The invention discloses a method for preparing a uniform transparent
zinc oxide nano-rod array membrane by pulse electrodeposition, belonging to the preparation field of nano materials. The method comprises in turn the following steps: analytically pure
zinc chloride and
potassium chloride are dissolved in
distilled water, and are stirred so as to obtain stable transparent solution; the the solution is fed into water bath with the temperature of between 60 and 80 DEG C so as to maintain a constant temperature, and
oxygen is continuously fed into the solution; and in a three-
electrode system, ITO conductive glass coated with a ZnO nano particle membrane is used as a
cathode, while a
platinum sheet is used as a counter
electrode and a
saturated calomel electrode is used as a
reference electrode so as to carry out pulse electrodeposition to prepare a ZnO nano-rod array membrane under applied
voltage of between 0.8 V below zero and 1.1V below zero with the on-
off time ratio
ton / toff controlled between 10s / 10s and 1s / 1s. Through adjusting the initial concentration of precursor and controlling factors such as the applied
voltage of pulse electrodeposition, on-
off time ratio of
voltage and
pulse frequency, the method prepares the transparent
zinc oxide nano-rod array membrane with the
diameter less than 50nm and uniform and controllable length, and effectively increases the quality of the membrane. The method has the advantages of simple process, strong
controllability and less
energy consumption, and can meet the requirements of
mass production; moreover, the method has an enormous application prospect in the fields of
solar battery, photoelectron,
catalysis, and the like.