Academic Journal
Q1Solar Energy
About Solar Energy
Solar Energy is a scholarly journal published by Elsevier Ltd. SCImago 2025 places it in Q1 with an SJR of 1.336 and an H-index of 252.
Its listed coverage is 1957-2026 and its research categories include Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1); Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (Q1). The 2025 dataset reports 814 documents and 18238 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
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Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research related to Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems, Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques, Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics, solar cell performance optimization, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods.
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Experimental investigation on the operation of a solar composite heat pump utilizing n-octadecane emulsion
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2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115024Dynamic temporal scale decoupling and variable interaction modeling for photovoltaic power forecasting
Fusen Guo, Rui Zhang, Hailing Zhou, Jun Zhang et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115021Effect of source–substrate separation and thermal ramp on Sb2Se3 thin films growth via close-space sublimation
Israel C. Godoy, Eduardo Flores, R. Mis-Fernández, V. Rejón et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115131MOF-derived Zn/N-modified TiO2 for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution
Yu Ran, Yibei Ran, Yunxi Feng
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115117Overcoming the voltage deficit in solution-processed Cu2BaSn(S,Se)4 solar cells through interfacial Fermi level de-pinning
Keyur Sangani, Ritesh Kumar Chourasia, Nitesh K. Chourasia
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115118Quantitative analysis of the angular dependence of photovoltaic radiometers signal. Modeling and experimental validation
Juan Plá, Agustín Marconi, Mariana Tamasi, Martha Díaz Salazar et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115044Effect of paraffin packaging methods on thermal stratification and thermodynamic performance of a mantled hot water tank
Enis Selcuk Altuntop, Dogan Erdemir
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115052Construction of NiCo2O4/Mn0.3Cd0.7S schottky junction toward enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution
Yanwei Wang, Gang Liu, Yushen Zhang, Zhimeng Wang et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115063SnO2/Mg-Doped SnO2 bilayer ETL layer for improving interfacial performance in CsPbBr3 perovskite solar cells
Qixin Chen, Zhongchen Bai, Xu Wang, Xinghua Li et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115062Unravelling the solvent-solute interactions between γ-valerolactone and FAPbI3 for realization of perovskite solar cells from green solvents
Lea Schwersenz, Luis Eduardo Ramirez Cardenas, Michael Daub, Harald Scherer et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115088Numerical analysis of environmental influences on ventilation solar chimney coupled with photocatalytic reactor/photovoltaic system
Hanbing Xiong, Tingzhen Ming, Tianhao Shi, Yahui Gao et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115077On the importance of ground-mounted reference systems for evaluating module degradation in emerging photovoltaic applications
Renzo Vargas, Givaldo dos Reis, Rodrigo Maruyama, Alex R.A. Manito et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115106Degradation monitoring of perovskite films by spectroscopic ellipsometry and its effect on device optical performance
Liyuan Ma, Xipeng Xu, Han Tong, Changcai Cui et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115072On the power generation losses estimating in on-grid photovoltaic installations resulting from voltage overtripping
Paweł Parczyk, Robert Burduk
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115005Simulation study of photovoltaic DC series arc-fault detection based on log-scattering and ResKAN
Tingting Pei, Yiheng Gao, Wei Chen, Ru Kang et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115046Thermal performance of a low-cost clay pot-based cooker with heat storage for sustainable cooking
Grace Shikimai Ngwayenja, Neema John Mwenga, Leah Isaka Chanzi, Casiana Blasius Lwiwa et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115070Lightweight YOLO framework with graph reasoning and counterfactual learning for photovoltaic electroluminescence defect detection
Sasmitha S., Mohan S., Harikumaran Ramesh, Rayappa David Amar Raj et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115065Benchmarking performance of 50 utility-scale solar PV plants against five resource databases in Gujarat, India
Saurabh Motiwala, Sudarshan Kumar, Ashish Kumar Sharma, Ishan Purohit et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115042Lightweight multiscale time-series mixing with periodic encoding and physical constraints for ultra-short-term photovoltaic power forecasting
Linian Liang, Zhaocai Wang, Zhuo He, Yonghui Song et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115110Non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaic technologies
Chenyang Han, Keqiang Li, Qingshan Fan, Hanqing Zhang et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.115036Reviews
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