Selected Publications

2024

Dhimish, M. and Lazarov, V., 2024. Assessing Durability in Automotive Fuel Cells: Understanding the Degradation Patterns of PEM Fuel Cells Under Variable Loads, Temperature, Humidity, and Defective Stack Conditions. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.

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De Riso, M., Dhimish, M., Guerriero, P. and Daliento, S., 2024. Design of a Portable Low-Cost IV Curve Tracer for On-Line and In Situ Inspection of PV Modules. Micromachines, 15(7), p.896.

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Badran, G. and Dhimish, M., 2024. Short Term Performance and Degradation Trends in Bifacial Versus Monofacial PV Systems: A UK Case Study. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics.

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Badran, G. and Dhimish, M. 2024. A Comparative Study of Bifacial versus Monofacial PV Systems at the UK Largest Solar Plant. Clean Energy, zkae043.

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Dhimish, M., Theristis, M. and d’Alessandro, V., 2024. Photovoltaic hotspots: a mitigation technique and its thermal cycle. Optik, 300, p.171627.

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Hassan, S., & Dhimish, M. 2024. Exploring the Dynamics of Risk and Quality in Solar Photovoltaic Systems. In The Photovoltaics Science, Applications and Technology Conference-PVSAT-2024: PVSAT-2024, 10-12th April 2024, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.

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Olayiwola, O., Elsden, M. and Dhimish, M., 2024. Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Drones in Solar Photovoltaic Energy Applications—Safe Autonomy Perspective. Safety, 10(1), p.32.

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Dhimish, M. and Tyrrell, A.M., 2024, January. Optical Filter Design for Daylight Outdoor Electroluminescence Imaging of PV Modules. In Photonics (Vol. 11, No. 1, p. 63). 

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Cheng, M., Zhao, X., Dhimish, M., Qiu, W. and Niu, S., 2024. A Review of Data-driven Surrogate Models for Design Optimization of Electric Motors. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.

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2023

Hassan, S. and Dhimish, M., 2023. Enhancing solar photovoltaic modules quality assurance through convolutional neural network-aided automated defect detection. Renewable Energy, 219, p.119389.

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Hassan, S. and Dhimish, M., 2023, December. A Survey of CNN-Based Approaches for Crack Detection in Solar PV Modules: Current Trends and Future Directions. In Solar (Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 663-683).

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Hassan, S. and Dhimish, M., 2023. Dual spin max pooling convolutional neural network for solar cell crack detection. Scientific Reports, 13(1), p.11099.

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Badran, G. and Dhimish, M., 2023, June. Potential induced degradation in photovoltaic modules: A review of the latest research and developments. In Solar (Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 322-346).

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Guerriero, P., Catalano, A.P., Scognamillo, C., Dhimish, M., Daliento, S. and D’Alessandro, V., 2023, June. Thermo-Electrochemical Simulations in SPICE of Li-Ion Batteries under Active Charge Balancing. In 2023 International Conference on Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP) (pp. 8-12). IEEE.

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Dhimish, M. and Zhao, X., 2023. Enhancing reliability and lifespan of PEM fuel cells through neural network-based fault detection and classification. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(41), pp.15612-15625.

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Hassan, S. and Dhimish, M., 2023, April. Assessing the Feasibility of Utilising Convolutional Neural Networks for the Detection of Cracks in Solar Cells. In The 17th Photovoltaics Science, Applications and Technology (PVSAT-17 & SuperSolar) Conference. London, Institute of Physics .

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Investigating defects and annual degradation in UK solar PV installations through thermographic and electroluminescent surveys

Dhimish, M. & Badran, G., 22 Feb 2023, In: npj Materials Degradation. 7, 11 p., 14.

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Field Study of Photovoltaic Systems with Anti-Potential-Induced-Degradation Mechanism: UVF, EL, and Performance Ratio Investigations

Dhimish, M. & Badran, G., 19 Feb 2023, In: Photonics. 10, 2, 13 p., 225.

 

Photovoltaic Bypass Diode Fault Detection using Artificial Neural Networks

Dhimish, M. & Tyrrell, A., 13 Feb 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.

