Syed Muhammad Saaduddin

Mr. Syed Muhammad Saaduddin

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

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30 May 2019 in Sustainability
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AAAbdullah Alamoudi
Abdullah Alamoudi
SSSyed Muhammad Saaduddin
Syed Muhammad Saaduddin
AMAbu Bakar Munir
Abu Bakar Munir
Firdaus Muhammad SukkiFirdaus Muhammad Sukki
Firdaus Muhammad Sukki
SASiti Hawa Abu-Bakar
Siti Hawa Abu-Bakar
Nazmi SellamiNazmi Sellami
Nazmi Sellami
Solar energy has demonstrated promising prospects in satisfying energy requirements, specifically through solar photovoltaic (PV) technology. Despite that, the cost of installation is deemed as the main hurdle to the widespread uptake of solar PV systems due to the use of expensive PV material in the module. At this point, we argue that a reduction in PV cost could be achieved through the usage of concentrator. A solar concentrator is a type of lens that is capable of increasing the collection of sun rays and focusing them onto a lesser PV area. The cost of the solar module could then be reduced on the assumption that the cost of introducing the solar concentrator in the solar module design is much lower than the cost of the removed PV material. Static concentrators, in particular, have great promise due to their ability to be integrated at any place of the building, usually on the building facade, windows and roof, due to their low geometrical concentration. This paper provides a historic context on the development of solar concentrators and showcases the latest technological development in static PV concentrators including non-imaging compound parabolic concentrator, V-trough, luminescent solar concentrator and quantum dot concentrator. We anticipated that the static low concentrating PV (LCPV) system could serve to enhance the penetration of PV technology in the long run to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7—to open an avenue to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030.