Carbon supersaturation and high density of twin lamellae influence the physical properties of multi‐crystalline silicon and restrict its applicability as a material in photovoltaics. To understand, e.g., the resulting structural modifications and the stress relief, the carbon incorporation in silicon has to be investigated by total energy minimizations using molecular dynamics simulations either at ab‐initio level or applying classical methods with empirical potentials. The relaxed structure models support the interpretation of transmission electron micrographs by contrast simulations and thus the analysis of carbon incorporation at twins or elsewhere in silicon. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)