<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ramadan, F.Z</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fay\c cal Djeffal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drissi, Lalla Btissam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saidi, S</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ferhati, Hichem</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Highly efficient ACdTS kesterite solar cell based on a new photovoltaic material</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022369721005242</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">161</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The&amp;nbsp;quasiparticle&amp;nbsp;band structures and optical properties of ACdTS kesterite are investigated here on the basis of first-principles calculations, including the many-body effects theory, by using the GW plus Bethe-Salpeter equation. There were significant GW-quasiparticle corrections, over 0.9&amp;nbsp;eV, to the GGA-Kohn-Sham band gap. Our calculations also show that ACdTS kesterite had a small binding energy, exhibited&amp;nbsp;optical absorption&amp;nbsp;in the visible region, high minority&amp;nbsp;carrier mobility, and large diffusion in length, rendering this material a promising candidate for solar cells. Based on these findings, we designed and implemented an ACdTS absorber in a thin-film solar cell (TFSC) structure. The new kesterite solar cell has a high efficiency of 11.6% with a low deficit in the output voltage. Moreover, a strategic combination between the&amp;nbsp;particle swarm optimization&amp;nbsp;approach and the ACdTS TFSC decorated with periodic nanowires is proposed to obtain significantly improved&amp;nbsp;photovoltaic&amp;nbsp;characteristics. The optimized design identifies a new pathway for a high conversion efficiency of 14%, far surpassing that provided by the conventional TFSC kesterite.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>