Optimization of Shingled-Type Lightweight Glass-Free Solar Modules for Building Integrated Photovoltaics

MgZnO High Voltage Thin Film Transistors on Glass for Inverters in Building Integrated Photovoltaics

Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) have attracted considerable interests because of its aesthetically attractive appearance and overall low cost. In BIPV, system integration on a glass substrate like windows is essential to cover a large area of a building with low cost. However, the conventional high voltage devices in inverters have to be built on the specially selected single crystal s...

Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV): Review, Potentials, Barriers and Myths

To date, none of the predictions that have been made about the emerging BIPV industry have really hit the target. The anticipated boom has so far stalled and despite developing and promoting a number of excellent systems and products, many producers around the world have been forced to quit on purely economic grounds. The authors believe that after this painful cleansing of the market, a massiv...

Photovoltaics: an alternative 'Sun' for solar cells.

Photovoltaics: More solar cells for less.

Integrated solar thermal façade system for building retrofit

In the perspective of the Net Zero Energy Buildings as specified in the EPBD 2010/31/EU, we propose the concept and design of a modular unglazed solar thermal (UST) façade component for facilitating the installation of active solar façades. The renovation of existing buildings offers an opportunity to improve the energy efficiency when using such a system and a novel design methodology tackled ...