016.08.070
CSP-3 - Angular Solar Absorptance and Thermal Stability of W/WAlN/WAlON/Al2O3-Based Solar Selective Absorber Coating
A. Dan, K. Chattopadhyay, H. C. Barshilia, and B. Basu, Applied Thermal Engineering, 109, 997-1002 (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.04.069
CSP-3 - Electrodeposition of Δ-Phase Based Cu–Sn Mirror Alloy from Sulfate-Aqueous Electrolyte for Solar Reflector Application
S. Alex, B. Basu, S. Sengupta, U. K. Pandey, and K. Chattopadhyay, Applied Thermal Engineering 109, 1003-1010 (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.04.104
CSP-3 - Thermal Stability of WAlN/WAlON/Al2O3-Based Solar Selective Absorber Coating
Atasi Dan, K. Chattopadhyay, H.C. Barshilia, and B. Basu, MRS Advances, pp. 1–7 (2016).
DOI: 10.1557/adv.2016.388
CSP-3 - Development of Cost Efficient Solar Receiver Tube with a Novel Tandem Absorber System
M. Shiva Prasad, K. Chandra Sekhar Reddy, and S. Sakthivel, Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016). Available online 27 May 2016.
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.163
CSP-3 - Spectrally Selective Absorber Coating of WAlN/WAlON/Al2O3 for Solar Thermal Applications
Atasi Dan, J. Jyothi, K. Chattopadhyay, H.C. Barshilia, B. Basu, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 157, 716–726 (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.07.018
CSP-3 - Development of a Generic Tool to Design Scroll Expanders for ORC Applications
P. Garg, G.M. Karthik, P. Kumar, and P. Kumar, Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016). Available online 13 June 2016.
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.047
CSP-4 - Thermo-Economic Evaluation of ORCs for Various Working Fluids
P. Garg, M.S. Orosz, and P. Kumar, Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016). Available online 15 June 2016.
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.083
CSP-4 - Thermal Energy Storage Using Chloride Salts and Their Eutectics
P.D. Myers Jr and D.Y. Goswami, Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.07.046
CSP-4 - Tailored Specular Reflectance Properties in Cu-Sn Based Novel Intermetallic Alloys
S. Alex, K. Chattopadhyay, and B. Basu, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 149, 66-74 (2016).
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2016.01.002
CSP-3 - Photovoltaics and Concentrating Solar Power: Why Hybridization Makes Sense
M. Orosz, SPIE Newsroom (26 August 2015).
DOI: 10.1117/2.1201508.006018
CSP-4 - A Trade-off between Maxima in Efficiency and Specific Work Output of Super- and Trans-critical CO2 Brayton Cycles
P. Garg, P. Kumar, and K. Srinivasan, Journal of Supercritical Fluids 98, 119-126 (2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2014.12.023
CSP-4
- Comparative Analysis of Single- and Dual- Media Thermocline Tanks for Thermal Energy Storage in Concentrating Solar Power Plants
C. Mira-Hernandez, S.M. Flueckiger, and S.V. Garimella, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering–Transactions of the ASME 137, 031012-1-031012-10 (2015).
DOI: 10.1115/1.402945
CSP-4
CSP Activity 3: Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Screening of Metal Hydride Pairs for Closed Thermal Energy Storage Systems
N. Aswin, Pradip Dutta, and S. Srinivasa Murthy, Applied Thermal Engineering, 109 (B), 949–957 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.04.129
CSP-5 - Energy and Exergy Analyses of Medium Temperature Latent Heat Thermal Storage with High Porosity Metal Matrix
Ashish Kumar and Sandip K. Saha, Applied Thermal Engineering, 109 (B), 911–923 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.04.161
CSP-5 - Novel Methodology to Prepare Homogenous Ternary Molten Salts for Concentrated Solar Power Applications and Their Thermo-Physical Characterization
Kandoth Madathil Pramod, Peddy V. C. Rao, Nettem V. Choudary, and Kanaparthi Ramesh, Applied Thermal Engineering, 109 (B), 906–910 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.165
CSP-5 - Numerical and Experimental Evaluation of Ceramic Honeycombs for Thermal Energy Storage
S. Ojasve, S. Khivsara, A. Ramakrishnan, C. Madhusoodana, R. Das, V. Srinivasan, et al., Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society (2016).
(Accepted)
CSPCore-2 - Development of a Syngas-Fired Catalytic Combustion System for Hybrid Solar-Thermal Applications
M. Gupta, S. Pramanik, and R.V. Ravikrishna, Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.04.150
CSP-5 - Preparation and Characterization of Molten Salt Based Nanothermic Fluids with Enhanced Thermal Properties for Solar Thermal Applications
P.K. Madathil, N. Balagi, P. Saha, J. Bharali, P.V.C. Rao, N.V. Choudary, et al., Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.04.102
CSPCore-2 - A Novel Syngas-Fired Hybrid Heating Source for Solar-Thermal Applications: Energy and Exergy Analysis
S. Pramanik and R.V. Ravikrishna, Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.04.139
CSP-5 - Spatio-Temporal Disruption of Thermocline by Successive Laminar Vortex Pairs in a Single Tank Thermal Energy Storage
Aashay Tinaikar, S. Advaith, U.K. Chetia, K.V. Manu, and S. Basu, Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016). Available online 5 May 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.04.105
CSP-5 - Evolution and Feasibility of Decentralized Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Systems for Modern Energy Access in Rural Areas
A. V. Mueller, M. S. Orosz, A. K. Narasimhan, R. Kamal, H. F. Hemond, and Y. Goswami, MRS Energy & Sustainability, in press (2016).
DOI: n/a
CSP-4 - Short and Long-Term Sensitivity of Lab-Scale Thermocline Based Thermal Storage to Flow Disturbances
S. Hatte, C. Mira-Hernández, S. Advaith, A. Tinaikar, U. K. Chetia, K. V. Manu, et al., Applied Thermal Engineering, in press (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.04.138
CSP-5 - Numerical Analysis of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Using Encapsulated Phase Change Material for Solar Thermal Power Plant
K. Bhagat and S. K. Saha, Renewable Energy 95, 323–336 (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.04.018
CSP-5 - Rayleigh–Taylor Instability in a Thermocline Based Thermal Storage Tank
K. V. Manu, P. Deshmukh, and S. Basu, International Journal of Thermal Sciences 100, 333-345 (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2015.10.016
CSP-5 - Effects of Instability and Coherent Structure on the Performance of a Thermocline Based Thermal Energy Storage
M. Kv, P. Anand, U.K. Chetia, and S. Basu, Applied Thermal Engineering 87, 768-778 (2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.05.072
CSP-5 - Stability of Poiseuille Flow in a Fluid Overlying an Anisotropic and Inhomogeneous Porous Layer
P. Deepu, P. Anand, and S. Basu, Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 92 023009 (2015).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.023009
CSP-5 - Instabilities in a Fluid Overlying an Inclined Anisotropic and Inhomogeneous Porous Layer
P. Deepu, S. Dawande, and S. Basu, J. Fluid Mech 762 (2015).
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.644
CSP-5 - Economic Optimization of a Concentrating Solar Power Plant with Molten-Salt Thermocline Storage
S. M. Flueckiger, B. D. Iverson and S. V. Garimella, ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (2013)
DOI: 10.1115/1.4025516
CSP-5 - Latent-Heat Augmentation of Thermocline Energy Storage for Concentrating Solar Power—A System-Level Assessment
S. M. Flueckiger and S. V. Garimella, Applied Energy (2013)
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.11.059
CSP-5 - Evaluation of Isopentane, R-245fa and Their Mixtures as Working Fluids for Organic Rankine Cycles
P. Garg, P. Kumar, K. Srinivasan, and P. Dutta, Applied Thermal Engineering 51, 292–300 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.08.056
CSP-5 - Evaluation of Carbon Dioxide Blends with Isopentane and Propane as Working Fluids for Organic Rankine Cycles
P. Garg, P. Kumar, K. Srinvasan, and P. Dutta, Applied Thermal Engineering 52, 439–448 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.11.032
CSP-5
SEI Activity 1: Roadmapping & Assessment
- Preliminary Design of Heliostat Field and Performance Analysis of Solar Tower Plants with Thermal Storage and Hybridisation
G. Srilakshmi, N.S. Suresh, N.C. Thirumalai, and M.A. Ramaswamy, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 19, 102-113 (2017).
DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2016.12.005
SEI-1 - A Novel Approach to Determine the Non-dimensional Heliostat Field Boundary for Solar Tower Plants
G. Srilakshmi, N. S. Suresh, N. C. Thirumalai, and M. A. Ramaswamy, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 17, 26-37 (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2016.08.001
SEI-2 - Techno-Economic Review of Rooftop Photovoltaic Systems: Case Studies of Industrial, Residential and Off-Grid Rooftops in Bangalore, Karnataka
S. Ghosh, A. Nair, and S.S. Krishnan, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 42, 1132-1142 (2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.10.094
SEI-1 - Excellent Electrochemical Performance on Tin Monosulphide (SnS) as Sodium-Ion Battery Anode
P. K. Dutta, U. K. Sen and S. Mitra, RSC Advances 81, 43155–43159 (2014).
DOI: 10.1039/C4RA05851H
SEI-1 - Challenges and Opportunities for Solar Tower Technology in India
Srilakshmi G, Thirumalai N C, Suresh N S, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 45, 698-709 (2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.02.016
SEI-2 - Methodology for Design of Solar Field for Parabolic Trough Technology with Thermal Storage and Hybridization
N.S. Suresh, N.C. Thirumalai, B.S Rao, and M.A. Ramaswamy, Energy 110, 247-259 (2014).
