Influence of Titania Dispersivity on the Conversion Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

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</svg> (mA/cm<sup>2</sup>)</td><td align="center">9.04</td><td align="center">8.98</td><td align="center">9.05</td><td align="center">10.23</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><svg height="15.45" id="M12" style="vertical-align:-3.43848pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 30.887501 15.45" width="30.887501" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg> (V)</td><td align="center">0.77</td><td align="center">0.77</td><td align="center">0.76</td><td align="center">0.75</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>FF</i></td><td align="center">0.67</td><td align="center">0.68</td><td align="center">0.67</td><td align="center">0.67</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Conversion efficiency (%)</td><td align="center">4.65</td><td align="center">4.72</td><td align="center">4.64</td><td align="center">5.17</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Thickness (<i><i>μ</i></i>m)</td><td align="center">15.2</td><td align="center">14.0</td><td align="center">14.2</td><td align="center">14.1</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

PV properties of DSSCs prepared from TiO<sub>2</sub> dispersions.

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Table 1: Influence of Titania Dispersivity on the Conversion Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 