TiCl<sub>4</sub> Pretreatment and Electrodeposition Time Investigations of ZnO Photoelectrodes Preparation for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

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</svg> (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Without TiCl<sub>4</sub></td><td align="center">0.3977</td><td align="center">1.07</td><td align="center">0.2820</td><td align="center">0.12</td></tr><tr><td align="left">TiCl<sub>4</sub></td><td align="center">0.4759</td><td align="center">2.86</td><td align="center">0.3967</td><td align="center">0.54</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

The performance parameters of DSSCs with TiCl<sub>4</sub> pretreatment and without TiCl<sub>4</sub> pretreatment.

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Table 1: TiCl<sub>4</sub> Pretreatment and Electrodeposition Time Investigations of ZnO Photoelectrodes Preparation for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells 

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TiCl4 Pretreatment and Electrodeposition Time Investigations of ZnO Photoelectrodes Preparation for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

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TiCl₄ Pretreatment and Electrodeposition Time Investigations of ZnO Photoelectrodes Preparation for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells