Research and Development Aspects on Chemical Preparation Techniques of Photoanodes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Table 1

Some research results on DSSC using different CVD methods.

Materials	Method	Efficiency ()%	Reference
Graphene-based multiwalled carbon nanotubes (GMWNTs)	Drop casting and low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD)	3.0	[130]
Nanostructured TiO2	Flat-flame chemical vapor deposition	>4	[131]
Graphene-CoS	Low pressure thermal chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD)	3.42	[78]
ZnO/TiO2	Thermal chemical vapor deposition	—	[132]
ZnO nanostructures coated on vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs)	Thermal chemical vapor deposition	1.94	[133]
MWNTs (multiwall carbon nanotubes)	Thermal chemical vapor deposition	0.99	[134]
TiO2 thin film	Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD)	—	[135]
InN deposited over TiO2 nanoparticle (NP) films	Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD)	7.07	[136]
Mesoporous TiO2 with polymer electrolyte	Initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD)	2.8	[137]
TiO2 thin films	Atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD)	—	[138]
Nanocrystalline TiO2 thin films	Chemical vapor deposition	0.17	[139]