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.09.020
SEI-2
SEI Activity 2: Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Modeling and Experimental Validation of a Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell in Electrolysis Mode of Operation
A. C. Bhosale, S. R. Mane, D. Singdeo, and P. C. Ghosh, Energy, 121, 256–263 (2017).
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.01.031
SEICore-2 - Root Cause Analysis of the Degradation in a Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell
A. C. Bhosale, S. Meenakshi, and P. C. Ghosh, Journal of Power Sources, 343, 275–283 (2017).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.01.060
SEICore-2 - Effect of Interionic Interactions on the Structure and Dynamics of Ionic Solvation Shells in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions
P. Kumar, M.D. Bharadwaj, and S. Yashonath, RSC Advances 6, 114666–114675 (2016).
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA26819F
SEI-3 - Geographic Smoothing of Solar PV: Results from Gujarat
K. Klima and J. Apt, Environmental Research Letters 10(10), 104001 (2015).
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/10/104001
SEI-3 - Theoretical Prediction of a Highly Conducting Solid Electrolyte for Sodium Battery: Na10GeP2S12
V.S. Kandagal, M. Bharadwaj, and U. Waghmare, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3 12992-12999 (2015).
DOI: 10.1039/C5TA01616A
SEI-3 - Rechargeable Sodium-ion Battery: High Capacity Ammonium Vanadate Cathode with Enhanced Stability at High Rate
A. Sarkar, S. Sarkar, T. Sarkar, P. Kumar, M. Dixit Bharadwaj, and S. Mitra, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (online 20 July 2015).
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03210
SEI-3 - Exfoliated MoS2 Sheets and Reduced Graphene Oxide—An Excellent and Fast Anode for Sodium-Ion Battery
T.S. Sahu and S. Mitra
Scientific Reports 5 12571 (2015).
DOI: 10.1038/srep12571
SEI-3 - Mechanism of Charge Transfer in Olivine-Type LiFeSiO4 and LiFe0.5M0.5SiO4 (M = Mg or Al) Cathode Materials: First-Principles Analysis
T. Sarkar, M. Bharadwaj, U. Waghmare, and P. Kumar, J. Phys. Chem. C 119(17), 9125–9133 (2015).
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01692
SEI-3 - Balancing Autonomy and Utilization of Solar Power and Battery Storage for Demand based Microgrids
M. Lawder, V. Viswanathan, and V. Subramanian, Journal of Power Source 279, 645-655 (2015).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.01.015
SEI-3 - Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and Battery Management System (BMS) for Grid-Scale Applications
M. T. Lawder, B. Suthar, P. W. C. Northrop, S. De, C. M. Hoff, O. Leitermann, M. L. Crow, S. Santhanagopalan, and V. R. Subramanian, Proceedings of the IEEE 102(6), (2014).
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2014.2317451
SEI-3 - Phase Transition, Electrochemistry, and Structural Studies of High Rate LiV3O8 Cathode with Nanoplate Morphology
S. Sarkar, A. Bhowmik, M. Bharadwaj, and S. Mitra, Journal of Electrochemical Society 161(1), A14–A22 (2014).
DOI: 10.1149/2.006401jes
SEI-3 - One-Dimensional, Additive-Free, Single Crystal TiO2 Nanostructured Anodes Synthesized by using a Single-Step Aerosol Process for High-Rate Lithium-Ion Batteries
T. S. Chadha, A. M. Tripathi, S. Mitra, and P. Biswas, Energy Technology (online 18 Sept 2014).
DOI: 10.1002/ente.201402054
SEI-3 - Morphology Controlled Synthesis of Layered NH4V4O10 and the Impact of Binder on Stable High Rate Electrochemical Performance
S. Sarkar, P.S. Veluri, S. Mitra, J. Electrochem. Soc. 161(1), A14–A22 (2014).
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.03.144
SEI-3 - Tin Sulfide (SnS) Nanorods: Structural, Optical and Lithium Storage Property Study
A. M. Tripathia and S. Mitra, RSC Adv. 4, 10358–10366 (2014).
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA46308G
SEI-3 - An Empirical Model for Ramp Analysis of Utility-Scale Solar PV Power
B. M. Mazumdar, M. Saquib and A. K. Das, Solar Energy Journal (2014)
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.05.027
SEI-3 - Quantifying PV Power Variability using Lorenz Curve
A. K. Das, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (2014)
DOI: 10.1063/1.4881655
SEI-3 - Tuning Electrochemical Potential of LiCoO2 with Cation Substitution: First Principles
