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The adoption of photovoltaic panels (PV) by households is essential to meet residential Swiss energy transition targets. While previous studies have mostly focused on the factors influencing PV adoption by comparing adopters with non-adopters, few have ack ...

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Optical filters that respond to the wavelength and direction of incident light can be used to increase the efficiency of tracking solar cells. However, as tracking solar cells are more expensive to install and maintain, it is likely that nontracking solar ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2025

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Performance tuning is a pervasive challenge in science and engineering, involving optimization of expensive black-box functions to achieve desired outcomes. This thesis focuses on Bayesian optimization (BO) as a promising solution for addressing the comple ...

EPFL2025

Evaluating the role of inkjet printing in perovskite solar modules manufacturing using mathematical modeling

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, François Maréchal, Naveen Bhati

Given the solution-phase processability and low energy intensity of several techniques, many techniques have been explored to manufacture these cells and modules. Among them, inkjet printing has shown potential for fabricating all the active layers while a ...

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Magnetic field effects on electrocatalysis have recently gained attention due to the substantial enhancement of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on ferromagnetic catalysts. When detecting an enhanced catalytic activity, the effect of magnetic fields on ...

Nature Portfolio2024

Continuous production prototype for scaling up of graphene oxide/carbon nanotube composite synthesis towards efficient hydrogen storage

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A continuous production prototype for scaling up the synthesis of a graphene oxide/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (GO/MWCNTs) composite as a hydrogen storage material has been proposed in this study. This prototype consists of an automatic feeding and mixin ...

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Minimizing the power-specific iridium loading in polymer electrolyte water electrolysis (PEWE) is essential for the commercialization and upscaling of this technology. However, decreasing the iridium loading can severely affect performance and stability. M ...

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Influence of convection on the thermal storage performance of energy tunnels

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The decarbonization of the built environment requires rapid growth in energy storage solutions due to the intermittent nature of most renewable energy sources. This paper focuses on the efficacy of so-called energy tunnels (i.e., tunnels equipped with pipe ...

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Precious metal-free (photo)electrochemistry for green hydrogen production

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Corrigendum to "Geographic network effects to engage people in the energy transition: The case of PV in Switzerland" (vol 9, e17800, 2023)

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Romano Tobias Wyss, Gloria Serra Coch

With the energy transition and CO2 emissions reduction as a priority on the international policy agenda, governments worldwide are trying to engage the population in investing in renewable energies. In this paper, we study the role of information access an ...

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Ink-Based CuIn0.3Ga0.7S2 Nanocrystal Thin Films as Photocathodes for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction

Kevin Sivula, Jun Ho Yum, Nestor Guijarro Carratala

One of the promising methods to solve the current energyand environmentissues is photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting and CO2 reduction reaction. Chalcopyrite copper indium gallium sulfide (CIGS)and CuIn0.3Ga0.7S2 nanocrystal thinfilms have been cons ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Performances studies of a basket-based solar cooker for humanitarian aid in Uganda

David Notzon, Juliette Loan Dutheil, Andreas Schueler, Luc Burnier, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury, Krishna Manwani, Romain Schindelholz, Chiara Ongaro

This study explores the suitability of a basket -based solar cooker for cooking in Uganda, an equatorial country. The solar cooker is designed to be easily constructed and based on recycled and locally available materials. Its performance in terms of cooki ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2023

Future Swiss Energy Economy: The Challenge of Storing Renewable Energy

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Fossil fuels and materials on Earth are a finite resource and the disposal of waste into the air, on land, and into water has an impact on our environment on a global level. Using Switzerland as an example, the energy demand and the technical challenges, a ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2022

Decentralized ICT integration in residential buildings

François Maréchal, Dorsan Alexis A. Lepour

To answer the growing demand for data computing, data storage and data transmission, the current trend is to construct centralized hyperscale data centers, whose power usage effectiveness (PUE) has substantially improved in recent years. Still, the operati ...

Technical University of Denmark2022

Multiple roles of negative thermal expansion material for high-performance fully-air processed perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Bin Ding

For fully-air-processed perovskite solar cells (PSCs), high-quality perovskite films and improved intrinsic stability are critical for high photovoltaic performance. However, strain, as a critical factor of perovskite instability, not only harms the effici ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2022

Reversible solid-oxide cell stack based power-to-x-to-power systems: Economic potential evaluated via plant capital-cost target

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Electrical energy storage systems are indispensable for the electrical grid with high penetration renewables. Reversible solid-oxide cell stack based power-to-x-to-power systems, which can switch between power generation and power storage, can achieve a hi ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2021

Experimental facility for reduced scale model testing of hydraulic machines hybridized with a battery energy storage system

Mario Paolone, Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Elena Vagnoni, Francesco Gerini, Martin Seydoux

With a continuously growing share of non-dispatchable renewable energy sources in the power mix, flexibility in hydropower provision is becoming fundamental. The major role played by hydropower in frequency regulation in the last years has underlined the p ...

IOP Publishing2021

A performance-driven simulation workflow for PV integration into the design process: application on an innovative building project in Switzerland

Sergi Aguacil Moreno

In the construction sector, the integration of active elements functioning both as building envelope material and on-site electricity generator is identified as a key measure to achieve the 2050 targets and carbon neutrality (Aguacil Moreno, 2019; Aguacil ...

2021

Rapid hybrid perovskite film crystallization from solution

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Lukas Pfeifer, Sandy Sanchez Alonso

The use of a solution process to grow perovskite thin films allows to extend the material processability. It is known that the physicochemical properties of the perovskite material can be tuned by altering the solution precursors as well as by controlling ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2021

Computational studies of the structural and optical properties of organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites

Ariadni Boziki

The rapid rise of organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites has amazed the photovoltaic community. As the efficiency race continues for this revolutionary class of light-harvesting materials, many questions on the structural, electronic and optical propert ...

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