A review of PV–T systems: Thermal management and efficiency with single phase cooling

• Published in: International journal of heat and mass transfer Vol. 91; pp. 861 - 871
• Main Authors: Reddy, Sohail R., Ebadian, Mohammad A., Lin, Cheng-Xian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Convective heat transfer; Conversion efficiency; Photovoltaic/thermal; PV–T; Thermal management; Convective heat transfer; Thermal management; Conversion efficiency; Photovoltaic/thermal; PV–T

•Recent advances in hybrid solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems are reviewed.•Thermal management and efficiency of single phase cooling techniques are summarized.•Needs in future research in this subject are discussed. In recent years, various methods of thermal management in photovoltaic–therm...