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Year 2026 Volume 24, Issue 2
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N. G. ABED1, S. M. AHMAD1, and Th. A. ZAKER2,3

1College of Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
2College of Education, Department of Physics, University of Al-Hamdaniya, Nineveh, Iraq
3Department of Laser and Spectroscopy, Laser and Photonics Center, University of Al-Hamdaniya, Nineveh, Iraq

Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Solar Cell Efficiency: Size and Optical Characteristics via Pulsed-Laser Ablation in Liquids and Laser Energies

441–454 (2026)

PACS numbers: 68.37.Lp, 72.40.+w, 73.20.Mg, 78.40.-q, 78.55.-m, 81.16.Mk, 88.40.jp

Received 17 December, 2024; in revised form, 17 February, 2025

Various applications make the use of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) due to their chemical durability, high light absorption, and superior conductivity. This research demonstrates that pulsed laser ablation with varying energy in a variety of liquids can produce Ag NPs. The effect of Ag NPs on the efficiency of solar cells is investigated. Nanocolloids’ dimensions, forms, and absorption spectra are measured by ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The distribution and mean diameter are investigated with the use of image-java tools. The results show that the best-characterized Ag NPs are made by combining the 1 Hz-pulse repetition rate with an acetone solution and the 1000 mJ-laser energy. These Ag NPs display the most uniform shape, narrowest size dispersion of 10–40 nm, and shortest mean diameter of 21.56 nm. The results of the Ag NPs’ precipitation experiment on the solar cell show a 20% improvement in the cells’ conversion efficiency.

KEY WORDS: solar cell, Ag nanoparticles, colloids, laser ablation, plasmon resonance

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/nnn.24.02.0441

Citation:
N. G. Abed, S. M. Ahmad, and Th. A. Zaker, Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Solar Cell Efficiency: Size and Optical Characteristics via Pulsed-Laser Ablation in Liquids and Laser Energies, Nanosistemi, Nanomateriali, Nanotehnologii, 24, No. 2: 441–454 (2026); https://doi.org/10.15407/nnn.24.02.0441
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