A computer simulation method of dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells

Author

Usami, Akira

Author_Institution

Central Resl inst. of Electr. Power Ind., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

857

Lastpage

860

Abstract

A computer simulation of dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells is presented. Specifically, formulation and a numerical simulation method are described in detail. The theoretical model consists of the following differential equations: an equation for charge conservation, current equations for electrons in semiconductor matrixes and ion species in electrolytes, and an equation for charge separations in the sensitized electrodes. The differential equations are solved with the Newton-Raphson method after discretization of the equations. A simulation of current-voltage characteristics of the dye-sensitized solar cells is presented. Limitations of the model are also described

Keywords

Newton-Raphson method; differential equations; electrodes; electronic engineering computing; semiconductor device models; solar cells; Newton-Raphson method; charge conservation; charge separations; computer simulation; current equations; current-voltage characteristics; differential equations; dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells; electrolytes; equation discretization; ion species; numerical simulation method; semiconductor matrixes; sensitized electrodes; Batteries; Computer simulation; Differential equations; Electrodes; Electron traps; Energy conversion; Photovoltaic cells; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor materials; Spontaneous emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2000. Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth IEEE

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5772-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2000.916018

Filename

916018