ECN-Numerical device simulations of cSi silicon solar cells

MAIN FEATURES:

1D  packages and  2D and 3D semiconductor package Atlas from Silvaco are present at ECN

The main objectives are:

• Benchmarking software package for 1D, 2D or 3D simulations of crystalline silicon solar cell and/or modules.
• Defining benchmark studies
• Computation of 1D, 2D or 3D cell architectures.
• Assessing models by :
  1. Performing sensitivity studies for several parameters
  2. Testing different sub-models, like for mobility, free carrier absorption, Auger etc.,
  3. Interpretation of physics
  4. Testing complex concepts (E.g. heterojunctions, MIS), or a a combination of these items.
• Discussing modeling issues and results with interested host

TYPICAL SERVICES OR RESULTS:

• A benchmark study for several cell concepts, ranging from simple 1D problems to complex 3D problems.
• Evaluation of  the differences and similarities of multiple software packages in the field of crystalline silicon solar cells simulation
• Analysis of the  impact of chosen submodels and/or sensitivity to certain input parameters

LIMITATIONS OR CONSTRAINTS:

The Infrastructure guest can have access to ECN’s 1D and 2D/3D simulation packages. However for the sake of benchmarking a guest can compare the results of ECN’s software package with its own package(s).

Participation to Research Projects:

see: Models for numerical device simulations of crystalline silicon solar cells—a review, P. Altermatt, J Comput. Electron (2011) 10:314–330