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Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
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Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 72 245 445 51
Materials Science 115 501 735 52

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 910
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1205
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 23
SCIMAGO H-index: 227
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.284
Impact Factor: 6.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Optoelectronics, Solar cell, Thin film, Analytical chemistry and Optics. The research on Optoelectronics featured in it combines topics in other fields like Layer (electronics) and Photovoltaic system. The study of Solar cell encompasses disciplines such as Open-circuit voltage, as well as fields such as Short circuit, all of which overlap with one another.

Topics in Thin film explored in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells were investigated in conjunction with research in Substrate (electronics), Chemical engineering, Electrochromism and Mineralogy. The work tackled in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells goes beyond the discipline of Chemical engineering as it also encompasses Polymer. The research on Analytical chemistry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Amorphous solid, Annealing (metallurgy), Band gap and Scanning electron microscope.

The Optics works, particularly on Transmittance are tackled in it. The close relationship between Organic solar cell and PEDOT:PSS is one of the points of interest dissected in Polymer solar cell research. It holds forums on Silicon that merges themes from other disciplines such as Wafer, Amorphous silicon and Passivation.

  • Optoelectronics (34.21%)
  • Solar cell (26.65%)
  • Thin film (18.02%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Physical properties of ZnO:F obtained from a fresh and aged solution of zinc acetate and zinc acetylacetonate (2715 citations)
  • Fabrication and processing of polymer solar cells: A review of printing and coating techniques (2677 citations)
  • Stability/degradation of polymer solar cells (2028 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells:

The published articles investigate areas of study like Solar cell, Optoelectronics, Optics, Thin film and Chemical engineering. Issues in Solar cell were discussed in the journal publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Nanotechnology, Energy conversion efficiency, Dye-sensitized solar cell, Heterojunction and Mineralogy. The studies on Optoelectronics discussed at the journal papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Layer (electronics), Open-circuit voltage and Photovoltaic system.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Composite material
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates areas of study like Optoelectronics, Doping, Chemical engineering, Thermal and Thermal energy storage. Optoelectronics works presented in it have a specific focus on Energy conversion efficiency. Solar cell, Tandem, Schottky barrier and Semi transparent are some topics wherein Energy conversion efficiency research discussed in it have an impact.

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells goes beyond the discussion of Solar cell as it connects it with closely related disciplines like

  • Transmittance which is related to area like Electrode,
  • Anti-reflective coating which is related to area like Quantum efficiency.. Issues in Doping were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Band gap, Getter and Silicon. In addition to Chemical engineering research, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells aims to explore topics under Silicon carbide, Supercooling, Crystal, Latent heat and Temperature cycling.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Bifacial semi-transparent ultra-thin Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells on ITO substrate: How ITO thickness and Na doping influence the performance (0 citations)
  • Preparation of highly efficient and stable CsPbBr3 perovskite solar cells based on an anti-solvent rinsing strategy (0 citations)
  • Performance evaluation of different designs of back-contact perovskite solar cells (0 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Frederik C. Krebs (104 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Martin A. Green (79 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kuo-Chuan Ho (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christophe Ballif (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stuart Wenham (54 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (295 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 28 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of New South Wales (259 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Fraunhofer Society (249 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (207 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Uppsala University (168 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2022 edition, 8.70% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.29% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.76% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 4.76% of all publications and 76.19% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • CdTe-based thin film photovoltaics: Recent advances, current challenges and future prospects

    Unknown

    (2023)
    347 Citations
  • A comprehensive review on development of eutectic organic phase change materials and their composites for low and medium range thermal energy storage applications

    P. Singh;R.K. Sharma;A.K. Ansu;R. Goyal

    (2021)
    295 Citations
  • Ultra-broadband and wide-angle perfect solar absorber based on TiN nanodisk and Ti thin film structure

    Feng Qin;Xifang Chen;Zao Yi;Weitang Yao

    (2020)
    275 Citations
  • MXene aerogel-based phase change materials toward solar energy conversion

    Pengcheng Lin;Jiajin Xie;Yingdong He;Xiang Lu

    (2020)
    248 Citations
  • A comprehensive review on phase change materials for heat storage applications: Development, characterization, thermal and chemical stability

    V.V. Tyagi;K. Chopra;R.K. Sharma;A.K. Pandey

    (2022)
    235 Citations
  • 24.58% total area efficiency of screen-printed, large area industrial silicon solar cells with the tunnel oxide passivated contacts (i-TOPCon) design

    Daming Chen;Yifeng Chen;Zigang Wang;Jian Gong

    (2020)
    229 Citations
  • Daytime passive radiative cooling by ultra emissive bio-inspired polymeric surface

    Shin-young Jeong;Chi Yan Tso;Yuk Ming Wong;Christopher Y.H. Chao

    (2020)
    215 Citations
  • Thermal assessment on solid-liquid energy storage tube packed with non-uniform angled fins

    Unknown

    (2021)
    158 Citations

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