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. 2015 May 8;1(4):e1500166. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1500166

Table 1. Photovoltaic parameters of DSSCs based on the photoanodes of radially oriented mesoporous TiO2 microspheres, bulk mesoporous TiO2, and commercial P25 after TiCl4 treatment [measured under AM 1.5 sunlight illumination (100 mW cm−2)].

The active area of the devices with a metal mask was about 0.16 cm2. FF, fill factor.

Samples Voc
(mV)
Jsc
(mA cm−2)
FF
(%)
η
(%)
Adsorbed dye
(×10−7 mol cm−2)*
Mesoporous TiO2
microspheres
751 22.9 70.6 12.1 2.13
Bulk mesoporous TiO2 759 15.8 63.1 7.6 1.45
P25 734 12.3 75.0 6.8 1.12

*Dye-adsorbed films with an area of ~10 cm2 were used for estimating the adsorbed dye concentration. The commercial N719 dye was first desorbed into a 0.1 M NaOH solution in water and ethanol [1:1 (v/v)], and the desorbed N719 dye concentration was then measured by using an ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer.