I want to do my research on thin film solar cells by using different simulation softwares like setfos and scaps. but there is no lab in my institution. In what way can I cope with it?
The simulators are virtual laboratories thought to use them to do numerical analysis of the thought devices, subsystems or systems. They are based on the solution of the basic equations governing the performance of the thought objects.
So, they give normally results which are not far from the experimental results.
They can be considered a laboratory in the computer.
They really help reduce the experimentation time and thereby save time and cost.
As said by the colleague Hadi Jabbar Alagealy you can verify your simulation results by the published results from the experimental work.
As an example for analyzing the performance of the solar cells using SCAPs please follow the two papers:Article Investigating the performance of formamidinium tin-based per...
and the paper:Article Possible efficiency boosting of non-fullerene acceptor solar...
You can simulate the experimental reported results via SCAPS-1D simulator and propose the better output to experimentalists. Suggestions of Prof. Abdelhalim abdelnaby Zekry and Prof. Hadi Jabbar Alagealy suggessions are really helpful. Also you can refer the following:
Article An optimized lead-free formamidinium Sn-based perovskite sol...
Article Theoretical evidence of high power conversion efficiency in ...
Article Evidence of improved power conversion efficiency in lead-fre...
Article Effect of band-gap tuning on lead-free double perovskite het...
Hello Tidaru Dessie you can perform simulations with Setfos even without experimental results. Setfos is a software for predictions not only data fitting. You can check the research papers reported here to get new ideas on what to do with Setfos: https://www.fluxim.com/setfos-references.