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Novel Trends in Solar Concentration Systems
Solar energy is one of the most promising renewable resources to replace fossil-fuel energy in the future. To efficiently harness the use of solar energy, solar concentration systems are widely used in solar energy research and applications. Therefore, advances in these systems are of paramount importance to extend their contribution to a sustainable world.
This proposed topical collection aims to showcase original research studies and/or reviews related to the recent progress in solar concentration systems and their applications. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: the design and development of innovative solar collectors; primary, secondary, and tertiary concentrators, either imaging or non-imaging; advances in solar concentration and solar-to-energy conversion efficiency; design and development of renewable systems that use solar concentrators, such as solar-pumped lasers and high-concentration photovoltaic systems; progress in solar tracking systems; design and development of solar collectors with high tracking error compensation; advances in materials for harnessing the solar energy, as well as for the development of cost-effective solar concentration systems.
Keywords: Solar Energy; Solar Concentrators; Solar Collectors; Solar Energy Conversion; Solar-Pumped Lasers; Solar Tracking; High Concentration Photovoltaics; Solar Materials; Harnessing Solar Energy; Solar Concentration Applications
Editors
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Joana Almeida
Dr. Joana Almeida, Ph.D., Centre of Physics and Technological Research (CEFITEC), FCT-NOVA, Portugal. During her research career, she contributed significantly to the main advances in solar-pumped lasers, and has several articles in international journals with relevant impact factors. She has participated actively in ten projects financed by SFERA Horizon 2020 in PROMES-CNRS, since 2011, and is now responsible for an R&D project. She is also the first author of two chapters in “Solar-pumped Lasers” book (Springer-Nature).
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Dawei Liang
Dr. Dawei Liang, Associate Professor, Center of Physics and Technological Research (CEFITEC), FCT-NOVA, Portugal. He is an Associate Professor with Habilitation in FCT-NOVA. His researches were highlighted by Spotlights on Optics in 2012, Laser Physics in 2013, Laser Focus World in 2013, 2016, 2022, JPE and SPIE News in 2022. He accomplished ten solar laser projects financed by SFERA Horizon 2020 in PROMES-CNRS, during 2011-2023. He was among World’s Top 2% Scientists list by Stanford University in 2021. His first-author "Solar-Pumped Lasers" book was published by Springer-Nature in 2023.
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Yasser A. Abdel-Hadi
Dr.Yasser A, Abdel-Hadi, Professor, National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) in Helwan Cairo, Egypt. He got his Ph.D. from the Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics in the Technical University of Berlin (in Germany) in December 2005. He is a member of many local and international societies and unions such as the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the Arab Society for Laser Applications (ASALA), and the Egyptian Society for Astronomy and Space Science (ESASS).
