Nanostructured Semiconductor Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Table 5

p-DSC parameters for devices having different nanostructured photocathodes and dye-sensitizers (Figure 8). Redox shuttle: /.

Cathode	Sensitizer		/mV	/mA		Ref.
NiO-RDS	P1	0.121	125	−2.84	33.7	[314]
NiO-CS	P1	0.110	128	−2.42	35.2	[314]
NiO sol-gel	P1	0.150	84	−5.48	34.0	[238]
NiO sol-gel	GS1	0.200	106	−5.87	31.0	[265]
NiO sol-gel	CAD1	0.250	101	−8.21	31.0	[265]
NiO sol-gel	K1	0.090	96	−2.91	32.0	[390]
NiO sol-gel	K2	0.070	93	−1.96	39.0	[390]
NiO sol-gel	1	0.060	97	−1.60	38.0	[239]
NiO sol-gel	2	0.140	109	−3.70	35.0	[239]
NiO sol-gel	3	0.050	95	−1.58	35.0	[239]
NiO sol-gel	3	0.080	79	−3.15	31.0	[391]
NiO^1	PMI-6TTPA	0.460	208	−6.36	34.0	[321]
NiO^2	PMI-6TTPA	0.410	218	−5.35	35.0	[266]
NiO^3	PMI-6TTPA	0.400	292	−3.30	41.0	[392]
CuAlO2	PMI-6TTPA	0.040	333	−0.30	42.0	[394]
NiO sol-gel	PMI-NDI	0.073	120	−1.76	34.5	[393]
CuGaO2	PMI-NDI	0.023	187	−0.29	41.0	[395]
CuCrO2	C343	0.014	145	−0.24	39.8	[396]
KxZnO	C343	0.012	82	−0.41	35.8	[229]

RDS: rapid discharge sintering; CS: conventional sintering; 1: microballs; 2: nanoparticles; 3: nanorods.