Scientific publications 2010

Book chapters

J. LUTHER, Smart grids, smart loads, and energy storage in: Global Sustainability – A Nobel Cause, pp. 281-288, Cambridge University Press, (published 2010)

N. Enteria, K. Mizutani, R. Yoshie, H. Yoshino, A. Mochida, Solar-Desiccant Cooling in Asia-Pacific Region, in A.M. Harris (Ed.), Clean Energy: Resources, Production and Developments, New York, Nova Science Publishers (in press)

Expert Reports

J. Luther et al., Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI), Berlin (Ed.) (2010): Research, innovation and technological performance in Germany – EFI Report 2010, EFI, Berlin

Papers in scientific/technical journals

P.J. Gress, P.I. Widenborg, S. Varlamov and A.G. Aberle, Wire-bonding as a cell interconnection technique for polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells on glass, Progress in Photovoltaics 18, 221-228 (2010)

G. Jin, P. I. Widenborg, P. Campbell, and S. Varlamov, Lambertian matched absorption enhancement in PECVD poly-Si thin film on aluminum induced textured glass superstrates for solar cell applications, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, doi: 10.1002/pip.981 (in press)

S.K. Wittkopf, L.O. Grobe, D. Geisler-Moroder, R. Compagnon, J. Kämpf, F. Linhart, J.L. Scartezzini, Ray tracing study for non-imaging daylight collectors, Solar Energy 84, 986 – 996 (2010)

F. Linhart, S.K. Wittkopf, J-L. Scartezzini, Performance of Anidolic Daylighting Systems in tropical climates – Parametric studies for identification of main influencing factors, Solar Energy 84, 1085-1094 (2010)

S. He, J. Wong, D. Inn, B. Hoex, A. G. Aberle, and A. Sproul, Influences of oxygen contamination on evaporated poly-Si thin-film solar cells by solid-phase epitaxy, Thin Solid Films 518, 4351-4355 (2010)

R. Bock, J. Schmidt, S. Mau, B. Hoex, and R. Brendel, The ALU+concept: N-type silicon solar cells with surface-passivated screen-printed aluminum-alloyed rear emitter, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 57, 1966-1971 (2010)

K. Habib, B.B. Saha, A. Chakraborty, S. Koyama, K. Srinivasan, Performance evaluation of combined adsorption refrigeration cycles, International Journal of Refrigeration (2010, in press)

K. Habib, B.B. Saha, K.A. Rahman, A. Chakraborty, S. Koyama, K.C. Ng, Experimental Studies on adsorption kinetics of activated carbon/R134a and activated carbon/R507A pairs, International Journal of Refrigeration, 33, 706 – 713 (2010)

N. Enteria, K. Mizutani, Y. Monma, T. Akisaka, N. Okazaki, Experimental evaluation of the new solid desiccant heat pump system in Asia-Pacific climatic conditions, Applied Thernal Engineering 31, 2-3, 243-257 (available online 15 September 2010)

N. Enteria, H. Yoshino, A. Satake, A. Mochida, R. Takaki, R. Yoshie, T. Mitamura, S. Baba, Experimental heat and mass transfer of the separated and coupled rotating desiccant wheel and heat wheel, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 34, 603-615 (2010)

N. Enteria, H. Yoshino, A. Satake, A. Mochida, R. Takaki, R. Yoshie, S. Baba, Development and construction of the novel solar thermal desiccant cooling system incorporating hot water production, Applied Energy 87, 478-486 (2010)

Conference papers

L. Grobe, S.K. Wittkopf, Peter Apian-Bennewitz, Jacob C. Jonsson and Mike Rubin, Experimental validation of bidirectional reflection and transmission distribution measurements of specular and scattering materials, Proceedings of the SPIE Photonic, Brussels, Belgium (2010)

