You may also want to consider using AMPS. AMPS stands for Analysis of Microelectronic and Photonic Structures. It was engineered to be a very general and versatile computer simulation tool for the analysis of device physics and device design. It is a one-dimensional (1-D) device physics code which is applicable to any two terminal device -- so as long as your PV is two terminal it should work. I have used it for a-Si:H and nc-Si:H PV.

http://www.ampsmodeling.org/

 Thanks all for your valuable answers

If any one can help me by providing something as links for tutorial videos for PV simple simulation process, I will appreciate that.

I try to search on google and youtube but I can not find somethin easy I can start with.

Thanks again

Dear Amr,

You can following the link:

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Which_simulation_program_should_I_use_to_model_a_dye_sensitized_solar_cell_structure_and_photovoltaic_performance

Regards and Best Wishes

Suhail Sayyed

PC1D is a one-dimensional finite-element method solar cell modeling program that has very intuitive graphical user interfaces. It solves the drift and diffusion, Poisson and continuity equations for each region that you set up. It does not do quantum effects like tunneling, and is one-dimensional. However, despite these limitations, I believe it is the best general solar cell modeling program available. It is an excellent learning tool for solar cell behavior in general, with general models for mobility, lifetime, optical absorption, intrinsic carrier concentration, etc. etc. It is not specifically set up for thin films but is quite adaptable in that you can create your own material parameter files and import optical absorption files, etc. You can generate plots of electric field, electron and hole density, diffusion length etc. vs cell thickness as well as QE vs wavelength for the structures. It was originally written by Paul Basore, then later distributed by the University of New South Wales for a nominal fee. If you Google "PC1D" I believe you will be pointed to several websites where you can download it for free.

Hi Amr,

several answer above cover, in my opinion what you are looking for.

please find attached a link to AMPS 1D (more for thin film devices, also multifunction):

http://www.ampsmodeling.org

and here for PC1D

https://www.engineering.unsw.edu.au/energy-engineering/research/software-data-links/pc1d-software-for-modelling-a-solar-cell (more for crystalline technology)

Bests,

Ivan

Maybe Useful: https://www.pvlighthouse.com.au/calculators. 

I propose you to try Mathcad 15 to see

Try https://www.gpvdm.com , it's an open source project for thin film solar cell simulation. It's free also free. It will model thin film organic solar cells out of the box.  (There is a P3HT:PCBM example which will work out the box).  It's got a full optical and electrical model and should be quite easy to get going with.

I think that you can try Mathcad or Comsol 5.2

hi

i think that you can try SCAPS-1D, AMPS-1D, COMSOL and SILVACO software.

SCAPS-1D and AMPS-1D are free.

best regards,

Kazem Omrani

Dear Mir Kazem Omrani,

Thank you very much for useful information.

Can we use these Softwares for dye-sensitized and quantum dot sensitized solar cells?

Please suggest specific Softwares for dye-sensitized solar cells and quantum dot sensitized solar cells.

Thank you very much

Suhail A A R Sayyed

I've not spent time simulating dye-sensitized cells my self, but my feeling is that you will have to be careful applying standard drift diffusion models due to the liquid electrolyte.  Also, personally, I would not spend time simulating DSSC though, as they have been around for a while and not really increased in efficiency or made it to market. I've also not used COMSOL, but I would be really careful with it, and ask questions like a) How does it include trap states; and b) How does it model recombination.  And are these models correct and consistent with what has been published.

you can try with PC1d or Pc2D

Here you may find detail process for simulation AFORS-HET.

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-22275-7_14

Thanks all for above questions and answers !

Regards,

Vivek

My Dear,

You can check pveducation.com

Dear Amro

You may use gpvm. It is easy to use. Its link is below.

https://www.gpvdm.com/

Good luck

Dear Amr

Here are some links for Solar Cells simulation tools. Good luck

https://www2.pvlighthouse.com.au/simulation/simulationoverview.aspx

http://www.nusod.org/inst/soft_solar.html

http://photovoltaic-software.com/scientific-solar-PV-software.php

http://photovoltaic-software.com/scientific-solar-PV-software.php

http://www.fluxim.com/SETFOS-Simulation-s.8.0.html

AMPS

http://www.ampsmodeling.org/

For optical? MIT's MEEP is a nice library

http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/Meep

+ links of Zhi Peng

Lumerical has both optical and electrical simulation packages for solar cells. It also provide application examples and tutorials on YouTube.

Setfos is also another good simulation software for solar cell modelling.

Although both the software can be quite pricey, it is worth using Lumerical's 1 month trial license to try it out. Both software also have student discount rates available.

Dear Amr,

you can connect with Dr. Ahmed Shaker at the link:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed_Shaker.

Best wishes

Dear Amr,

You can use SCAPS software to for 1D simulation of solar cells, it is a user friendly and free software which yields practical simulation results.

Best regards,

Morteza

Dear Morteza,

PC1D - is the most "user friendly" free version

AMPS1D - a bit more complex to use but also free and perhaps a bit more flexible

bests,

Ivan

Dear Ivan Sinicco

Thank you very much for your information.

Do you know where can I download AMPS1D software?

You can use SCAPS-1D.

Hello to all researchers contributing to this question. I would be very happy to reply to all question you would have about Setfos. We have different solutions for solar cells and LEDs, organic, perovskites and quantum dots. I would be glad to discuss about your needs and provide you an evaluation version of our software.

Best regards

Daniele Braga

Dear Daniele Braga sir,

Can you provide the evaluation version for dsscs and qdsscs modelling?

