Photoabsorption Enhancement in Synthetic-Natural Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Bilayer TiO₂ Deposition and Separated Sensitization

Table 4

, , FF, and efficiency of fabricated solar cells.

Method (name)		Dye type	(mV)	(mA)	FF		Reference
Cocktail		Natural + natural	270	1.16	0.34	0.11	[91]
Cocktail		Natural + natural	473	1.12	0.68	0.36	[19]
Sequential		Natural + natural	460	2.64	0.63	0.81	[92]
Cocktail		Synthetic + synthetic	670	14.29	0.68	6.42	[59]
Cocktail		Synthetic + synthetic	770	11.2	0.66	5.71	[93]
Cocktail		Synthetic + synthetic; Organic	730	8.4	0.5	5.6	[94]
Separated (bilayer)		Synthetic + synthetic	700	15.5	0.68	7.45	[59]
Cocktail		Natural + synthetic	380	3.1	0.35	0.41	[42]
Cocktail		Natural + synthetic	430	2.49	0.51	0.54	[38]
Cocktail		Natural + synthetic organic	670	4.01	0.6	2.02	[40]
Cocktail		Natural + synthetic organic	640	4.66	.7	2.09	[48]
Cocktail		Natural + synthetic organic	300	2.84	0.35	0.3	[95]
Sequential		Natural + synthetic organic	215	.10	.25	.13	[44]
Monodye	N719-SSC	Synthetic	454	7.12	0.51	1.68	Present study
Cocktail	MDSSC1	Natural + synthetic	437	7.48	0.57	1.88	Present study
	MDSSC2		425	7.52	0.58	1.85	Present study
	MDSSC3		397	8.22	0.52	1.69	Present study
Sequential	SDSSC1		492	7.75	0.57	2.19	Present study
	SDSSC2		488	8.54	0.55	2.29	Present study
Separated (bilayer)	BLDSSC1		446	7.32	0.52	1.72	Present study
	BLDSSC2		416	6.13	0.53	1.36	Present study
	BLDSSC3		531	9.76	0.55	3.05	Present study
	BLDSSC4		525	10.27	0.64	3.48	Present study