Dye sensitized solar cells based on double-layered titanium dioxide and their evaluation in tropical hot desert climate of Saudi Arabia

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on double layered photo-anode geometry incorporating transmitting and absorbing layers of titanium dioxide which are activated with a known stable C106 dye have been fabricated. The photovoltaic parameters have been studied both indoors under standard reporting conditions (AM 1.5G at 100 mW/cm2 irradiation) as well as under the actual harsh outdoor conditions in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, one day each month...