Thank you sir in advance

Dr. Suhail A A R Sayyed

Dear Suhail,

thank you for your comment. In order to provide an evaluation please check our website www.fluxim.com. You will find an "evaluate now" with an exe tool to get your machine ID and you can fill the request form. We will need the machine ID to open the evaluation version.

Best regards

Thank you, dear Daniele Braga sir.

SCAPS 1D is a really good option as it comes with great interface.

Silvaco TCAD is another good option after SCAPS 1D.

You can use AFORS HIT, gpvdm, PC1D and PC2D etc. Through following link you can check a list of program used for solar cell simulation and probably can download them as well.

https://www.pvlighthouse.com.au/simulation-programs

SCAPS 1D very good software for beginners.

This tool is freely available for the photovoltaic research community and can be freely downloaded from its web link.

the good thing is that It runs on a window operating system environment.

You can follow AMPS-1D software

You can follow SCAPS software

Dear Hessein,

You could try gpvdm (https://www.gpvdm.com), it is a general purpose solar cell model, which can simulate both the electrical and optical performace of thin film solar cells such as OPV and perovskite devices. It can also simulate OLED and OFET structures.

All the best,

Rod

Hi Siddheshwar,

Would you like to drop me an e-mail to discuss: [email protected]

all the best,

Rod

SCAPS-1D and SCAPS 1D are very good software for beginners.

Here are some links for simulation programs. I hope to be hepfull. Best wishes

- Florida University Free Package

http://www.flooxs.ece.ufl.edu/index.php/Main_Page

- Many device simulators

https://www.tcad.com/Software.html?utm_source=tcadcentral&utm_medium=301

-Open source TCAD (Archimedes).

http://www.gnu.org/software/archimedes/

-Visual TCAD developed by Cogenda China is good option to serve the purpose. VTCAD developers/managers are nice and helpful guys!!

www.cogenda.com

Cracked version,

http://bbs.eetop.cn/thread-602565-1-1.html

SAMPLE 2D/3D from Berkeley university

-OpenFOAM is a free software that is open source but you need the ParaView program to visualize the results and meshing.

Aestimo is a one-dimensional (1D) self-consistent Schrِdinger-Poisson solver for semiconductor heterostructures.

http://www.aestimosolver.org/

- https://www.pvlighthouse.com.au/simulation-programs

SCAP software,Silvaco

SCAP IS GREAT AND IT IS EASY TO USE.

Go for SCAPS and Silvaco

Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator (SCAPS) is a very good device modeling software for beginners

SCAPS-1D is better for the modeling and Simulation of Solar cells

pc1d

SCAPS 1D software tool is the best option for beginners.

ASA Software

Thanks a lot I wanted to ask the same question

You should definitely go with COMSOL multiphysics. It will be really helpful to you for a couple of reasons.

1. There is an abundance of tutorials (both video and pdf) which can help you understand the basics of how the software works. In addition, there are many solved examples that will be useful for hands-on practice. Numerous examples related to solar cell modeling are also available.

2. COMSOL will be helpful to you in the long run. For example, in the future, if you want to study any specific physics related to solar cells (e.g. heat transfer, mechanical deformation, electrical power calculation, etc), COMSOL offers a really great user-friendly interface to combine all these studies into one. You would not need to write user-defined codes and customize parameters as in the case with other softwares out there.

Salman Ahmed … are you working on Comsol for solar cells simulations?

Dear Hessein,

Of course the AMPS-1D and/or SCAPS-1D are the best and easier to use for solar cell modeling especially to study thin film interfaces, For AMPS-1D, request a copy of last free version of AMPS by sending an Email to : Dr. Fonash's group of Pennsylvania State University.

In attached I am sending to you a some scientific contributions that may be useful to you:

- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925346719306536

- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925346717303683

- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004060901100232X

good luck

SCAPs is good and flexible software for solar cells

Lumerical is the best one:

https://support.lumerical.com/hc/en-us

Which one is the easiest to be learned

Dear Hessein,

I think that the analytic model is the best way to model thin films solar cells. You can use also COMSOL Multiphysics as a simulator tool and/or the SILVACO tool. The SILVACO is the professional tool, but you must even use the examples to be able to build exactly your correct program.

I would suggest looking for some good examples in the help of silvaco package.

good luck.

Huda M.H SCAPS 1D and AMPS are the easiest to learn and start with.

SCAPS

https://www.epj-pv.org/articles/epjpv/full_html/2018/01/pv180009/pv180009.html

Setfos PV Simulations, Introduction and Tutorial. Modeling Software (1)

Setfos PV Simulations, Introduction, and Tutorial. Modeling Software

SCAPS-1D or AMPS-1D to me more flexible for beginners

Following

PV1D AFROSET, AMPS, SCAPS etc are suitable for beginners

SETFOS is good software for solar cell Simulation. For more information Please contact at

[email protected]

For me, SCAPS-1D is very interesting and easy software. It is free, but you must contact Marc Burgelman for getting permission to use it. ([email protected])

The user manual is exhaustive. You can find it in the attached file.

Good continuation.

https://www.pveducation.org/pvcdrom/solar-cell-operation/solar-cell-efficiency

I will suggest SCAPS 1-D.

I will suggest SCAPS 1D too.

I will suggest SCAPS 1D too.

I use from Sentaurus TCAD for modeling solar cells. It is consist of a lot of materials. Then you can add new materials also! It isn't limited in modeling field. You can sinulate all semiconductor devices.

You may use Silvaco

I am suggesting AFROS-HET, AMPS are suitable for beginners and those are free download.

I think Lumerical will be the best choice.

PC1D