WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.520 Hi everyone this is Mal Abbott from PV Lighthouse. 2 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:07.440 In this short video. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:11.303 I'm going to be introducing the changes to SunSolve Power ... 4 00:00:11.303 --> 00:00:13.879 that were added in the version 6.19 release. 5 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:15.280 Specifically, 6 00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:18.333 we are going to look at the new system for loading and ... 7 00:00:18.333 --> 00:00:19.399 managing custom data. 8 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.120 The option to add free carrier absorption to the materials. 9 00:00:23.720 --> 00:00:25.360 And various other small enhancements. 10 00:00:26.680 --> 00:00:29.442 This video will give a very brief overview of these ... 11 00:00:29.442 --> 00:00:32.531 changes for more details on each please look at our video ... 12 00:00:32.531 --> 00:00:34.439 page for the more specific topics. 13 00:00:35.400 --> 00:00:36.320 Let's get started. 14 00:00:38.680 --> 00:00:43.080 We're here on the main entrance screen for SunSolve Power. 15 00:00:43.800 --> 00:00:46.317 What you will notice throughout the program now ... 16 00:00:46.317 --> 00:00:48.519 is on the right hand side we have a sidebar. 17 00:00:49.080 --> 00:00:50.640 There are buttons and when we click on them. 18 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:52.440 We open up that sidebar. 19 00:00:53.400 --> 00:00:56.404 We have one section for custom materials another for ... 20 00:00:56.404 --> 00:00:57.359 the reflectors. 21 00:00:58.480 --> 00:00:59.480 Custom spectrum. 22 00:01:00.120 --> 00:01:01.280 And the collection efficiency. 23 00:01:02.080 --> 00:01:05.635 The final one contains some links to help and resources ... 24 00:01:05.635 --> 00:01:06.639 such as videos. 25 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:09.200 tutorials and a list of papers. 26 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:13.640 If we take a quick look at the custom material section you can see that.. 27 00:01:14.320 --> 00:01:15.200 there are areas to... 28 00:01:16.160 --> 00:01:17.640 create new materials from... 29 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:19.080 csv files, 30 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:21.800 or from external calculators 31 00:01:22.720 --> 00:01:23.800 such as our effective medium calculator. 32 00:01:24.360 --> 00:01:26.760 And then there's an area to manage the material library. 33 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:31.880 Inside here you can see that there are three levels of materials. 34 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:33.760 The private materials... 35 00:01:34.440 --> 00:01:35.800 can only be seen by 36 00:01:36.600 --> 00:01:38.120 the particular user who is logged in. 37 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:41.895 If you first import a material it is going to appear in your ... 38 00:01:41.895 --> 00:01:42.799 private library. 39 00:01:43.520 --> 00:01:47.000 From here you can share that material with the rest of your organization 40 00:01:49.160 --> 00:01:49.920 and it will appear in the shared section. 41 00:01:50.600 --> 00:01:54.001 So at this point everyone at your institute will be able to ... 42 00:01:54.001 --> 00:01:55.559 see and use that material. 43 00:01:56.360 --> 00:01:59.178 Previously that has all appeared within the one folder ... 44 00:01:59.178 --> 00:02:01.873 called 'Custom Material' but you can see now that are ... 45 00:02:01.873 --> 00:02:04.078 ways to rename that into separate folders. 46 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:08.031 Within the program itself you'll now notice that those names ... 47 00:02:08.031 --> 00:02:09.800 appear directly in the list there. 48 00:02:11.440 --> 00:02:13.764 and so you can choose your custom materials in this way. 49 00:02:13.764 --> 00:02:15.279 The same applies to the reflectors. 50 00:02:19.720 --> 00:02:20.840 The next thing to talk about is... 51 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:22.480 the addition of the... 52 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:24.960 free carrier absorption into the user-interface. 53 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:32.897 So it's now possible to define that for our different materials ... 54 00:02:32.897 --> 00:02:34.639 in both films and slabs. 55 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:36.920 To do this we go to the options tab. 56 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:39.720 You can see here there is an option to Include free carrier. 57 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:44.283 And now a little area appears, we need to add which layers ... 58 00:02:44.283 --> 00:02:46.119 we going to define that in. 59 00:02:47.480 --> 00:02:51.160 and then there is a variety of options for the model. 60 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:55.502 And the inputs to set the data and so when you do this you'll ... 61 00:02:55.502 --> 00:02:58.766 be able to see in the chart below there how there's ... 62 00:02:58.766 --> 00:03:00.199 different material. 63 00:03:00.760 --> 00:03:04.686 properties being used for the absorption total and then also ... 64 00:03:04.686 --> 00:03:07.919 the absorption which can potentially provide... 65 00:03:08.880 --> 00:03:09.800 current generation. 