A. K. Varanasi, A. Bhowmik, T. Sarkar, U. V. Waghmare, and M. D. Bharadwaj, Ionics 0947-7047, 1–7 (2013).
DOI: 10.1007/s11581-013-0970-6
SEI-3 - Origins of Electrochemical Performance of Olivine Phosphate as Cathodes in Li-Batteries: Charge Transfer, Spin-State and Structural Distortion
A. Bhowmik, T. Sarkar, A. K. Varanasi, U. V. Waghmare, and M. D. Bharadwaj, J. Renewable Sustainable Energy 5, 053130 (2013).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4822258
SEI-3
Conference Proceedings (88):
PV Activity 1: Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Admittance Spectroscopy in CZTSse: Metastability Behavior and Voltage Dependent Defect Study
M.J. Koeper, C.J. Hages, J.V. Li, D. Levi, and R. Agrawal
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2016 (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750025
PV-1 - Design of Nanostructures for Light Management in Organic Photovoltaic Devices
A.K. Jagdish, S. Luke, P.C. Ramamurthy, D.R. Mahapatra, and G. Hegde
Proceedings of the 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2016 (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749601
PV-2 - Light Trapping and Management in Inverted Organic Solar Cells Employing Metal Nanoparticles
A.V. Kesavan, A.K. Jagdish, and P.C. Ramamurthy
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749604
PV-2 - Effect of Structural Isomerism on Charge Transport in Copolymer of Bodipy and Benzodithiophene
G. Tarafdar, S. Sengupta, U.K. Pandey, and P.C. Ramamurthy
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749906
PV-2 - Improving Photoconductance of Fluorinated Donors with Fluorinated Acceptors
L.E. Garner, B. Larson, S. Oosterhout, Z. Owczarczyk, D.C. Olson, N. Kopidakis, et al.
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749776
PV-2 - Influence of Thiophene Spacer on Conjugated Polymer for Organic Photovoltaics
G.K. Chandrashekara, M.G. Murali, A.D. Rao, and P.C. Ramamurthy
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750340
PV-2 - Aerosol Methods to Fabricate Perovskite Solar Cells
S. Kavadiya, B.A.D. Carvalho, S. Huang, and P. Biswas
"Aerosol Methods to Fabricate Perovskite Solar Cells," Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOE: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749711
PV-3 - Optimization of Selective Contacts in Si Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells Considering Fermi Level Pinning and Interface Passivation
R. Islam, K.N. Nazif, and K. Saraswat
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750080
PV-3 - Bandgap and Carrier Transport Engineering of Quantum Confined Mixed Phase Nanocrystalline/Amorphous Silicon
T. Guan, G. Klafehn, C. Kendrick, S. Theingi, I. Airuoyo, M.T. Lusk, et al.
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOE: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750158
PV-3 - Solar Cells: Materials Beyond Silicon Energy Engineering
S. Chatterjee, U. Dasgupta, and A.J. Pal
Energy Engineering: Proceedings of CAETS 2015 Convocation on Pathways to Sustainability, K.V. Raghavan and P. Ghosh, Singapore: Springer Singapore, 73–85 (2017)
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-3102-1_8
PV-3 - Non-Vacuum Route for CIGS Thin Film Absorber on Flexible Glass Substrates
A.C. Badgujar, K. Madhuri, S. Garner, S.R. Dhage, and S.V. Joshi
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 4 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356105
PV-1 - Nickel Oxide Carrier Selective Contacts for Silicon Solar Cells
R. Islam, P. Ramesh, N. Ju Hyung, and K.C. Saraswat
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 4 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355921
PV-3 - Palladium and Platinum-Palladium Bi-Layer Based Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Modified Photoanode
K. Mokurala, A. Kamble, S.S. Nemala, P. Bhargava, and S. Mallick
AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI: 10.1063/1.4918120
PV-3 - Organic Solar Cell by Using Vertically Aligned Nanostructured ZnO Nanorods
A. D. Rao, S. Karalatti, A. V. K, T. Thomas, and P. C. Ramamurthy
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, June 16–21, 2013) 2752–2756
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745043
PV-2 - Gas Phase Synthesis of One-Dimensional Single Crystal Tin Oxide Nanostructured Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes
T.S. Chadha, P. Shetty, A. Mani Tripathi, S. Mitra, and P. Biswas
227th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society (May 24-28, 2015, Chicago, IL) Abstract MA2015-01 619
http://ma.ecsdl.org/content/MA2015-01/2/619.short
PV-3 - Fabrication of Low Cost Cu2CdSnS4 Based Counter Electrode for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
K. Mokurala, P. Bhargava, and S. Mallick
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, CO, June 8–13, 2014) 1534–1537
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925208
PV-3 - Metal/Insulator/Semiconductor Carrier Selective Contacts for Photovoltaic Cells
R. Islam and K. C. Saraswat
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, CO, June 8–13, 2014) 0285–0289
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924915
PV-3
PV Activity 2: Advanced Process / Manufacturing Technology
- The Potential of Amine-Thiol Based Solution Processing for Chalcogenide Photovoltaics
X. Zhao, R. Zhang, C. Handwerker, and R. Agrawal
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749653
PV-1; PVCore-3 - Inductively-Coupled-Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy: A Bulk Analysis and Process Monitoring Technique for Silicon Solar Cell Fabrication
A. P. Joshi, M. C. Raval, A. Kottantharayil, and C. S. Solanki
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, June 16–21, 2013) 0511–0515
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744201
PVCore-1 - Modulated Electroluminescence Technique for Determination of the Minority-Carrier Lifetime of Solar Cells
S. Kahatavkar, M. Kulasekaran, V. Kumar, C. V. Kannan, P. Nair, and B. M. Arora
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, June 16–21, 2013) 0631–0634
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744230
PVCore-2
PV Activity 3: Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Prediction and Control of Harmful Point Defects in Thin Film Photovoltaics: Improving the Performance of Tin Sulfide