 

Dhimish, M. and Zhao, X., 2023. Enhancing reliability and lifespan of PEM fuel cells through neural network-based fault detection and classification. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(41), pp.15612-15625.

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2022

Field study on the severity of photovoltaic potential induced degradation

Badran, G. & Dhimish, M., 21 Dec 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 11 p., 22094.

 

Review of Current State-of-the-Art Research on Photovoltaic Soiling, Anti-Reflective Coating, and Solar Roads Deployment Supported by a Pilot Experiment on a PV Road Hassan, S. & Dhimish, M., 19 Dec 2022, In: Energies. 15, 24

 

Approximating Shading Ratio Using the Total-Sky Imaging System: An Application for Photovoltaic Systems

Dhimish, M. & Lazaridis, P. I., 3 Nov 2022, In: Energies. 15, 16 p., 8201.

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Comparing multilayer perceptron and probabilistic neural network for PV systems fault detection

Vieira, R. G., Dhimish, M., M. U. de Araújo, F. & I. S. Guerra, M., 1 Sep 2022, In: Expert systems with applications. 201, 16 p., 117248.

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Rapid testing on the effect of cracks on solar cells output power performance and thermal operation

Dhimish, M. & Hu, Y., 16 Jul 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 11 p., 12168.

 

A Review of Models for Photovoltaic Crack and Hotspot Prediction

Goudelis, G., Lazaridis, P. I. & Dhimish, M., 12 Jun 2022, In: Energies. 15, 12, 4303.

 

Inequalities in photovoltaics modules reliability: From packaging to PV installation site

Dhimish, M., Ahmad, A. & Tyrrell, A., 1 Jun 2022, In: Renewable Energy. 192, p. 805-814 10 p.

 

Monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic mitigation of potential-induced degradation using SiO2 thin film and +1000 V biasing

Dhimish, M. & Tyrrell, A., Apr 2022, In: Optik . 255, 12 p., 168732.

 

Investigating the Impact of Cracks on Solar Cells Performance: Analysis based on Nonuniform and Uniform Crack Distributions

Dhimish, M., d'Alessandro, V. & Daliento, S., Mar 2022, In: Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on. 18, 3, p. 1684-1693

 

Power loss and hotspot analysis for photovoltaic modules affected by potential induced degradation

Dhimish, M. & Tyrrell, A., 3 Feb 2022, In: npj Materials Degradation. 6, 8 p., 11.

 

Single-switch boost-buck DC-DC converter for industrial fuel cell and photovoltaics applications

Dhimish, M. & Schofield, N., 5 Jan 2022, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 47, 2, p. 1241-1255

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2021

Impact of Solar Cell Cracks Caused During Potential-Induced Degradation (PID) Tests

Dhimish, M. & KETTLE, JEFF., 22 Dec 2021, In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 69, 2, p. 604-612

 

An empirical investigation on the correlation between solar cell cracks and hotspots

Dhimish, M. & Lazaridis, P. I., 14 Dec 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11

 

Recovery of Photovoltaic Potential-Induced Degradation Utilizing Automatic Indirect Voltage Source

Dhimish, M. & Badran, G., 9 Dec 2021, In: IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 71, 9 p., 2000209.

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Assessing Maximum Power Point Tracking Intelligent Techniques on a PV System with a Buck–Boost Converter

I. S. Guerra, M., M. U. de Araújo, F., Dhimish, M. & Vieira, R. G., 9 Nov 2021, In: Energies. 14, 22, 21 p., 7453.

 

Investigating the stability and degradation of hydrogen PEM fuel cell

Dhimish, M., Vieira, R. G. & Badran, G., 26 Oct 2021, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 46, 74, p. 37017-37028 12 p.

 

Insights on the Degradation and Performance of 3000 Photovoltaic Installations of Various Technologies Across the United Kingdom

Dhimish, M., Schofield, N. & Attya, A., 16 Jun 2021, In: Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on. 17, 9, p. 5919-5926

 

Defining the best-fit machine learning classifier to early diagnose photovoltaic solar cells hot-spots

Dhimish, M., 1 Jun 2021, In: Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 25, 100980.

