Highly transparent and UV-resistant superhydrophobic SiO2-coated ZnO nanorod arrays

Gao, Yangqin; Gereige, Issam; El Labban, Abdulrahman; Cha, Dong Kyu; Isimjan, Tayirjan T.; Beaujuge, Pierre

Type

Article

Authors

Gao, Yangqin

Gereige, Issam
El Labban, Abdulrahman

Cha, Dong Kyu
Isimjan, Tayirjan T.
Beaujuge, Pierre

KAUST Department

KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE) Division
Imaging and Characterization Core Lab
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Advanced Nanofabrication, Imaging and Characterization Core Lab
Core Labs
Chemical Science Program

Date

2014-02-26

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Abstract

Highly transparent and UV-resistant superhydrophobic arrays of SiO 2-coated ZnO nanorods are prepared in a sequence of low-temperature (<150 C) steps on both glass and thin sheets of PET (2 × 2 in. 2), and the superhydrophobic nanocomposite is shown to have minimal impact on solar cell device performance under AM1.5G illumination. Flexible plastics can serve as front cell and backing materials in the manufacture of flexible displays and solar cells. © 2014 American Chemical Society.

Sponsors

The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Office of Competitive Research Funds (OCRF) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the "Competitive Research Grant" (CRG) program No. FIC/2010/02. The authors thank the Advanced Imaging and Characterization Laboratories at KAUST for technical support. Y.G. thanks Prof. Boon Ooi and Dr. TienKhee Ng for helpful discussions and useful scientific insights. The authors thank Dr. Clement Cabanetos for providing the PBDTTPD polymer.

Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Journal

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

ISSN

19448244