A. Polizzotti, A. Faghaninia, R. Chakraborty, V. Steinmann, R.L.Z. Hoye, J.R. Poindexter, et al.
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749639
PV-4 - Effect of Interface Charges on the Efficiency of Perovskite Based Solar Cells
A. Lele, S. Pinjani, M. T. Patel, V. Nandal, S. Agarwal, and P. R. Nair
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749712
PV-4 - Effect of Spatial Temperature Uniformity on Outdoor Photovoltaic Module Performance Characterization
N. Umachandran and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750148
PV-5 - Defect and Safety Inspection of 6 PV Technologies from 56,000 Modules Representing 257,000 Modules in 4 Climatic Regions of the United States
S. Tatapudi, C. Libby, C. Raupp, D. Srinivasan, J. Kuitche, B. Bicer, et al.
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749923
PV-5 - A Novel Zonal Based MPPT Control Scheme for a Full Bridge Series Resonant Converter
N. Swaminathan, N.L. Narasamma, M. Kumaravel, and A. Jhunjhunwala
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750269
PV-5 - A Novel Approach to Thermal Design of Solar Modules: Selective-Spectral and Radiative Cooling
X. Sun, R. Dubey, S. Chattopadhyay, M.R. Khan, R.V. Chavali, T.J. Silverman, et al.
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750340
PV-5 - A Novel Technique for Performing PID Susceptibility Screening during the Solar Cell Fabrication Process
J. Oh, S. Dahal, B. Dauksher, S. Bowden, G. Tamizhmani, and P. Hacke
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749741
PV-5 - Automation of Risk Priority Number Calculation of Photovoltaic Modules
M.K. Moorthy and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749920
PV-5 - Performance Evaluation for PV Systems to Synergistic Influences of Dust, Wind and Panel Temperatures: Spectral Insight
K.K. Khanum, A. Rao, N.C. Balaji, M. Mani, and P.C. Ramamurthy
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749917
PV-5 - Low Temperature Surface Passivation of Silicon Solar Cells
S.V. Ghaisas, O.S. Shinde, R.O. Dusane, and N.G. Dhere
"Low temperature surface passivation of silicon solar cells," Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750184
PV-5 - Correlation of Electrical and Visual Degradation Seen in Field Survey in India
R. Dubey, S. Chattopadhyay, V. Kuthanazhi, J.J. John, C.S. Solanki, A. Kottantharayil, et al.
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749912
PV-5 - Comparative Study of 28 and 18 Years Field Aged Siemens-Arco M55 Modules in Temperate and Hot-Dry Climates
M. Chicca, J. Wohlgemuth, and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749911
PV-5 - Study on AZO Coated Flexible Glass as TCO Substrate
S. Ghosh, A. Mallick, A. Kole, P. Chaudhury, S. Garner, and D. Basak
Proceedings of the IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Portland, OR, June 5–10, 2016)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749676
PV-6 - Process-to-Panel Modeling of a-Si/C-Si Heterojunction Solar Cells
R.V.K. Chavali, E.C. Johlin, J.L. Gray, T. Buonassisi, and M.A. Alam
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 3 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356126
PV-4 - Numerical Investigation of Capacitance Frequency Technique for Perovskite Based Solar Cells
V. Nandal and P.R. Nair
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 3 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356009
PV-4 - Analysis of Spectrum Variations in Different Seasons in Composite Climate Zone of India
M. Bangar, B. Bora, Renu, A. Kumar, and O.S. Sastry
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 4 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356007
PV-5 - Performance Modeling of Three PV Module Technologies Based on Clearness Index and Air-Mass Using Contour Map
B. Bora, O.S. Sastry, A. Kumar, Renu, and M. Bangar
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 4 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356008
PV-5 - Nondestructive Techniques to Determine Degradation Modes: Experimentation with 18 Years Old Photovoltaic Modules
M. Chicca and G. Tamizhmani
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 5 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355709
PV-5 - Application of Flexible Glass to Prevent PID In PV Modules
J. Oh, G. TamizhMani, S. Bowden, and S. Garner
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 4 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355701
PV-5 - Performance and Reliability Evaluation of Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) Power Plants
C. Raupp, S. Tatapudi, B. Bicer, and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 4 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356185
PV-5 - RPN Analysis of Field Exposed Mono Crystalline Silicon PV Modules under Composite Climate of India
O.S. Sastry, B. Bora, Y.K. Singh, M. Bangar, R. Singh, Renu, M. Kumar, K. Yadav, R. Singh, A. Kumar, and S. Rai
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 3 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356128
PV-5 - Effect of Series Resistance on Degradation of Isc, Power Output and Fill Factor of HIT Technology
R. Singh, B. Bora, K. Yadav, O.S. Sastry, M. Kumar, A. Kumar, Renu, M. Bangar, S. Rai, and A. Kumar
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356032
PV-5 - Statistical Methods to Determine Dominant Degradation Modes of Fielded PV Modules
N. Umachandran, J. Kuitche, and G. Tamizhmani
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 5 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355699
PV-5 - Effect of Spectrum and Temperature on Seasonal Performance of CdTe Technology in Composite Climate of India
Y.K. Singh, B. Bora, R. Singh, S. Agariya, V. Sharma, A. Kumar, and O.S.Sastry
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 3 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355820
PV-5 - Alloying ZnS to Create Transparent Conducting Materials
A Faghaninia, K.R. Bhatt, and C.S. Lo
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 6 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355926
PV-6 - In-Situ Flexural OPV Measurements on Flexible Glass Substrate
S.K. Swathi, P.C. Ramamurthy, and S.M. Garner
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, LA, 3 p. (2015).
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355724
PVCore-3 - A Diagnostic Tool for Analyzing the Current-Voltage Characteristics in a-Si/c-Si Heterojunction Solar Cells
R. V. K. Chavali, J. R. Wilcox, B. Ray, J. L. Gray, and M. A. Alam
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, June 16–21, 2013) 0652–0657
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744235
PV-4 - Performance Optimization for Perovskite Based Solar Cells
S. Agarwal and P. R. Nair
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, CO, June 8–13, 2014) 1515–1518
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925202
PV-4 - Effect of Shading on the Switching of Bypass Diodes in PV Modules
N. Shiradkar, E. Schneller, N. Dhere, and V. Gade
Proc. SPIE 9179, Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells, Modules, Components, and Systems VII (August 17, 2014, San Diego)
DOI: 10.1117/12.2062470
PV-5 - Degradation Analysis of 1900 PV Modules in a Hot-Dry Climate: Results after 12 to 18 Years of Field Exposure
J. Singh, J. Belmont, and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, June 16–21, 2013) 3270–3275
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745149
PV-5 - Potential Induced Degradation of Pre-Stressed Photovoltaic Modules: Effect of Glass Surface Conductivity Disruption
S. Tatapudi, F. Ebneali, J. Kuitche, and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, June 16–21, 2013) 1604–1609
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744452
PV-5 - Potential Induced Degradation of Pre-Stressed PV Modules - Influence of Polarity, Surface Conductivity and Temperature
F. Ebneali, S. Tatapudi, and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, June 16–21, 2013) 1548–1553
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744440
PV-5 - Application of Reverse Bias Recovery Technique to Address PID Issue: Incompleteness of Shunt Resistance and Quantum Efficiency Recovery
J. Oh, S. Bowden, and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, CO, June 8–13, 2014) 0925–0929
DOE: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925065
PV-5 - Power Rating of PV Modules per IEC 61853-1 Standard Using a New Outdoor Test Method
M. Vemula, J. John, J. Kuitche, and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, June 16–21, 2013) 0724–0728
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744253
PV-5 - Failure and Degradation Modes and Rates of PV Modules in a Hot-Dry Climate: Results after 16 Years of Field Exposure
K. Yedidi, J. Mallineni, B. Knisely, S. Tatapudi, J. Kuitche, and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, CO, June 8–13, 2014) 3245–3247
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925626
PV-5 - Non-Intrusive Cell Quantum Efficiency Measurements of Accelerated Stress Tested Photovoltaic Modules
B. Knisely, J. Kuitche, G. TamizhMani, A. Korostyshevsky, and H. Field
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, CO, June 8–13, 2014) 1870–1874
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925289
PV-5 - Scaling Error of Quantum Efficiency Measurements for Heavily Shunted Cells in Reliability Research
J. Oh, G. TamizhMani, and S. Bowden
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, CO, June 8–13, 2014) 2635–2638
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925470
PV-5 - Solar DC Powered Commercial Buildings
A. JhunJhunwala, N. Lakshminarasamma, and K. Vasudevan
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, June 16–21, 2013) 1500–1505
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744430
PV-5, SEI-1, SEI-2 - Analysis of Subsystems Behaviour and Performance Evaluation of Solar Photovoltaic Powered Water Pumping System
P. Sadasivam, M. Kumaravel, K. Vasudevan, and A. Jhunjhunwala
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, June 16–21, 2013) 2932–2937
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745080
PV-5, SEI-2 - Effect of Laser Power on Photoluminescence and Transmittance Properties of Pulsed Laser Deposited Zinc Oxide Thin Films
A. Mallick and D. Basak
59th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (December 16-20, 2014, VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu), AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1665, 080018 (2015)
DOI: 10.1063/1.4917922
PV-6 - Analysis of the Microstructure of Silicon Quantum Dot Superlattice Embedded Microcrystalline Silicon Carbide for Solar Cell Application
P. Chaudhuri, A. Kole, and G. Haider
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, June 16–21, 2013) 1334–1338
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744389
PV-6 - Controlled Growth of Nanocrystalline Silicon within Amorphous Silicon Carbide Thin Films
A. Kole and P. Chaudhuri
Proceedings of the AIP Conference (AIP Conf. Proc. 1591, 437 (2014)) SOLID STATE PHYSICS: Proceedings of the 58th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2013, Patiala, Punjab, India, Dec. 17–21, 2013)
