In this work, the transparent TiO 2 photoelectrodes have been synthesized by the sol-gel method and the dip-coating technique, incorporating three rheological agents as porous template -Triton X-100, polivinilpirrolidone (M.W. 10000) and Pluronic F-127 into the TiO 2 sol for the application in dye--sensitized solar cells. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, m-lines and UV-Vis spectroscopy analyses were carried out to examine the chemical composition, structure, morphology, thickness and optical transmittance of the TiO 2 photoelectrodes. Impedance spectroscopy was carried out to analyze the cells' behaviour. An average energy conversion efficiency of 1.04 % was achieved using triton as a modifier of the transparent TiO 2 film, obtaining a thickness about 1.21 µm, a crystallite size of about 7 nm in the anatase phase and the porosity of about 53.4 %. Triton proved to be efficient for obtaining transparent and porous semiconductor films, while increasing the photoelectrochemical device's performance.