background: tremendous amount of researches have investigated the issue of water photodisnfection. the aim of this research is to illustrate the influences of bacterial density, turbidity, exposure time and potassium persulfate (kps) dosage on the efficacy of associated solar disinfection (sodis) with kps for e. coli (atcc: 25922) eradication as an efficient and inexpensive process. methods: de...

The photoreduction of CO2 to achieve high-value-added hydrocarbons under simulated sunlight irradiation is advantageous, but challenging. In this study, a series MgO and Au nanoparticle-co-modified g-C3N4 photocatalysts were synthesized subsequently applied for the photocatalytic reduction with H2O solar irradiation. best performance was demonstrated by 3% MgO-co-modified CO, CH4, CH3OH, CH3CHO...

A methodology for downscaling solar irradiation from satellite-derived databases is described using R software. Different packages such as raster, parallel, solaR, gstat, sp and rasterVis are considered in this study for improving solar resource estimation in areas with complex topography, in which downscaling is a very useful tool for reducing inherent deviations in satellite-derived irradiati...

Inhibition of photosynthesis and epidermal damage resulting from ultraviolet irradiation were assessed for arctic and alpine plant species. These species were taken from a latitudinal gradient of the arctic-alpine life zone from the Andes to northern Alaska, which spans a steep change in solar UV-B irradiation (280 to 320 nm). Ecotypes and species from the Arctic, where solar UV-B flux is very ...

PbTe/Pb-based nanocomposite was assembled by combining the regular PbTe/Pb nanostructure and the ZnxMn1-xS nanoparticles; the photoelectric property of the nanocomposite was measured in situ. The results showed that the through current of the nanocomposite had an obvious increase compared to that of the individual PbTe/Pb nanomaterial under the same irradiation conditions. The improvement of ph...

The study of ideal absorbers, which can efficiently absorb light over a broad range of wavelengths, is of fundamental importance, as well as critical for many applications from solar steam generation and thermophotovoltaics to light/thermal detectors. As a result of recent advances in plasmonics, plasmonic absorbers have attracted a lot of attention. However, the performance and scalability of ...

OBJECTIVE We previously reported that near-infrared irradiation simulating solar near-infrared with pre- and parallel-irradiational cooling can penetrate the skin and non-thermally affects dermis, superficial muscles, and so forth. To clarify the possible effect of NIR irradiation on other subcutaneous tissues, we evaluated how near-infrared non-thermally affects subcutaneous adipocytes and bon...

The paper reports on the effects of a proton irradiation campaign on a series of thin-film silicon solar cells (singleand double-junction). The effect of subsequent thermal annealing on solar cells degraded by proton irradiation is investigated. A low-temperature annealing behaviour can be observed (at temperatures around 100 to 160 C) for microcrystalline silicon solar cells. To further explor...

Consideration of the Current-voltage (I-V) characteristics variations of solar modules with temperature and irradiations variations is basic for maximum power point tracking (MPPT). Having a simple and accurate mathematical model for the optimize utilization of the solar modules is essential. In this paper, a novel modeling of photovoltaic systems with novel coefficients is proposed for mathema...

Consideration of the Current-voltage (I-V) characteristics variations of solar modules with temperature and irradiations variations is basic for maximum power point tracking (MPPT). Having a simple and accurate mathematical model for the optimize utilization of the solar modules is essential. In this paper, a novel modeling of photovoltaic systems with novel coefficients is proposed for mathema...