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In this work, the role of integrating of Ag/Au core&shell nano-particles on the performance p_n si solar cell was studied. The Ag/Au core&shell nano-particles was synthesized by pulsed laser ablation process of Ag and Au plate using Nd:YAG laser wavelength 1.06 mm with 0.66 J/cm2 energy fluence and 300pluse repetition rate. The integrating of Ag/Au core&shell nano-particles into bare p–n Si junction was carried out by plused laser deposition of bare p–n Si substrate immersing within colloidal core&shell nano-particles using Nd:YAG laser with pulse energy of 500 mJ and pulse repetitions rate of 10 HZ. The structural properties of Ag/Au core&shell nano-particles were investigated by X-ray diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscope, and energy-dispersive spectroscope. Solar cells parameters of the bare p–n junction was improved efficiently after the integrating process of core&shell nano-particles, this improvement is due to plasmonics effect of the implemented nano-particles.
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Rashid, R.B., Dheyab, A.B. & Alwan, A.M. Enhancing the performance of p_n junction Si solar cells by integrating silver core&gold shell nano-particles. Opt Quant Electron 54, 83 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-021-03464-z
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