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Numerical study of optical transmission in silver plasmonic square nanohole and its to windows
Josef Andreas Schuler, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury
Energy-efficient windows are being used to increase the thermal insulation of a fa & ccedil;ade. Such insulating windows contain an ultra-thin, multilayered, transparent silver coating that acts as an infrared mirror which significantly reduces thermal los ...
2024Modeling, design and economics of PEC devices
Photo-electrochemical (PEC) devices allow for converting solar energy into chemical energy and for the production of energetically dense solar fuels. Light absorption, charge separation and transport, electrochemical reactions, and ionic transport are requ ...
EPFL2024Embodied Carbon Premium for Cantilevers
David Michael Volpe Ruggiero, Paola Costanza Miglietta
This study addresses the critical need for sustainable architectural designs within the context of climate change and the significant role the built environment plays in greenhouse gas emissions. The focus of this paper is on understanding the influence of ...
2024Intrinsic performance loss rate: Decoupling reversible and irreversible losses for an improved assessment of photovoltaic system performance
Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Hugo James André Quest
Solar electricity is set to play a pivotal role in future energy systems. In view of a market that may soon reach the terawatt (TW) scale, a careful assessment of the performance of photovoltaic (PV) systems becomes critical. Research on PV fault detection ...
Wiley2024Solar-assisted clean steam generator, a cleaner production approach for sustainable healthcare facilities
Fernando Porté Agel, Mohammad Jamshidmofid, Ahmad Arabkoohsar
Healthcare sector buildings, particularly hospitals, significantly contribute to global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Hospitals require a substantial amount of steam, including the essential hygienic or " clean steam, " that is currently ...
Elsevier Sci Ltd2024Polydopamine-coated photoautotrophic bacteria for improving extracellular electron transfer in living photovoltaics
Ardemis Anoush Boghossian, Melania Reggente, Mohammed Mouhib, Hanxuan Wang, Charlotte Elisabeth Marie Roullier, Fabian Fischer, Patricia Brandl
Living photovoltaics are microbial electrochemical devices that use whole cell–electrode interactions to convert solar energy to electricity. The bottleneck in these technologies is the limited electron transfer between the microbe and the electrode surfac ...
2024From PV to EV: Mapping the Potential for Electric Vehicle Charging with Solar Energy in Europe
Christophe Ballif, Alejandro Pena Bello, Noémie Alice Yvonne Ségolène Jeannin, Jérémy Dumoulin
The electrification of the transport sector is a key element in decarbonizing our societies. However, energy systems will have to cope with additional electricity demand due to the charging needs of electric vehicles (EVs) together with the integration of ...
2024Photoelectrochemical Cell Engineering for Solar Energy Conversion
Solar energy is the most abundant energy source, harnessing solar energy holds the solution to the challenge of increasing global energy demand and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Photovoltaics which directly convert solar energy into electricity ...
EPFL2023Preserving suspended structures with light façades (1960-1980).Architectural study and retrofitting proposals
Nowadays, the energy efficiency of the existing building stock is internationally accepted as a topical issue. Energy retrofitting is encouraged, improving the thermal performances of buildings, but often altering the historical image of our cities. Attent ...
EPFL2023Dissecting the photoacidity of spiropyran/merocyanine molecular switches in water.
Photochemistry is a discipline that studies the interaction between light and matter with the scope to induce chemical transformations. The first conjugation between light and chemistry can be dated back to the lifespan of Giacomo Luigi Ciamician, who is c ...
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