Solar photovoltaic/thermal technology has been widely utilized in building service area as it generates thermal and electrical energy simultaneously. In order to improve the photovoltaic/thermal system performance, nanofluids are employed as the thermal fluid owing to its high thermal conductivity. This paper summarizes the state-of-the-art of the photovoltaic/thermal systems with different loop-pipe configurations (including heat pipe, vacuum tube, roll-bond, heat exchanger, micro-channel, U-tube, triangular tube and heat mat) and nanoparticles (including Copper-oxide, Aluminium-oxide, Silicon carbide, Tribute, Magnesium-oxide, Cerium-oxide, Tungsten-oxide, Titanium-oxide, Zirconia-oxide, Graphene and Carbon). The influences of the critical parameters like nanoparticle optical and thermal properties, volume fraction, mass flux and mass flow rates, on the photovoltaic/thermal system performance are for the optimum energy efficiency. Furthermore, the structure and manufacturing of solar cells, micro-thermometry analysis of solar cells and recycling process of photovoltaic panels are explored. At the end, the standpoints, recommendations and potential future development on the solar photovoltaic/thermal system with various configurations and nanofluids are deliberated to overcome the barriers and challenges for the practical application. This study demonstrates that the advanced photovoltaic/thermal configuration could improve the system energy efficiency approximately 15%–30% in comparison with the conventional type whereas the nanofluid is able to boost the efficiency around 10%–20% compared to that with traditional working fluid.

太阳能光伏/热能技术由于同时产生热能和电能而被广泛应用于建筑服务区。为了提高光伏/热系统性能，纳米流体由于其高导热性而被用作热流体。本文总结了具有不同环路管配置（包括热管、真空管、压焊、热交换器、微通道、U 型管、三角管和热管）的光伏/热能系统的最新技术。 mat) 和纳米粒子（包括氧化铜、氧化铝、碳化硅、Tribute、氧化镁、氧化铈、氧化钨、氧化钛、氧化锆、石墨烯和碳）。关键参数的影响，如纳米粒子的光学和热学性质、体积分数、质量通量和质量流量，光伏/热力系统性能是为了获得最佳能源效率。此外，还探讨了太阳能电池的结构和制造、太阳能电池的显微测温分析和光伏电池板的回收过程。最后，讨论了具有各种配置和纳米流体的太阳能光伏/热能系统的立场、建议和潜在的未来发展，以克服实际应用中的障碍和挑战。该研究表明，与传统类型相比，先进的光伏/热配置可以将系统能源效率提高约 15%–30%，而纳米流体与传统工作流体相比，能够将效率提高约 10%–20% .