Solar Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage

Dr. Mohammad Khalid is a Research Professor and Head of Graphene and Advanced 2D Materials Research Group at Sunway University, Malaysia. His research interests lie in the area of advanced nanomaterial synthesis, heat transfer fluids, energy harvesting, and storage. He is among the top 2% of scientists in the world, with over 200 research articles published in peer-reviewed international journals. He has supervised more than 30 postgraduate students and has over 15 years of research and teaching experience. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. Rashmi Walvekar is Associate Professor at the School of Engineering at Taylor’s University, Malaysia. Her research areas includes nanofluid synthesis for heat transfer application, deep eutectic solvents as alternative solvents, recycle of waste rubber tire, production of nanoparticles from biomass and bio-nanolubricants. Dr. Hitesh Panchal is working as Assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Government Engineering College Patan, Gujarat, India. Dr Hitesh Panchal received his PhD (Solar Thermal Engineering) in 2015 from KSV University Gandhinagar. He has published 100 plus Research papers in reputed International Journal publications like Taylor and Francis, Springer, Elsevier, ASME etc and received 3200 plus Google scholar citations with H index 36 and I10 index 78. Dr. Panchal obtained many prestigious awards like Best PhD Thesis Award, Tech Guru Award, Preeminent Researcher Award, Young Scientist Award, Bright Researchers Award and many more. Dr Panchal has completed 2 Research projects from GUJCOST and SYST DST. Dr. Panchal has filed 26 Full patents and 06 Industrial design and among them 2 Full patents and 2 industrial design granted. Recently Dr. Panchal was selected in the Top 2 % Indian scientist in Energy Category published by Stanford University. Mahesh Vaka received a bachelor’s degree in nanotechnology from Sathyabama University, and a master’s degree from Deakin University, Australia, where he mainly focused on graphene and graphene hybrid derivatives for sensor applications. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering with Taylor’s University, Malaysia where his research is focused on the synthesis of 2-D nanomaterials and its application in solar energy harvesting and storage.

• 1 Introduction to solar energy harvesting and storage2 Nanosolar cell technologies3 Nanotechnology in concentrated solar power technology4 Nanofluids for solar photovoltaic/thermal systems5 Nanofluids-based optical filtering for photovoltaic/thermal system6 2D materials in phase change materials7 MXene for solar cells8 Nanostructured materials for next-generation solar energy harvesting, conversion, and storage9 Advances in solar energy applications using nanotechnology10 Design and modeling of solar energy systems11 The role of artificial intelligence in solar harvesting, storage, and conversion12 Techno-economic analysis of solar photovoltaic-thermal system viability13 Solar energy and the circular economy policies for sustainable management