Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 60, Issue 13, 1316008(2023)

Preparation of Long Fiber-Shaped Zinc Oxide Based Composite Photoelectrode by Continuous Electrodeposition

Long Qin1、†, Yunci Wang1、†, and Siwei Xiang*
Author Affiliations
  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
  • show less

    Fiber-structured electronic devices were attractive subjects in recent years, but fiber-structured photoelectrode, as their core component, has not been mass-manufactured. Particularly, there is always a contradiction between long-term stable preservation of precursor sol and rapidly controllable deposition of local gel in the process of assembling common semiconductor oxides such as ZnO nanostructured along long-size fiber electrodes. Therefore, an electrodeposition method was developed, which is suitable for continuous and controllable deposition of nano ZnO on long fiber-shaped substrate. A miniature continuous flow reactor capable of moving along long fibers was designed, meanwhile, the micelle migration was enhanced by electrophoresis, so as to trigger the rapid gelation of the sol on local fiber electrode. Finally, the nano ZnO thin layer was uniformly coated on the metal-plated polymer fiber with more than 1 m in length. Besides, the ZnO layer with porous structure and nanorod array structure were further grown. Thus, a series of fiber structure ZnO-based photoelectrode materials were developed. It has been successfully applied to fiber solar cells, and the best device has achieved an open circuit voltage of 0.446 V, a short circuit current density of 3.77 mA·cm-2, and a fill factor of 0.41. The proposed method provides an important idea for breaking through the bottleneck of mass production of various fiber-structured oxide semiconductor electrodes and realizing scalable processing of fabric electronic devices and intelligent textile.

    Tools

    Get Citation

    Copy Citation Text

    Long Qin, Yunci Wang, Siwei Xiang. Preparation of Long Fiber-Shaped Zinc Oxide Based Composite Photoelectrode by Continuous Electrodeposition[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(13): 1316008

    Download Citation

    EndNote(RIS)BibTexPlain Text
    Save article for my favorites
    Paper Information

    Category: Materials

    Received: Apr. 7, 2023

    Accepted: May. 6, 2023

    Published Online: Jul. 14, 2023

    The Author Email: Xiang Siwei (siweixiang@cqu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP231043

    Topics