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The high cost of processing crystalline silicon for solar cell has shifted research focus to cheaper materials for solar
cell production. Although a variety of advanced approaches to solar cell are being investigated, dye sensitized solar
cell (DSSC) is expected to offer one of the lowest manufacturing costs in the future because of its simplicity and use of
cheap materials. However, the major challenge being faced in DSSC technology is its low efficiency. In an effort to
improve the performance of DSSC, this work focused on the use of a silver surface glass for the counter electrode
instead of the transparent glass which is normally used. Two solar cells were produced based on Gratzel method. In
the first one, both the working electrode and the counter electrode were made of transparent conductive glass
substrate. In the second cell, the titanium dioxide was coated on a transparent conductive glass electrode substrate to
form the working electrode while a silver surface glass was used for the counter electrode. Teak extract was used as the
organic dye sensitizer and potassium iodate as the electrolyte. The solar cell was then illuminated and tested. The
results of the performance evaluations carried out show that the cell with silver surface counter electrode has an
improved efficiency of about 400%. The result of the study therefore shows that the conductivity of the counter
electrode material has effect on the performance of DSSC.