A Visible-NIR Responsive Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Based on Diatom Frustules and Cosensitization of Photopigments from Diatom and Purple Bacteria

Table 1

Photovoltaic parameters^a of cosensitizer sensitized by T film electrodes (3 samples in each group).

Duration of dye loading	VOC (V)	ISC (mA·cm^−2)	FF	η (%)
(NA56 + CQV97) (24 h)	0.607 ± 0.018	1.199 ± 0.120	0.610 ± 0.023	0.432 ± 0.028
NA56(0 h) + CQV97(24 h)	0.680 ± 0.006	0.952 ± 0.020	0.653 ± 0.054	0.420 ± 0.030
NA56(2 h) + CQV97(22 h)	0.698 ± 0.005	1.382 ± 0.022	0.703 ± 0.034	0.680 ± 0.048
NA56(6 h) + CQV97(18 h)	0.627 ± 0.005	1.694 ± 0.140	0.613 ± 0.011	0.655 ± 0.052
NA56(12 h) + CQV97(12 h)	0.654 ± 0.005	1.913 ± 0.143	0.639 ± 0.032	0.795 ± 0.031
NA56(18 h) + CQV97(6 h)	0.594 ± 0.013	1.844 ± 0.140	0.661 ± 0.011	0.725 ± 0.070
NA56(22 h) + CQV97(2 h)	0.548 ± 0.006	1.603 ± 0.034	0.684 ± 0.018	0.600 ± 0.034
NA56(24 h) + CQV97(0 h)	0.484 ± 0.005	1.140 ± 0.050	0.670 ± 0.025	0.372 ± 0.020

^aCell performance as reported is the average of four devices. V_OC: open-circuit voltage. I_SC: short-circuit current. FF: filling factor of DSSC. η: conversion efficiency of DSSC.