In this study, a heat pipe PV/T hybrid system is proposed.
The proposed system is an attractive PV/T system that can make full use of the isothermal performance and adjustable operating temperature of the heat pipe and exhibits a great potential and competitiveness over other PV/T systems. The thermal–electric conversion performance of this hybrid system has been theoretically investigated by calculating its overall thermal, electrical and exergy efficiencies. Results show that the overall thermal, electrical and exergy efficiencies of heat pipe PV/T hybrid system could reach up to 63.65%, 8.45% and 10.26%, respectively. The varying range of operating temperature for solar cell on the solar PV panel is less than 2.5 ◦C.