Highly transparent and UV-resistant superhydrophobic SiO2-coated ZnO nanorod arrays
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Gao, Yangqin
Gereige, Issam
El Labban, Abdulrahman

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

KAUST Department
Advanced Nanofabrication, Imaging and Characterization Core LabChemical Science Program
Core Labs
Imaging and Characterization Core Lab
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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FIC/2010/02Date
2014-02-04Online Publication Date
2014-02-07Print Publication Date
2014-02-26Embargo End Date
2015-02-04Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563404
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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.Citation
Gao, Y., Gereige, I., El Labban, A., Cha, D., Isimjan, T. T., & Beaujuge, P. M. (2014). Highly Transparent and UV-Resistant Superhydrophobic SiO2-Coated ZnO Nanorod Arrays. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6(4), 2219–2223. doi:10.1021/am405513kSponsors
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)PubMed ID
24495100PubMed Central ID
PMC3985694Additional Links
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3985694https://doi.org/10.1021/am405513k
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10.1021/am405513k
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