Browsing SINTEF Open by Author "Alex Mofid, Sohrab"
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A Review of Materials Science Research Pathways and Opportunities for Building Integrated Photovoltaics
Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Ng, Serina; Gao, Tao; Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Kolås, Tore (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) represent a powerful and versatile tool for achieving the ever-increasing demand for energy-efficient and energy-harvesting buildings of the near future. The BIPV systems offer an ... -
A Review of Research Pathways and Opportunities for Building Integrated Photovoltaics from a Materials Science Perspective
Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Ng, Serina; Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Gao, Tao (Chapter, 2016)Research within materials science photovoltaics (PV) technologies may enable and accelerate the development of highly innovative and efficient building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) materials and systems. Sandwich, ... -
Air-Filled Nanopore Based High-Performance Thermal Insulation Materials
Gangåssæter, Haakon Fossen; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Gao, Tao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)State-of-the-art thermal insulation solutions like vacuum insulation panels (VIP) and aerogels have low thermal conductivity, but their drawbacks may make them unable to be the thermal insulation solutions that will ... -
Avoiding Snow and Ice Formation on Exterior Solar Cell Surfaces - A Review of Research Pathways and Opportunities
Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Gao, Tao; Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Kolås, Tore; Stenstad, Per Martin; Ng, Serina (Conference object; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Today energy-efficient and energy-harvesting buildings experience an ever-increasing interest and demand. Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) may in this respect represent a powerful and versatile tool for reaching ... -
Durability-Enhanced Vanadium Dioxide Thermochromic Film for Smart Windows
Zhao, Xinpeng; Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Gao, Tao; Tan, Gang; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Yin, Xiaobo; Yang, Ronggui (Journal article, 2020)Vanadium dioxide (VO2)ebased thermochromic films are of great interest for energy-saving smart windows as they can dynamically change the solar transmittance as the ambient temperature changes. However, VO2 is thermodynamically ... -
High-Performance Nano Insulation Materials for Energy-Efficient Buildings
Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Tilset, Bente Gilbu; Gao, Tao; Grandcolas, Mathieu; Løvvik, Ole Martin; Bohne, Rolf André; Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Ng, Serina; Sagvolden, Espen (Lecture, 2017)High-performance nano insulation materials (Hi-Per NIM) may be developed by exploiting the Knudsen effect for reduced thermal conductivity and thus make thermal insulation materials with a nanoporous air-filled structure. ... -
Hollow Silica Nanospheres as a Possible Pathway towards Thermal Super Insulation Materials
Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Gao, Tao; Grandcolas, Mathieu (Chapter, 2021)The world community is shifting its focus towards energy-efficiency, material scarcity versus abundancy, and renewable and non-polluting energy sources, with an ever increasing awareness that we need to pursue sustainable ... -
Hollow Silica Nanospheres as Thermal Insulation Materials for Construction: Impact of their Morphologies as a Function of Synthesis Pathways and Starting Materials
Ng, Serina; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Sandberg, Linn Ingunn Christie; Gao, Tao; Alex Mofid, Sohrab (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Hollow silica nanospheres (HSNS) show a promising potential to become good thermal insulators with low thermal conductivity values for construction purposes. The thermal conductivity of HSNSs is dependent on their structural ... -
Influence of Shell Materials on the Optical Performance of VO2 Core-Shell Nanoparticle-Based Thermochromic Films
Xie, Yinmo; Zhao, Xinpeng; Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Tan, Jianyu; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Yang, Ronggui (Journal article, 2021)VO2 nanoparticle–based thermochromic films have shown great promise for applications in smart windows because of their relatively high luminous transmittance and solar modulation ability. To improve the lifetime of VO2 ... -
Nano Insulation Materials Exploiting the Knudsen Effect
Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Gao, Tao; Grandcolas, Mathieu; Sletnes, Malin; Sagvolden, Espen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)As the world's focus is turned even stronger toward miscellaneous energy efficiency and saving aspects, the development of new high-performance thermal insulation materials for building applications will play an important ... -
Nano Insulation Materials Exploiting the Knudsen Effect
Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Gao, Tao; Grandcolas, Mathieu; Sletnes, Malin; Sagvolden, Espen (IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering;, Conference object; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)As the world's focus is turned even stronger toward miscellaneous energy efficiency and saving aspects, the development of new high-performance thermal insulation materials for building applications will play an important ... -
Optically-Switchable Thermally-Insulating VO2-Aerogel Hybrid Film for Window Retrofits
Zhao, Xinpeng; Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Tan, Gang; Yin, Xiaobo; Yang, Ronggui (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Developing easy-to-install energy-efficient window retrofitting materials is important for reducing the heating and cooling loads of buildings. However, it is very challenging to achieve window retrofits that are simultaneously ... -
Synthesis of Silica-Based Nano Insulation Materials for Potential Application in Low-Energy or Zero Emission Buildings
Gangåssæter, Haakon Fossen; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Alex Mofid, Sohrab (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Sacrificial polystyrene (PS) templates have been used for synthesis of silica -based nano insulation materials (NIM). The PS was synthesized by a simple procedure where parameters as polyvinylpyrrolidone /styrene ratio and ... -
Utilization of Size-Tunable Hollow Silica Nanospheres for Building Thermal Insulation Applications
Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Zhao, Xinpeng; Gao, Tao; Grandcolas, Mathieu; Cunningham, Bridget; Ng, Serina; Yang, Ronggui (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Hollow silica nanospheres (HSNS) have been the subject of intense studies as a possible building block that may successfully bring about nano insulation materials (NIM) with substantially reduced thermal conductivity. The ... -
Utilizing the Knudsen Effect in the Quest for Super Insulation Materials
Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Alex Mofid, Sohrab; Gao, Tao (Chapter, 2018)Initiatives to incorporate energy efficiency measures and strategies in the building sector have gained attention for several decades, and with increased focus on zero energy and zero emission buildings, such initiatives ...