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International Journal of Photoenergy Solar Energy and PV Systems Guest Editors: Ismail H. Altas and Adel M. Sharaf Solar Energy and PV Systems International Journal of Photoenergy Solar Energy and PV Systems Guest Editors: Ismail H. Altas and Adel M. Sharaf Copyright © 2014 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “International Journal of Photoenergy.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Board M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, Egypt Xavier Allonas, France Nicolas Alonso-Vante, France Wayne A. Anderson, USA Yanhui Ao, China Raja S. Ashraf, UK V. Augugliaro, Italy Detlef W. Bahnemann, Germany I. R. Bellobono, Italy Raghu N. Bhattacharya, USA Pramod H. Borse, India Alessio Bosio, Italy Stephan Buecheler, Switzerland Gion Calzaferri, Switzerland C. Chen, China Sung Oh Cho, Republic of Korea V. Cimrová, Czech Republic Juan M. Coronado, Spain Ying Dai, China D. D. Dionysiou, USA Pingwu Du, China M. M. El-Nahass, Egypt Polycarpos Falaras, Greece Chris Ferekides, USA Paolo Fornasiero, Italy Hermenegildo Garc´ıa, Spain Germà Garcia-Belmonte, Spain E. I. Garcia-Lopez, Italy Beverley Glass, Australia M. A. Gondal, Saudi Arabia Jr-Hau He, Taiwan Shinya Higashimoto, Japan Cheuk-Lam Ho, Hong Kong Wing-Kei Ho, Hong Kong Fuqiang Huang, China Adel A. Ismail, Egypt Chun-Sheng Jiang, USA Misook Kang, Republic of Korea Shahed Khan, USA Sun-Jae Kim, Republic of Korea Jong Hak Kim, Republic of Korea Sungjee Kim, Republic of Korea Cooper H. Langford, Canada Tae-Woo Lee, Republic of Korea Lecheng Lei, China Xinjun Li, China Zhaosheng Li, China Yuexiang Li, China Stefan Lis, Poland Vittorio Loddo, Italy Gongxuan Lu, China Dongge Ma, China N. M. Mahmoodi, Iran Nai Ki Mak, Hong Kong Rajaram S. Mane, India D. Mantzavinos, Greece Ugo Mazzucato, Italy Sheng Meng, China Jacek Miller, Poland Claudio Minero, Italy Antoni Morawski, Poland Franca Morazzoni, Italy F. Morlet-Savary, France M. Muneer, India Kun Na, Republic of Korea Ebinazar B. Namdas, Australia Maria Neves, Portugal Tebello Nyokong, South Africa Kei Ohkubo, Japan Haridas Pal, India Leonidas Palilis, Greece Leonardo Palmisano, Italy Ravindra K. Pandey, USA H. Park, Republic of Korea Pierre Pichat, France Gianluca Li Puma, UK Tijana Rajh, USA Peter Robertson, UK Avigdor Scherz, Israel Elena Selli, Italy Ganesh D. Sharma, India Jinn Kong Sheu, Taiwan Panagiotis Smirniotis, USA Zofia Stasicka, Poland Elias Stathatos, Greece J. Subbiah, Australia M. Swaminathan, India Kazuhiro Takanabe, Saudi Arabia Mohamad-Ali Tehfe, Canada K. R. Justin Thomas, India Yang Tian, China Nikolai V. Tkachenko, Finland Ahmad Umar, Saudi Arabia Thomas Unold, Germany Veronica Vaida, USA Roel van De Krol, Germany Mark van Der Auweraer, Belgium Rienk Van Grondelle, The Netherlands Wilfried Van Sark, The Netherlands Sheng Wang, China Xuxu Wang, China Mingkui Wang, China Ezequiel Wolcan, Argentina Man Shing Wong, Hong Kong David Worrall, UK Jeffrey C. S. Wu, Taiwan Yanfa Yan, USA Jiannian Yao, China Minjoong Yoon, Republic of Korea Jiangbo Yu, USA Hongtao Yu, USA Ying Yu, China Klaas Zachariasse, Germany Juan Antonio Zapien, Hong Kong Tianyou Zhai, China Lizhi Zhang, China Guijiang Zhou, China Yong Zhou, China Rui Zhu, China Contents Solar Energy and PV Systems, Ismail H. Altas and Adel M. Sharaf Volume 2014, Article ID 408285, 2 pages Performance Analysis of Hybrid PV/Diesel Energy System in Western Region of Saudi Arabia, Makbul A. M. Ramli, Ayong Hiendro, and H. R. E. H. Bouchekara Volume 2014, Article ID 626251, 10 pages New Multiphase Hybrid Boost Converter with Wide Conversion Ratio for PV System, Ioana-Monica Pop-Calimanu and Folker Renken Volume 2014, Article ID 637468, 17 pages Reconfigurable Charge Pump Circuit with Variable Pumping Frequency Scheme for Harvesting Solar