Energy conversion efficiency of a novel hybrid solar system for photovoltaic, thermoelectric, and heat utilization

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 662-670

  Yang, Dajiang ^a   Yin, Huiming ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion efficiency; hybrid solar panel; photovoltaic (PV); renewable energy; thermodynamics; thermoelectrics (TEs)

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BUILDING ENVELOPES; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICAL POWER OUTPUT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOWING WATERS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; HEAT UTILIZATION; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; HOT WATER; HYBRID SOLAR PANEL; HYBRID SOLAR SYSTEM; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MULTI-LAYERED; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV); PV SYSTEM; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SOLAR PANELS; THERMOELECTRICS; WATER FLOWS;

ASTRONOMY; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 79957530987     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2011.2112363     Document Type: Article

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