Solar Energy
Last updated ISSN 0038-092X
Solar Energy is published by Elsevier BV in energy. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,900.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Solar Energy concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- 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
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Phase Change Materials Research
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0038-092X, 1471-1257 |
| Subject area | Energy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,900 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 20,492 |
| Publishing since | 1957 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/solar-energy |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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