  A phenomenological mass-energy dependent proton optical model potential has
been computed for p-nuclei. The parameters of the Wood-Saxon optical potential
are found to be a good fit for proton elastic scattering data involving
p-nuclei and elements with mass numbers near p-nuclei (within the range of 74 <
A < 148) at energies around the Coulomb barrier of the system. The elastic
scattering data were meticulously fitted using the SFRESCO code, allowing for
the calculation of the real and imaginary parts of the Wood Saxon optical
potential. To validate the model, experimental proton capture cross-sections
for 106Cd and 113In near the Coulomb barrier were compared with results
obtained using the TALYS-1.96 code, showing better agreement than the available
global proton optical model potential.
