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

Table 2

Photovoltaic parameters of DSC devices with acetic 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
Cyclopropylacetic acid	17.1	16.6	0.62	0.67	6.9
Cyclopentylacetic acid	17.2	17.0	0.66	0.68	7.6
Cyclohexylacetic acid	18.2	17.0	0.64	0.67	7.3
Cycloheptylacetic acid	17.3	16.5	0.62	0.67	6.9
tert-Butylacetic acid	18.7	16.6	0.63	0.68	7.1
1-Naphthylacetic acid	18.0	16.3	0.61	0.68	6.8