Browsing Civil Structural & Environ Eng (Scholarly Publications) by Author "Mc Cormack, Sarah"
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Characterisation of Luminescent Downshifting Layer effects on Silicon Solar Cells
Mc Cormack, Sarah; Sethi, Arunima; Chandra, Subhash; Cass, Bill (2021)This paper presents the effects of the characteristics of a polymer layer applied to a silicon based dual connection solar cell. The characteristics of the polymer solution of which is used as the base of a Luminescent ... -
Compound Parabolic Concentrator Design: Assessment of Performance Enhancement for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems
Mc Cormack, Sarah; Saers, Sander; Ortega, Anita; Chandra, Subhash (2021)Improvement of state-of-the-art sustainable energy technology is required to accelerate the essential global transition away from fossil fuel energy sources. One potential method to increase the energy ... -
Defining critical parameters in a luminescent downshifting layer for PV enhancement
Mc Cormack, Sarah; Cass, Bill; Chandra, Subhash; Ayala Barragan, Maria F. (2021)This paper presents the study and evaluation of luminescent down shifting (LDS) layers doped with organic dyes and their compatibility with different types of solar cells. In this study commercial dyes in the Lumogen-F ... -
Design and Characterization of a Roof-Mounted Compound Parabolic Concentrator
Mc Cormack, Sarah; Ortega, Anita; Chandra, Subhash (2021)This paper presents the design, fabrication and performance of a roof mounted compound parabolic concentrators (CPC) for electricity generation. A truncated Asymmetric Compound Parabolic Concentrator with concentration ... -
Design and Characterization of a Roof-Mounted Compound Parabolic Concentrator with Phase Change Material
Mc Cormack, Sarah; Ortega, Anita; Reid, Isobella; Akbari, Hoda; Ahmed, Hind; Chandra, Subhash; Parfreya, Eric (2018)This paper presents the design, fabrication and performance of a roof mounted compound parabolic concentrators (CPC) with and without Phase Change Material (PCM) for electricity generation. A truncated Asymmetric ... -
Enhancement in Solar Cells Efficiency by Luminescent Down-Shifting layers
Ahmed, Hind; Mc Cormack, Sarah (2013)In this paper, core-shell semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) CdSeS/ZnS with emission at 490 nm and 450 nm were investigated for their use in luminescent down-shifting (LDS) layers. Luminescent quantum yield ... -
External Quantum Efficiency Improvement with Luminescent Downshifting Layers: Experimental and Modelling
Ahmed, Hind; Mc Cormack, Sarah (2015) -
External Quantum Efficiency Measurements and Outdoor Characterisation for PV Luminescent Downshifting Devices
Mc Cormack, Sarah; Ahmed, Hind (2019)In this paper, LDS layers (100 ± 05 μm) of Violet Lumogen dye encapsulated into PMMA polymer with different concentrations, 0.082, 0.044 and 0.170% w/w, were prepared by drop casting onto glass substrates. Layers were ... -
Gold Nanorods for application in Plasmonic Luminescent Solar Concentrators
Mc Cormack, Sarah; Sethi, Arunima; Ahmed, Hind; Chandra, Subhash (2017)Luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) device is based on energy down shifting phenomenon with a primary goal of trapping, and concentrating solar radiation. The trapped light is guided to the photovoltaic cell through total ... -
Monte Carlo Ray Tracing Modelling of Multi-Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cell Enhanced by Luminescent Material
RAFIEE, MEHRAN; Mc Cormack, Sarah (2018) -
Phase Change Materials for Solar Energy Applications
Akbari, Hoda; Ahmed, Hind; Mc Cormack, Sarah (Central West Publishing, 2019)Increasing levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy dependency on other countries have brought governments to develop and improve various ways of producing energy. There are many different methods of renewable ... -
Plasmonic Interaction in Enhanced Luminescent Down-Shifting Layers for Photovoltaic Devices
Ahmed, Hind; Mc Cormack, Sarah (Nova Science Publishers, 2017)Harvesting solar energy has the potential to reduce carbon emissions and to provide clean energy contributing to sustainable development. Most photovoltaic (PV) research to date has focused on achieving higher PV conversion ...