Close packed ZnO nanoparticles on carbon cloth were synthesized by repeating a facile hydrothermal route in this study. After characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the obtained ZnO cloth was further studied for the applications in lithium (Li)-ion batteries (LIBs) and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). When ZnO cloth annealed at 400°C for 2 h were used as anodes of LIBs, it exhibited high capacity of 600 mAh/g and outstanding cycling capability without significant fading after 130 cycles. Moreover, it was also found that our electrodes displayed good stabilities under various humidity and temperature. Furthermore, the obtained composites were calcined at higher temperature (800°C) to remove carbon and white pure ZnO cloth was formed. We transferred the as-formed ZnO cloth to fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate to make DSSCs, exhibiting an improved efficiency of around 0.38% assisted by TiCl₄ treatment.

利用水热法制备了菊花状的氧化锌纳米棒, 并进行表征, 将纳米氧化锌掺入纳米金刚石中配制成电泳液, 超声分散后电泳沉积到钛衬底上, 再经热处理后进行场发射特性的测试.结果表明：未掺混的金刚石阴极样品的开启电场为7.3 V/μm, 在20 V/μm的电场下, 场发射电流密度为81 μA/cm2;掺混后阴极样品的场发射开启电场降低到4.7~6.0 V/μm, 在20 V/μm电场下, 场发射电流密度提高到140~158 μA/cm2.原因是纳米ZnO掺入后, 增强了涂层的电子输运能力、增加了有效发射体数目, 提高了场增强因子β, 而金刚石保证了热处理后涂层与衬底的良好键合, 形成了欧姆接触, 降低了场发射电流的热效应.场发射电流的稳定性随掺混ZnO量的增加而下降, 要兼顾场发射电流密度及其稳定性, 适量掺入ZnO可有效提高纳米金刚石的场发射性能.