| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The interrelationship and characteristic distribution of direct, diffuse and total solar radiation | Solar Energy | 1960 | 1,890 |
| 2 | On the temperature dependence of photovoltaic module electrical performance: A review of efficiency/power correlations | Solar Energy | 2009 | 1,812 |
| 3 | Improvement and validation of a model for photovoltaic array performance | Solar Energy | 2006 | 1,556 |
| 4 | Modeling daylight availability and irradiance components from direct and global irradiance | Solar Energy | 1990 | 1,370 |
| 5 | Low temperature latent heat thermal energy storage: Heat storage materials | Solar Energy | 1983 | 1,325 |
| 6 | Cool surfaces and shade trees to reduce energy use and improve air quality in urban areas | Solar Energy | 2001 | 1,293 |
| 7 | Cooling the cities – A review of reflective and green roof mitigation technologies to fight heat island and improve comfort in urban environments | Solar Energy | 2014 | 1,172 |
| 8 | Solar thermochemical production of hydrogen––a review | Solar Energy | 2005 | 1,144 |
| 9 | Estimation of the diffuse radiation fraction for hourly, daily and monthly-average global radiation | Solar Energy | 1982 | 1,104 |
| 10 | Tabulated values of the Shockley–Queisser limit for single junction solar cells | Solar Energy | 2016 | 1,103 |
| 11 | Photolysis of nitrosyl chloride in the solar furnace | Solar Energy | 1960 | 968 |
| 12 | TCO and light trapping in silicon thin film solar cells | Solar Energy | 2004 | 951 |
| 13 | Exergy of undiluted thermal radiation | Solar Energy | 2003 | 942 |
| 14 | PEM electrolysis for production of hydrogen from renewable energy sources | Solar Energy | 2005 | 851 |
| 15 | Photocatalytic water treatment: solar energy applications | Solar Energy | 2004 | 843 |
| 16 | Review of photovoltaic power forecasting | Solar Energy | 2016 | 828 |
| 17 | Solar photovoltaic electricity: Current status and future prospects | Solar Energy | 2011 | 810 |
| 18 | The average distribution of solar radiation-correlations between diffuse and hemispherical and between daily and hourly insolation values | Solar Energy | 1979 | 790 |
| 19 | Oxide semiconductors in photoelectrochemical conversion of solar energy | Solar Energy | 1980 | 786 |
| 20 | High-efficiency polycrystalline CdTe thin-film solar cells | Solar Energy | 2004 | 782 |
| 21 | The sun’s total and spectral irradiance for solar energy applications and solar radiation models | Solar Energy | 2004 | 766 |
| 22 | Optimal sizing method for stand-alone hybrid solar–wind system with LPSP technology by using genetic algorithm | Solar Energy | 2008 | 726 |
| 23 | Dye-sensitized solar cells: A brief overview | Solar Energy | 2011 | 726 |
| 24 | A 24-h forecast of solar irradiance using artificial neural network: Application for performance prediction of a grid-connected PV plant at Trieste, Italy | Solar Energy | 2010 | 702 |
| 25 | Parameterized transmittance model for direct beam and circumsolar spectral irradiance | Solar Energy | 2001 | 698 |
| 26 | Using advanced cool materials in the urban built environment to mitigate heat islands and improve thermal comfort conditions | Solar Energy | 2011 | 698 |
| 27 | On the impact of urban climate on the energy consumption of buildings | Solar Energy | 2001 | 689 |
| 28 | Online short-term solar power forecasting | Solar Energy | 2009 | 669 |
| 29 | Solar position algorithm for solar radiation applications | Solar Energy | 2004 | 668 |
| 30 | The long-term average performance of flat-plate solar-energy collectors | Solar Energy | 1963 | 666 |
| 31 | Simplified method for predicting photovoltaic array output | Solar Energy | 1981 | 657 |
| 32 | Performance evaluation of solar photovoltaic/thermal systems | Solar Energy | 2001 | 641 |
| 33 | Diffuse fraction correlations | Solar Energy | 1990 | 640 |
| 34 | All-weather model for sky luminance distribution—Preliminary configuration and validation | Solar Energy | 1993 | 636 |
| 35 | Calculation of monthly average insolation on tilted surfaces | Solar Energy | 1977 | 622 |
| 36 | Methodology for optimal sizing of stand-alone photovoltaic/wind-generator systems using genetic algorithms | Solar Energy | 2006 | 613 |
| 37 | Heat transfer enhancement for thermal energy storage using metal foams embedded within phase change materials (PCMs) | Solar Energy | 2010 | 612 |
| 38 | A new simplified version of the perez diffuse irradiance model for tilted surfaces | Solar Energy | 1987 | 601 |
| 39 | A novel optimization sizing model for hybrid solar-wind power generation system | Solar Energy | 2007 | 601 |
| 40 | Advances in solar thermal electricity technology | Solar Energy | 2004 | 591 |
| 41 | Potential of solar electricity generation in the European Union member states and candidate countries | Solar Energy | 2007 | 566 |
| 42 | Thermal comfort in outdoor urban spaces: understanding the human parameter | Solar Energy | 2001 | 560 |
| 43 | Forecast of hourly average wind speed with ARMA models in Navarre (Spain) | Solar Energy | 2005 | 549 |
| 44 | Evaluation of models to predict insolation on tilted surfaces | Solar Energy | 1979 | 543 |
| 45 | Correlation equation for hourly diffuse radiation on a horizontal surface | Solar Energy | 1977 | 529 |
| 46 | A new solar radiation database for estimating PV performance in Europe and Africa | Solar Energy | 2012 | 521 |
| 47 | The yield of different combined PV-thermal collector designs | Solar Energy | 2003 | 516 |
| 48 | Comparison of solar concentrators | Solar Energy | 1976 | 515 |
| 49 | Natural dyes as photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cell | Solar Energy | 2006 | 509 |
| 50 | Thermochemical hydrogen production from a two-step solar-driven water-splitting cycle based on cerium oxides | Solar Energy | 2006 | 508 |
