PC1D & PC2D

PC1D (Version 5)

PC1D is the most commonly used software for simulating solar cells.

Link:	Link to PC1D.
Authors:	Paul A. Basore and Donald A. Clugston.
Help:	PC1D Help does not work on modern Windows operating systems. A Microsoft download that rectifies this problem can be found here. Be sure that the PC1D.hlp file is in the same directory as the PC1D.exe file. PV Lighthouse also provides an HTML version of the PC1D Help File.

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PC2D

PC2D is a two-dimensional device simulator for solar cells that runs within an Excel spreadsheet.

Link:	http://www.pc2d.info/.
Authors:	Paul A. Basore and Kirsten Cabanas-Holmen.
References:	Paul A. Basore and Kirsten Cabanas-Holmen, "PC2D: A circular-reference spreadsheet solar cell device simulator," IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 1, pp. 72–77, 2011.