DOI: 10.1063/1.4872630
PV-6 - Effect of Annealing on the Optical Properties of Thin Silver Films Exhibiting Surface Plasmon Resonance
A. Mandal and P. Chaudhuri
AIP Conference Proceedings (AIP Conf. Proc. 1591, 887 (2014)) SOLID STATE PHYSICS: Proceedings of the 58th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2013, Patiala, Punjab, India, Dec. 17–21, 2013)
DOI: 10.1063/1.4872791
PV-6 - Understanding Near Sunrise and Sunset PV System Behaviour to Identify Measures to Maximise Effective Energy Yield Panel Performance
R. Pillai, A. Rao, M. Mani, and P. Ramamurthy
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (12th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, Hong Kong, August 26-29, 2013) 690–700
PV-6 - Influence of Dust Deposition on Photovoltaic Panel Performance
R. Pillai, A. Rao, M. Mani, and P. Ramamurthy
4th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER 2013); Energy Procedia, Vol. 54, 2014, Dec. 10–12, 2013, Mumbai, India. 690–700
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.07.310
PV-6 - Evaluation of 12-Year-Old PV Power Plant in Hot-Dry Desert Climate: Potential Use of Field Failure Metrics for Financial Risk Calculation
J. Mallineni, B. Knisely, K. Yedidi, S. Tatapudi, J. Kuitche, and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, CO, June 8–13, 2014) 3366–3371
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925656
PV-6 - Effect of Tilt Angle on Soiling of Photovoltaic Materials
J. Cano, J. J. John, S. Tatapudi, and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, CO, June 8–13, 2014) 174–176
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925610
PV-6 - Influence of Soiling Layer on Quantum Efficiency and Spectral Reflectance on Crystalline Silicon PV Modules
J. J. John, S. Tatapudi, and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, CO, June 8–13, 2014) 2595–2599
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925462
PV-6 - Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: Averting a Potential Showstopper for Solar Photovoltaics
L. L. Kazmerski, M. Al Jardan, Y. Al Jnoobi, Y. Al Shaya, J. J. John
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, CO, June 8–13, 2014) 0187–0192
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925524
PV-6 - Soiling Losses of Utility-Scale PV Systems in Hot-Dry Desert Climates: Results from Four 4–16 Years Old Power Plants
J. Mallineni, K. Yedidi, S. Shrestha, B. Knisely, S. Tatapudi, J. Kuitche, and G. TamizhMani
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE PV Specialists Conference (40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, CO, June 8-13, 2014) 3197–3200
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925615
PV-6
CSP Activity 1: High-Temperature, High-Pressure, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton
- Cost and Performance Tradeoffs of Alternative Solar Driven s-CO2 Brayton Cycle Configurations
C. Ho, M. Carlson, P. Kumar, and P. Garg
Proceedings of the ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability (June 28–July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA) V001T05A016
DOI: 10.1115/ES2015-49467
CSP-1 - Structural Analysis of a Direct Heated Tubular Solar Receiver for Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle
J. Ortega, J. Christian, and C. Ho
Proceedings of the ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability (June 28–July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA) V001T05A015
DOI: 10.1115/ES2015-49464
CSP-1 - Coupled Optical-Thermal-Fluid Modeling of a Directly Heated Tubular Solar Receiver for Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle
J. Ortega, S. Khivsara, J. Christian, and C. Ho
Proceedings of the ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability (June 28–July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA) V001T05A018
DOI: 10.1115/ES2015-49474
CSP-1 - Design Requirements for Direct sCO2 Receiver Development and Testing
J. Ortega, S. Khivsara, J. Christian, J. Yellowhair, C. Ho, S. Singh
Proceedings of the ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability (June 28–July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA) V001T05A019
DOI: 10.1115/ES2015-49489
CSP-1 - A Parallel Mechanism for Tracking the Sun
R. B. Ashith and A. Ghosal
Proceedings of the 2014 IFToMM Asian Conference on Mechanism and Machine Science (2014 IFToMM Asian Conference on Mechanism and Machine Science, Tianjin, China, July 9–10, 2014)
DOI: 10.1115/ESDA2010-24100
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CSP Activity 2: Low-Temperature, Organic Rankine Cycle
- Thermo-Fluidic and Mechanical Losses in a Scroll Expander for an R134a Organic Rankine Cycle
Karthik G.M., P. Garg, V. Srinivasan, and P. Kumar
Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar on ORC Power Systems, Brussels, Belgium (2015).
