Publisher’s Note to Launch Solar

Solar energy is the basis for life on earth. It is responsible for the cycle of water, is the fuel for all beings that rely on photosynthesis, and has been ingeniously handled by humans in all sorts of activities, from simply providing direct warmth, to drying consumables, and more recently being converted into electricity. In the past decades, solar technology has grown rapidly and continuously and has been used in various fields, such as in photothermal, photovoltaic, and photocatalytic applications [1].

The use of solar energy as a source of electricity still faces cost and efficiency barriers, which can be overcome with improvements in the materials used to convert solar power into electricity and, most importantly, in storage capacity and energy distribution [2,3].

MDPI publishes several journals in the field of energy, such as Energies, Electricity, Batteries, Fuels, and Nanoenergy Advances [4,5,6,7,8]. Here, we would like to launch this new open access journal, Solar (ISSN: 2673-9941), which will focus on the topic of solar science and technology [9]. As solar energy is clean, sustainable, and almost eternal, we believe that solar research will continuously catch the eyes of the scientific community.

As with other MDPI journals, we will maintain a fast and rigorous peer review process for this new journal. We hope that you will enjoy publishing with us.