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  1. 1D Drift Diffusion Model for Crystalline Solar Cells

    16 Apr 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Xufeng Wang, Shankar Ramakrishnan

    Simulate a 1D solar cell of crystalline material with drift diffusion equations

  2. 2/3-Diode Fit

    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...

  3. 2011 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up

    20 Jul 2011 |

    click on image for larger versionAlumni Discussion Group: LinkedIn

  4. 3 min Research Talk: Predicting and Optimizing Solar Cell Performance with Material/Surface Characteristics

    31 Jan 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Yiheng Zhu

    Photovoltaic simulation tools can be utilized to predict device performance before fabrication and experimentation, streamline research processes, and interpret experimental results. Therefore, we developed ContourPV, which simulates various combinations of values of different device...

  5. 3 min. Research Talk: The Agrivoltaic Simulation tool

    23 Oct 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Hans Torsina

    The Agrivoltaic Simulation tool will calculate based on the solar panel parameters, geometries, patterns, and tracking system to provide outputs of contour shadowmaps, solar and electrical power output plots, along with input-output tables.

  6. A Crash Course in Nanophotonic Simulations

    18 Jun 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Peter Bermel

    This seminar will cover rapid, scalable computational methods used in simulating optical reflection,transmission, and absorption in complex structures. After a brief survey of the tools available, the S4 simulation tool will be demonstrated in detail.

  7. A Multi-Scale Modeling Approach to Study Transport in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

    03 Nov 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Pradyumna Muralidharan, Dragica Vasileska, Stephen M. Goodnick, Stuart Bowden

    IWCE 2015 presentation.  Abstract and more information to be added at a later date.

  8. A Physical Model for Non-Ohmic Shunt Conduction and Metastability in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells

    16 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...

  9. Adept

    01 May 2007 | | Contributor(s):: Jeff Gray, Michael McLennan

    Simulates 1D heterostructures, including solar cells

  10. ADEPT 2.0 First-Time User Guide

    03 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Xufeng Wang

    This first-time user guide provides a basic walk-through on how to run the ADEPT simulation tool.

  11. ADEPT 2.1

    25 Feb 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Jeff Gray, Xufeng Wang, Raghu Vamsi Krishna Chavali, Xingshu Sun, Abhirit Kanti, John Robert Wilcox

    This is an advanced version of ADEPT

  12. Advancing Photonic Device Design and Quantum Measurements with Machine Learning

    15 Dec 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Alexandra Boltasseva

    In this talk, photonic design approaches and emerging material platforms will be discussed showcasting machine-learning-assisted topology optimization for thermophotovoltaic metasurface designs and machine-learning-enabled quantum optical measurements.

  13. American-Made Solar Prize - Stable and Scalable Perovskite Solar Cells

    16 Feb 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Letian Dou

    Our work on halide perovskite solar cell stability and manufacturing is recognized by American-Made Solar Prize, a contest organized by Department of Energy and National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The team is lead by Prof. Letian Dou, Prof. Brett Savoie and Prof. Jianguo Mei.The American-Made...

  14. Birck Science Communication Shark Tank Compititon 2018

    10 Dec 2018 |

    The Science Communication Shark Tank competition and workshop gives students a chance to learn and train master storyteller skills in the best possible way: by playing a real-life game.

  15. Birck Solar Research Seminar 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...

  16. Bulk Heterojunction Device Model Simulator Package

    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...

  17. Calculating short circuit current density (Jsc) from external quantum efficiency (EQE)

    04 Dec 2021 | | Contributor(s):: Prateek Malhotra, Dr. Subhyan Biswas, Ganesh D Sharma

    Jsc is an important performance parameter to study solar cells. Calculating Jsc from EQE requires a lot of effort as interpolation and integration are to be performed with precision. This tool gives results within seconds.

  18. CdTe/CdS-BASED PHOTODIODE ARRAYS VIA SELECTIVE-AREA, CLOSE-SPACED SUBLIMATION

    07 Dec 2006 | | Contributor(s):: Arev Gabriel Escobedo

    In this talk, the deposition of dense arrays of CdTe/CdS photodiodes, via close-spaced sublimation, is presented for the first time. The previously reported ordered polycrystalline method was used to fabricate the photodiode arrays with the feature size ranging from 1 to 2 micrometers on a pitch...

  19. Celdas Solares con Tintes Fotosensibles (Dye-Sensetized Solar Cells)

    16 Jun 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Frank Fernandes, Rodfal Alberto Rodriguez (editor), María Teresa Rivera (editor)

    Este módulo trabaja con la fabricación de una celda solar con tinte fotosensible (“DSC”, por sus siglas en inglés). Una “DSC” es, esencialmente, una celda foto-electroquímica; significa que una reacción química foto-inducida...

  20. Charge Transport in Perovskite Solar Cells Visualized using Ultrafast Microscopy

    27 Nov 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Jordan Snaider

    Overcoming the Shockley-Queisser limit for solar cell efficiency is possible if hot carriers can be harvested before they reach thermal equilibrium with the surrounding lattice. To efficiently extract hot carriers, they need to migrate sufficiently long distances for collection at the...