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Offline Inaoton

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Solar Cell device simulation
« on: April 6, 2018, 17:03 »
Dear ATK team
                  I want to compute device characteristics  of the whole hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite solar cell ( consisting of 4 or more layers) in ATK. Is it possible to do so?
                 
                 

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Re: Solar Cell device simulation
« Reply #1 on: April 6, 2018, 21:46 »
It is impossible to say much about it without knowing the type of materials used for the layers, as well as the layer thicknesses and lateral unit/supercell dimensions.  Also,what kind of device characteristics do you want to compute?
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Re: Solar Cell device simulation
« Reply #2 on: April 7, 2018, 09:37 »
 
 Each  layer has a thickness ranging from 50 to 500 nm. And primarily I want to measure the  I-V characteristics under illumination.

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Re: Solar Cell device simulation
« Reply #3 on: April 7, 2018, 13:18 »
You can study materials of individual layers, and interfaces between the layers, but not the entire device, since that would be computationally too expensive. In fact, I do not think it makes too much sense to simulate the entire macroscopic solar cell at the atomic scale. As soon as you know microscopic, material-specific parameters of the materials and  interfaces comprising the solar cell, you may consider using these parameters as inputs for macroscopic TCAD-like models of solar cells.

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Re: Solar Cell device simulation
« Reply #4 on: April 8, 2018, 07:51 »
Thanks Petr