Thin-Film Solar Cell Current Voltage and Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Simulation Model
NREL has developed a simulation modeling tool to analyze recombination losses in polycrystalline thin-film photovoltaics, including cadmium telluride (CdTe) and copper indium gallium diselenide solar cells.
We acknowledge the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office's support for this research.
Model Application Installation
A user must have administrative rights during installation, and the installation will include embedded COMSOL Runtime™. After installation, the application can be run from a user account.
Model Implementation
For a description of the physical model and its implementation, see Diverse Simulations of Time-Resolved Photoluminescence in Thin-Film Solar Cells: A SnO2/CdSeyTe1-y Case Study, Journal of Applied Physics (2021).
Model User Interface
To learn about the user interface for JV and TRPL simulations, see Simulation App for Time-Resolved Photoluminescence in Thin-Film Solar Cells, IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (2021).
Cadmium Telluride Solar Cell Analysis
To learn how to apply this model for analyzing front interface recombination in CdTe solar cells, see Voltage Loss Comparison in CdSe/CdTe Solar Cells and Polycrystalline CdSe Te Heterostructures, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (2021).
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