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

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2219-2223

  Gao, Yangqin ^a   Gereige, Issam ^a   El Labban, Abdulrahman ^a   Cha, Dongkyu ^a   Isimjan, Tayirjan T ^a   Beaujuge, Pierre M ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

flexible coating; nanocrystal arrays; solar cell; superhydrophobic; transparent; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE COATINGS; NANOCRYSTAL ARRAYS; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; TRANSPARENT; ZNO NANOROD;

NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 84896853751     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am405513k     Document Type: Article

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