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Cu in CdTe Lab
Tools | 22 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s):: Da GUO, Dragica Vasileska
1-D reaction diffusion simulation of Cu's migration in CdTe solar cells
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2/3-Diode Fit
Downloads | 15 Jun 2012 | Contributor(s):: Stephan Suckow
This download provides the program "2/3-Diode Fit", which can be used to interactively simulate or fit I-V characteristics of solar cells using different 2- or 3-diode models. Diff erent file formats and batch processing are supported as well as di fferent modes: dark or illuminated I-V...
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[Illinois] AVS Meeting 2012: Understanding Atomic-Layer-Deposition Synthesis of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 Solar Cells
Online Presentations | 03 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s):: Sergey V. Baryshev
Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) has recently attracted attention as a light absorber for photovoltaic applications because of its band gap (εg≈1.4 eV), the relative abundance and low cost of its constituent elements (which permits large-scale low-cost module production), and its demonstrated...
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Bulk Heterojunction Device Model Simulator Package
Downloads | 19 May 2013 | Contributor(s):: Adrien Pierre, Shaofeng Lu, Ian Howard, Antonio Facchetti, Ana Claudia Arias
This is a simulation package for bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics from J. Appl. Phys. 113, 154506 (2013). The carrier concentration boundary conditions, mobility, exciton quenching efficiency, optical constants, dielectric constants and recombination rates can be entered into the...
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Exciton Dynamics Simulator
Tools | 31 Dec 2012 | Contributor(s):: Michael Heiber
Simulates the exciton dynamics in organic photovolatic devices
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Design of Optoelectronically-active Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications
Online Presentations | 01 Feb 2013 | Contributor(s):: Bryan W. Boudouris
Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices are of great interest due to their promise of providing flexible, lightweight, and inexpensive alternatives to their currently-used inorganic counterparts. However, large-scale implementation of these modules has been hampered due to their relatively low power...
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Birck Solar Research Seminar Series
Series | 30 Jan 2013 | Contributor(s):: Peter Bermel
The Solar Research Series includes presentations from researchers at Purdue and leading researchers across the nation on developments in wafer-based, thin-film, organic and cross-cutting technologies in photovoltaics (PV) and related solar power. Results to be presented will include a mixture of...
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Nano Solutions to Our Impending Energy Crisis
Online Presentations | 11 Nov 2012 | Contributor(s):: Ali Shakouri
In this talk we review some of the advances in nanoscale energy conversion devices and discuss about the challenges and opportunities to provide a clean energy infrastructure. Couple of examples from solar and thermoelectric materials, devices and systems will be given and the scale of the...
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PC1D
Tools | 22 Feb 2012
PC1D solves the fully coupled nonlinear equations for one-dimensional transport of electrons and holes in crystalline semiconductor devices, with emphasis on photovoltaic devices.
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Opportunities of Lasers for Scalable Manufacturing of Solar Energy Devices
Online Presentations | 21 Aug 2012 | Contributor(s):: Gary Cheng
Production costs, module conversion efficiencies, and adoption in commercial rooftops continue to be the most critical issues for solar energy technology.The industry continuously seeks technologies that offer scalable and high speed solar device production to replace costly conventional...
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NEGF theory of quantum photovoltaic devices
Presentation Materials | 21 Sep 2011 | Contributor(s):: Urs Aeberhard
Many high-efficiency photovoltaics concepts require an advanced control and manipulation of the optoelectronic properties of the active device structure, leading to a prominent role of low dimensional absorbers such as quantum wells, wires and dots in the implementation of these concepts....
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Economic Factors on the Modern Photovoltaic Market
Online Presentations | 14 Sep 2011 | Contributor(s):: Gregory T. Forcherio
Photovoltaic research is heavily driven by market demand and "green-energy" hopes of the future. Commercial and utility level thin film photovoltaic systems have almost reached grid parity worldwide, but the residential market, mainly comprised of crystalline and polycrystalline...
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Optimum Morphology and Performance Gains of Organic Solar Cells
Online Presentations | 20 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Biswajit ray, Muhammad Alam
Morphology of light absorbing layer is known to dictate the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cell. The innovation of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) led to significant improvement for exciton harvesting, but carrier recombination at the distributed interfaces and variability of...
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Solar Cells Lecture 4: What is Different about Thin-Film Solar Cells?
Online Presentations | 29 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
Thin film solar cells promise acceptable efficiency at low cost. This tutorial examines the device physics of thin-film solar cells, which generally require a different type of analysis than crystalline solar cells.
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Solar Cells Lecture 5: Organic Photovoltaics
Online Presentations | 29 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
Organic solar cells make use of low-cost organic polymers for photovoltaics. Although these solar cells may appear to be quite different from solar cells made with conventional, inorganic semiconductors (e.g. they make use of exciton generation rather than electron-hole generation) this tutorial...
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Solar Cells Lecture 1: Introduction to Photovoltaics
Online Presentations | 19 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
An introduction to solar cells covering the basics of PN junctions, optical absorption, and IV characteristics. Key technology options and economic considers are briefly presented.
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Solar Cell Fundamentals
Courses | 19 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom, J. L. Gray, Muhammad A. Alam
A new version of the course has been posted here. The modern solar cell was invented at Bell Labs in 1954 and is currently receiving renewed attention as a potential contribution to addressing the world's energy challenge. This set of five tutorials is an introduction to solar...
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Solar Cells Lecture 2: Physics of Crystalline Solar Cells
Online Presentations | 19 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Solar cell performance is determined by generation and recombination of electron-hole pairs. This tutorial focussing on recombination losses in crystalline silicon solar cells under short-circuit and open-circuit conditions.
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A Physical Model for Non-Ohmic Shunt Conduction and Metastability in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells
Online Presentations | 15 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Sourabh Dongaonkar, Souvik Mahapatra, Karthik Yogendra, Muhammad Alam
In this talk we develop a coherent physics based understanding of the shunt leakage problem in a-Si:H cells, and discuss its implications on cell and module level.Sourabh Dongaonkar is with School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, INKarthik Y and Souvik...
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2011 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up
Workshops | 20 Jul 2011
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