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Performance evaluation of solar panels under different dust accumulation conditions using thermography: focusing on PV temperature variation 利用热成像技术评价不同积尘条件下太阳能电池板的性能:以PV温度变化为重点

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Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2023-11-23 DOI: 10.1007/s40243-023-00246-3

Gomaa Galal Abd El-wahhab, Taha Abdelfattah Mohammed Abdelwahab, Yasser Kamal Osman Taha Osman, Mohamed Fawzi Abdelshafie Abuhussein, Ahmed Elsayed Mahmoud Fodah, Khaled Abdeen Mousa Ali

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Green-based modifiable CaZnBr4 for solar cells application 用于太阳能电池的绿色改性CaZnBr4

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Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2023-11-17 DOI: 10.1007/s40243-023-00242-7

Moses E. Emetere, Oluwaseyi O. Bello

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Dye-sensitized solar cells based on critical raw material-free Fe–N–C counter electrodes 基于无关键原料Fe-N-C对电极的染料敏化太阳能电池

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Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2023-11-17 DOI: 10.1007/s40243-023-00241-8

David Sebastián, Stefano Trocino, Carmelo Lo Vecchio, Alexey Serov, Plamen Atanassov, Vincenzo Baglio

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Selecting an appropriate machine-learning model for perovskite solar cell datasets 为包晶太阳能电池数据集选择合适的机器学习模型

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Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI: 10.1007/s40243-023-00239-2

Mohamed M. Salah, Zahraa Ismail, Sameh Abdellatif

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Exploratory study of potential usefulness of cost-effective composites thin films for energy device 低成本复合材料薄膜在能源器件中的潜在用途的探索性研究

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Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2023-09-02 DOI: 10.1007/s40243-023-00238-3

Maryama Hammi

{"title":"Exploratory study of potential usefulness of cost-effective composites thin films for energy device","authors":"Maryama Hammi","doi":"10.1007/s40243-023-00238-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40243-023-00238-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we synthesized neat and loaded lead phosphate glass (PbO–P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>) with the inclusion of Cr, Co, Ni, and Zn using an inexpensive sol–gel technique. These composites were then deposited on silica glass substrates. Our objective was to investigate the influence of these fillers on the properties of the glass. The concentrations of the fillers were varied from 0 to 16 wt%, and the resulting thin films were characterized by measuring the absorption coefficient and estimating the optical band gap at room temperature. Additionally, we measured the electrical resistivity of the semiconducting thin films as a function of filler concentrations and temperature. To assess the overall performance of the films, we calculated the figure of merit using the Iles and Soclof approach, considering the DC resistance versus free carrier concentration and absorption coefficient. Interestingly, our results revealed a significant improvement in the figure of merit at specific filler concentrations. The obtained results are comprehensive and provide detailed insights. They indicate that the thin films produced in this study have the potential to be useful in energy devices, particularly in applications involving P–N junctions and similar structures.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":692,"journal":{"name":"Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy","volume":"12 3","pages":"171 - 186"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40243-023-00238-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43048629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Low-temperature synthesis of doped MnO2–carbon dots nanocomposite: an analysis of nanostructure and electrical properties 掺杂MnO2–碳点纳米复合材料的低温合成：纳米结构和电学性能分析

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Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2023-08-04 DOI: 10.1007/s40243-023-00237-4

E. Hastuti, F. Fitriana, M. Zainuri, S. Suasmoro

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Synthesis and application of biomass-derived magnetic biochar catalyst for simultaneous esterification and trans-esterification of waste cooking oil into biodiesel: modeling and optimization 生物质衍生磁性生物炭催化剂的合成与应用废食用油同时酯化和反酯化制备生物柴油：建模与优化

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Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2023-07-06 DOI: 10.1007/s40243-023-00236-5