 

An Algorithmic Approach to Identify the Optimum Network Architecture and WLAN Protocol for VoIP Application

Ali, A. M., Dhimish, M., M. ALSMADI, MALEK. & Mather, P., 2 Apr 2021, In: Wireless personal communications. 119, 3013 p.

 

Optimization and Selection of Best Sustainable Services in Various IEEE 802.11 Technologies

Ali, A. M., Dhimish, M. & Mather, P., 1 Jan 2021, In: Journal of Green Engineering. 11, 1, p. 420-439 20 p.

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2020

PV Module Fault Detection Using Combined Artificial Neural Network and Sugeno Fuzzy Logic

Vieira, R. G., Dhimish, M., Araújo, F. M. U. D. & Guerra, M. I. S., 15 Dec 2020, In: Electronics. 9, 12, 2150.

 

Optimum WLAN Protocol and Network Architecture Identification for VOIP Application

Ali, A. M., Dhimish, M. & M. ALSMADI, MALEK., 31 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology. 98, 20, p. 3237-3248 12 p.

 

Mitigating Potential-Induced Degradation (PID) using SiO2 ARC layer

Dhimish, M., Hu, Y., Schofield, N. & Vieira, R. G., 2 Oct 2020, In: Energies. 13, 19, 12 p., 5139.

 

Thermal impact on the performance ratio of photovoltaic systems: a case study of 8000 photovoltaic installations

Dhimish, M., 1 Oct 2020, In: Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 21, 5 p., 100693.

 

HTTP and FTP Application Algorithms to Identify the Optimal Network Architecture and WLAN Protocol

Ali, A. M., Dhimish, M. & Mather, P., 28 Sep 2020, In: Solid State Technology. 63, 1, p. 969-981 13 p.

 

Artificial neural network based photovoltaic fault detection algorithm integrating two bi-directional input parameters

Hussain, M., Dhimish, M., Titarenko, S. & Mather, P., 1 Aug 2020, In: Renewable Energy. 155, p. 1272-1292 21 p.

 

Ultrafast High-Resolution Solar Cell Cracks Detection Process

Dhimish, M. & Mather, P., 1 Jul 2020, In: Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on. 16, 7, p. 4769-4777

 

Performance Ratio and Degradation Rate Analysis of 10-Year Field Exposed Residential Photovoltaic Installations in the UK and Ireland

Dhimish, M., 19 May 2020, In: Clean Technologies. 2, 2, p. 170-183

 

A Comprehensive Review on Bypass Diode Application on Photovoltaic Modules

Vieira, R. G., Araújo, F. M. U. D., Dhimish, M. & Guerra, M. I. S., 14 May 2020, In: Energies. 13, 2472, 21 p.

 

Identifying the Optimum Network Architecture and WLAN Technology for Video Conferencing Application

Ali, A. M., Dhimish, M. & Glover, I., 17 Apr 2020, In: International Journal of Advance Computational Engineering and Networking (IJACEN). 8, 2, p. 31-36 6 p.

 

WLAN Protocol and Network Architecture Identification for Service Mix Applications

Ali, A. M., Dhimish, M. & Glover, I., 17 Apr 2020, In: International Journal of Advance Computational Engineering and Networking (IJACEN). 7 p.

 

Photovoltaic Degradation Rate Affected by Different Weather Conditions: A Case Study Based on PV Systems in the UK and Australia

Dhimish, M. & Alrashidi, A., 16 Apr 2020, In: Electronics. 9, 4, 650.

 

Algorithmic Identification of the Best WLAN Protocol and Network Architecture for Internet-Based Applications

Ali, A. M., Dhimish, M., M. ALSMADI, MALEK. & Mather, P., 12 Mar 2020, In: International Journal of Knowledge Management. 19, 1, 20 p., 2040011.

 

Current limiter circuit to avoid photovoltaic mismatch conditions including hot-spots and shading

Dhimish, M. & Badran, G., 1 Jan 2020, In: Renewable Energy. 145, p. 2201-2216 16 p.

