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Tous, L. (author), Govaert, J. (author), Harrison, S. (author), Carrière, C. (author), Barth, V. (author), Giglia, V. (author), Buchholz, F. (author), Chen, N. (author), Halm, A. (author), Faes, A. (author), Nogay, G. (author), Quest, H. (author), Roessler, T. (author), Fellmeth, T. (author), Reinwand, D. (author), Stolzenburg, H. (author), Schindler, F. (author), Mittag, M. (author), Morlier, A. (author), Bokalic, M. (author), Brecl, K. (author), Kikelj, M. (author), Topic, M. (author), Kester, J.C.P. (author), Wendlandt, S. (author), Galiazzo, M. (author), Voltan, A. (author), Galbiati, G. (author), Ortiga, M.E. (author), Torregrosa, F. (author), Grimm, M. (author), Denafas, J. (author), Radavicius, T. (author), Lukinskas, P. (author), Savisalo, T. (author), Regrettier, T. (author), Gordon, I. (author)The EU crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV manufacturing industry has faced strong foreign competition in the last decade. To strive in this competitive environment and differentiate itself from the competition, the EU c-Si PV manufacturing industry needs to (1) focus on highly performing c-Si PV technologies, (2) include sustainability by design, and...article 2023
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Cox, P.B. (author), Coutiño, M.A. (author), van Rossum, W.L. (author)Efficient clutter filtering for pulsed radar systems remains an open issue when employing pulse-to-pulse modulation and irregular pulse interval waveforms within the coherent processing interval. The range and Doppler domain should be jointly processed for effective filtering leading to a large computational overhead. In this paper, the joint...conference paper 2023
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Aiello, S. (author), Buis, E.J. (author), van der Knaap, F.G.P. (author)The optical data transport system of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea will provide more than 6000 optical modules in the detector arrays with a point-to-point optical connection to the control stations onshore. The ARCA and ORCA detectors of KM3NeT are being installed at a depth of about 3500 m and 2500 m,...article 2023
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Aghaei, M. (author), Fairbrother, A. (author), Gok, A. (author), Ahmad, S. (author), Kazim, S. (author), Lobato, K. (author), Oreski, G. (author), Reinders, A. (author), Schmitz, J. (author), Theelen, M.A.H. (author), Yilmaz, P. (author), Kettle, J. (author)The degradation of photovoltaic (PV) systems is one of the key factors to address in order to reduce the cost of the electricity produced by increasing the operational lifetime of PV systems. To reduce the degradation, it is imperative to know the degradation and failure phenomena. This review article has been prepared to present an overview of...article 2022
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Bui, T.C. (author), Singh, R. (author), OFarrell, T. (author), Scarano, G. (author), David, J.P.R. (author), Biagi, M. (author)Multi-primary modulation scheme has the potential to provide robust visible light communication links and mitigate any color fluctuations by providing identical chromaticity modulation alphabets. This work describes constellation optimization technique for multi-primary modulation (MPM), which shows that using different power levels for the...article 2022
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Blom, K.C.H. (author), Dol, H.S. (author), Berning, F. (author), van Walree, P.A. (author)For underwater acoustic modems to operate in a time-varying environment, in-mission adaptation is desirable. A physical layer has been designed that supports mechanisms for ad-hoc configuration changes based on (in-situ and indirectly obtained) channel and noise conditions. Coded preambles are used to instruct the receiver of a configuration...conference paper 2022
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Leva, S. (author), Ogliari, E. (author), Ott, M.G.C. (author), Aninat, R. (author), Yilmaz, P. (author)CIGS (CuInGaSe2) solar cells are electronic devices that directly transform sunlight into electricity and fall into the category of thin film photovoltaic devices. Currently, this type of solar cell has reached the record in photovoltaic conversion efficiency of around 23.35%. However, the maturity of a PV technology also requires reliability...conference paper 2022
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Korevaar, C.W. (author), Boschma, J.J. (author), den Breeje, R. (author), Ebert, J. (author)Optical feeder links (OFLs) benefit from the vast amount of bandwidth available in the THz-regime of the electro-magnetic spectrum, and could enable future terabit-per-second satellite systems. This study assesses the end-to-end performance of analog coherent OFLs for digital video broadcasting (DVB) applications, employing phase modulation (PM)...conference paper 2022
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Bekers, D.J. (author)In this paper we revisit and generalize the Multi-Tone Sinusoidal Frequency Modulation (MTSFM), which has been used in the past decade for various Radar and Sonar applications including optimal transmit waveform design, modelling non-linear frequency modulation, high-duty cycle sensors . In its original form, the MTSFM describes a phase...conference paper 2022
