An Examination of 1D Solar Cell Model Limitations Using 3D SPICE Modeling

W. E. McMahon; J. M. Olson; J. F. Geisz; D. J. Friedman

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318009

An Examination of 1D Solar Cell Model Limitations Using 3D SPICE Modeling

W. E. McMahon, J. M. Olson, J. F. Geisz, D. J. Friedman

Chemistry and Nanoscience

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

To examine the limitations of one-dimensional (1D) solar cell modeling, 3D SPICE-based modeling is used to examine in detail the validity of the 1D assumptions as a function of sheet resistance for a model cell. The internal voltages and current densities produced by this modeling give additional insight into the differences between the 1D and 3D models.

Original language	American English
Pages	2088-2091
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318009 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318009
State	Published - 2012
Event	38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2012 - Austin, TX, United States Duration: 3 Jun 2012 → 8 Jun 2012

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Conference	38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin, TX
Period	3/06/12 → 8/06/12

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See CP-5200-54133 for preprint

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NREL/CP-5200-56924

Keywords

current-voltage characteristics
photovoltaic cells
semiconductor device modeling
SPICE

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