@inproceedings{53c6a5f554e741f588dc452008114f76,
title = "A 2D diffusion-reaction CdTe solar cell simulator that includes active defects and grain boundaries",
abstract = "We have developed a 2D diffusion-reaction simulator suitable for modeling CdTe solar cells that contain active defects. It utilizes a self-consistent numerical scheme in which the device is mapped onto a finite element mesh. To demonstrate its versatility, we apply the simulator to the problems of defect migration during the annealing process and the extraction of current-voltage characteristics and quantum efficiencies. Our simulator also includes grain boundaries which are known to play an important role in CdTe devices as they strongly affect the migration of defects such as chlorine (Cl).",
keywords = "CdTe, Chlorine, Grain boundaries, Impurity diffusion, Numerical simulation, Photovoltaic cells",
author = "R. Akis and D. Brinkman and D. Guo and Dragica Vasileska and Christian Ringhofer",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Igor Sankin and Dmitry Krasikov of First Solar Inc. for supplying the experimental data and information about DFT calculations. This work was supported by the Department of Energy under award number DE-EE0006344. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.; 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017 ; Conference date: 25-06-2017 Through 30-06-2017",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366484",
language = "English (US)",
series = "2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1308--1311",
booktitle = "2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017",
}