TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Composition: The metal alkoxide is an alkoxide of metal selected from a lanthanide metal such as cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, thulium, ytterbium or lutetium, a transition metal such as scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper or zinc, an alkaline earth metal such as beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium or barium, an alkaline metal such lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium or cesium, aluminum or barium, silicon or phosphorus, and 1-10C (preferably, 1-6C) alkanol. Preferably, the metal alkoxide is tetraisopropyl orthotitanate, tris secondary butyl orthoaluminate (Al(OsecC4H9)3) and magnesium ethoxide.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Solution: The alcoholic solution contains ethanol, isopropanol, isobutanol or their mixtures, preferably ethanolic solution. The inorganic acid such as nitric acid or hydrochloric acid is added to alcoholic solution containing additives. EXAMPLE - Iodine (30 mg), acetone (in ml) (4) and deionized water (2) were added to ethanol (250), and the mixture was stirred for 24 hours in a closed vessel. Using an inert atmosphere glove box, tetraisopropyl orthotitanate (3) was added into bottle and hermetically sealed. Then, sealed bottle was transferred outside the glove box. The solution contained in closed vessel was cooled to 0-15degreesC and added to titanium tetraisopropyl orthotitanate contained in bottle, under vigorous stirring. The solution was stirred continuously for 24 hours, to obtain transparent sol. Then, the sol was left for aging in a closed vessel, for 4-7 days. The sol was transparent and stable even for seven months inside the closed vessel. The sol was applied on titania nanoporous electrode by sol-gel electrophoretic deposition. Then, the coated electrode was dried in an oven at 150degreesC for 4 hours. The fabricated electrode was applied as photoelectrode in dye sensitized solar cell. At 1-sun light illumination, the light-to-electricity conversion efficiency for the coated electrode was 4.85%, whereas the uncoated photoelectrode yielded conversion efficiency of 3.45%.