<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Performance optimization of a hybrid PV/T solar system using Soybean oil/MXene nanofluids as A new class of heat transfer fluids"^^ . "In this research, a new class of nanofluid is successfully formulated from Soybean oil and MXene (Ti3C2) particles to implement as working fluid on a hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) solar collector for performance optimization. This study emphasizes on the preparation of the Soybean oil/MXene (SO/Ti3C2) nanofluid, optical and thermal characterization of the nanofluid including suspension stability. The SO/Ti3C2 nanofluid samples are formulated suspending two-dimensional (2D) MXene particles at 0.025�0.125 wt concentrations into pure Soybean oil. SEM, UV�vis, FTIR and TGA analysis are performed for morphology, optical and thermal stability characterization respectively. Achieved thermal conductivity results of SO/Ti3C2 nanofluid for 0.125 wt of Ti3C2 exhibited 60.82 enhancement at 55 °C compared to pure Soybean oil. The specific heat capacity (cp) of formulated nanofluids is measured employing a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). Maximum cp augmentation is found to be 24.49 at 0.125 wt loading of Ti3C2 in the base oil. Numerical implementation of the prepared SO/Ti3C2 nanofluids on PV/T is performed using COMSOL Multiphysics software resulted noteworthy improvement compared to conventional water, Alumina/water and MXene/palm oil nanofluids as working fluid. Overall thermal effectiveness of the PV/T system is achieved 84.25 using SO/Ti3C2 nanofluids at 0.07 kg/s mass flow rate. Furthermore, employing the nanofluids electrical output of the PV/T is improved by 15.44 in comparison with water/alumina nanofluids at an irradiance of 1000 W/m2 and mass flow rate of 0.07 kg/s. The stated findings indicate overall effectiveness of the Soybean oil based MXene nanofluids over conventional fluids used for cooling purpose in the PV/T collector. © 2020 International Solar Energy Society"^^ . "2020" . . "208" . . "Elsevier Ltd"^^ . . . "Solar Energy"^^ . . . "0038092X" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "K."^^ . "Habib"^^ . "K. Habib"^^ . . "S.M."^^ . "Yahya"^^ . "S.M. Yahya"^^ . . "R."^^ . "Saidur"^^ . "R. Saidur"^^ . . "F."^^ . "Rubbi"^^ . "F. Rubbi"^^ . . "L."^^ . "Das"^^ . "L. Das"^^ . . "N."^^ . "Aslfattahi"^^ . "N. Aslfattahi"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #12744 \n\nPerformance optimization of a hybrid PV/T solar system using Soybean oil/MXene nanofluids as A new class of heat transfer fluids\n\n" . "text/html" . .