A Comparison of the Performances of Different Mesoporous Titanias in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Table 4

DSSC parameters extrapolated from - curves under irradiation and in the dark. , , , , and were obtained from curves under illumination, while and were obtained from the high voltage part of the curves in dark using modified diode equation (3).

Sample	/mA cm^−2	/V	/%		/Ω	/nA cm^−2
MSC-1	12.5 ± 0.1	0.7311 ± 0.0001	6.0 ± 0.1	0.65 ± 0.01	104 ± 3	108 ± 3	2.41 ± 0.01
MSC-2	10.9 ± 0.1	0.7422 ± 0.0001	5.7 ± 0.1	0.70 ± 0.01	94 ± 3	90 ± 4	2.78 ± 0.01
P123-A	13.4 ± 0.1	0.7122 ± 0.0001	6.7 ± 0.1	0.70 ± 0.01	84 ± 2	1.7 ± 0.1	1.76 ± 0.01
P123-B	14.5 ± 0.1	0.7088 ± 0.0001	6.8 ± 0.1	0.66 ± 0.01	86 ± 1	0.61 ± 0.04	1.59 ± 0.01
TiO2-Brij	13.5 ± 0.1	0.7122 ± 0.0001	6.4 ± 0.1	0.66 ± 0.01	76 ± 2	1.3 ± 0.1	1.66 ± 0.01