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Wang, Zidan (author)Photovoltaic (PV) system yield prediction models are an important topic in the field of PV solar energy. An accurate prediction model could not only be used for optimising the PV system design, but is also expected to realise the yield potential of innovative PV technologies. In the next generation of PV technologies, one of the most promising...master thesis 2019
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Montenegro Cardona, Lorena (author)The building sector uses 40% of the primary energy worldwide. Energy demand in a non-residential existing building is rising due to higher comfort conditions, population growth and the enhancement of the building services. On the other hand, renewable energy technologies are every time more accessible for the built environment, especially the...master thesis 2019
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Mandrampazakis, Antonis (author)Carrier-selective passivating contacts (CSPC) are one of the most promising silicon solar cell contact structures. These contacts enable the passivation of the silicon surface as well as a high carrier selectivity. So far excellent results have been demonstrated with the use of poly-Si in stack with SiO2. In this work, we optimize an alternative...master thesis 2019
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Narvaez Alavez, Ignacio (author)The development of solar photovoltaic systems has seen a rapid increase in the recent years propelled by mass manufacturing and constantly declining costs of PV modules. In some regions, however, the levelized cost of energy is still rather high, posing some challenges for this technology to take a leading roll in the energy mix. In order to...master thesis 2019
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Zhou, YiLong (author)Carrier selective passivating contact (CSC) is considered to be a promising direction for surface passivation research because it performs passivation for both non-contacted and contacted areas. Conventional heavy doping CSCs are subject to a few drawbacks such as significant Auger recombination, parasitic absorption, complicated processing and...master thesis 2019
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Tamarzians, Michel (author)The population worldwide is growing rapidly which leads to an increase of the energy demand. Simultaneously, the established energy resources are being depleted and contribute negatively to the climate. The necessity for a sustainable and inexhaustible energy source, to deal with the increasing energy demand in an ecological friendly approach,...master thesis 2019
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Koppes, Fabian (author)Land scarcity is increasing and therefore one of the main challenges for renewable energy in the future is ‘physical space’. While renewables need a lot of space compared to conventional energy sources, and the competition for space is already increasing (food production, housing etc.), leading to higher land costs and opposition. Public...master thesis 2019
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Endtz, Jan David (author)The integration of luminescent nanoparticles into transparent polymer matrices opens the way to affordable, scalable and efficient luminescent solar concentrators. A key challenge in the fabrication is to prevent agglomeration of the nanoparticles as this will drastically reduce the performance due to scattering effects. The incompatibility of...master thesis 2019
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Fernández Mora, Alvaro (author)The development of solar-sail technology in combination with the rising interest in a mission to the Sun-Earth L5 region for heliophysics and the search for Trojan asteroids, raises the question of using solar sailing as the primary propulsion method to enable such a mission. This study therefore investigates different invariant objects and...master thesis 2019
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Choubey, Anjali (author)Crystalline silicon (c-Si) has low absorption coefficient in the near infra-red spectrum(NIR), which results in transmission losses in this region. This means there is a need for a back reflector in c-Si solar cells to capture the NIR light. One of the easiest ways of capturing NIR light is by using a reflective metal layer deposited onto a...master thesis 2019
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Wapperom, Sander (author)There is a 95% certainty that human activity is the dominant cause of observed warming since the mid-20thcentury [1]. Burning fossil fuels for energy is the dominant cause of greenhouse gas emissions. 32% of the Dutch energy supply is consumed by the built environment. The façade is the largest area of the building envelope. Consequently, the...master thesis 2019
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Krishnan, Ananthakrishnan (author)Comets, the sporadic visitors from the outer edges of the Solar System, are considered to hold the key for understanding the formation of planets and the origin of life on Earth. Having spent the majority of time away from the radiative environment of the inner Solar System, the chemistry of the comets has remained unaltered, making them the...master thesis 2018
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Stephan, Mikaël (author)European policy makers have established a set of 20-20-20 targets for the year 2020 in the energy sector, goals based on security of supply, competitive markets and sustainability. The 3 key objectives include a 20% reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) and CO2 compared to 1990 levels (and up to 80% by 2050), a 20% improvement in energy efficiency...master thesis 2018
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Kothandaraman, Radha Krishnan (author)Single junction solar cells suffer from two primary loss mechanisms due to spectral mismatch: thermalisation and non-absorption losses. A photon with energy greater than the bandgap of the solar cell can be absorbed to excite an electron-hole pair and the excess energy received is released as heat constituting thermalisation losses. On the other...master thesis 2018
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Roumpedakis, Tryfonas (author)The rapid growth of power systems supplied by sustainable energy sources and the attempt towards the decrease of CO₂ emissions has resulted in the increase of decentralized energy systems over the last decades. Tri-generation systems utilizing an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) can offer a reliable alternative towards that direction. In particular,...master thesis 2018
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de Vries, Tim (author)A quick-scan algorithm has been developed in order to evaluate rooftop PV potential in the Netherlands. Both its panel fitting and yield prediction functions have been validated with existing systems monitored by Solar Monkey. The calculation times of different parts of the algorithm were measured and decreased while keeping the accuracy of the...master thesis 2018
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Raman, Venkateswaran (author)In this thesis, graded bandgap energy a-SiO<sub>x</sub>:H solar cells are developed to attain a high JSC without compromising their high <i>V<sub>OC</sub> </i>× FF product. First, a grading method which takes into account the interdependence of bandgap energy, deposition rate and the desired grading profile for a-SiO<sub>x</sub>:H materials is...master thesis 2018
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Erlina Rosa Evasari, Rosa (author)High-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted great attention from researchers around the world. Rapid researches and developments of PSCs are shown by the increase of its efficiency from 3.8% in 2009 to a new world record of 22.4% in 2017. Hysteresis phenomenon in current density voltage (J-V) is one of the challenges occurring...master thesis 2018
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Pragistio, Yunizar (author)Access to electricity still lacks for a fifth of the world's population. Most of the areas are in the remote rural location. Due to the off-grid location, policies, and other social factors, the grid expansion in these areas is not economically viable. Installing Solar Home Systems (SHS) is considered to be a promising immediate solution, given...master thesis 2018