Journal of Photonics for Energy

Editor-in-Chief: Sean Shaheen, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

The Journal of Photonics for Energy (JPE) covers fundamental and applied research areas focused on the applications of photonics for renewable energy harvesting, conversion, storage, distribution, monitoring, consumption, and efficient usage.

On the cover: the image is from the article "Comparative study of InAs/GaAs quantum dots and GaSb/GaAs quantum rings for recombination suppression in thin-film intermediate band solar cells" by Y. Oteki and Y. Okada

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Photon chemical potential-driven power enhancement in passive radiative cooling: a theoretical model

Xuezhi Zhang and Wei Li

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Monte Carlo simulation of ultrafast carrier relaxation in type-II MQW system

Izak Baranowski, Ian R. Sellers, Dragica Vasileska, and Stephen M. Goodnick

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Hot electrons and cold holes: operation, efficiency, and design of a two-temperature hot-carrier solar cell

Thomas Vezin, Nathan Roubinowitz, Jean-François Guillemoles, and Daniel Suchet

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Previously Published Special Sections

from the Journal of Photonics for Energy

Exceeding the Detailed Balance Limit (2025)

Guest Editors: Ian R. Sellers, Federica Cappelluti, Christiana Honsberg, and Tze Chien Sum

Thermophotovoltaic Systems (2024)

Guest Editors: Georgia T. Papadakis, Peter Bermel, Esther López Estrada, Brendan Kayes, and Eric Tervo

Spectral Management for Renewable Energy Conversion (April-June 2018)

Guest Editors: Timothy W. Schmidt, Felix N. Castellano, Rowan W. MacQueen, and Murad J. Y. Tayebjee

Novel Photovoltaic Device Architectures (April-August 2022)

Guest Editors: Fatima Toor and Ian Sellers

Radiative Cooling (2021-22)

Guest Editors: Aaswath Raman, Xiaobo Yin, and Peter Bermel

Women in Renewable Energy (October-December 2020)

Guest Editors: Zakya H. Kafafi and Mónica Lira-Cantu

Advanced Materials and Devices for Solar Driven Liquid Fuel and Hydrogen Production (April-June 2020)

Guest Editors: Liejin Guo, Clemens Burda, and Maochang Liu

Solar Energy Solutions for Electricity and Water Supply in Rural Areas (October-December 2019)

Guest Editors: Kerstin Wydra, Fatima Toor, Martina Jaskolski, and Nikolaos Tzoupanos

Thermal Photonics in Energy (July-September 2019)

Guest Editors: Sheng Shen, Andrej Lenert, and Yi Zheng

Festschrift of the 70th Birthday of Zeev "Valy" Vardeny (July-September 2018)

Guest Editor: Paul A. Lane

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CiteScore ^™ 2024: 3.8
Impact Factor:* 2.1

^{*Source: Clarivate Analytics, Journal Citation Reports (2025)}

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