Low-cost zinc-plated photoanode for fabric-type dye-sensitized solar cells

- Fabric-type flexible solar cells have been assembled on Zn-plated wires and meshes.
- Metal Zn can improve the carriers transfer over the metal/ZnO nanoarrays interface.
- A current increase by ∼6 mA/cm2 was realized by plating Zn on various metal substrates.
- All-solid fabric-type DSSC was also assembled on Zn-plated metal wires.