{"title":"Porosity control in thin film solar cells: Two-dimensional case","authors":"Jianqiao Huang, G. Orkoulas, P. Christofides","doi":"10.1109/ACC.2013.6580067","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This work focuses on the simulation and control of a porous silicon thin film deposition process used in the manufacture of thin film solar cell systems. Initially, the process is simulated via kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) method on a triangular lattice. Then a closed-form differential equation model is introduced to predict the dynamics of the kMC model and closed-loop system, and the model parameters in this model are identified by fitting to open-loop kMC simulation results. Finally, a model predictive controller (MPC) is designed and results demonstrate that both film thickness and porosity can be regulated to desired values.","PeriodicalId":145065,"journal":{"name":"2013 American Control Conference","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2013 American Control Conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2013.6580067","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This work focuses on the simulation and control of a porous silicon thin film deposition process used in the manufacture of thin film solar cell systems. Initially, the process is simulated via kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) method on a triangular lattice. Then a closed-form differential equation model is introduced to predict the dynamics of the kMC model and closed-loop system, and the model parameters in this model are identified by fitting to open-loop kMC simulation results. Finally, a model predictive controller (MPC) is designed and results demonstrate that both film thickness and porosity can be regulated to desired values.