A Combined Effect of Plasmon Energy Transfer and Recombination Barrier in a Novel TiO₂/MgO/Ag Working Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Table 2

The short circuit current densities (), open circuit voltages (), fill factors (FF), efficiencies, series resistances (), and shunt resistances () of DSSCs prepared using the TiO₂/MgO/Ag composite film electrodes compared with bare-TiO₂ electrode (reference) under AM1.5.

Condition of working electrodes	(mA)	(V)	FF	Efficiency (%)	(Ωcm^2)	(kΩcm^2)
Bare-TiO2	6.60	0.71	0.81	3.80	10.02	2.87
TiO2/MgO (0.08 nm)/Ag (4.4 nm)	8.37	0.78	0.74	5.10	10.39	2.69
TiO2/MgO (0.10 nm)/Ag (4.4 nm)	8.63	0.79	0.76	5.20	15.14	2.70
TiO2/MgO (0.46 nm)/Ag (4.4 nm)	4.42	0.80	0.72	2.60	36.38	4.97
TiO2/MgO (0.08 nm)/Ag (19.2 nm)	6.70	0.77	0.79	4.10	15.39	3.70
TiO2/MgO (0.10 nm)/Ag (19.2 nm)	6.94	0.78	0.75	4.10	18.67	4.35
TiO2/MgO (0.46 nm)/Ag (19.2 nm)	3.46	0.79	0.72	2.0	41.63	4.62
TiO2/MgO (0.08 nm)/Ag (38.6 nm)	6.25	0.76	0.78	3.70	15.75	4.35
TiO2/MgO (0.10 nm)/Ag (38.6 nm)	6.29	0.77	0.78	3.80	20.40	3.92
TiO2/MgO (0.46 nm)/Ag (38.6 nm)	2.00	0.79	0.68	1.10	61.87	6.22