66 00:03:10.320 --> 00:03:13.445 This is now allowing you to separate out the two different ... 67 00:03:13.445 --> 00:03:15.919 types of absorption within those materials. 68 00:03:17.920 --> 00:03:19.280 Another change in this 69 00:03:20.320 --> 00:03:21.000 new 70 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:22.440 version 71 00:03:23.480 --> 00:03:27.240 is that we have tried to create a more consistent technique for... 72 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:30.073 the names of the different slabs, 73 00:03:30.073 --> 00:03:31.479 interfaces and films. 74 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:34.760 So you going to see now that everything has a... 75 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:39.040 slab or interface of film ID, and that this naming ... 76 00:03:39.040 --> 00:03:42.319 convention should apply throughout the program. 77 00:03:42.920 --> 00:03:46.680 That includes on the sweeping tab and also in the download section. 78 00:03:47.320 --> 00:03:50.554 There is also the option now to export a summary of the ... 79 00:03:50.554 --> 00:03:54.302 structure you can see it is the first option here and that will ... 80 00:03:54.302 --> 00:03:57.903 create an Excel file that you can get all the details of what ... 81 00:03:57.903 --> 00:04:01.357 materials were applied where and what the name of it was. 82 00:04:02.320 --> 00:04:03.640 On this output tab... 83 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:07.467 the optical results which are included on the photon ... 84 00:04:07.467 --> 00:04:10.503 currents tab are now separated from the electrical ... 85 00:04:10.503 --> 00:04:12.198 ones. You can see here that we ... 86 00:04:12.198 --> 00:04:15.446 have the option to have a look at which parts of the solar ... 87 00:04:15.446 --> 00:04:18.976 cells have contributed to the generation current and we are ... 88 00:04:18.976 --> 00:04:22.437 now plotting the EQE details in its own separate plot here. 89 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:26.209 So this is another change where we've separated this ... 90 00:04:26.209 --> 00:04:29.520 electrical current and provided a little bit more details there. 91 00:04:29.520 --> 00:04:32.530 Particularly when you start using free carrier absorption ... 92 00:04:32.530 --> 00:04:34.637 you can see how much current is being lost. 93 00:04:37.400 --> 00:04:42.920 The final change to point out is related to the interfaces themselves. 94 00:04:43.440 --> 00:04:45.160 If I come into an interface here. 95 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:48.258 You will notice that for the interface type we now have a ... 96 00:04:48.258 --> 00:04:50.079 few different options. So standard... 97 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:51.600 would be the default 98 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:53.680 option and that's just a very typical 99 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:55.800 interface 100 00:04:57.960 --> 00:04:58.600 with a single set of inputs defined for it. 101 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:03.000 There's an option for a split region and in this case... 102 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:07.520 we define two physically separate areas, an inner... 103 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:11.000 set to this shape here and an outer. 104 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:13.720 So this was previously in the program... 105 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:17.280 as a two region interface rather than 106 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:18.920 and now we call it a split region. 107 00:05:19.760 --> 00:05:22.840 And then there's another option here which is the dual interface. 108 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:27.128 And the dual interface was previously referred to as a ... 109 00:05:27.128 --> 00:05:30.421 GOLEM interface, it was only available to certain ... 110 00:05:30.421 --> 00:05:31.518 advanced users. 111 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:33.680 We have now released that feature. 112 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:36.509 There are a lot of details on that. 113 00:05:36.509 --> 00:05:40.318 It allows things such as texture on texture definitions ... 114 00:05:40.318 --> 00:05:43.559 and also provides an additional way to split... 115 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:47.040 thin film stacks for example. 116 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:49.816 It is a complicated one, it is for advanced users, 117 00:05:49.816 --> 00:05:52.279 but that's now released and can be applied at almost all of the interfaces 118 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:55.600 within the program. 119 00:05:56.680 --> 00:05:59.410 So that's a very short summary of the changes we ... 120 00:05:59.410 --> 00:06:02.560 hope that the new version is even easier to use than the ... 121 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:03.680 previous version. 122 00:06:04.400 --> 00:06:08.529 As always if you have any questions please contact us ... 123 00:06:08.529 --> 00:06:11.719 by email support@pvlighthouse.com.au 124 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:15.022 And we would be happy to answer any questions or ... 125 00:06:15.022 --> 00:06:16.520 inquiries that you have. 126 00:06:17.440 --> 00:06:18.600 Thanks for listening. Bye.