Research Article

Efficiency Investigations of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid ZnO Nanoparticles Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Table 1

Photovoltaic performances of hybrid ZnO based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) under simulated solar illuminations (AM 1.5).

Sample nameName of DSSCOpen circuit voltage (volts)Short circuit current density (mA/cm2)Fill factor (FF)Thickness of photoanode layer (m)Efficiency of DSSC ( %)

APolymer dye A (dil.) + ZnO DSSC0.554.458%10.571.40
BPolymer dye A (conc.) + ZnO DSSC0.678.760%16.113.50
CPolymer-ruthenium composite dye B + ZnO DSSC0.8312.665%25.405.28