The Effects of Malonic Acid Derivatives and Acetic Acid Derivatives as Coadsorbents on the Photovoltaic Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Table 1

Photovoltaic parameters of DSC devices with malonic acid derivatives.

Coadsorbent	The amount of dye adsorption	𝐽sc	𝑉oc	FF	𝜂
	10^−8 mol/cm^2	(mA/cm^2)	(V)		(%)
Control	19.4	16.4	0.64	0.66	6.9
Isopropylmalonic acid	13.9	16.3	0.64	0.69	7.2
n-Butylmalonic acid	14.1	15.8	0.64	0.69	7.0
n-Hexadecylmalonic acid	11.9	14.8	0.64	0.70	6.6
Cyclopentylmalonic acid	14.8	16.7	0.64	0.68	7.3
Phenylmalonic acid	18.1	17.4	0.66	0.68	7.8
Benzylmalonic acid	12.6	16.4	0.63	0.68	7.0