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Silicon solar cells: basics of simulation and modelling: Using the mathematical program Maple to simulate and model a silicon solar cell
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013).
2017 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 15 credits / 22,5 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Kisel solceller:Grunderna för simulering och modellering : Använder det matematiska programmet Maple för att simulera och modellera en kisel solcell (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

The main goal of this thesis was to simulate a solar cell with the symbolic manipulation tool Maple and discuss the strength and weaknesses of using Maple instead of the already known simulation program PC1D. This was done mainly by solving the three essential differential equations governing the current density and excess electron and hole densities in the solar cell. This could be done easily by using known simplifications especially the low injection assumption. However it was also a success without using this particular simplification but the solutions had to be achieved using a numerical method instead of direct methods. The results were confirmed by setting up the same solar cell with PC1D. The conclusion is that Maple gives the user increased freedom when setting up the solar cell, however PC1D is easier to use if this freedom is not needed. At the end of this thesis a brief introduction is also made on the possibility of using Maple with a tandem cell setup instead of single junction.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. , p. 42
Keywords [en]
solar cell, semiconductor, physics, condensed matter physics, solid state physics, applied physics
Keywords [sv]
solcell, halvledare, fysik, material fysik, applicerad fysik, fasta tillståndets fysik.
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Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-62611OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-62611DiVA, id: diva2:1130604
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Physics
Educational program
Bachelor Programme in Physics , 180 hp
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2017-06-12, 21D304 Karlstad Universitet, Universitetsgatan 2, Karlstad, 13:15 (English)
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Available from: 2017-08-15 Created: 2017-08-10 Last updated: 2017-08-17Bibliographically approved

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