Part III Solar Thermal Systems: Cooling
8 Solar Thermal-Powered Adsorption Chiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Mahbubul Muttakin, Kazuhide Ito and Bidyut Baran Saha
9 TEWI Assessment of Conventional and Solar Powered
Cooling Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Md. Amirul Islam and Bidyut Baran Saha
10 Thermodynamic Analysis of Activated Carbon–Ethanol
and Zeolite–Water Based Adsorption Cooling Systems . . . . . . . . . . 179
Satish Sangwan and Prodyut R. Chakraborty
Part IV Energy Storage
11 PCM-Metal Foam Composite Systems for Solar Energy Storage . . . 207
Anirban Bhattacharya
12 Direct Photo-Thermal Energy Storage Using Nanoparticles
Laden Phase Change Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Deepak Moudgil and Vikrant Khullar
13 Review on PCM Application for Cooling Load Reduction
in Indian Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Rajat Saxena, Dibakar Rakshit and S. C. Kaushik
14 Fabrication and Thermal Performance Evaluation of Metastable
Supercooled Liquid PCM Based Heat Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Rohitash Kumar, Sumita Vyas, Bobin Mondal, Ravindra Kumar
and Ambesh Dixit
Part V Solar Cells
15 Yet to Be Challenged: TiO 2 as the Photo-Anode Material
in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Janethri B. Liyanage, Ishanie Rangeeka Perera
and R. J. K. U. Ranatunga
16 p-Type Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: An Overview of Factors
Limiting Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Sasanka Peiris, R. J. K. U. Ranatunga and Ishanie Rangeeka Perera
17 Conducting Polymers as Cost Effective Counter Electrode
Material in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Shanal Shalindra Bandara Gunasekera, Ishanie Rangeeka Perera
and Samodha Subhashini Gunathilaka
18 Interfacial Materials for Organic Solar Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Amaresh Mishra
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8 Solar Thermal-Powered Adsorption Chiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Mahbubul Muttakin, Kazuhide Ito and Bidyut Baran Saha
9 TEWI Assessment of Conventional and Solar Powered
Cooling Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Md. Amirul Islam and Bidyut Baran Saha
10 Thermodynamic Analysis of Activated Carbon–Ethanol
and Zeolite–Water Based Adsorption Cooling Systems . . . . . . . . . . 179
Satish Sangwan and Prodyut R. Chakraborty
Part IV Energy Storage
11 PCM-Metal Foam Composite Systems for Solar Energy Storage . . . 207
Anirban Bhattacharya
12 Direct Photo-Thermal Energy Storage Using Nanoparticles
Laden Phase Change Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Deepak Moudgil and Vikrant Khullar
13 Review on PCM Application for Cooling Load Reduction
in Indian Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Rajat Saxena, Dibakar Rakshit and S. C. Kaushik
14 Fabrication and Thermal Performance Evaluation of Metastable
Supercooled Liquid PCM Based Heat Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Rohitash Kumar, Sumita Vyas, Bobin Mondal, Ravindra Kumar
and Ambesh Dixit
Part V Solar Cells
15 Yet to Be Challenged: TiO 2 as the Photo-Anode Material
in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Janethri B. Liyanage, Ishanie Rangeeka Perera
and R. J. K. U. Ranatunga
16 p-Type Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: An Overview of Factors
Limiting Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Sasanka Peiris, R. J. K. U. Ranatunga and Ishanie Rangeeka Perera
17 Conducting Polymers as Cost Effective Counter Electrode
Material in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Shanal Shalindra Bandara Gunasekera, Ishanie Rangeeka Perera
and Samodha Subhashini Gunathilaka
18 Interfacial Materials for Organic Solar Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Amaresh Mishra
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Contents