Solphin: Photovoltaic efficiency analysis for bulk materials using Python
Abstract
In the development of photovoltaic materials, computational simulation has become a important tool for reducing the time and cost of exploring novel materials, as well as providing insights that help drive improvements in efficiency through increasing fundamental understanding. We present Solphin, a Python package for the generation, post-processing and analysis of photovoltaic calculations from periodic solid state Density Functional Theory. We include the ability to calculate the photovoltaic Figure of Merit, detailed balance and spectroscopic limited maximum efficiency, alongside other analysis methods. Solphin has been built to improve the access, reproducibility and ease of evaluating the photovoltaic potential of a material in an efficient and user-friendly manner.
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BibTeX
@misc{cox2026solphin,
title = {{Solphin: Photovoltaic efficiency analysis for bulk materials using Python}},
author = {Philippa U Cox and Peter P Russell and Andrea Crovetto and Alexander G Squires and Louie Slocombe and David O Scanlon},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.10028},
eprint = {2610.10028},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.10028},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Solphin: Photovoltaic efficiency analysis for bulk materials using Python
AU - Philippa U Cox
AU - Peter P Russell
AU - Andrea Crovetto
AU - Alexander G Squires
AU - Louie Slocombe
AU - David O Scanlon
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/07
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.10028
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.10028
AB - In the development of photovoltaic materials, computational simulation has become a important tool for reducing the time and cost of exploring novel materials, as well as providing insights that help drive improvements in efficiency through increasing fundamental understanding. We present Solphin, a Python package for the generation, post-processing and analysis of photovoltaic calculations from periodic solid state Density Functional Theory. We include the ability to calculate the photovoltaic Figure of Merit, detailed balance and spectroscopic limited maximum efficiency, alongside other analysis methods. Solphin has been built to improve the access, reproducibility and ease of evaluating the photovoltaic potential of a material in an efficient and user-friendly manner.
ER -