%0 Journal Article %J Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on %D 1990 %T Numerical modeling of textured silicon solar cells using PC-1D %A Basore, P.A. %K elemental semiconductors %K finite element analysis %K finite-element program %K front-surface recombination %K heavy doping %K high-level injection %K internal performance %K light trapping %K microcomputer applications %K modeling semiconductor devices %K multidimensional effects %K nonplanar structures %K numerical models %K oblique photon path angles %K PC-1D %K PC-1D Version 2 %K personal computers %K semiconductor device models %K semiconductors %K Si %K SILICON %K solar cells %K spectral quantum efficiency data %K textured solar cells %K transients %X PC-1D is a quasi-one-dimensional finite-element program for modeling semiconductor devices on personal computers. The program offers solar cell researchers a convenient user interface with the ability to address complex issues associated with heavy doping, high-level injection, nonplanar structures, and transients. The physical and numerical models used in PC-1D Version 2 that make it possible to approximate the multidimensional effects found in textured crystalline silicon solar cells, including the effects of increased front-surface recombination, oblique photon path angles, and light trapping, are presented. As an example of how the model can be applied, PC-1D is used to investigate the interpretation of spectral quantum efficiency data as a tool for diagnosing the internal performance of textured silicon solar cells %B Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on %V 37 %P 337 -343 %8 02/1990 %G eng %R 10.1109/16.46362