<?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%">Ferhati Hichem</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Djeffal Fayçal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kalinka Kacha</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Optimizing the optical performance of ZnO/Si-based solar cell using metallic nanoparticles and interface texturization, ISSN 0030-4026</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003040261731197X</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Volume 153</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pp 43-49</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;div id=&quot;abst0005&quot;&gt;
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		&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;In this paper, we propose a new n-ZnO/p-Si hetero-junction solar cell design based on both interface engineering and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/metallic-nanoparticles&quot; title=&quot;Learn more about Metallic Nanoparticles from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages&quot;&gt;metallic nanoparticles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; aspects. The merits of using both metallic nanoparticles and grooves morphology in the ZnO/p-Si interface to improve solar cell optical performance are investigated numerically using accurate solutions of Maxwell’s equations. It is found that the proposed structure suggests the possibility to achieve the dual role of improved light-scattering in the Si &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/absorber-layer&quot; title=&quot;Learn more about Absorber Layer from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages&quot;&gt;absorber layer&lt;/a&gt; as well as enhancing the absorption in the ZnO thin-film through the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/surface-plasmon&quot; title=&quot;Learn more about Surface Plasmon from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages&quot;&gt;Surface Plasmon&lt;/a&gt; Resonance effect. Besides, the proposed design exhibits superior optical performance and offers improved total absorbance efficiency (TAE) as compared to the conventional counterpart. Moreover, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/particle-swarm-optimization&quot; title=&quot;Learn more about Particle Swarm Optimization from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages&quot;&gt;particle swarm optimization&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;PSO&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;)-based approach is exploited for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/geometrical-optimization&quot; title=&quot;Learn more about Geometrical Optimization from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages&quot;&gt;geometrical optimization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; of the proposed design to achieve higher light trapping capability. It is found that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/optimised-design&quot; title=&quot;Learn more about Optimised Design from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages&quot;&gt;optimized design&lt;/a&gt; yields 50% of relative improvement in the ZnO/p-Si-based solar cell TAE which confirms excellent capability of the proposed design approach for modulating the electric field behavior inside the solar cell structure. The obtained results indicate that the optimized n-ZnO/p-Si hetero-junction solar cell offer the potential for high conversion efficiency at low costs which make it valuable for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/photovoltaics&quot; title=&quot;Learn more about Photovoltaics from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages&quot;&gt;photovoltaic&lt;/a&gt; application.&lt;/span&gt;
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