Samuel Latebo Majamo, Temesgen Abeto Amibo, Tesfaye Kassaw Bedru

{"title":"Synthesis and application of biomass-derived magnetic biochar catalyst for simultaneous esterification and trans-esterification of waste cooking oil into biodiesel: modeling and optimization","authors":"Samuel Latebo Majamo, Temesgen Abeto Amibo, Tesfaye Kassaw Bedru","doi":"10.1007/s40243-023-00236-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40243-023-00236-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This work created, characterized, and used a magnetic biochar catalyst that is both eco-friendly and very effective. Sugarcane bagasse was selected as primary raw material for catalyst preparation, because it is renewable and ecofriendly biomass. Catalyst created by doping sugarcane bagasse biochar with magnetic material in the form of (FeSO<sub>4</sub>·7H<sub>2</sub>O). Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) were used to characterize the catalyst. In addition, physical and textural characteristics of the catalyst were identified and interpreted. The characterization outcome showed that the catalyst has good catalytic qualities. For the manufacturing of biodiesel, discarded cooking oil served as the primary feedstock. The experiment was created utilizing the Box–Behnken Design (BBD) technique. There are four variables with the following three levels each: temperature, methanol to oil ratio, catalyst concentration, and reaction time. 29 experiments in total were carried out. Using the RSM function, optimization was done. The optimal conditions for obtaining biodiesel yield—temperature, methanol to oil ratio, reaction time, and catalyst weight—were 43.597 °C, 9.975 mol/L, 49.945 min, and 1.758 wt%. A study of the produced biodiesel using a FTIR showed that the conventional biodiesel IR spectra were confirmed. All physiochemical characteristics found suggested the biodiesel complied with ASTM and EN norms. Overall, the synthesized catalyst had conducted simultaneous reactions in a single batch reactor and had demonstrated suitability for converting used cooking oil to biodiesel.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":692,"journal":{"name":"Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy","volume":"12 2","pages":"147 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40243-023-00236-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41083465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A review on recent research on bio-based building materials and their applications 生物基建筑材料及其应用研究进展

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Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2023-05-10 DOI: 10.1007/s40243-023-00234-7

S. Bourbia, H. Kazeoui, R. Belarbi

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Alkaline electrolysis using CuOx cathode for the conversion of carbon dioxide into liquid fuels 使用CuOx阴极进行碱性电解，将二氧化碳转化为液体燃料

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Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2023-05-10 DOI: 10.1007/s40243-023-00235-6

S. C. Zignani, M. Lo Faro, A. Carbone, A. Pallela, L. Spadaro, A. S. Aricò

{"title":"Alkaline electrolysis using CuOx cathode for the conversion of carbon dioxide into liquid fuels","authors":"S. C. Zignani, M. Lo Faro, A. Carbone, A. Pallela, L. Spadaro, A. S. Aricò","doi":"10.1007/s40243-023-00235-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40243-023-00235-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Electrochemical reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> is an effective method for storing intermittent renewable energy. This could result in fuel additives and chemical feedstocks such as alcohols. A challenge of electrochemical alcohol production is the transfer of electrons and protons, as well as the formation of C–C bonds. As of now, copper-based materials are the most commonly used and effective catalysts. Although CuO<sub><i>x</i></sub> is considered a promising catalyst for electrochemical CO<sub>2</sub> reduction reactions (CO2RR), significant improvements in product selectivity are still needed. This paper presents some results obtained using copper oxide as a cathode, combined with 33% of ionomer, nickel iron as anode, and membrane Fumatech as electrolyte. As a result of physico-chemical experiments, morphological measurements of the cathode, electrochemical experiments carried out with a complete zero-gap cell operating under alkaline conditions, and gas-chromatographic (GC) analyses of the cathode outlet stream, we determined that methyl formate, ethanol, and propanol were mainly obtained at a rate of 116.3 μmol <span>({text{g}}_{text{cat}}^{-1} , {text{h}}^{-{1}})</span> during operation at 2.2 V.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":692,"journal":{"name":"Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy","volume":"12 2","pages":"141 - 146"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40243-023-00235-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41083528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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N-type H2-doped amorphous silicon layer for solar-cell application 用于太阳能电池的N型H2掺杂非晶硅层

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Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Pub Date : 2023-04-12 DOI: 10.1007/s40243-023-00232-9

Soni Prayogi, A. Ayunis, Yoyok Cahyono, D. Darminto

{"title":"N-type H2-doped amorphous silicon layer for solar-cell application","authors":"Soni Prayogi, A. Ayunis, Yoyok Cahyono, D. Darminto","doi":"10.1007/s40243-023-00232-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40243-023-00232-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this work, we report that hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) doped in n-type a-Si:H thin films strongly influences the electronic correlation in increasing the conversion output power of solar cells. Type n a-Si:H thin films were grown using PECVD on ITO substrates with various H2-doping, to obtain various thin films for solar-cell applications. N-type a-Si:H thin films were prepared, and then characterized using ellipsometric spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The addition of doped-H<sub>2</sub> to the thin layer shows a decrease in optical conductivity, while the energy gap in the thin layer shows a significant increase in the a-Si:H-type thin layer. Our results show that H<sub>2</sub> doping plays a very important role in the electronic structure, which is indicated by the significant energy gap difference. On the other hand, the bond structure of each H2-doped thin film showed a change from amorphous to nanocrystalline structures which were evenly distributed in each H<sub>2</sub>-doped bonding. Overall, we believe that the addition of doped-H<sub>2</sub> to our findings could help increase the power conversion output of the solar cell due to the modification of the electronic structure.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":692,"journal":{"name":"Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy","volume":"12 2","pages":"95 - 104"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40243-023-00232-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41083689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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