 

Micro cracks distribution and power degradation of polycrystalline solar cells wafer: Observations constructed from the analysis of 4000 samples

Dhimish, M., 1 Jan 2020, In: Renewable Energy. 145, p. 466-477 12 p.

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2019

WLAN Protocol and Network Architecture Selection for Real-time Applications

Ali, A., Dhimish, M. & Mather, P., 30 Dec 2019, In: International Journal of Advance Computational Engineering and Networking (IJACEN). 7, 11

 

Deployment of AI-based RBF network for photovoltaics fault detection procedure

Hussain, M., Dhimish, M., Holmes, V. & Mather, P., 26 Dec 2019, In: AIMS Electronics and Electrical Engineering. 4, 1, p. 1-18 18 p.

 

70% decrease of hot-spotted photovoltaic modules output power loss using novel MPPT algorithm

Dhimish, M., 1 Dec 2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs. 66, 12, p. 2027-2031

 

Photovoltaic Hot-Spots Fault Detection Algorithm using Fuzzy Systems

Dhimish, M. & Badran, G., 1 Dec 2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability. 19, 4, p. 671-679 9 p.

 

Solar cells micro crack detection technique using state-of-the-art electroluminescence imaging

Dhimish, M. & Holmes, V., 1 Dec 2019, In: Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices. 4, 4, p. 499-508 10 p.

 

Novel Open-Circuit Photovoltaic Bypass Diode Fault Detection Algorithm

Dhimish, M. & Chen, Z., 1 Nov 2019, In: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 9, 6, p. 1819-1827 9 p.

 

WLAN Protocol and Network Architecture Selection for Real-Time Applications

Ali, A. M., Dhimish, M. & Mather, P., 18 Aug 2019.

 

Development of Novel Solar Cell Micro Crack Detection Technique

Dhimish, M. & Mather, P., 1 Aug 2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing. 32, 3, p. 277-285 9 p.

 

Novel Photovoltaic Hot-spotting Fault Detection Algorithm

Dhimish, M., Mather, P. & Holmes, V., 5 Jun 2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability. 19, 2, p. 378-386 9 p.

 

Novel Photovoltaic Micro Crack Detection Technique

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V. & Mather, P., 5 Jun 2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability. 19, 2, 304 p.

 

Assessing MPPT Techniques on Hot-Spotted and Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Modules: Comprehensive Review Based on Experimental Data

Dhimish, M., 1 Mar 2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 66, 3, p. 1132-1144

 

Estimating the impact of azimuth-angle variations on photovoltaic annual energy production

Dhimish, M. & Silvestre, S., 1 Mar 2019, In: Clean Energy. 3, 1, p. 47–58

 

Exploratory evaluation of solar radiation and ambient temperature in twenty locations distributed in United Kingdom

Dhimish, M. & Mather, P., 1 Mar 2019, In: Urban Climate. 27, p. 179-192

 

CDF modelling for the optimum tilt and azimuth angle for PV installations: case study based on 26 different locations in region of the Yorkshire UK

Dhimish, M., Mather, P., Holmes, V. & Sibley, M., 25 Feb 2019, In: IET Renewable Power Generation. 13, 3, p. 399-408 10 p.

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2018

BESS Techno-economic challenges to support wind energy: Mind mapping and correlation matrix

Attya, A., Dhimish, M. & Schofield, N., 13 Dec 2018.

 

Evaluating Power Loss and Performance Ratio of Hot-Spotted Photovoltaic Modules

Dhimish, M., Mather, P. & Holmes, V., 1 Dec 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 65, 12, p. 5419-5427 9 p.

 

Preliminary assessment of the solar resource in the United Kingdom

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mather, P. & Sibley, M., 1 Oct 2018, In: Clean Energy. 2, 2, p. 112-125 14 p.

 

Development of 3D graph-based model to examine photovoltaic micro cracks

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mather, P., Aissa, C. & Sibley, M., 1 Sep 2018, In: Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices. 3, 3, p. 380-388 9 p.

