Improving the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Growing Longer ZnO Nanorods on TiO₂ Photoanodes

Table 1

Parameters of ZnO nanorods and the photovoltaic parameters of ZnO nanorods decorated DSSCs.

Growth temp; (°C)	Length; (nm)	Diameter; (nm)	(nm)	(nm)	(mA/cm^2)	(V)	(%)	FF
No decoration	na	na	na	na	0.37	0.66	0.15	0.614
70	300	75	0.327	0.523	0.92	0.61	0.27	0.481
80	1000	75	0.326	0.522	1.60	0.59	0.56	0.594
90	1400	75	0.327	0.523	2.70	0.56	0.84	0.555
100	1600	75	0.326	0.522	4.23	0.55	1.30	0.559