Energy under Various Sunlight Intensities, Jeong Heon Kim, Sang Don Byeon, Hyun-Sun Mo, and Kyeong-Sik Min Volume 2014, Article ID 437641, 9 pages Optimization of p-GaN/InGaN/n-GaN Double Heterojunction p-i-n Solar Cell for High Efficiency: Simulation Approach, Aniruddha Singh Kushwaha, Pramila Mahala, and Chenna Dhanavantri Volume 2014, Article ID 819637, 6 pages Buck-Boost/Forward Hybrid Converter for PV Energy Conversion Applications, Sheng-Yu Tseng, Chien-Chih Chen, and Hung-Yuan Wang Volume 2014, Article ID 392394, 14 pages A Novel Parabolic Trough Concentrating Solar Heating for Cut Tobacco Drying System, Jiang Tao Liu, Ming Li, Qiong Fen Yu, and De Li Ling Volume 2014, Article ID 209028, 10 pages Very Fast and Accurate Procedure for the Characterization of Photovoltaic Panels from Datasheet Information, Antonino Laudani, Francesco Riganti Fulginei, Alessandro Salvini, Gabriele Maria Lozito, and Salvatore Coco Volume 2014, Article ID 946360, 10 pages An Improved Mathematical Model for Computing Power Output of Solar Photovoltaic Modules, Abdul Qayoom Jakhrani, Saleem Raza Samo, Shakeel Ahmed Kamboh, Jane Labadin, and Andrew Ragai Henry Rigit Volume 2014, Article ID 346704, 9 pages A Virtual PV Systems Lab for Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum, Emre Ozkop and Ismail H. Altas Volume 2014, Article ID 895271, 17 pages Effect of Ambient Temperature on Performance of Grid-Connected Inverter Installed in Thailand, Kamonpan Chumpolrat, Vichit Sangsuwan, Nuttakarn Udomdachanut, Songkiate Kittisontirak, Sasiwimon Songtrai, Perawut Chinnavornrungsee, Amornrat Limmanee, Jaran Sritharathikhun, and Kobsak Sriprapha Volume 2014, Article ID 502628, 6 pages Grid Connected Solar PV System with SEPIC Converter Compared with Parallel Boost Converter Based MPPT, T. Ajith Bosco Raj, R. Ramesh, J. R. Maglin, M. Vaigundamoorthi, I. William Christopher, C. Gopinath, and C. Yaashuwanth Volume 2014, Article ID 385720, 12 pages A Different Three-Port DC/DC Converter for Standalone PV System, Nimrod Vázquez, Carlos Manuel Sanchez, Claudia Hernández, Esl´ı Vázquez, Luz del Carmen Garc´ıa, and Jaime Arau Volume 2014, Article ID 692934, 13 pages Improved Fractional Order VSS Inc-Cond MPPT Algorithm for Photovoltaic Scheme, R. Arulmurugan and N. Suthanthiravanitha Volume 2014, Article ID 128327, 10 pages A Simple and Efficient MPPT Method for Low-Power PV Cells, Maria Teresa Penella and Manel Gasulla Volume 2014, Article ID 153428, 7 pages BICO MPPT: A Faster Maximum Power Point Tracker and Its Application for Photovoltaic Panels, Hadi Malek and YangQuan Chen Volume 2014, Article ID 586503, 9 pages Simulation Analysis of the Four Configurations of Solar Desiccant Cooling System Using Evaporative Cooling in Tropical Weather in Malaysia, M. M. S. Dezfouli, S. Mat, G. Pirasteh, K. S. M. Sahari, K. Sopian, and M. H. Ruslan Volume 2014, Article ID 843617, 14 pages Solution-Processed Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with Silyl End-Capped Sexithiophene, Jung Hei Choi, Mohamed E. El-Khouly, Taehee Kim, Youn-Su Kim, Ung Chan Yoon, Shunichi Fukuzumi, and Kyungkon Kim Volume 2013, Article ID 843615, 9 pages Maximum Power Point Tracking Method Based on Modified Particle Swarm Optimization for Photovoltaic Systems, Kuei-Hsiang Chao, Long-Yi Chang, and Hsueh-Chien Liu Volume 2013, Article ID 583163, 6 pages Effect of Subgrains on the Performance of Mono-Like Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, Su Zhou, Chunlan Zhou, Wenjing Wang, Yehua Tang, Jingwei Chen, Baojun Yan, and Yan Zhao Volume 2013, Article ID 713791, 8 pages Editorial Solar Energy and PV Systems Ismail H. Altas1 and Adel M. Sharaf2 1Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey 2Sharaf Energy Systems Inc., Fredericton, NB, Canada E3C 2P2 Correspondence should be addressed to Ismail H. Altas;