CSP-4 - Effect of Radial Heat Transfer in the Pebble Bed Thermal Energy Storage Tank Coupled to a Solar Organic Rankine Cycle
P. Garg, A. Kshirsagar, P. Kumar, and M.S. Orosz
ASME ORC 2015 Ghent University and the University of Liege, Belgium
CSP-4 - Effect of Temperature Difference across ORC boiler on the Thermal Storage Medium Cost in a Solar ORC
A.N. Kshirsagar, P. Garg, P. Kumar, and M.S. Orosz
Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar on ORC Power Systems
CSP-4 - Heat Transfer Enhancement in Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System Using Fins for Solar Thermal Power Plant
M. Prabhakar, S. Singh, and S.K. Saha
3rd Southern African Solar Energy Conference, South Africa (2015).
CSP-4 - Thermo-Economic Analysis of a Mixture of RC-318 and Pentane as Working Fluid in a High Temperature Solar ORC
A Saini, G.M. Karthik, P. Garg, N.C. Thirumalai, P. Kumar, and V. Srinivasan
ASME ORC 2015 Ghent University and the University of Liege, Belgium
CSP-4 - Dynamic Simulation and Optimization of an Experimental Micro-CSP Power Plant
M. Mitterhofer and M. Orosz
Proceedings of the ASME 2015 Power and Energy Conversion Conference (June 28–July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA) V001T05A007
DOI: 10.1115/ES2015-49333
CSP-4 - Dynamic Simulation of Performance and Cost of Hybrid PV-CSP-LPG Generator Micro- Grids with Applications to Remote Communities in Developing Countries
M. Orosz and A.V. Mueller
2015 ASME Power & Energy Conference (June 28–July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA) V002T13A007
DOI: 10.1115/ES2015-49513
CSP-4 - Parametric Study of Supercritical Rankine Cycle and Earth-Air-Heat-Exchanger for Low Temperature Power Generation
R. Vidhi, D. Y. Goswami, and E. K. Stefanakos
Energy Procedia, Proceedings of the SolarPACES 2013 International Conference, September 17 015020, 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1228–1237, Vol. 49
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.132
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CSP Activity 3: Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Effect of Metal Matrix and Foam porosity on Thermal Performance of Latent Heat Thermal Storage for Solar Thermal Power Plant
S. Halder, S. Singh, and S.K. Saha
SASEC2015, Third Southern African Solar Energy Conference (11–13 May 2015, Kruger National Park, South Africa)
CSP-5 - Effect of Geometrical Parameters of Fin on the Thermal Performance of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System in Solar Thermal Power Plant
M. Prabhakar, S. Singh, and S.K. Saha
International Seminar on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development, 2015 (RESD2015, 15-17 June 2015, Thimpu, Bhutan)
CSP-5 - Simulation of a Concentrating Solar Power Plant with Molten-Salt Thermocline Storage for Optimized Annual Performance
M. Flueckiger, B. D. Iverson, and S. V. Garimella
ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, July 14-19, 2013, Minneapolis, MN
DOI: 10.1115/ES2013-18297
CSP-5
SEI Activity 1: Roadmapping & Assessment
- Examining the Supply Chain and Addressing the Challenges of Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing in India
B. Verma and S. Rao
Tenth Annual International Conference on Public Policy and Management, Bangalore, India (2015).
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SEI Activity 2: Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Model-Based Regional Comparison of Autonomy and Battery Utilization of Energy Storage Integration with Solar Power
M. Lawder and V. Subramaninan
227th Electrochemical Society Meeting (Spring meeting, Chicago, IL)
https://ecs.confex.com/ecs/227/webprogram/Paper49112.html
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Reports (3):
SEI Activity 1
- Effect of Module Reliability on Techno-Economics of a Utility Scale Solar Photovoltaic Plant in India
H. Sridhar and N.C. Thirumalai
CSTEP-Report-2018-02 (April 2018) - Techno-Economic Assessment of a Low-Temperature Solar Organic Rankine Cycle System
S. Bannur and N.C. Thirumalai
CSTEP-Report-2018 (June 2018) - Solar Resource Assessment & Technology Roadmap Report
S. Ghosh, S. Sunder, N.C. Thirumalai, N.S. Suresh, B.S. Rao, V. Dash, S. Mohammed, A. Sastry, Nagalakshmi PS, S. Rao (CSTEP), August 2014, 109 p. - State-Level Policy Analysis for PV Module Manufacturing in India
B. Verma, G. Pavaskar, T. Oluwatola, and A. Curtright
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), 2017, 29 p. - Design of Solar Field and Performance Estimation of Solar Tower Plants
G. Srilakshmi, M.A. Ramaswamy, and Thirumalai NC
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), May 2016, 83 p. - Global Review of Solar Tower Technology
Thirumalai NC (Project Investigator)
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), August 2014, 43 p.
SEI Activity 3
- Techno-Economic Analysis of Stand-alone Solar PV and Battery Based Micro-Grids in Karnataka
V. Dash, B.S. Rao, H. Sridhar, M.D Bharadwaj (CSTEP), June 2018, 31 p.