Multiscale Modeling of Dye Solar Cells and Comparison With Experimental Data

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作者
Gagliardi, Alessio [1 ]
Mastroianni, Simone [1 ]
Gentilini, Desiree [1 ]
Giordano, Fabrizio [1 ]
Reale, Andrea [1 ]
Brown, Thomas M. [1 ]
Di Carlo, Aldo [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dept Elect Engn, Ctr Hybrid & Organ Solar Energy, I-00133 Rome, Italy
关键词
Circuit model; drift diffusion; dye solar cells (DSCs); finite-element methods; solar cells; ELECTRON-DIFFUSION; EFFICIENCY; RECOMBINATION; LIGHT;
D O I
10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2047097
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this paper, we investigate the electrical properties of dye solar cells (DSCs) under illumination and in dark conditions when an external bias is applied. The measurements performed on the cells will be compared with theoretical calculations. The modeling is made using two approaches: a finite-element code based on Tiber computer-aided design (CAD) software to describe in detail the electrical properties of the cell and a circuital model implemented on PSpice. The latter has been developed in the perspective of simulating larger systems, such as modules and panels. It should be a phenomenological model to fit I-V characteristics of real cells. The CAD instead allows to calculate steady-state properties and I-V characteristics of the cell, solving a set of differential equations on meshes in one, two, and three dimensions. The two models are compared to experimental values, and the microscopic model is used to shine light over the fitting parameters of the circuital model.
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