AFORS-HET, Version 2.2, a Numerical Computer Program for Simulation of Heterojunction Solar Cells and Measurements

Author

Stangl, R. ; Kriegel, M. ; Schmidt, M.

Author_Institution

Hahn-Meitner-Inst. Berlin

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

1350

Lastpage

1353

Abstract

We offer the new (open source on demand) Version 2.2 of AFORS-HET, a numerical computer simulation program for modeling heterojunction solar cells and measurements. Within this version, several transient state measurements have been implemented. Furthermore, the interface models have been refined and a specific model for crystalline silicon has been implemented, taking the specific temperature and doping dependence of this material into account. Additionally, a multi-dimensional parameter optimization has been implemented, allowing for example to optimize several parameters in order to obtain the maximum solar cell efficiency. AFORS-HET will be distributed free of charge on CD-ROM at the conference site and can also be downloaded via internet: www.hmi.de/bereiche/SE/SE1/projects/aSicSi/AFORS-HET

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; optimisation; physics computing; semiconductor device models; semiconductor heterojunctions; silicon; solar cells; AFORS-HET; CD-ROM; Si; crystalline silicon; doping dependence; heterojunction solar cells; interface models; multidimensional parameter optimization; numerical computer simulation program; semiconductor device modeling; solar cell efficiency; transient state measurements; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Crystallization; Doping; Heterojunctions; Photovoltaic cells; Refining; Semiconductor process modeling; Silicon; Temperature dependence;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279681

Filename

4059895