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NANO ENERGY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages 101-111Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.07.004
Keywords
Zinc oxide; Nanorod; Thermal annealing; Dye-sensitized solar cell; Piezoelectric nanogenerator
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- Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology [2008238]
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The authors report the synthesis of ZnO nanorods on flexible and transparent mica substrates. The coupled use of polyethylenimine and ammonium hydroxide provided a direct method for growing vertically well-aligned ZnO nanorods with a high aspect ratio. Using mica as a substrate material enabled thermal annealing processes, which improved the structural and optical properties of ZnO nanorods with uniform surface coverage and excellent adhesion, increased transmittance of indium tin oxide (ITO)/mica (52%), and decreased sheet resistance of ITO/mica (80%). We have fabricated ZnO nanorod-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and piezoelectric nanogenerators (NGs) and investigated their annealing effects on the device performances. Specifically, the thermal treatment at 500 degrees C for 30 min increased the energy conversion efficiencies of DSSCs by 53%. Furthermore, we observed a three-fold increase in the NG's output voltage and output current density through this thermal annealing process. As shown below, mica, which can function under extremes of temperature, is useful as a substrate for flexible and transparent electronics. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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