Fuel cells can use hydrogen and oxygen from the electrolyzer to produce electricity, which can be further fed into the grid. For the alkaline water electrolysis, the implementation of both, on-grid and off-grid systems, and the changing character of electricity supply to the electrolyzer must be considered.
Currently, the record STH efficiency for the photovoltaic-assisted alkaline water electrolysis at laboratory scale and under AM 1.5G illumination is 20% [ 32 ], which has been achieved using Ni/NiMo as cathode, Ni/NiFe as anode, and a tandem arrangement of perovskite and silicon solar cells.
The coupling of photovoltaic technologies and alkaline water electrolyzer is a good alternative for the clean and sustainable production of the hydrogen. This review addressed the principles of the process, electrolysis designs, and presented a comparative performance of the recently developed water electrolysis technologies.
The use of PV-assisted alkaline water electrolysis to produce sustainable hydrogen is pivotal for decarbonizing the industrial processes and transportation. Thus, understanding these technologies in depth is critical for recognizing the limits and developing appropriate solutions.
This review addressed the principles of the process, electrolysis designs, and presented a comparative performance of the recently developed water electrolysis technologies. The advantage of PV-assisted alkaline water electrolysis is that both technologies are well established and developed, therefore the coupling can be carried out efficiently.
The alkaline water electrolysis may be distinguished by current-voltage characteristics and resultant gas impurities, whereas the PV panels must function at maximum power, needing understanding of the impacting factors.
Research status of typical wastewater treatment technology for ...
PV wastewater can be categorized into four types based on its characteristics: alkaline wastewater, acid and alkaline rinsing wastewater, concentrate hydrofluoric acid, and hydrofluoric acid rinsing wastewater. Alkaline wastewater primarily originates from cleaning processes using KOH solution and silane combustion tower exhaust gas treatment ...
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Advanced alkaline texturing and cleaning for PERC and SHJ solar cells
In this work, we report a solid strategy to realize heteroface monocrystalline silicon (mono‐Si) wafers for PERC‐SE solar cells by employing alkaline polishing to form a polished surface for ...
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Battery‐Buffered Alkaline Water Electrolysis Powered by Photovoltaics …
The combination of an alkaline water electrolyzer (AWE) with a battery system powered by photovoltaics (PV) for the production of green hydrogen is investigated. A model describes the power distribution between these three subsystems (AWE, battery and PV).
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Green hydrogen production by photovoltaic-assisted alkaline …
The coupling of photovoltaic technologies and alkaline water electrolyzer is a good alternative for the clean and sustainable production of the hydrogen. This review addressed the principles of the process, electrolysis designs, and presented a comparative performance of the recently developed water electrolysis technologies. The ...
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Precise Alkali Supply during and after Growth for …
Alkali treatments are crucial for low bandgap (Ag,Cu)InSe 2 (ACIS) and Cu (In,Ga)Se 2 -based solar cell performance. Traditionally, ACIS is grown on soda-lime glass …
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Conceptual Design of a Semi-Automatic Process Line for Recycling …
Based on the silicon substrate recovered in the recycling process of PV cells, it is possible produce photovoltaic cells with electrical parameters similar to cells from primary …
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Purification of silicon from waste photovoltaic cells and its value ...
The results show that alkali/acid leaching can effectively remove the main impurities and obtain high purity silicon (∼99.86%). The resulting PSi/Li/N@C composite exhibits a high capacity of 685.2 mA h g −1 after 100 cycles at 2000 mA g −1. This work provides a potential application prospect and a new strategy for the value-added ...
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Designing off-grid green hydrogen plants using …
Ginsberg et al. model a dynamically operated polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzer connected to off-grid photovoltaic and wind energy systems. Dynamic operation reduces the production cost of hydrogen …
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Purification of silicon from waste photovoltaic cells and its value ...
The results show that alkali/acid leaching can effectively remove the main impurities and obtain high purity silicon (∼99.86%). The resulting PSi/Li/N@C composite …
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Photovoltaic Crystallization by an Alkali-Acid Method
Abstract: The photovoltaic industry generates large amounts of waste graphite (WG) that contains useful metals that can be recycled into high-value products. This study elucidated the impurity
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Advanced alkaline texturing and cleaning for PERC and SHJ solar cells
However, the large amount of cleaning steps and the significant chemical usage in the commonly employed RCA cleaning technique (RCA1, rinsing, diluted hydrofluoric acid (DHF), rinsing; RCA2 ...
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Photovoltaic Crystallization by an Alkali-Acid Method
Abstract: The photovoltaic industry generates large amounts of waste graphite (WG) that contains useful metals that can be recycled into high-value products. This study elucidated the impurity
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Precise Alkali Supply during and after Growth for …
Alkali treatments are crucial for low bandgap (Ag,Cu)InSe 2 (ACIS) and Cu (In,Ga)Se 2 -based solar cell performance. Traditionally, ACIS is grown on soda-lime glass (SLG) at temperatures exceeding 500°C, resulting in uncoltrolled alkali diffusion from the substrate and variable photovoltaic properties.
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Optimal scheduling of wind-photovoltaic-hydrogen system with alkaline …
However, there are several limitations to utilizing AEL in hydrogen electrolysis systems. Firstly, the operating power range of AEL lacks the flexibility of PEMEL, being confined to 20–100 % of their nominal power, and cannot operate below their lower bound or above overload conditions [28].This limitation often leads to frequent switching cycles, which has …
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Manufacturing of Silicon Solar Cells and Modules
In cells with high diffusion lengths with respect to the device thickness, surface recombination arises as a severe issue: if the surface recombination speed (S) is higher than diffusion length/device thickness ratio for minority carriers (~250 cm s −1 for high performing cells), decreasing the thickness of a given cell for a given voltage increases the recombination. …
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Green hydrogen production by photovoltaic-assisted alkaline …
The coupling of photovoltaic technologies and alkaline water electrolyzer is a good alternative for the clean and sustainable production of the hydrogen. This review …
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Conceptual Design of a Semi-Automatic Process Line for …
Based on the silicon substrate recovered in the recycling process of PV cells, it is possible produce photovoltaic cells with electrical parameters similar to cells from primary production. The work attempts to develop its own technology for recycling silicon cells. Behind this task was carried out based on the following work ...
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Advanced alkaline texturing and cleaning for PERC and SHJ solar cells
Frank Strinitz et al. / Energy Procedia 130 (2017) 23–30 25 F. Strinitz et al./ Energy Procedia 00 (2017) 000–000 3 focuses on removal of particles and organic contamination while the SC-2 ...
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Advanced alkaline texturing and cleaning for PERC and SHJ solar …
In this work, an advanced process sequence for high throughput alkaline texturing is described that allows tool manufacturers to reach the ITRPV scenario. This sequence …
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Purification of Waste Graphite from Crucibles Used in …
Photovoltaic Crystallization by an Alkali-Acid Method Yonghang Zhang 1,2, Zhengjie Chen 1,2,3, *, Keqiang Xie 1,2,3, Xiaowei Chen 1,2, Yiyou Hu 1,2 and W enhui Ma 1,2,3
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Wafer Cleaning, Etching, and Texturization | SpringerLink
Typical cleaning mixtures such as RCA-SC1 and RCA-SC2, SPM and dHF, are introduced with their respective properties, as well as acidic etching systems like hydrofluoric acid/nitric acid (HF/HNO 3) and alkaline mixtures such as potassium hydroxide/isopropanol (KOH/IPA). While the latter is used for texturing monocrystalline wafers due to the anisotropic …
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