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Index
A BITER system, 301
ABENGOA, 137 closed-loop configuration, 299, 300
Administration’s energy policy, 64 electricity generation, estimation of
Aluminum (Al), 452 electricity conversion efficiency, 312
Ambient energy, 485, 491 electric performance, 312, 313
Amorphous silicon (a-Si), 285, 363, 364 fill factor, 312
Antidumping (AD), 19 I–V curve and output power of, 311
Aquion batteries, 95 water flow rates, 312, 313
Atlantis Energy Systems (AES), 301, 303 heat collection, estimation of
Atomic layer deposition (ALD), 367 irradiance level, 308, 310
Auger recombination, 157 overall thermal performance, 310
Authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs), 64 surface temperatures, 309
thermal distribution, 308–310
B thermal efficiency, 310
Back-surface field (BSF) PVs, 24 water circuit, 308
Balance of system (BOS), 7, 431, 440, 441 laboratory testing setup
Band gap, 215, 217, 219, 227, 228 data acquisition system, 307
of methylammonium, 235 pyranometer, 307
optimization, 243 simulator controller and flowmeter, 307
Battery technologies, 9, 93 thermal couple distributions, 308
aquion batteries, 95 open-loop configuration, 299, 300
batteries comparative costs, 97 overall efficiency
circular economy approach, 95 increased water temperature, thermal
critical materials, 99 and electricity conversion efficiencies,
lead-acid batteries, 95 312, 314
lithium ion (li-ion) batteries, 95 panel efficiencies, 313, 315, 316
vanadium redox flow batteries solar roof, 303
(VRFB), 95 assembling of, 304, 305
Bifacial solar cells, 199 FGM panel, design and manufacture
Biosphere and solar energy development. See of, 304
Solar energy multifunctional roofing system,
Block-casting process, 188 integration of, 306
Body of system (BOS), 452 Building integrated thermal electric roofing
Bridgman process, 187 (BITER) system
Building envelope, 299, 305, 306, 316 energy harvesting mechanism, 302
Building integrated photovoltaics pilot projects, 302, 303
(BIPV), 225 SunSlates, 301, 302
Building integrated photovoltaic/thermal TallSlates, 301
(BIPVT) system Bulk-heterojunction (BHJ), 262, 263
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