. 2012 Dec 27;3(1):22–47. doi: 10.3390/nano3010022

Table 1.

The power conversion efficiency of different solar cells.

Solar cells	Materials	Efficiency	References
Silicon	Si wafer	15.70%	[8]
Silicon	Si wafer	22.40%	[9]
Dye Sensitized	Ru bipyridine	11.18%	[18]
Dye Sensitized	Zn porphyrin	12.30%	[20]
Solid-State DSC	Z907 dye with spiro-OMeTAD (doctor-blading)	3.00%	[98]
	Z907 dye with spiro-OMeTAD	5.65%	[97]
	Y123 dye with spiro-OMeTAD and p-type Co(III) dopant	7.20%	[99]
Polymer	P3HT, IC60BA, PBDTT-DPP, PC71BM	8.60%	[27]
Polymer	Same as above ^a	10.60%	[28]
Quantum Dots (Liquid Eletrolytes)	Rod like CdSe	2.70%	[51]
	CdSe_xS_(1−x)/CdSe	3.17%	[47]
	CdS/CdSe	3.50%	[48]
	CdS/CdSe	3.68%	[49]
	CdS/CdSe	4.10%	[50]
	CdS/CdSe	5.42%	[52]
	CdS/CdSe Invert Type I	5.32%	[53]
	CdSe	5.42%	[59]
	PbS/PbSe	2.10%	[65]
	Mixed PbS_xSe₁_−x	3.30%	[66]
	PbS (Tandem)	4.20%	[69]
	PbSe	4.70%	[67]
	PbS (TiO₂ nanosheets)	4.73%	[68]
	PbS	5.10%	[39]
	PbS	6.00%	[70]
	PbS	6.60%	[71]
Solid State QDSSCs	CdSe with quaterthiophene	0.34%	[103]
	CdS/Squarine (Hybride)	1.20%	[100]
	PbS (Non-hybride)	1.47%	[100]
	CdS/CdSe with Polymer Matrix	4.00%	[101]
	CdS/CdSe/ZnO	4.50%	[102]

^a Detail information is not yet available.