ZAPROSZENIE – “Photovoltaic technologies and overview of cooling techniques for performance improvement” – prof. dr. Sandro Nižetić

ABSTRACT
The role of renewable energy technologies is key one considering an ongoing energy transition, besides necessary actions in the field of energy efficiency. Currently, the leading globally installed worldwide renewable energy capacities are related to the photovoltaic technologies (PV). Present market available PV technologies are mostly silicon based one, which are the oldest ones, however they are the most reliable and with favourable economic aspect. In order to secure further desired rise of in installed PV capacities the progresses toward performance improvement is necessary. Present status of the market available PV technologies would be discussed together with some novel potential PV technologies that are still under ongoing research as well as strategies for performance improvement.

Prof. Dr. Sandro Nižetić, University of Split, Croatia
Head of department of Thermodynamics; LTEF-Laboratory for Thermodynamics and Energy Efficiency
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB)
Rudjera Boskovica 32, 21000, Split, CROATIA.

Prof. Dr. Sandro Nižetić is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB) at University of Split (Croatia). His research is in the field of thermodynamics, energy, energy efficiency in buildings, smart technologies and renewable energy sources. He has twenty years of the teaching experience and from 2005 he is an ASHRAE member and also ASHRAE student branch advisor at University of Split. He has worked on various projects related to the implementation of energy efficiency measures in public buildings under the auspices of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme). He was also the head of the several national research’s projects. He also served as a Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Construction and Spatial Planning in the Croatian government, and also as Vice Dean of Research at FESB. Prof. Dr. Nižetić has organized and chaired several international conferences (IEES, ICH2P,SpliTech,ICRIC, GCGW-21,PRES-22 etc). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Energy Sources Part A (Taylor&Francis) and Associate Editor in the Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier). Prof. Dr. Nižetić has published over 200 research and conference papers, as well as several techno-economic professional case studies and has visited several research and educational institutions worldwide as visiting researcher or as visiting lecturer. He has organized over twenty SI in various journals. For his research work he received several major awards including the Croatian State Prize for the research for 2016 and 2021, as well as also Rector prize for the research from the University of Split for 2018 and 2020. Based on the Stanford and Elsevier ranking list he was among 2% of the World’s top cited scientist in 2019, 2020 and 2021 for single year and overall career.

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