Recent advances in solar photovoltaic systems for emerging trends and advanced applications

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 859-884

  Pandey, A K ^a   Tyagi, V V ^b   Selvaraj, Jeyraj A ^a   Rahim, N A ^a,c   Tyagi, S K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy   (India)

Author keywords

Building integrated PV; Concentrated PV; Photovoltaic thermal (PV T); Solar energy; Solar PV

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ADVANCED APPLICATIONS; BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC; CONCENTRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; EMERGING TRENDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMALS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84943780241     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.09.043     Document Type: Review

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