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Thin Film CIGS Solar Cells, Photovoltaic Modules, and the Problems of Modeling

Salvatore StivalaVincenzo La RoccaAlessandro BusaccaGiovanni CiprianiAlfonso Carmelo CinoRosario MiceliLuciano CurcioAntonino ParisiGiuseppe Ricco GalluzzoVincenzo Di DioDiego La Cascia

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photovoltaic moduleArticle SubjectComputer sciencelcsh:TJ807-830CIGS solar celllcsh:Renewable energy sourcessolar energyNanotechnologySettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciSettore ING-INF/01 - ElettronicamodellingGeneral Materials ScienceThin filmThin-film solar cellRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industryPhotovoltaic systemSettore ING-INF/02 - Campi ElettromagneticiGeneral ChemistrysimulationEngineering physicsCopper indium gallium selenide solar cellsAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsSemiconductorThin-film solar cells; CIGS solar cells; modelling; simulations; photonic structures; photovoltaic modules; solar energyCell structurephotonic structurebusiness

description

Starting from the results regarding a nonvacuum technique to fabricate CIGS thin films for solar cells by means of single-step electrodeposition, we focus on the methodological problems of modeling at cell structure and photovoltaic module levels. As a matter of fact, electrodeposition is known as a practical alternative to costly vacuum-based technologies for semiconductor processing in the photovoltaic device sector, but it can lead to quite different structural and electrical properties. For this reason, a greater effort is required to ensure that the perspectives of the electrical engineer and the material scientist are given an opportunity for a closer comparison and a common language. Derived parameters from ongoing experiments have been used for simulation with the different approaches, in order to develop a set of tools which can be used to put together modeling both at single cell structure and complete module levels.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2013-09-01
10.1155/2013/817424http://hdl.handle.net/10447/82886