Material Selection for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Using Multiple Attribute Decision Making Approach

Table 1

Various properties of different possible semiconducting materials.

Properties	ZnO	TiO2	SnO2	O3	References
(1) Band gap (eV)	3.37	3.2	3.8	3.75	[40, 41]
(2) Cost (Rs/5 g)	3000	800	5000	7000
(3) Electron injection time (×10^−12 s)	150	0.1	10	10	[39, 40]
(4) Mobility (cm^2 v^−1 s^−1)	200	1	250	160	[41–44]
(5) Effective mass ()	0.3	7.0	0.3	0.3	[45, 47]
(6) Dielectric constant (K)	8.0	173	250	8.9	[48]

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