Application of patterned ZnO in energy devices

SI Hao-nan; KANG Zhuo; CHEN Xiang; BAI Zhi-ming; ZHANG Sui-cai; ZHANG Yue

doi:10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2017.07.001

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SI Hao-nan, KANG Zhuo, CHEN Xiang, BAI Zhi-ming, ZHANG Sui-cai, ZHANG Yue. Application of patterned ZnO in energy devices[J]. Chinese Journal of Engineering, 2017, 39(7): 973-980. doi: 10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2017.07.001

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SI Hao-nan, KANG Zhuo, CHEN Xiang, BAI Zhi-ming, ZHANG Sui-cai, ZHANG Yue. Application of patterned ZnO in energy devices[J]. Chinese Journal of Engineering, 2017, 39(7): 973-980. doi: 10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2017.07.001

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Application of patterned ZnO in energy devices

doi: 10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2017.07.001

1) School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
2) Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

Received Date: 2016-12-08

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ZnO is a typical direct wide band-gap semiconductor material. It has great development potential and application value, and with the rapid development of patterning technology, the precise and controllable fabrication of ZnO nanorod array is gradually being realized. This paper reviews the fabrication of patterned ZnO nanorod arrays using the laser interference lithography technique and describes in detail the applications of patterned ZnO nanorod arrays in energy devices, such as solar cells and photoelectrochemical cells. It is found that ZnO nanorod arrays prepared by laser interferometry have an enhanced light-harvesting ability and enlarged surface area, which is widely used to promote light absorption and carrier transport. It is thus considered that patterned ZnO nanorod arrays with controllable three-dimensional space structures have great research and application value.
- zinc oxide nanorod arrays,
- patterned fabrication,
- solar cells,
- photoelectrochemical cells

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