ZnO-Nanorod Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: New Structure without a Transparent Conducting Oxide Layer

Table 1

Photovoltaic characteristics of three ZnO-nanorod dye-sensitized solar cells grown by the one-step CVD, two-step CBD and conventional methods. The incident light intensity is 85 mW/cm².

Sample	𝑉oc (V)	𝐽sc (mA/cm^2)	FF (%)	η (%)
CVD	0.80	1.97	39.4	0.73
CBD	0.72	3.96	20.0	0.66
conventional	0.65	5.51	38.2	1.37