Flexible cellulose conductor for sustainable electroheating
摘要
Transparent flexible heaters attract great attention due to their potential applications in smart windows, wearable electronics, hand warmers, etc. Here, we present a highly flexible cellulose/zinc oxide/indium tin oxide (CZI) film heater, which was prepared by spinning coating of zinc oxide (ZnO) solution on cellulose film followed by magnetron sputtering of indium tin oxide (ITO). The CZI film exhibits a high visible light transmittance (80.3%), low resistance (7.3 Ω·sq−1), and good thermostability. As connected to the circuit, the CZI film showed an excellent Joule heating performance even after multiple repeated bending tests. The temperature of the CZI film could increase from room temperature to 89 ℃ within 2 min under the working voltage of 6 V. Prompted by these versatile properties, and we demoed the application scenarios of this CZI film heater in thermochromism, deicing, and defogging to enlighten for the application of this film material in sensors or smart windows.