Effect of laser irradiated silver doped polystyrene/polyethylene terephthalate (PET) thin film for solar cell applications

Jibrin Alhaji Yabagi; Muhammad Hasnain Jameel; Abdullah Hasan Jabbar; Mohammed Isah Kimpa; Rami Qays Malik; Sim Pei Xin; Ndanusa Babakatcha; Muhammad Bello Ladan; Maytham Qabel Hamzah; MohdArif Agam; M M Hessien; Gaber A M Mersal

doi:10.1039/d2ra04777b

Effect of laser irradiated silver doped polystyrene/polyethylene terephthalate (PET) thin film for solar cell applications

RSC Adv. 2022 Nov 16;12(51):32949-32955. doi: 10.1039/d2ra04777b. eCollection 2022 Nov 15.

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai P.M.B 11, Lapai Niger State Nigeria jibrinyabagi@ibbu.edu.ng.
² Department of Physics and Chemistry, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia 84600 Pagoh Muar Johor Malaysia arif@uthm.edu.my.
³ Optical Department, College of Medical and Health Technology, Sawa University, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Samawah Al-Muthanaa Iraq.
⁴ Department of Physics, School of Physical Sciences, Federal University of Technology Minna P.M.B. 65 Minna Niger State Nigeria.
⁵ Medical Instrumentation Techniques Engineering Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College Babylon Iraq.
⁶ Directorate of Education Al-Muthanna, Ministry of Education Republic of Iraq.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University P.O Box 11099 Taif 21944 Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

In the current research, the resist action of silver-doped polystyrene/polyethylene terephthalate (PET) solar thin film towards laser irradiation was observed. Moreover, silver-doped polystyrene nanoparticles were synthesized via a chemical technique while the PET film was purchased from the commercial market. Nd:YAG pulsed laser has been used to irradiate the samples at 2 minutes, 4 minutes, and 6 minutes respectively. The XRD (X-ray diffraction) pattern shows that silver-doped polystyrene peak at around angle θ = 26° tends to decrease after the bombardment of Nd:YAG pulsed laser. This indicates that the crystallinity of PET film decreased after laser irradiation. The Raman spectra have revealed the zwitter characteristics of silver-doped polystyrene are shifting of bands at 1380 cm^-1 and 1560 cm^-1 upon laser irradiation. For PET film, the Raman spectra showed that the exposed regions tend to change to cross-linking/chain-scissoring at 2 minutes and 4 minutes of irradiation. The surface roughness first increases and decreases upon irradiation. These results indicate that silver-doped polystyrene/polyethylene terephthalate (PET) thin film is appropriate for solar cell applications.