 

Novel hot spot mitigation technique to enhance photovoltaic solar panels output power performance

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mather, P. & Sibley, M., 1 Jun 2018, In: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 179, p. 72-79 8 p.

 

PV output power enhancement using two mitigation techniques for hot spots and partially shaded solar cells

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mehrdadi, B., Dales, M. & Mather, P., 1 May 2018, In: Electric Power Systems Research. 158, p. 15-25 11 p.

 

Comparing Mamdani Sugeno Fuzzy Logic and RBF ANN Network for PV Fault Detection

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mehrdadi, B. & Dales, M., 1 Mar 2018, In: Renewable Energy. 117, p. 257-274 18 p.

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2017

Output-Power Enhancement for Hot Spotted Polycrystalline Photovoltaic Solar Cells

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mehrdadi, B., Dales, M. & Mather, P., 6 Dec 2017, In: IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability. 18, 1, p. 37-45 9 p.

 

Multi-layer photovoltaic fault detection algorithm

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mehrdadi, B. & Dales, M., 1 Dec 2017, In: IET High Voltage. 2, 4, p. 244-252 9 p.

 

Parallel fault detection algorithm for grid-connected photovoltaic plants

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V. & Dales, M., 1 Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. 113, p. 94-111 19 p.

 

Photovoltaic fault detection algorithm based on theoretical curves modelling and fuzzy classification system

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mehrdadi, B., Dales, M. & Mather, P., 1 Dec 2017, In: Energy. 140, Part 1, p. 276-290 25 p.

 

Seven indicators variations for multiple PV array configurations under partial shading and faulty PV conditions

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mehrdadi, B., Dales, M., Chong, B. & Zhang, L., 1 Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. 113, p. 438-460 23 p.

 

Simultaneous fault detection algorithm for grid-connected photovoltaic plants

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mehrdadi, B. & Dales, M., 18 Oct 2017, In: IET Renewable Power Generation. 11, 12, p. 1565-1575 11 p.

 

Detecting Defective Bypass Diodes in Photovoltaic Modules using Mamdani Fuzzy Logic System

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mehrdadi, B., Dales, M. & Mather, P., 1 Oct 2017, In: Global Journal of Researches in Engineering: F Electrical and Electronics Engineering. 17, 5, p. 33-44 12 p.

 

Diagnostic Method for Photovoltaic Systems based on Six Layer Detection Algorithm

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mehrdadi, B. & Dales, M., 1 Oct 2017, In: Electric Power Systems Research. 151, p. 26-39 14 p.

 

Effect of micro cracks on photovoltaic output power: case study based on real time long term data measurements

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Dales, M. & Mehrdadi, B., 1 Oct 2017, In: Micro and Nano Letters. 12, 10, p. 803-807 5 p.

 

Fault detection algorithm for multiple GCPV array configurations

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Dales, M., Mather, P., Sibley, M., Chong, B. & Zhang, L., 20 Jul 2017.

 

The impact of cracks on the performance of photovoltaic modules

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Dales, M., Mather, P., Sibley, M., Chong, B. & Leeds, U., 20 Jul 2017.

 

The Impact of Cracks on Photovoltaic Power Performance

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V., Mehrdadi, B. & Dales, M., 1 Jun 2017, In: Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices. 2, 2, p. 199-209 11 p.

 

Impact of Video Streaming Quality on Bandwidth in Humanoid Robot NAO Connected to the Cloud

Aagela, H., Holmes, V., Dhimish, M. & Wilson, D., 22 Mar 2017.

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2016

Grid-connected PV monitoring system (GCPV-MS)

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V. & Mehrdadi, B., 18 Nov 2016.

 

Grid-connected PV virtual instrument system (GCPV-VIS) for detecting photovoltaic failure

Dhimish, M., Holmes, V. & Dales, M., 18 Nov 2016.

 

Fault detection algorithm for grid-connected photovoltaic plants

Dhimish, M. & Holmes, V., 1 Nov 2016, In: Solar Energy. 137, p. 236-245 10 p.