M. Tahir Patel
Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
30
Citations
466
Est. group size
~3
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
36
Publishing since 1990
M. Tahir Patel works on solar photovoltaic (PV) technology, spanning topics from materials-level research on perovskite solar cells to system-level analysis of large solar farms, including their long-term reliability, energy output prediction, and economic viability. Recent work combines physics-based models with machine learning to predict how solar panels degrade over time and to estimate energy production across different climates and locations worldwide. The work also touches on practical deployment questions, such as where ground-mounted solar farms can be sited relative to electrical grid infrastructure.
Publication output rose from 2017 to a peak around 2021 (5 papers) but has slowed considerably since 2022, with only about one publication per year from 2023 to 2025.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Ground-mounted photovoltaic potential in Canada based on proximity to the electrical grid: Prince Edward Island case study
2025
- Worldwide Physics-Based Lifetime Prediction of c-Si Modules Due to Solder-Bond Failure
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics · 2022
- Physics-Guided Machine Learning Identifies 5 Optimum Test Locations to Predict Global PV Energy Yield for Arbitrary Farm Topologies
2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC) · 2022
- Worldwide Physics-Based Analysis of Solder Bond Failure in c-Si Modules for Lifetime Prediction
2021
- Machine Learning allows Synthesis and Functional Interpolation of Computational and Field-Data for Worldwide Utility-Scale PV Systems
2021
- DEEDS: A Next-Generation Scientific Data Sharing and Analyzing Platform for PV Applications
2020
- Approaching the Shockley–Queisser limit for fill factors in lead–tin mixed perovskite photovoltaics
Journal of Materials Chemistry A · 2019
- LCOE*: Re-thinking LCOE for Photovoltaic Systems
2019
- Solar PV Diagnosis
2018
- Effect of interface charges on the efficiency of perovskite based solar cells
2016
- Applied Energy×4
- IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics×3
- arXiv (Cornell University)×3
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A×1
- Journal of Physics D Applied Physics×1
- M. Ryyan Khan
Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Jabir Bin Jahangir
Energy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Jacob T. Boyer
Engineering · The Ohio State University
- Daniel L. Lepkowski
Engineering · The Ohio State University
- Waseem Amjad
Energy · Purdue University West Lafayette
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