SIMsalabim: Open-source drift-diffusion software for novel solar cells
Fransien Elhorst a, Sander Heester a, Jan Anton Koster a
a Photophysics and OptoElectronics Group, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen, Netherlands
International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics
Proceedings of International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV23)
London, United Kingdom, 2023 June 12th - 14th
Organizers: Tracey Clarke, James Durrant and Trystan Watson
Poster, Fransien Elhorst, 251
Publication date: 30th March 2023

Drift-diffusion simulations have proven very useful to understand the properties of novel devices such as perovskite solar cells. In order to make such simulations widely accessible and transparent, we have developed an open-software simulation suite called SIMsalabim.

SIMsalabim incorporates hysteresis, ions, and tracking of the open-circuit voltage, as well as the ability to include scripting for different measurement techniques such as CELIV, TPC, TPV, and impedance spectroscopy. This makes it possible to fit simulation results to experimental data, including global fits of multiple experiments. SIMsalabim is an open-source software, and its source code is accessible to all users. Moreover, to improve user experience and encourage its use by researchers in the field of photovoltaics, we have recently developed a web-version of SIMsalabim that runs in a web-browser [1]. Overall, this software is a powerful tool for researchers in the field of hybrid and organic photovoltaics to better understand the physical processes within their semiconductor devices.

[1] simsalabim-online.com

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