TY - JOUR T1 - Numerical modeling of textured silicon solar cells using PC-1D JF - Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on Y1 - 1990 A1 - Basore, P.A. KW - elemental semiconductors KW - finite element analysis KW - finite-element program KW - front-surface recombination KW - heavy doping KW - high-level injection KW - internal performance KW - light trapping KW - microcomputer applications KW - modeling semiconductor devices KW - multidimensional effects KW - nonplanar structures KW - numerical models KW - oblique photon path angles KW - PC-1D KW - PC-1D Version 2 KW - personal computers KW - semiconductor device models KW - semiconductors KW - Si KW - SILICON KW - solar cells KW - spectral quantum efficiency data KW - textured solar cells KW - transients AB - 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 VL - 37 KW - basore1990 ER -