Research Article
Material Selection for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Using Multiple Attribute Decision Making Approach
Table 1
Various properties of different possible semiconducting materials.
| Properties | ZnO | TiO2 | SnO2 | O3 | References |
| (1) Band gap (eV) | 3.37 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.75 | [40, 41] | (2) Cost (Rs/5 g) | 3000 | 800 | 5000 | 7000 | | (3) Electron injection time (×10−12 s) | 150 | 0.1 | 10 | 10 | [39, 40] | (4) Mobility (cm2 v−1 s−1) | 200 | 1 | 250 | 160 | [41–44] | (5) Effective mass () | 0.3 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | [45, 47] | (6) Dielectric constant (K) | 8.0 | 173 | 250 | 8.9 | [48] |
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