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ruben Vogt, M. (author), Riechelmann, S. (author), Gracia-Amillo, A.M. (author), Driesse, A. (author), Kokka, A. (author), Maham, K. (author), Karha, P. (author), Kenny, R. (author), Schinke, C. (author), Bothe, K. (author), Blakesley, J. (author), Music, E. (author), Plag, F. (author), Friesen, G. (author), Corbellini, G. (author), Riedel-Lyngskar, N. (author), Valckenborg, R. (author), Schweiger, M. (author), Herrmann, W. (author)The IEC 61853 standard series aims to provide a standardized measure for photovoltaic (PV) module energy rating, namely the Climate Specific Energy Rating (CSER). For this purpose, it defines procedures for the experimental determination of input data and algorithms for calculating the CSER. However, some steps leave room for interpretation...article 2022
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Soppe, W. (author), Kingma, A. (author), Roosen, D. (author)This paper describes mechanical degradation experiments carried out to simulate possible bending effects of flexible CIGS modules when mounted on flexible floaters on sea. In an offshore environment the PV modules are subjected to millions of deformations per year. It is concluded that the strain induced by the bending can lead to serious...conference paper 2022
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Yamaguchi, S. (author), van Aken, B.B. (author), Stodolny, M.K. (author), Loffler, J. (author), Masuda, A. (author), Ohdaira, K. (author)System voltages can cause significant degradation in photovoltaic modules. Polarization-type potential-induced degradation (PID) is accompanied by decreases in the short-circuit current density and the open-circuit voltage. The system voltage causes a polarization and surface charge accumulation, increasing the interface recombination. The...article 2021
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Manshanden, P. (author), Coletti, G. (author), Rosca, V. (author), Jansen, M.J. (author), de Groot, K.M. (author), de Graaff, G.J. (author), Simurka, L. (author), Najafi, M. (author), Zardetto, V. (author), Dogan, I. (author), Fledderus, H. (author), Veenstra, S.C. (author), Creatore, M. (author)In order to further reduce the LCOE of PV, the conversion efficiency must increase beyond the practical limit of silicon technology (26% [1]). It is believed that tandem module technology, combining bottom c-Si cells with low-cost thin-film top cells, can overcome the silicon limit. Recently, bifacial glass/glass modules are gaining market share...conference paper 2021
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Geerligs, L.J. (author), Manshanden, P. (author), Hoek, E.G. (author), Okel, L.A.G. (author), Dogan, I. (author), Simurka, I. (author), Fledderus, H. (author), Zardetto, V. (author), Zhang, D. (author), Najafi, M. (author), Bracesco, A.E.A. (author), Creatore, M. (author), Coletti, G.C. (author), Veenstra, S.C. (author)—4-terminal tandem technology is a straightforward approach to bring to the market perovskite/crystalline silicon tandem modules. However, dealing with 4 terminals poses a challenge at system level for practical deployment. We have produced large area 4-terminal perovskite/crystalline silicon tandem modules for a study of the performance of a 2...conference paper 2021
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Derossi, A. (author), Bhandari, B. (author), van Bommel, K. (author), Noort, M. (author), Severini, C. (author)The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a tremendous effect on the current food system. The situation urges us to face many issues never experienced before, aimed at mitigating a multitude of sanitary and social risks. The current pandemic has affected the food system in many ways: significant changes in dietary habits and in the health status...article 2021
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Peternella, F.G. (author), Harmsma, P.J. (author), Horsten, R.C. (author), Zuidwijk, T. (author), Urbach, H.P. (author), Adam, A.J.L. (author)A new method for fast, high resolution interrogation of an array of photonic sensors is proposed. The technique is based on the integrated Fourier transform (FT) interrogator previously introduced by the authors. Compared to other interferometric interrogators, the FT-interrogator is very compact and has an unprecedented tolerance to variations...article 2021
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Sinapis, K. (author), Rooijakkers, T.T.H. (author), Bubi, R.P. (author), Sark, W.G.J.H.M. (author)Partial shading is widely considered to be a limiting factor in the performance of photovoltaic (PV) systems applied in urban environments. Modern system architectures combined with per module deployment of power electronics have been used to improve performance especially at heterogeneous irradiance conditions. In this work another approach is...article 2021
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de Boer, H. (author), Muller, R.W.D. (author), Wong, S. (author), Voogt, V. (author)A key obstacle within the design of cognitive radios has always been the spectrum sensing component that implements the function automatic modulation classification (AMC). With the transition to software-defined radios (SDRs) followed by the introduction of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and deep learning (DL), it becomes possible to...conference paper 2021
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de Jong, N.J. (author), Otten, M.P.G. (author), Cuenca, M.C. (author), Uysal, F. (author), de Wit, J.J.M. (author)This paper investigates the benefits of multichannel processing for inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging. There are potential advantages of multichannel processing in radar systems, for example, improved motion estimation, clutter suppression, extraction of supporting information, such as sea wave direction and speed, and ship wake...conference paper 2021