Table 5 Comparison of observed photovoltaic characteristics with previously published findings.

From: Influence of Mn and Co ions co-doping on the photovoltaic performance of CdS quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Sl. No

Samples and Illumination Condition

Voc (V)

Jsc (mA/cm2)

Fill Factor

Efficiency (%)

Ref

1

TiO2 coated Cds QDs (AM 1.5G irradiated with input solar power of 100 mW/cm2)

0.45

3.24

0.36

0.52

[32]

2

CdS QDs capped by PVA (AM 1.5G irradiated with input solar power of 100 mW/cm2)

0.53

4.40

0.30

0.69

[33]

3

TiO2/CNTs with CdS QDs

(AM 1.5G irradiated with input solar power of 100 mW/cm2)

0.60

3.17

0.61

1.15

[34]

4

CdS QDs on Cu doped ZnO nanorods

(AM 1.5G irradiated with input solar power of 100 mW/cm2)

0.74

2.26

0.68

1.59

[35]

5

Mn/Co cod-doped CdS QDs

(AM 1.5G irradiated with input solar power of 100 mW/cm2)

0.37

6.73

0.67

1.67

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