Experimental investigation of an optical water filter for Photovoltaic/Thermal conversion module

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 431-442

  Al Shohani, Wisam A M ^a,b   Sabouri, Aydin ^a   Al Dadah, Raya ^a   Mahmoud, Saad ^a   Butt, Haider ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

CPVT; Optical water filter; Photovoltaic; PVT; Spectrum splitter

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WATER FILTRATION;

CPVT; OPTICAL WATER; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PVT; SPECTRUM SPLITTER;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84954111860     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.12.065     Document Type: Article

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