Advances in Photovoltaic/Solar Collectors and Their Potential for an Industrial Decarbonization: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 1305
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of renewable energy technology is now widely considered of paramount importance to moving towards sustainable energy generation and climate change mitigation. The low-energy density and seasonal variations, with geographical dependence, make the development of high-solar-energy concentration systems an important and challenging investigation. Advances in solar collectors and solar energy concentration enable not only a massive scaling in energy production but also can lead to industrial decarbonisation. The efficiency of solar collectors and other solar energy concentration systems is significantly affected by errors in their alignment with the Sun. Thus, the necessity and the importance of solar tracking systems become a critical key for the development and implementation of any photovoltaic system or solar collector.
This Special Issue is intended to collect original research works, reviews and case studies on innovative technology developments to maximize the collection efficiency of different energy generation systems. The topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- New progresses in solar collectors to maximize the collection efficiency of different energy generation systems;
- Advancements in the solar collection and concentration efficiency;
- PV technology/solar collectors and their potential applications for a low-carbon industry;
- Improved solar tracking for energy-production systems;
- Developments in solar cells for PV technology;
- Solar-pumped lasers;
- Solar energy collectors for hydrogen production;
- Integrated operation of solar collectors, energy storage and potential industrial applications.
Dr. Bruno D. Tibúrcio
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- solar collectors
- industrial decarbonization
- PV cells
- solar tracking
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