Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1: Hybrid Photovoltaic/Diesel Green Ship Operating in Stand-Alone and Grid-Connected Modes: Experimental Investigation; 1.1 Overall Survey; 1.2 Proposed Hybrid PV/Diesel Green Ship Experimental System; 1.2.1 Power Conversion System in a Hybrid Green Ship; 1.2.2 Implementation of the Hybrid Green Ship; 1.3 Stability of a Hybrid Green Ship; 1.4 Experimental Results of a Hybrid PV/Diesel Green Ship; 1.5 Environmental and Economic Analysis of the Proposed Hybrid PV/Diesel Green Ship; 1.5.1 Environmental Analysis

1.5.2 Economic and Sensitivity Analysis1.6 Conclusions; 2: Improved High-Efficiency Conventional Solar Photovoltaic System: A Novel Approach; 2.1 Overall Survey; 2.2 Bireflector Photovoltaic System; 2.2.1 Electrical Modeling; 2.2.2 Optical Modeling; 2.3 Proposed Cooling Techniques; 2.3.1 Passive-Air-Cooled System; 2.3.2 Closed-Loop Water Loop System; 2.3.3 Active-Air-Cooled System; 2.3.4 Water Sprinkling System; 2.4 Hybrid Energy Systems; 2.5 Experimental Setup; 2.6 Results and Discussions; 2.6.1 Investigating the Effective Reflector Material/Structure

2.6.2 Investigating the Appropriate Cooling Technique2.6.3 Combined Effect of a Cooling System and a Reflector; 2.6.4 Investigating the Appropriate Architecture/Structure; 2.6.5 Cost-Effective Solution, Optimal Control, and Implementation Plan; 2.7 Conclusions; 3: A Blended SPS-ESPS Control DAB-IBDC for a Stand-Alone Solar Power System; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Principle of the DAB-IBDC Circuit; 3.2.1 Equivalent Circuit of Phase-Shift Control; 3.2.2 Steady-State Analysis; 3.3 Experimental Setup; 3.4 Digital Control System; 3.5 Experiment Results and Discussion; 3.6 Conclusions

4: Overview of Transformerless Inverter Structures for Grid-Connected PV Systems4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Power Converter Technology for PV Systems; 4.3 H-Bridge-Based Inverter Structures; 4.3.1 Modulation Strategies; 4.3.1.1 Bipolar modulation; 4.3.1.2 Unipolar modulation; 4.3.1.3 Analysis; 4.3.1.4 Hybrid modulation; 4.3.2 H5 Inverter (SMA); 4.3.3 HERIC Inverter (Sunways); 4.3.4 REFU Inverter; 4.3.5 FB-DCBP (Ingeteam) Inverter; 4.3.6 Full-Bridge Zero-Voltage Rectifier Inverter; 4.4 FB-Derived Inverter Topologies: An Overview; 4.5 NPC-Based Inverter Structures; 4.5.1 NPC H-Bridge Inverter

4.5.2 Conergy NPC Inverter4.6 NPC-Derived Inverter Topologies: An Overview; 4.7 Typical PV Inverter Structures; 4.8 Generic Control Structure for a Single-Phase Grid-Connected System; 5: Facile One-Step Synthesis of a Composite CuO/Co3O4 Electrode Material on Ni Foam for Flexible Supercapacitor Applications; 5.1 Overall Survey; 5.2 Materials and Methods; 5.3 Experiments; 5.3.1 Materials Preparation of Co3O4 and CuO/Co3O4; 5.3.2 Characterization; 5.3.3 Electrochemical Measurements; 5.4 Conclusions; 6: Hybrid Reduced-Graphene Oxide/MnSe2 Cubes: A New Electrode Material for Supercapacitors

Extensive study of solar energy is increasing as fast as the threat of global warming is getting serious. Solar energy is considered the best source of renewable energy because it is clean and unlimited. Solar radiation can be harnessed and converted into different forms of energy that does not pollute the environment. In order to transform solar radiation, we need collectors of sunlight, such as solar cells. The main challenges are energy security, the increasing prices of carbon-based energy sources, and global warming. We cannot use sunlight during the night, so an energy storage system (ESS) is necessary. The best ESS is one with high power and high energy density. This book introduces the basic concepts of an ESS. Written by Prof. Hee-Je Kim, who leads an interdisciplinary team at the Pusan National University, this book compiles and details the cutting-edge research that is revolutionizing solar energy by improving its efficiency and storage techniques through the development of engineered sunlight. It discusses the fabrication and commercialization of next-generation solar cells such as dye-synthesized, quantum-dot, and perovskite solar cells, besides describing the high-energy and power-density-flexible supercapacitor for a hybrid ESS, as well as the dual active bridge (DAB), DC/DC converter, MPPT, PV inverter, and remote control by a smartphone with a novel algorithm for a power-conditioning system.

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