PC1D version 5: 32-bit solar cell modeling on personal computers

Author

Clugston, Donald A. ; Basore, Paul A.

Author_Institution

Photovoltaics Special Res. Centre, Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

fYear

1997

fDate

29 Sep-3 Oct 1997

Firstpage

207

Lastpage

210

Abstract

The computer program PC1D is widely used for modeling crystalline solar cells. This paper describes a new version of the program which takes advantage of the latest graphical environments of personal computers to offer improved visualization of cell design and operation, simpler comparison of experimental data with simulation results, greatly increased calculation speed, and improved models for generation and recombination effects. We demonstrate the use of some of these features to explore the importance of trap-assisted tunneling at heavily doped junctions in material with low carrier lifetime, as is often encountered in thin polycrystalline silicon cells

Keywords

carrier lifetime; computer graphics; digital simulation; electron-hole recombination; elemental semiconductors; power engineering computing; semiconductor device models; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar cells; PC1D version 5; Si; cell design visualization; cell operation visualization; crystalline solar cells modelling; generation effects; graphical environments; heavily doped junctions; low carrier lifetime; personal computers; recombination effects; solar cell modeling; thin polycrystalline silicon cells; trap-assisted tunneling; Charge carrier lifetime; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Crystallization; Data visualization; Microcomputers; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon; Solar power generation; Tunneling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1997., Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3767-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1997.654065

Filename

654065