Dear colleagues,

The following Special Issue will be published in Energies
(http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/, ISSN 1996-1073), and is now
open to receive submissions of full research papers and comprehensive
review articles for peer-review and possible publication:

Special Issue: Solar Energy Systems and Materials
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/si/energies/sol_energy_syst/
Guest Editor: Dr. Mark Deinert
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2012

Large scale deployment of solar power systems has historically been
hindered by their cost relative to competing technologies. However,
concerns over global warming, and the accessibility of energy resources,
has prompted many to reconsider the contribution that solar can realistically
make, particularly when energy storage systems storage systems are used
to increase dispatchability. This Special Issue is intended to solicit high
quality, original research contributions on all aspects of solar power
technologies and systems, including but not limited to: advances in materials
for photovoltaic systems, concentrating solar power systems and
technologies, dye sensitized solar cells, solar power systems analysis,
passive solar systems, operational performance of large and small scale
solar systems in developed and developing countries, and storage
technologies.

You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline.
Submitted papers should not have been published previously, nor be under
consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send
us their tentative title and short abstract by e-mail for approval to the
Editorial Office at energies@mdpi.com.

This Special Issue will be fully open access. Open access (unlimited and
free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent
citations as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the
authors and their institutes. More information is available at
http://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/.

The Article Processing Charges (APC) are of 1000 CHF for well prepared
manuscripts submitted before 1 July 2012. The APC for manuscripts
submitted from 1 July 2012 onwards are 1200 CHF per accepted paper.
For details see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc/.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors before submitting a manuscript:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/instructions/. Manuscripts should be
submitted through the online manuscript submission and editorial system at
http://www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/.

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technological developments, engineering, and studies in policy and
management, is published by MDPI online monthly. The journal Energies is
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In case of questions, please contact the Editorial Office at:
energies@mdpi.com

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
MDPI AG

On behalf of the Guest Editor

Dr. Mark Deinert
University of Texas at Austin
Nuclear Engineering Teaching Lab
Pickle Research Campus, R-9000
Austin, Texas 78712
USA
Website:
http://nuclear.engr.utexas.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97%3Amark-deinert&catid=31&Itemid=41
E-Mail: mdeinert@mail.utexas.edu

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