Results 37 issues of Diego Alonso Álvarez

In Lesson 3, it is stated that "Variables only change value when something is assigned to them" in one of the headings. That is not correct when the variables are...

help wanted
type:enhancement
good first issue

While there is no need in Python to indicate the type of a variable when declaring it, it is incredibly useful as a hint for what the expected type of...

type:discussion
type:enhancement

Solcore has built-in most binary and ternary III-V semiconductors with their properties taken from the [Vurgaftman and Meyer 2001 paper](https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1368156). Quaternary alloys or other material systems (II-VI, CIGS, CZTS, etc.)...

enhancement

The documentation for the PDD solver states that the output is provided as a nested dictionary. However, that is not correct: it is provided as a `State` object with the...

good first issue
Documentation

Solcore contains some fortran code - for the Poisson-drfit-diffussion solver - that needs to be compiled and converted into an extension module that can be imported from Python. That is...

Hacktoberfest

Solcore can be installed using `pip` but it will be convenient to have it available also with `conda`, especially because the later is broadly used by the scientific community -...

Hacktoberfest

[Type annotations](https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html) are an invaluable resource to inform the user what a function or method expect as inputs and will provide as output. It can also help to identify problems...

enhancement
good first issue

Include 1. A clear explanation of the convergence information in the documentation, and 2. A more evident warning when reaching the relative tolerance, as it is done for the case...

enhancement
Documentation

Current installation instructions of the fortran compiler under Windows [in here](http://docs.solcore.solar/en/master/Installation/compilation.html#windows) are obsolete. They should be updated with the [latest version](https://www.scivision.co/f2py-running-fortran-code-in-python-on-windows/) on how to use F2Py in Windows by Michael...

Documentation

Solcore calculates the properties of QWs by solving the Schrodinger equation in 1D using a simple parabolic approximation. While the properties of the bulk materials and the strain are included,...

enhancement