太陽能材料與太陽能電池是傳播光伏、光熱和光電化學太陽能轉換相關材料科學與技術研究成果的載體。材料科學是在盡可能廣泛的意義上采取，包括物理，化學，光學，材料制造和分析所有類型的材料。特別值得注意的是:太陽能電池，包括單晶、多晶和非晶材料，利用同質結和異質結、肖特基勢壘、液體結及其應用。同樣有趣的是對組成材料、單個細胞和完整系統的分析，包括它們的經濟方面。廣義上的光熱器件，包括太陽能吸收裝置、蓄熱材料、輻射冷卻系統及其應用。光電化學和光化學器件，包括光電極、光催化、光轉化和太陽能淡化系統及其應用。光學性質的材料，包括光捕獲，紋理，太陽能集中器，其中包括成像和非成像光學收集器。燈光控制，包括節能建筑和采光系統，變色和智能窗戶。

Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells is intended as a vehicle for the dissemination of research results on materials science and technology related to photovoltaic, photothermal and photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion. Materials science is taken in the broadest possible sense and encompasses physics, chemistry, optics, materials fabrication and analysis for all types of materials.Of particular interest are:Solar Cells, covering single crystal, polycrystalline and amorphous materials utilising homojunctions and heterojunctions, Schottky barriers, liquid junctions and their applications. Also of interest is analysis of component materials, individual cells and complete systems, including their economic aspects.Photothermal Devices, in the broadest sense, including solar absorber devices, heat storage materials, radiative cooling systems and their applications.Photoelectrochemical and Photochemical Devices, covering photoelectrodes, photocatalysis, photoconversion and solar desalination systems and their applications.Optical Properties of materials, including light trapping, texturising, solar concentrators which include imaging and non-imaging optical collectors.Light Control, including systems for energy efficient architecture and daylighting, chromogenics and smart windows.