Publications related to Nominal power (photovoltaic)

Stability Analysis of Second-Order Harmonic Active Filters for Input-Series/Output- Parallel Solid State Transformers

Drazen Dujic, Andrea Cervone, Tianyu Wei

Solid-State Transformers with Input-Series/Output- Parallel configuration offer a convenient solution for AC/DC power conversion, thanks to their modularity, scalability and flexibility. However, as known, they are affected by a second-order harmonic rippl ...

2024

Methods for Grid-aware Operation and Planning of Active Distribution Networks

Rahul Kumar Gupta

The thesis presents methods for controlling and planning distributed energy resources (DERs) in active distribution networks (ADNs). It deals with three main challenges: (i) developing and experimentally validating grid-aware real-time control frameworks, ...

EPFL2023

Optimal Co-Planning of ESSs and Line Reinforcement Considering the Dispatchability of Active Distribution Networks

Mario Paolone, Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Katarina Knezovic, Ji Hyun Yi

The paper presents a method for the co-optimization of energy storage systems allocation and line reinforcement in active distribution networks. The objective is to guarantee the capability of an active distribution network to follow a dispatch plan by app ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

Integrated solar-driven high-temperature electrolysis operating with concentrated irradiation

Jan Van Herle, Sophia Haussener, Stefan Diethelm, Clemens Gregor Suter, Meng Lin

High-temperature electrolysis for reducing H2O (and CO2) to H2 (and CO) converts concentrated solar energy into fuels and chemical feedstock. We invented an integrated reactor concept comprising a solar cavity receiver for reactant heating, a solid oxide e ...

2022

Exploring new avenues for perovskite photovoltaics: Molecular functionalization of layered lead-halide perovskites and defect mitigation in lead-free double perovskites

Barbara Alexandra Primera Darwich

Halide perovskites have seen, over the past years, a tremendous increase in photovoltaic power conversion efficiencies as device working mechanisms are unveiled. Lead halide perovskites are at the forefront of halide perovskite research given their intrigu ...

EPFL2022

Selenophene-Based Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón, Javier Urieta Mora

Two novel and simple donor-pi-bridge-donor (D-pi-D) hole-transporting materials (HTMs) containing two units of the p-methoxytriphenylamine (TPA) electron donor group covalently bridged by means of the 3,4-dimethoxyselenophene spacer through single and trip ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021

Wearable and Battery-Free Health-Monitoring Devices With Optical Power Transfer

Sandro Carrara, Nattakarn Wuthibenjaphonchai

Wireless epidermal wearable devices attract interests and expectations as a tool for personalized, low-cost health monitoring technology. The concept of the wireless attachable personal health monitoring devices has been more widely considered by combining ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2021

Monitoring the Operating Temperatures of Modules in Open-Rack and Typical BIPV Configurations

Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Andrew Wayne Fairbrother, Ebrar Özkalay

Elevated operating temperatures are expected in BIPV systems due to restricted or reduced rear-side ventilation, which impacts their performance and reliability. This work reports operating temperatures and diurnal (day-night) temperature variations of the ...

IEEE2021

Photonic chip-based resonant supercontinuum via pulse-driven Kerr microresonator solitons

Tobias Kippenberg, Junqiu Liu, Wenle Weng, Tobias Herr, Miles Henry Anderson

Supercontinuum generation and soliton microcomb formation both represent key techniques for the formation of coherent, ultrabroad optical frequency combs, enabling the RF-to-optical link. Coherent supercontinuum generation typically relies on ultrashort pu ...

2021

Mitigating the impact of distributed PV in a low-voltage grid using electricity tariffs

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Lionel Benjamin Bloch, Jordan Holweger

A high share of distributed photovoltaic (PV) generation in low-voltage networks may lead to over-voltage, and line/transformer overloading. To mitigate these issues, we investigate how advanced electricity tariffs could ensure safe grid operation while en ...

2020

Towards Quantitative Interpretation of Fourier-Transform Photocurrent Spectroscopy on Thin-Film Solar Cells

Franz-Josef Haug, Michael Elias Stückelberger, Jakub Holovsky, Martin Müller

The method of detecting deep defects in photovoltaic materials by Fourier-Transform Photocurrent Spectroscopy has gone through continuous development during the last two decades. Still, giving quantitative predictions of photovoltaic device performance is ...

2020

Grid-aware distributed control of electric vehicle charging stations in active distribution grids

Mario Paolone, Rahul Kumar Gupta, Sherif Alaa Salaheldin Fahmy

The penetration of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations (CSs), along with the progressive connection of stochastic distributed generation, is increasing the probability of violating the power distribution grid operational constraints and deteriorate the ...

Elsevier2020

Photoinduced Charge Transfer Dynamics in Blue-Coloured Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Heewon Bahng

The inception of push-pull organic dyes utilizing the donor-pi conjugated bridge-acceptor (D-pi-A) motif has created a paradigm shift in the design of efficient nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), offering control over aesthetic and perform ...

EPFL2019

Battery-Free, Sticker-Like, Device for Health Monitoring, Operated by Optical Power Transfer

Sandro Carrara, Nattakarn Wuthibenjaphonchai

This work presents the concept of a battery-free, sticker-like, device for a non-invasive health-monitoring sensor. The device consists of two functional blocks: an optical power-transfer block and an amperometric measurement block. The former accumulates ...

IEEE2018

Frontiers, opportunities, and challenges in perovskite solar cells: A critical review

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

The breakthrough discovery of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite materials for converting solar energy into electrical energy has revolutionized the third generation photovoltaic devices. Within less than half a decade of rigorous research and development ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV2018

Photovoltaic Model-Based Solar Irradiance Estimators: Performance Comparison and Application to Maximum Power Forecasting

Mario Paolone, Fabrizio Sossan, Enrica Scolari

Due to the increasing proportion of distributed photovoltaic (PV) production in the generation mix, the knowledge of the PV generation capacity has become a key factor. In this work, we propose to compute the PV plant maximum power starting from the indire ...

2018

Reliability of photovoltaic modules : from indoor testing to long-term performance prediction

Eleonora Annigoni

A fundamental challenge with solar energy is improving the reliability, and increasing the lifetime, of photovoltaic modules. Typically, photovoltaic module manufacturers guarantee 80% of the nominal power of their modules for 25 years, but this type of gu ...

EPFL2018

Real-Time Power-Reference Tracking Method for PV Converters

Mario Paolone, Lorenzo Enrique Reyes Chamorro

Due to the increasing presence of renewable inertia-less energy sources, power electronics interfaces are required to exploit their flexibility in order to support the overall grid quality of service. One way to achieve this, is that power converters are c ...

IEEE2017

Methoxydiphenylamine-substituted fluorene derivatives as hole transporting materials: role of molecular interaction on device photovoltaic performance

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Michael Saliba, Sanghyun Paek

The molecular structure of the hole transporting material (HTM) play an important role in hole extraction in a perovskite solar cells. It has a significant influence on the molecular planarity, energy level, and charge transport properties. Understanding t ...

Nature Research2017

Optical Evaluation of the Rear Contacts of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells by Coupled Electromagnetic and Statistical Ray-Optics Modeling

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Ali Dabirian, Stefaan De Wolf, Monica Morales Masis

High-efficiency crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells increasingly feature sophisticated electron and hole contacts aimed at minimizing electronic losses. At the rear of photovoltaic devices, such contacts-usually consisting of stacks of functional layers ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2017