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Sesame: A Numerical Simulation Tool for Polycrystalline Photovoltaics

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Author(s)

Benoit H. Gaury, Yubo Sun, Peter Bermel, Paul M. Haney

Abstract

We present a new software simulation tool "Sesame", which solves the drift-diffusion-Poisson equations in 1 and 2-dimensions. Sesame is distributed both as an open source Python package and as a standalone executable for Windows. The software is designed to enable easy construction of systems with extended defects such as grain boundaries and sample surfaces. In this paper, we present an overview of Sesame's capabilities along with results benchmarking Sesame against commercial software packages. The source code, executable, and full documentation with tutorials is available at https://pages.nist.gov/sesame
Proceedings Title
45th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Conference Dates
June 11-15, 2018
Conference Location
Waikoloa, HI, US
Conference Title
45th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy
Conversion)
Pub Type
Conferences

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https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548291
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Keywords

photovoltaics, simulation, software
Modeling and computational material science

Citation

Gaury, B. , Sun, Y. , Bermel, P. and Haney, P. (2018), Sesame: A Numerical Simulation Tool for Polycrystalline Photovoltaics, 45th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Waikoloa, HI, US, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548291, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=926154 (Accessed October 17, 2025)

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Created June 10, 2018, Updated October 12, 2021
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