A.R. Pandey, S.K. Wittkopf, Y.X. Huang, N. Lynn, K.S. Ang, D. Prasad, J-L Scartezzini, P.S. Toh, Building Integrated Photovoltaic of Singapore’s Zero-Energy Building, Proceedings of the International Conference for Applied Energy (ICAE2010), Singapore (2010)

L. Grobe, S.K. Wittkopf, A.R. Pandey, X.M. Yang, K.S. Ang, J-L Scartezzini, S. Selkowitz, Singapore’s Zero-Energy Building’s daylight monitoring system, Proceedings of the International Conference for Applied Energy (ICAE2010), Singapore (2010)

Y.X. Lee, S. DUBEY and Andrew A.O. TAY, Numerical Simulation of a Photovoltaic Thermal System for a Student Hostel in Singapore, Proceedings of the International Conference for Applied Energy (ICAE2010), Singapore (2010)

J. Long and A.G. Aberle, Overview on plasma techniques for the deposition of microcrystalline silicon thin films for solar cells, Proceedings of the International Conference for Applied Energy (ICAE2010), Singapore (2010)

C.H. Oon, V. Shanmugam and A.G. Aberle, A review of n-type silicon wafer solar cells, Proceedings of the International Conference for Applied Energy (ICAE2010), Singapore (2010)

M.P. Peloso, P. Chaturvedi, P. Würfel, B. Hoex, and A.G. Aberle, Observations on the spectral characteristics of defect luminescence from silicon wafer solar cells, Proceedings of 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Honolulu, USA (2010)

T. Mueller, S. Schwertheim, N. Mueller, K. Meusinger, B. Wdowiak, O. Grewe and W. Fahrner, High Efficiency Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell using Novel Structure, Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Hawaii, USA (2010)

K.R. McIntosh, M.D. Abbott, R.A. Bardos, P.I. Widenborg and A.G. Aberle, Photoconductance measurements on thin-film crystalline silicon p-n junctions, Proceedings of the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (25th EU PVSEC), Valencia, Spain (2010)

J. Luther and A.G. Aberle, Potential and Technologies of Photovoltaic energy conversion, Proceedings Renewable Energy 2010, Yokohama, Japan (2010)

W.M. Sun, S.K. Wittkopf and P.K. Ng, Performance evaluation of selected photovoltaic arrays in a zero-energy building in Singapore, Proceedings Renewable Energy 2010, Yokohama, Japan (2010)

D.V. Tran, Q.J. Yap, A.G. Aberle, Picosecond laser ablation of TCO (Transparent Conductive Oxide) films on glass for thin-film silicon solar cells, Proceedings of the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (25th EU PVSEC), Valencia, Spain (2010)

P. J. Gress, P. I. Widenborg, G. Jin, S. Varlamov, O. Kunz, Incorporation of interconnection technique into the cell design of thin-film polycrystalline silicon solar cells on glass, Proceedings of the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (25th EU PVSEC), Valencia, Spain (2010)

G. Jin, P. J. Gress, S. Varlamov and P. I. Widenborg, Recent progress in high rate PECVD SPC poly-Si thin film solar cells at UNSW, Proceedings of the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (25th EU PVSEC), Valencia, Spain (2010)

J. Luther, Success in combination – a joint research and work for the energy supply of the future, Proceedings FVEE Annual Conference 2010: Research for the age of renewable energy sources, Berlin, Germany (2010)

N. Enteria, H. Yoshino, A. Satake, A. Mochida, R. Yoshie, K. Mizutani, Numerical evaluation and optimization of the combined solar thermal and electric desiccant cooling system, Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 6, 181-192, Florida, USA (2010)

M.A.Wahed, Y.W. Wong, K. C. Toh, H. K. Ho, Performance analysis of thermally regenerated desiccant system integrated with chilled beam for warm humid climate, Proceedings of the ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2010)

K. Habib, B.B. Saha, A. Chakraborty, S. Koyama, Performance studies of combined adsorption refrigeration cycles, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Process in Energy Systems 2010 (IMPRES2010), Singapore (2010)