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Nowadays, solar cell is one of the most promising energy conversion devices. DSSC as a third generation of solar cell extensively developed due to their advantages i.e. simple fabrication route, eco-friendly, and lower costs. The working principle of DSSC system is based on dye photon absorbing agents provided by photoanode which is consist of high band gap semiconductor materials. ZnO has been widely used due to its high level of electron mobility. However, the energy efficiency level of ZnO-based DSSC is lower than TiO2-based DSSC. So far there is no comprehensive study about TiO2@Ag-TiO2 nanocomposite as photoanode of organic DSSC. In this study, TiO2 as an inert material is used to encapsulate silver (Ag) from corrosion. Experimentally, ZnO and Ag@TiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized using coprecipitation and one-pot synthesized method, respectively at various molar ratio. The phase and structure were analyzed using X-ray Diffraction with Cu-Kα radiation. SEM-EDX is utilized to observe the morphology of the sample and identify their elements composition. The optical band gap was calculated via Tauc plot method from UV-Vis spectroscopy data. For confirming the photovoltaic performance of system, solar simulator with Keithley I-V meters was applied.